William Elliott Whitmore performed a cover of Bad Religion‘s “Don’t Prey On Me” from their 1995 album, Recipe For Hate. The song is part of a set of four acoustic tracks recorded as part of Whitmore’s Daytrotter session.
Check out the song as well as the three originals here.
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Toronto’s Fucked Up lead vocalist Pink Eyes – aka Damian Abraham – has been asked to appear more regularly on Fox New‘s Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. Abraham will be playing the role of a general leftist pundit, after declining to be a “gender expert.”
Abraham previously made two appearances on the show after Gutfeld stated on air thatThe Chemistry of Common Life was his favourite album of 2008. Gutfeld also gained some infamy for mocking the Canadian military but later apologized.
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A Wilhelm Scream have posted a video update from the studio as they work on their upcoming EP. In the clip guitarist Mike Supina plays “the greasiest solo [he] can conjure up.”
As reported earlier, the band is working on both a new album and EP.
Moving Mountains have posted a four song tour sampler for download or stream. The set includes two songs apiece from Pneuma [reissue] and Foreword.
You can check it out here.
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Four Year Strong will be touring with Fireworks, A Loss for Words and Crime In Stereo this August.
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The Leftovers are touring through June. They are supporting their upcoming record Eager To Please which will be in stores June 9, 2009 on Oglio Records.
He Is Legend have posted a song from their forthcoming album due via Tragic Hero Records. Their new record is titled It Hates You and is due out June 23, 2009.
Check out “The Primarily Blues” on their myspace page.
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The Dead Weather, the new band featuring Jack White and Allison Mosshart (The Kills, Discount) announced that Screaming Females (Don Giovanni Records) will be supporting them for their July dates.
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According to a Twitter report from vocalist Daryl Palumbo, dance-punk outfit Head Automatica have completed recording their next album.
His report names the album Swan Damage and plans are for mixing to begin next week. The record is the band’s first since Popaganda in 2006.
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The Swellers have announced the bulk of their summer touring plans. The band will begin with a West Coast tour alongside recent Adeline Records signing, Living with Lions and then will hit the road with Set Your Goals, Four Year Strong, Fireworks and Grave Maker
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Visions is reporting on some German tour dates for the reunited Get Up Kids. The band has five German August dates confirmed thus far but no word on whether this will turn into a proper European tour. The only non-German date so far is the band’s previously announced Pukkelpop appearance.
Vinnie Fiorello, drummer/lyricist of Less Than Jake and founder of Paper and Plastick has announced the release of his first children’s book. The book, entitled Sometimes Robots Like Being Robots, is due out June 12, 2009. Some details about the writing process were posted at Fiorello’s blog:
It is a children’s book functioning as an open letter to his first love, robots. Fascinated by the mechanical characters from an early age, a collection of them sit atop a tall shelf in his office, looming over him as he toils and schemes his next creative venture. As he has gotten older, the idea of robots has become a little deeper to him than the buzzes and beeps that originally caught his attention. The stories slid around in his head and out of his hands as he traveled from coast to coast. He quickly jotted them down on napkins and in notebooks. These stories are international, written in airplanes and scripted in bumpy taxis across the world.
More information on the book can be seen here.
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Taking Back Sunday have launched a stream of their new album. The record is titled New Again and is due out June 2, 2009. It’s their first album since Louder Now in 2006.
Check it out on their myspace page.
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