Taking Back Sunday and Envy on the Coast will be hitting the road in December for a two week tour. TBS recently wrapped up work on their next full length and follow up to Louder Now.
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LONDON (9th October, 2008) – Sports Interactive & SEGA Europe Ltd. today announce that the PC versions of Football Manager™ 2009 will incorporate Steamworks, a complete suite of publishing and development tools that offers PC game developers and publishers access to the game features and services available through Steam.
Steamworks will support both the retail and electronic versions of the Football Manager 2009 games giving players game updates, downloadable content, and patches. Also, players will be able to play from any PC in the world without needing their DVD copy of the game. STEAM will also host and distribute the Football Manager 2009 game demo which will be available when it is released a couple of weeks before the release of the full game.
Football Manager 2009 is now available for pre-purchase as a PC digital download from STEAM, and will be available for players to play at 09:00 GMT on the 14th November 2008. For details on availability and pricing, please visit www.footballmanager.com/buynow.
“Many of us at Sports Interactive have been big fans of Steam since it’s inception, so to be working with them properly this year across releases of Football Manager on the PC is fantastic” said Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive. “It gives us the opportunity for all of our games players to get any patches or updates that we make available quickly and easily, as well as a place for us to host any other downloads, such as demos and promotional videos, with super fast broadband speeds for download, and no issues with bandwidth, which we are hit with each time we release a demo”.
“The Football Manager 2009 team has an incredible plan to extend the product beyond launch and achieve a level of connectivity with FM 2009 players that surpasses any prior release in the category,” said Gabe Newell, president of Valve. “We’re delighted to have Steamworks selected as the vehicle to help take this legendary franchise to the next level and look forward to offering the game to the millions logging onto Steam each week.”
Football Manager 2009 features a vast array of all new features including, for the first time ever, a full 3D view of the world famous Football Manager™ match engine.
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According to a Pitchfork report, critically acclaimed noise-punks, No Age, were prevented from performing on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson while wearing a pro-Barack Obama t-shirt. According to the band’s guitarist Randy Randall :
I have recently come under what can only be called extreme censorship. I felt it was important to voice my choice for presidential candidate, Barack Obama, seeing as the episode would air eight days before election day. Dean and I decided that it would be better to take advantage of the stage we had at our disposal… Access to affordable health care is an issue very near to my heart for many personal reasons and I am sure that many of you can relate. I have lost and stood by as many of my close family members have battled with terrible illnesses. I have myself gone through traumatic hospitalizations only to come out the other side alive but horribly in debt.
Randall instead scrawled “Free Health Care” on the shirt and hid the Obama message. The band was then allowed to perform. The band released Nouns earlier this year.
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Rise Against recently put together a list of the “12 Records That Changed the World” for IGN. The list includes albums from Dead Kennedys, Clash, Bad Religion, Fugazi, Jawbreaker, Minor Threat, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Ramones and Miles Davis along with commentary for each.
You can check out the feature here.
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Winnipeg’s Weakerthans have claimed another award with Reunion Tour. The band’s song “Night Windows” has claimed the $5,000.00 ECHO Songwriting Prize. The track beat out four other finalists including Veda Hille’s “LuckLucky”, Wintersleep’s “Weighty Ghost”, Sandro Perri’s “Double Suicide” and Socalled’s “You Are Never Alone.” It follows up last year’s winner, Toronto hip-hop artist Abdominal and his track “Pedal Pusher.” The ECHO winner is decided by public voting.
Earlier in the year the band won “artist of the year” at the inagural Verge Music Awards, claiming a $25,000 prize. They were nominated but did not win the Polaris Music Prize for this year.
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Dallas, TX-based hardcore act Decades have posted a stream of their new EP, Numbered. The record was recently released on State of Mind Recordings.
You can check out the songs here.
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Deerhoof have posted the new video from their album, Offend Maggie.
La Dispute has posted a brand new song entitled “Said the King to the River” off of their debut Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair to be released November 11, 2008 on No Sleep Records.
You can check out the song via the albums e-card or on their myspace page.
Pre-orders have also begun at NoSleepStore.com, you can order the album by itself for $11 or for $15 and receive a 7-inch entitled “Here, Hear II” featuring 4 tracks not available anywhere else. The limited edition 7″ is limited to only 300 and comes in 3 different cover variations, all on White vinyl.
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Anchor Arms have posted a new free download of a new track. The song features baritone saxophone from Derron Nuhfer (fomerly of Less Than Jake and Gunmoll, now in Cutman.) The song is set to appear on a future 7-inch, but can be downloaded or streamed from their myspace page.
Above This Fire have posted another new song from their forthcoming album, Last Ones. The track, “Feast or Famine,” features guest vocals from artist Derek Hess. You can check out the song on their myspace page.
Cincinnati, OH-based ska/reggae act The Pinstripes have posted two new demo tracks. You can find them on their myspace page.
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Save $5 when you pre-purchase Far Cry 2 on Steam from now until release on October 22, 2008.
Far Cry 2 is available on Steam for customers in US, Canada, and Mexico.
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Our series of Fest-related interviews continues tonight with a chat between Michael Dauphin and Richard Minino, better known as Horsebites. Doesn’t ring a bell? Through Young Livers, Less Than Jake, New Mexican Disaster Squad, The Fest and more. He also does designs for clothing and posters in the punk community. On top of all that, Horesebites does art for himself, some of which will be available for viewing and purchase this coming weekend in Chicago.
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The results for your votes for the best albums of September are in. Leading the pack is Huntington Station, NY-based Bridge and Tunnel. Other popular choices include Rancid, Anthony Green, Mock Orange, Jaguar Love and Pinhead Gunpowder.
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Travis Barker spoke to NME about the plane crash he was involved with, which also claimed the lives of four people. The producer and former Blink-182 drummer had this to say:
I hate planes. My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened, well, I’m just thankful to be alive. I’m just grateful to be here at all. I am doing the best I can possibly be. I’m so anxious to get out of here. I’ve just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns. I’m trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again, and be able to hold my kids again.
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