The Strokes and Jay-Z To Headline Isle of Wight Festival
The Strokes and Jay-Z will headline the 2010 Isle of Wight Festival, which takes place between June 11th and 13th. Blondie will also play along with Pink, Orbital and Squeeze.
Album Review: Crash Coordinates - The Business of Making You Move
Crash Coordinates are a band that with 'The Business of Making You Move' enter a scene in which they fit in almost too perfectly. They’re a band that you all too often see America churn out, time and time again; A blend of light pop/rock with somewhat complicated vocals and sugary synths to help back them up.First Track is ‘In Circles’ with an intro that falls flat, and a pretentious sounding vocal combination, you’re left wondering whether or not to just carry on with the song or just skip it, hoping for something a bit better. However, persistence is a reward. Keep listening and you’re rewarded with a decent chorus and a great solo just to beef things up a bit.
Therefore I Am, Vanna and A Loss For Words US Tour
Therefore I Am, Vanna and A Loss For Words begin a US tour today.11/30 Jermyn, PA @ Eleanor Rigby's
12/01 Altoona, PA @ The Eldolyn Terrace
12/03 Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
12/04 Toledo, OH @ Frankie's Inner City
12/05 Orland Park, IL @ Mojoe's Coffee House
12/06 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
12/07 Springfield, MO @ Club Neon
12/08 Cape Girardeau, MO @ 4H Building
12/09 Clarksville, TN @ The Coup
12/11 Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
12/12 Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz
12/13 Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange
12/14 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
12/15 Clinton, NJ @ Aquifer Music Venue
12/16 Allentown, PA @ Crocodlie Rock
12/17 Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
12/18 Bucksport, ME @ The Kave
12/19 Providence, RI @ Lupo's
The Get Up Kids Planning 3 Vinyl EPs in 2010
According to their recent interview podcast with Alternative Press, The Get Up Kids will independently release three 4-track 7'' vinyl EPs in 2010.The interview can be downloaded here.
Fall Out Boy Greatest Hits Collection Released In The UK Today
Fall Out Boy's greatest hits collection 'Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits' is released in the UK today on Mercury Music Group.Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Announce New Album
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists' new album 'The Brutalist Bricks' will be released on March 9th on Matador Records.Travis McCoy Posts Debut Solo Track
Gym Class Heroes' frontman Travis McCoy's debut solo track 'One At A Time' can be heard here.Craig Owens Recording New Material
Craig Owens is currently recording a new album with producer John Feldman.Forgetters US Tour
Blake Schwarzenbach's new band Forgetters will start a US next month.Friday, December 11: Brooklyn, NY (Market Hotel)
Saturday, December 12: Washington, DC. (St. Steven's Church, Columbia Heights)
Sunday, December 13: Richmond, Va. (Gallery5)
Monday, December 14: Charlotte, NC. (Milestone)
Tuesday, December 15: Atlanta, Ga. (Drunken Unicorn)
Wednesday, December 16: TBD
Thursday, December 17: Gainesville, Fla. (1982)
Friday, December 18: Pensacola, Fla. (Sluggo's)
Saturday, December 19: New Orleans, La. (Nowe Miasto) Early show.
Sunday, December 20: Memphis, TN. (Hi Tone Café)
Monday, December 21: Chattanooga, TN. (Sluggo's North)
Manchester Orchestra To Record iTunes Live Session
Manchester Orchestra will be recording an iTunes Live Session at the Apple Store in Soho, New York tomorrow at 7pm.Fightstar and All Forgotten UK Tour
Fightstar and All Forgotten will head out on UK tour in February.8th - Millenium Theatre - Cardiff
9th - Concorde 2 - Brighton
10th - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton
12th - Corporation - Sheffield
13th - Studio 24 - Edinburgh
14th - Academy 2 - Liverpool
16th - Waterfront - Norwich
17th - Heaven - London
New Limp Bizkit Album Title
Limp Bizkit's new album will be called 'Gold Cobra' and will be released next year.Glassjaw Video Interview
A new video interview with Glassjaw can be seen by clicking read more below.New Motion City Soundtrack Single
Motion City Soundtrack's new single 'Her Words Destroyed My Planet' can be heard here.The track is taken from their new album 'My Dinosaur Life' which is released on January 19th on Columbia Records.
Between The Buried and Me Release New Video
Between The Buried and Me's new video for 'Obfuscation' can be seen by clicking read more.
The Wonder Years 12-Inch Pre-Order
The Wonder Years' new album 'The Upsides' can be pre-ordered on 12'' vinyl here.BSM Records Radio Show Download
Chester Univeristy's radio station The Cat 1251 recently dedicated a show to Big Scary Monsters Records.The show can be downloaded here.
1. Shapes - Trampled By A Horse
2. This Town Needs Guns - Pig
3. Colour - Dinosaurs
4. Meet Me In St Louis - Well You Damn Well Should
5. Copy Haho - Cutting Out The Bad
6. Kevin Devine - I Could Be With Anyone
7. Shoes And Socks Off - Butterfingers ('Melitzer' version)
8. Pulled Apart By Horses - Meat Balloon
9. Talons - Bethlehem
10. And So I Watch You From Afar - D Is For Django The Bastard
11. Mutiny On The Bounty - 1, 2, 3, 4, I Declare A Thumb War
12. Secondsmile - Stars Away
13. Calories - Expect The Language
14. Blakfish - Rollerskates
Paramore Making Of Video
The making of Paramore's new video for 'Brick By Boring Brick' can be viewed by clicking read more.
Greeley Estates Studio Video and New Song
A studio video of Greeley Estates recording 'Jealousy Breeds Killing Sprees' can be seen by clicking read more. The track features guest vocals from Escape The Fate singer, Craig Mabbitt and can be heard on their MySpace.Greeley Estates will release their new album 'No Rain, No Rainbow' on January 26th on Tragic Hero Records.
Punchline Plan Online Rarities Album
Punchline will be releasing an online album called 'Night Lights' in the very near future which will feature 20 b-sides, demos, and previously unreleased songs from the past 6 years or so.We Are The Ocean London Show Venue Change
According to the bands MySpace page, We Are The Ocean's scheduled headline London show tomorrow (December 1st) at the Electric Ballroom has been moved to the O2 Islington Academy.All original tickets are still valid.
Underoath Announce UK Tour
Underoath have announced details of a UK tour next year.Dates as follows:
March
11th - London Koko
12th - Manchester Academy 2
13th - Leeds Met University
14th - Glasgow ABC
15th - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, December 2nd.
Silverstein Confirm UK Supports
Silverstein have confirmed the following support acts for their upcoming UK tour this December:8/12 - Leeds Cockpit:
Attack! Attack! and Goodbye For Now
9/12 - Manchester Club Academy:
Attack! Attack! and The Amity Affliction
10/12 - London Scala:
Attack! Attack! and The Amity Affliction
Jared Leto Comments on 30 Seconds To Mars Album Leak
30 Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto has commented on the bands new album 'This Is War' leaking on to the internet.Leto told Rock Sound:
It’s sort of inevitable that it’s going to leak at some point," he admitted recently. "I think it gets pretty heated these days, because if it leaks they [the record label] tend to go after whoever leaked it pretty hard. It’s a pretty intense thing but I stay out of that.”
Parkway Drive UK Tour
It seems Parkway Drive will be touring the UK in April. This site suggests Despised Icon, Winds of Plague, The Warriors and 50 Lions will be supporting.25th April - London HMV Forum
26th April - Manchester Academy
27th April - Bristol O2 Academy
More dates to follow.
Portia Conn Signs with LAB/Tragic Hero
17-year-old Stratford singer/songwriter Portia Conn has signed a worldwide deal with LAB/Tragic Hero.Her debut single 'I Don't Care' will be released on February 2nd and can be pre-ordered here and heard on her MySpace.
A full EP is planned for a summer 2010 release.
'New York' by Portia Conn can be heard on our Spring/Summer 2009 Compilation here.
Album Review: Gentlemen and Scholars - The Fault
Gentlemen and Scholars approach of mashing a bunch of genres together and seeing what sticks continues in their new album 'The Fault', and for the most part it pays off. The album changes directions multiple times, sometimes even mid song. This makes for an album that is filled with many diverse influences, ranging from southern rock, jazz piano, and good old punk rock guitars.The album begins with “We’re Outta Here ‘89” which kicks things off in a furious garage punk manner. Vocalist Wes Beach starts the song before a volley of screams and crunching guitars get the song going. Some may be put off by the atonal nature of the song, particularly the first verse vocals, but it apes the style effectively. By the second track it becomes clear that Gentlemen and Scholars aren’t going to stick to the one style. Starting with a jazz piano melody and staccato drumming, before launching into a bouncy rock number, the band show that they aren’t afraid to experiment, and also show that they can do it quite ably.
Alternative Press Spring 2010 Line-Up?
According to this site, Hey Monday, Never Shout Never, The Cab and Every Avenue will join The Summer Set as part of the Alternative Press Spring Tour 2010 line-up.MXPX 'Punk Rawk Christmas' Stream
MXPX's 'Punk Rawk Christmas' is now streaming via the band's MySpace HERE.Tegan And Sara 'Reflections' Episode 5
Tegan and Sara have posted their latest installment of 'Reflections'.To view episode 5 of their online series, click HERE.
Hockey Announce UK Tour
Hockey have announced a UK tour to take place in late February.London Koko (February 24)
Manchester Academy 2 (25)
Glasgow Queen Margaret Union (26)
Belfast Spring & Airbrake (27)
Dublin Academy (29)
Rolo Tomassi UK Tour
Rolo Tomassi have announced intimate UK tour ahead of their new album, which will be released in March 2010 on Hassle Records.17th January - The Chamleon, Nottingham (18+)
18th January - The Deaf Institute, Manchester (14+)
19th January - Nice ‘n’ Sleazy, Glasgow (18+)
20th January - The Flapper, Birmingham (14+)
27th January - Camden Barfly, London (14+)"
Fine Young Firecrackers Posts 1st Single
New UK Pop Punk Band Fine Young Firecrackers have uploaded the first single called 'Diamond Eyes' here.The Brute Chorus Announce X-Mas Single
The Brute Chorus will release aChristmas single on 24th December called ‘Bury Me In Hawaii’.Future of The Left UK Tour with Tubelord
Future of The Left begin their UK tour tomorrow with support from Tubelord.28 Nov Arts Centre - Norwich
29 Nov Bullingdon - Oxford
30 Nov Wedgewood Rooms - Portsmouth
1 Dec Academy 3 - Birmingham
3 Dec Garage - London
4 Dec Freebutt - Brighton
5 Dec Thekla - Bristol
Propagandhi and Protest The Hero Set To Start UK Tour
Propagandhi and Protest The Hero will begin their UK tour next week.NOVEMBER
30th - London, UK @ Koko
DECEMBER
1st - Leeds, UK @ Rios
2nd - Cardiff, UK @ Coal Exchange
3rd - Dublin, Ireland @ Village
5th - Belfast, Ireland @ The Speakeasy, Queens Uni. .
6th - Edinburgh, Scotland @ Studio 24
7th - Bournemouth, UK @ Academy
8th - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City
Tickets can be purchased here.
Propandhi's online mixtape can be found here, whilst Protest The Hero's latest video for 'Limb For Limb' can be seen here.
New Found Glory Release Holiday Shirt
New Found Glory have launched their very own, one of a kind, Ren and Stimpy t-shirt in celebration of the holiday season.To purchase, click HERE.
Also, for today only (Black Friday), anyone who spends more than $25 will get a free NFG car antenna topper.
Bowling For Soup Release Christmas EP
Bowling For Soup have released a digital only holiday EP entitled, 'Merry Flippin' Christmas'.To purchase, click HERE
Lostprophets Add New UK Date
Lostprophets have announced they will now play Preston 53 Degrees on February 13th.Interview: Moneen - 22/11/2009
Kenny Bridges of Canada's Moneen took the time out to sit down with Alter The Press!, just hours before hitting the stage at the sold out Los Angeles Troubadour.Kenny spoke to ATP! about the bands latest release, 'The World I Want To Leave Behind', the highs and lows of their first US tour in 3 years, leaving Vagrant Records UK and more.
Alter The Press: Last night of the Say Anything tour. How has it been going?
Kenny Bridges: It's been great. We continue on to start our headline Canadian tour but it's been really good but so many ups and downs. Shows have been amazing, everything else, as far as getting to the shows, has been a complete nightmare. The short version of the story is, we bought a van a week before the tour and within four days, we had a pretty major breakdown in St. Louis, for four days and had to cancel two shows but, finally, got it fixed. Two weeks later, the van broke down with the same problem in Salt Lake City, and we were there for ten days. Hippy (Chris Hughes - vocals/guitars) and I ended up flying out two days in, and ended up playing acoustic for eight shows. Our drummer Steve (Nunnaro), Erik (Hughes - bass) and two crew stayed in Salt Lake City for ten days, literally waiting for the van to get fixed. Since then, we don't even have a van anymore; we’ve ended up renting a van and trailer. We had no gear for a long amount of time, till our crew could meet up with us. When they did, within a day, our van got broken into and most of our merch money was stolen plus my X-Box and a whole bunch of other stuff. It was like this weird, dark cloud following us this entire tour. The funny thing is, everyone on this tour couldn't believe how pleasant, positive and happy we were. It's just like, there's nothing you can do. There were times where I just wanted to take a hammer and smash my face in, but you have to keep on trucking.
Harvard Posts Album Preview
Harvard has posted 4 tracks from their debut album "The Inevitable and I' over at www.enjoytheriderecords.com The label is also accepting street team members and demo submissions of all genres.Go:Audio Split Up
Go:Audio have announced they are splitting up.A message from the band can be read by clicking read more.
Evergreen Terrace Tour Video
Evergreen Terrace have posted their 2nd tour video from their recent US tour and can be seen by clicking read more below.
