The Pixies appearance from The Tonight Show is now streaming online. As part of the clip, Conan displays the ridiculously huge Minotaur box.

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With the imminent release of their new album, Alter the Ending, we’ve got an exclusive interview clip featuring Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional.

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Big D and the Kids Table have announced more tour dates. The band is currently on the “Not Fucking Around Tour” with Ill Scarlet.

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Our stream today comes from Detroit, MI-based The A-Gang. The band boasts a long and diverse resume with members coming from Fordirelifesake, Hifi Handgrenades, Mest and The Suicide Machines We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP.

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Epitaph Records act I Am Ghost will be releasing their first ever live album Live in Orange County on their official website and merch store starting November 15th at iamghostmusic.com.

The live album was recorded at their sold out headlining show at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA. The band last released Those We Leave Behind in 2008.
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American War, the side project of Matt Schuerman from The Sidekicks, has their debut album Rhetoric available for free (donations highly suggested) download over at If You Make It.

Check it out here.
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The Los Angeles area, home to countless labels including Epitaph Records and Vagrant Records and bands like Bad Religion and Social Distortion, is apparently running into problems with the city’s lack of support for underground music. According to an editorial written by Danny Dismal for City of Devils, over the last few months, the Knitting Factory has closed, the Black Castle has announced it is closing, the Relax Bar has reduced its schedule to just Saturday nights, Martin DePedro’s warehouse venue was shut down, and even Metal Mondays is taking time off.

Check out the report and interview here.
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Mad Caddies have decided to enlist the assistance of fans to choose the songs for their forthcoming Best Of record. The group explained:

Mad Caddies Greatest hits album is in the works but we need some info from you the fans. So we are giving you the fan the power to vote your favorite songs in. You have two weeks to make your vote count. This will be followed by a new Mad Caddies album coming in 2010.

You can vote here.

The band last released Keep It Going in 2007 and are currently on a Canadian tour with The Johnstones.
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Crime In Stereo have announced a title and release date for their next album. The record is titled I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone and it was recorded this summer and fall with producer Mike Sapone (Brand New, Crime in Stereo) and is headed for a February 23, 2010 release.

The band is promising 11 new songs on the album, which will be their first proper full length since Is Dead in 2007.
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Toronto hardcore provocateurs, Fucked Up, told New York Magazine that they plan to use some of their $20,000 Polaris Prize winnings to record an all-star cover of the 1984 charity single, “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Originally written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and performed by musicians of the time including U2, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, George Michael and many others.

So far, Fucked Up has confirmed participation from comedian David Cross (Arrested Development), members of Vampire Weekend, TV on the Radio, Broken Social Scene, GZA, Bob Mould, No Age and Yo La Tengo. He is hoping to confirm Feist, Jarvis Cocker, and M.I.A. and, well, “If we could get a Jonas Brother on this, I would get a Jonas Brother.”

This version of the song will also be a benefit, for Justice for the Missing. Frontman Damian Abraham commented on the song:

There’s a kind of cavalier colonialism to the original, like the West has to go in and help this poor Third World country. But the charities that we’re trying to help are exactly a product of this colonial history. People who have been subjugated and oppressed for so many years are going missing. So there’s an irony to using the song. The lyrics are tasteless enough as it is.

Check out the original song here.
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Our stream today comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Sleepless Nights. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, King Diamond.

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