Good Clean Fun have posted a trailer for their upcoming indie film, Good Clean Fun: The Movie. The movie is about a college student trying to get the most popular band in the world, The Goodcleanfuns, to play her college in the middle of trying to support herself as well as work through her love problems.
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Jaguar Love, which includes former members of Pretty Girls Make Graves and The Blood Brothers, will be hitting the road with Japan’s Polysics.
Saosin have posted a new song from their tour-only EP, The Grey EP over at Alternative Press. You can download the song here.
The Grey EP is the band’s first release since their 2006 self-titled album.
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Death Cab for Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard recently discussed the band’s next album:
The next record will be a little softer. I’m interested in writing a very different type of record next time. I feel like there’s a lot of beauty in the darkness of Narrow Stairs, but that’s not really a place I’m ready to go to for a while. I’m interested in taking a different approach and having the next record be different in tone — I’m just not interested in making another dark, dark album. Just not two in a row. I felt pretty exhausted when we got done with Stairs.
The band released Narrow Stairs in 2008.
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Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band Suicidal Tendencies will embark on a US tour in November. On various parts of the tour, the bill will include Madball, Whole Wheat Bread, Terror and Death By Stereo.
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The Living End have announced festival dates beginning in November and taking the band through February 2009. The band also notes that their single “White Noise” has gone gold, and they are preparing the release of their next single, “Moment in the Sun.” The tracks come from the band’s 2008 album, White Noise.
The band has also been nominated for four ARIAs: Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Group, and Best Rock Album.
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Steam PC Pre-Purchase Added to Mix of Pre-Launch Activities
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the PC version of its highly anticipated new survival co-op game, Left 4 Dead, is available for pre-purchase worldwide via Steam, a leading online platform for the distribution and management of PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide.
Left 4 Dead is a new franchise from Valve, and has earned numerous awards as it marches to launch this holiday, including “Best of E3” Awards from Game Informer and Maximum PC magazines. Like the pre-purchase promotions happening at retail for the PC and Xbox 360 versions, those who pre-purchase via Steam will save 10% off the regular price. The pre-order promotions are part of a $10 million marketing campaign that includes television, outdoor, online and print advertising.
“With just over four weeks until launch, Left 4 Dead is showing every sign of topping The Orange Box on both the PC and Xbox 360, at retail as well as on Steam,” said Doug Lombardi, VP of marketing at Valve. “Our pre-sell numbers at retail have jumped to over 65% greater than Orange Box at the same proximity to launch, and we’re seeing tremendous enthusiasm for the product in what promises to be another great year for gaming on both platforms.”
Set in the immediate aftermath of the highly-anticipated zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead features single player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay modes. Next-generation artificial intelligence tailors the pacing and difficulty ensuring a different experience every time the game is played.
Left 4 Dead is due for release on PC and Xbox 360 on November 18 in North America and November 21 in Europe. The worldwide Steam release will happen November 18. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com.
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Our run of pre-Fest interviews continue today with a chat between our own Shenelle Copplin and Kim and Brian of Whiskey and Co.. The Gainesville, Florida band will be playing this year’s Fest after a year that saw them go on their first major tour (with Lucero) and the release of their second album, Leaving The Nightlife on vinyl.
Jolie Holland has released the new video from her new Anti full length, The Living and the Dead.
Copeland have launched a full album stream for their new album, You Are My Sunshine which is due out today, October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to Dressed Up & in Line which was released in 2007.
You can find the stream here.
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The Bronx have posted another new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled The Bronx III and is due out November 11, 2008. In two weeks, the band will be hitting the road with Every Time I Die.
You can check out “Past Lives” via Spin.com.
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Far From Finished have announced European dates with The Casualties, The Generators and others beginning later this month. The band is supporting Living in the Fallout which they released in 2007.
After reports suggested that Weezer would be back in the studio by November, guitarist Brian Bell suggested that this isn’t actually the case via Spinner.com:
Someone jumped the gun. We’re still going to focus on promoting the ‘Red’ album, and when we have the songs and the time feels right, we’ll record. [The dynamic] within the band has shifted towards being more collaborative, and a safer place for people to bring ideas to and actually be heard.
The band released The Red Album in 2008.
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