Street Dogs have announced the bulk of the dates for their upcoming summer tour of the United States. The band has tapped The Tossers and Krum Bums to provide support on the tour.

The Street Dogs continue to support their 2006 full length, Fading American Dream.

Source Continue reading Tours: Street Dogs / The Tossers / Krum Bums →

Despite earlier reports from their label that the record would be released on July 17, 2007, Motion City Soundtrack has announced that the record will instead drop on September 18th, 2007.

The band had this to say:

Speaking of Bamboozle, we heard that there were a lot of rumors floating around regarding our new album. Well, we just want to set the record straight: To put it simply, the album will be out on Tuesday, September 18. Any artwork, track listings, or other info regarding Even If It Kills Me that you may have heard, seen, or read is not necessarily what you will find come September 18. Maybe, but not necessarily. Everything is still in the works… That’s the truth and nothing but the truth kids!

The new release plans are strange, since their label was the main source of the art and track listing that were originally announced.

This summer the band will be headlining a tour with Sherwood, The Higher and The Forecast.
Source Continue reading Motion City Soundtrack’s new album due in September →

It looks like Sacramento’s Groovie Ghoulies have called it quits. The band posted the following message via a MySpace bulletin

It is with deep regret and sorrow that we must inform you that we have parted ways as a band for personal reasons.

We thank you for your tireless love and support over the years and encourage you to continue to support the bands we have played with in Sacramento and beyond.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to any messages sent to our MySpace account. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. Again, we are deeply grateful for all the love you have shown us.

This development comes just before the release of the band’s new full length 99 Lives. The Green Door Recording Co. will be handling the release, which is expected on May 15th. The release follows up 2005’s Chuck Berry tribute Berry’d Alive. The Ghoulies roots / country alter ego the Haints recently put out a record as well.
Source Continue reading Groovie Ghoulies (1989-2007) →

The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland has posted another update on the band’s follow up to 2003’s Splinter:

Still working on the record over here. Most of the music is recorded and we’re working on vocals now. We counted up the other day, we actually demo’d 23 songs for this CD. Wow! That’s a new record for us. Of those we’ve recorded 13. Will they all be on the album? I don’t know! We’ll see how they turn out. Maybe we’ll cut one, or maybe we’ll write a couple more. Because we’re artists we’re flaky like that.

The band plans to play Japan in August, appearing at the Summer Sonic Festival on the 11th and 12th alongside bands like Sum 41, Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party, Interpol, and of course Cyndi Lauper.
Source Continue reading Studio report from the Offspring →