SideOneDummy has (officially) announced the signing of Rainier, Oregon’s Broadway Calls. The band previously released material on State of Mind and Adeline Records including 2007’s Broadway Calls. Last year, the band issued a split with Teenage Bottlerocket.
The band is headed to Europe with Alkaline Trio this month. They will return and begin work on their next full length which is aiming for a later summer release.
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Richmond, VA-based Landmines are looking for a new drummer. The band is currently writing the follow-up to their 2008 debut, Landmines, and has parted ways with their last replacement drummer. The band is planning to record this Spring, and tour the U.S., Canada and Europe.
So here we are, finding ourselves yet again without a drummer. We’ve been looking fairly intently in our small circle of friends with no luck, so here we are, sending a message into the great abyss we call the internet.
Basically, we’ve got a lot of shit we’re looking forward to this year. We’re going to record another record real soon, we’ve got a couple real fun tours lined up including Canada and Europe. We’ve been writing a lot, which is harder than we thought without a drummer.
You can read the band’s full statement, which includes requirements, disclosures and contact information, below by clicking Read More.
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Copeland have a new video from their recent album, You Are My Sunshine. It is the follow-up to Dressed Up & in Line which was released in 2007.
The new split from This Will Destroy You and Lymbyc System is streaming online. The disc features two new songs from TWDY and three from Lymbyc System. The record is due January 13, 2009.
You can find it here.
This Will Destroy You’s self-titled album showed up on one of our best of 2008 lists.
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Jacksonville’s Whole Wheat Bread are set to release their new album Hearts of Hoodlums digitally 6 via iTunes. A traditional CD release is set to follow later this month on January 20, 2009
You can download a free mp3 of the first track “Bombs Away” here.
To preview more tracks, check out their MySpace.
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MxPx have a March 10, 2009. It is the follow up to 2007’s Secret Weapon and the “sequel” to 1995’s On the Cover.
As expected, the album will feature a new batch of covers including songs by U2, Belinda Carlisle, The Go-Go’s, Poison and many more. You can find the artwork here.
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Street Dogs, Swingin’ Utters and Shot Baker will be touring together in March.
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Houston Calls has kicked out guitarist Jose Lopez. The band explained the move:
Our good “friend” Jose has decided to shack up with my (Tom) ex-girlfriend immediately after she broke my heart and left me. The two hid it from me for weeks over christmas and only until yesterday when I had to find out was I informed. Great guy! Stand up guy! Well to put it bluntly he’s out of the band for good and hopefully lives a terrible life forever. I don’t know what’s going to happen yet but I’ll be sure to keep everyone informed.
The band is still planning to hit the road at the end of January with Valencia.
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Bayside‘s Anthony Raneri has responded to the “Biggest Flops of 2008” list which we posted last week. Anthony notes:
Less then 1% of all records that are made in the world sell more then 1,000 copies. An album that sells 200,000 copies makes the label between 1 million dollars and 1.4 million dollars. So now imagine calling an album that sells 700k copies a flop. If you can’t turn a profit on that, then it’s probably not the bands fault for “only” selling 200k. Maybe it’s time for a new business model.
Bands on major labels usually need to sell about 500k or more copies of their record before they get paid from their album sales, which only about 25 albums of the hundreds of thousands that come out actually do. Standard rates to the people that help a band function is 15% to a manager, 10% to an agent, 5% to a business manager, 15% of your merch to the club and if you have a 360 deal, 15%-30% to your label. .
Check out the rest of the blog entry here.
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Virgil Dickerson from Suburban Home Records and VInyl Collective has posted a blog responding to The Vinyl Bubble, a section of Punknews editor Justin August‘s 2008 Year End wrapup. He addresses many salient points and opens it up for even more dialogue.
You can read the entire blog post here.
Just so everyone’s clear: we’re all still friends. Healthy disagreements and discussion happen amongst friends. What’s your take on the recent vinyl explosion?
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Though the Musink Tour with Social Distortion and Motorhead was cancelled, the promoters have put together a three day festival in Orange County, CA set for February 20th to February 22nd.
The new show will include Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix, Manic Hispanic, Atreyu, Story Of The Year, Danzig and Throwdown. . The event will also feature professional skateboard and BMX demonstrations throughout the day. Tattoo artists, vendors, and additional bands will be announced in the coming weeks.
You can find more details here.
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Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 will be sitting in the producer’s chair for the next album from The Audition. According to a Rock Sound report, the band had this to say:
We talked to a bunch of producers before we got hooked up with Deryck from Sum 41. We hit it off instantly, he has a totally different outlook than any other producer we have worked with, he is really all about song writing and making sure all the songs are ready and that we have taken our time to put everything into them.
The Audition released Champion last year. Sum 41 released Underclass Hero, a Japan-only greatest hits collection and are planning a new EP soon.
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Canada’s own punk rock legends, D.O.A are headed to China for five shows later this month. The band celebrated it’s thirtieth year together in 2008.