Van Halen Break Up Again?

Van Halen was going to reunite with David Lee Roth but the band the reunion tour hopes were short lived.

Check Out the Article Here

Tracklist for new Chariot Album

The tracklist for The Chariot's full length, The Fiancee, has been released.

Track Listing
1) Back To Back
2) They Faced Each Other
3) They Drew Their Swords
4) And Shot Each Other
5) The Deaf Policeman
6) Heard This Noise
7) Then Came To Kill
8) The Two Dead Boys
9) Forgive Me Nashville
10) The Trumpet

The DRM Chat Continues

The non-DRM MP3 distribution chat continues as EMI is still considering ditching DRM technology. But, they are requesting advance pay that no one is willing to agree on. It seems that only the honest people are the ones that get punished DRM or non-DRM.

Check Out the Article Here

Piebald Headlining Tour

Piebald announced they will be headlining a tour this spring with MC Chris and House of Fools supporting.

3 More Bands on the Smartpunk Stage

Madina Lake, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and The Fold have all been confirmed to play this years Warped Tour on the Smartpunk Stage.

Bands on TV

2/26 - Brand New on David Letterman [CBS]
2/26 - Plain White T's on Jay Leno [NBC]
2/26 - Incubus on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/26 - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on Craig Ferguson [CBS]
2/27 - Everclear on Jay Leno [NBC]
2/27 - Bayside on Conan O'Brien [NBC]
2/27 - Silversun Pickups on Carson Daly [NBC]
2/28 - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on Jay Leno [NBC]
2/28 - Tom Morello on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/28 - Silversun Pickups on Carson Daly [NBC]
3/1 - Son Volt on Conan O'Brien [NBC]
3/1 - Silversun Pickups on Carson Daly [NBC]
3/2 - Locksley on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
3/2 - Relient K on Conan O'Brien [NBC]
3/2 - Silversun Pickups on Carson Daly [NBC]
3/3 - The Shins on Saturday Night Live [NBC; R]
Check your local listings for times

RATM add three shows

Rage Against the Machine have added three more shows with the Wu-Tang Clan.

Jul 28 2007 12:00P Rock The Bells New York, New York (venue TBA)
Aug 11 2007 12:00P Rock The Bells San Bernardino, California (National Orange Show Events Center)
Aug 18 2007 12:00P Rock The Bells San Francisco, California (venue TBA)

More for Warped Tour

Flogging Molly, As I Lay Dying, The Briefs, and The Toasters have all been confirmed for this year's Warped Tour.

Emery Bassist Finds New Band

Chopper, former bassist for Emery, has joined The Widow Jenkins as a guitarist.

Poison the Well on Warped

Poison the Well has been added to Warped Tour.

Fray Don't Lie

The Fray recently covered Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie"

Jacks Mannequin Punk the Clock

Jacks Mannequin will be contributing a new song to Punk the Clock 3. Brian Ireland recorded drums for the song.

Controlling the Famous Break-up

Controlling the Famous has offically broken up. Read the message from the band in the comments.

Miss Dustin on Leno?

Here is Dustin Kensrue performing on Jay Leno

Century Media makes an addition

Century Media have signed Blessed By a Broken Heart.

http://www.myspace.com/blessedbyabrokenheart

Fall Out Boy on Rolling Stone

Fall Out Boy will be on the cover of the next Rolling Stone

Click the pic to check out the article

Anberlin Guitarist Leaves the Band

Anberlin announced in a recent newsletter that guitarist Nate Strayer has parted ways with the band on good terms and that Christian McAlhaney, formerly of Acceptance, has stepped in as the new guitarist.

Smartpunk has 3 additions for their warped tour lineup

Smartpunk has announced that Anberlin, Alesana, and Blessthefall will be perfoming on the Smartpunk stage for this year's Warped Tour.

Bloc Party Forced off Stage

A member of the audience threw a coin at Kele Okereke forcing Bloc Party off stage mid-set in Aberdeen last night.

http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28126

Drive Thru Sell

Drive Thru is selling several albums for $1 and $2.

Albums For Sale:
Day At the Fair - The Rocking Chair Years: $2
Home Grown - Kings of Pop: $2
Hidden In Plain View - self-titled: $1
The Movielife - 40 Hour Train Back to Penn: $2
Jenoah - Morning Is When Jenoah Wakes Up: $1
Steel Train - 1969 EP: $1
Steel Train - For You My Dear EP: $1

Stream Cities

You can stream Anberlin's Cities new album at their myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/anberlin

Warner Gets Some New Talent

Meg & Dia and The Honorary Title have reportedly signed to Warner Brothers.

Sufjan Eyeing California

Sufjan Stevens has mentioned wanting to make an album for every state and it looks like the next album might be California.

http://www.asthmatickitty.com/sidebar.php?sidebarID=160

Sick City Signs with Trustkill

Trustkill Records has signed Sick City

Minus the Alex

Alex from Minus the Bear has broken his collar bone. It should heal in about 4 to 6 weeks, in time for the band to begin mixing.

Click to pic to read about it in their myspace blog

ETID Update

Every Time I Die has posted an update about their recording plans on their myspace page
Click the pic to check it out

Victory for Nodes of Ranvier

Victory Records has signed Nodes of Ranvier.

Andrew's Blog

Andrew McMahon has updated his blog.
Click the picture to check it out

iFall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy had the #1 album, #1 song, and #1 video on iTunes last week.

Lovedrug on Downloading

Lovedrug has posted a statement on their myspace about downloading

"If all of you out there in Download-ville WANT me to break up the band, then by all means illegally burn copies of our record and download them to your heart's content. If you DON'T want me to break up the band then PLEASE, have a heart and buy it. Tell your friends to buy it. Have your dog buy it. Have your dog's kids buy it. Every time someone out there burns a copy of our record (even if you are spreading the good word, which we appreciate) you should definitely keep in mind that you are not "screwing a record label", you are not "sticking it to the man", you are not "beating the system", what you are doing is slowly but surely putting me and my bandmates out of a job... and when that happens... we won't be able to make records anymore because we won't be able to afford to. This might sound like elitist artist bullshit.. but I assure you it is not. You can't possibly fathom just how close to starving WE really are. Thank you for your cooperation."

Daggermouth Eh?

Daggermouth have signed to Smallman Records in Canada.

Saves the Day Update

Chris Conley of Saves the day has posted this update:

"So, y'all been asking bout our new jams over at our new website web.mac.com/savesthedaymusic. We've been hard at work having fun. Finished 13 demos for an upcoming album called "Under The Boards" which will hopefully hit the streets later this year. And we're currently working on other new stuff I can't tell you about yet. But we've got some things in the making. To tell you what it sounds like would be difficult. I can say that it is different. I can say we're having fun making it. I'd call it Boogie From Beyond. Far-Out-Fun. Deranged Lunaspectacular Funk. We'll play loads on tour with Say Anything if you want to hear. But don't worry, we're gonna rock y'all with the old fury first and foremost. If you want to hear new jams, you just ask, we'll bust em out. Werd."

New Website

Cartel has launched a band new website.

Click the picture to check it out.

RIAA Sues Over Only 5 Songs

RIAA has sued a man for illegally downloading only 5 songs

http://news.google.com/news?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&tab=wn&ncl=1113335764&hl=en

Warner and Last.fm Make a Deal

Warner Music Group and Last.fm have inked a deal which will allow Warner's entire catalog to be streamed through the site.

http://www.901am.com/2007/warner-music-announces-lastfm-deal.html

Review - Fall Out Boy

3 out of 5
Artist: Fall Out Boy | Album Title: Infinity on High | Release Date: February 6, 2007 | Label: Island Records | Reviewed By: Sean Salomon

A couple years ago I doubt that anybody realized what Fall Out Boy would become. Many of us may still remember the band as the opening act at hardcore shows: out of place but still commanding respect. Their interject style of playing has today made them an every day name in the music world. The question now is, will the legacy continue with the release of Infinity on High?

The album as a whole is a standard Fall Out Boy release. If you weren't a fan of the band's older work, you can take an immediate pass on this one. As with any Fall Out Boy release, you're going to get basic pop/punk with really catchy melodies and choruses but fairly simple music backing it up.

The first taste that most people got of Infinity on High was probably the hit single "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race". I really wasn't pleased with the whole first minute of the song but after that it starts to pick up. The chorus is pretty catchy but it's still one of my least favorite songs on the album. I'm sure that there are people that hate this song simply because it uses the word "scene", but that is neither here nor there.

My criticism of this album is that some of the more experimental things didn't catch, and the guitar work isn't the best. The album is questionably not as catchy as their previous work. The guitar parts could have been a little more creative and there were too many short quarter notes in my opinion. Other than that the album is enjoyable to listen to, good for background music, driving or getting ready for a night out on the town. The highlight of Infinity on High is definitely the vocals.

Fall Out Boy will carryon gaining popularity with Infinity on High. There's no reason to stop liking them because of their popularity. If you're a fan of the band's older work then their newest release shouldn't be an exception, but if you're a first time listener I would definitely recommend checking out their previous albums first.

My personal favorite tracks are "Hum Hallelujah", "Thanks for The Memories" and "The Carpal Tunnel of Love".

Freefest

Ozzfest will is cutting out ticket prices this year and will be making the festival FREE.

Click the picture to check out the article

Punk Goes Acoustic

Jack's Mannequin will be featured on Fearless Records' Punk Goes Acoustic 2

Bands on TV

Here are all the bands (and Dane Cook) that will be performing this week on TV.

2/5 - Of Montreal on The Daily Habut [FUEL]
2/5 - Bayside on Steven's Untitled Rock Show [FUSE]
2/5 - Fall Out Boy on David Letterman [CBS]
2/6 - Fall Out Boy on TRL [MTV]
2/6 - Paul Weller on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/6 - Taking Back Sunday on Carson Daly [NBC]
2/7 - The Shins on Steven's Untitled Rock Show [FUSE]
2/7 - Dane Cook on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/8 - The Killers on TRL [MTV]
2/8 - Fall Out Boy on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/9 - Lily Allen, Good Charlotte on TRL [MTV]
2/9 - Fall Out Boy on Steven's Untitled Rock Show [FUSE]
2/9 - Tenacious D on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC]
2/9 - Lamb Of God on Conan O'Brien [NBC]
2/11 - The Police on the Grammy Awards [CBS]

Staff Picks

Sean Picks
Rosie Thomas - If Songs Could Be Held


Chris Picks
Count Bass D - Act Your Waist Size


Cory Picks
Go it Alone - Vancouver gold

Dustin Kensrue Live on Letterman

If you missed Dustin's performance on Letterman you can watch it right here.

Cartel and HOB

Cartel is House of Blues Artist of the Month

Stream Fall Out Boy's New Album

Click the photo to go to the site where you can stream Fall Out Boy's new album, Infinity on High, in its entirety

Evergreen Terrace to Metal Blade

Evergreen Terrace has signed with Metal Blade Records. The band will head to the studio to record in March.

Saves the Day Recording Plans

Chris Conley posted this statement about Saves the Day recording plans.

"So today we finished the final demos for our upcoming record “Under The Boards”. If all goes well, we’ll be recording in late Spring and we’ll have a new album out in Fall. Sweet, huh? We’ve got 13 songs laid down and more to come. Prepare for the invasion!"

Save Anything

Saves the Day and Say Anthing are going to be hitting the road together, check the comments for all of the dates.

Cartel on Cribs

Check out this article on MTV.com about Cartel and their appearance on MTV Cribs.

http://www.mtv.com/#/news/articles/1551133/20070130/cartel__3_.jhtml