Death By Stereo have announced a tour in Europe to kick off in April. Prior to that, the band will play a few shows in the U.S. later this month.
The band recently finished recording their long-awaited new album, entitled Death Is My Only Friend. The record follows Death For Life which was released in 2005.
Thrice‘s recently unveiled vinyl box set of the Alchemy Index has been delayed. The label explained:
Our manufacturer has just informed us that the Thrice vinyl box set of The Alchemy Index will NOT meet the expected March 10 street date. We sincerely apologize for the repeated delays in getting this out to all of you who pre-ordered the package. Please know that this is the most elaborate vinyl set we’ve ever attempted and is literally being put together by hand. We underestimated the time necessary to complete each piece.
The vinyl box set is limited to 3000 numbered copies and will feature The Alchemy Index: Volumes I & II: Fire & Water and The Alchemy Index: Volumes III & IV: Air & Earth pressed on four EPs.
Each of the 4 EP’s will be pressed on 10″ colored vinyl -the Fire EP is red, Water is blue, Earth is brown and Air is on clear vinyl. The discs will be inside a hand-bound hardcover book complete with lyrics, liner notes and commentary from the band.
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Charlottesville, VA’s Unholy Four has signed to Record Theory, and has launched a free download of their new EP Rocketship to Hell.
The band is lists Motorhead, Rocket From The Crypt, the Stones, Animals, and Turbonegro as their primary influences. They have released a 7″ version of the EP on marbled grey vinyl, also available at Record Theory.
You can download the entire EP here.
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The froggiest of TreeFrogs has returned with another bit of the lo down. Check out the preview of the interview with SniperSteve and L4nce here on the community site or read the whole enchilada over at EnemyTerritory.tv!
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Sick Of It All have announced a short European festival tour, which includes stops in Sweden, Netherlands, Sardinia, Belgium and Germany.
The band continues to work on a brand new studio album expected to drop this year. It will be the follow-up to 2006’s Death to Tyrants, and will likely be released on Century Media which recently absorbed Abacus and some of the label’s bands.
Danzig has confirmed that a live action adaptation of his comic book series, Satanika, is being made. Glenn posted on the Verotik site:
It will be Directed by THOMAS MIGNONE whose critically acclaimed Film “On The Doll” drew Rave Reactions all over the Globe and will be based on The VEROTIK Conic Series written by GLENN DANZIG.
Music Fans may know MIGNONE from the scores of Music Videos he has done over his career that reads like a Who’s Who of Modern Music ( Slipknot, Superjoint Ritual, Danzig, Sepultura, Concrete Blonde, Type O Negative, scores more, even one for David Hasselhoff.
Danzig has been self-publishing the series since 1995.
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Russian Circles, Sweet Cobra and Lichens are headed out together next month.
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Brand New have announced four shows in the UK this June. The band is rumoured to be releasing a new full length around the same time. It would be the follow up to The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.
WaTunes, a popular service that enables indie artists to post music on iTunes and Amazon, has announced that they have made the service completely free. The company’s CEO explained:
We’ve finally can say that we have raise the bar even higher by providing you guys an ABSOLUTE digital distribution service. As of now, WaTunes will enable it’s customers to continue to sell unlimited music, earn 100% of the royalties, and more, ALL FOR FREE! There are no fees, cancellations, no gimmicks.
Up till now, bands either paid TuneCore or WaTunes fees to publish their music via the popular digital services. It remains to be seen how TuneCore will respond.
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The long-awaited Green Day documentary, Heart Like a Hand Grenade, is set to premiere in Los Angeles on March 25th. Directed by John Roecker, who previously collaborated with the band on Live Freaky! Die Freaky! and The Network, the film documents the recording process of 2004’s American Idiot.
You can check out the film poster here.
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Former Screeching Weasel and current Riverdales/The Methadones member Dan Schafer has joined Neil Hennessy The Lawrence Arms/The Falcon/Smoking Popes to form Noise By Numbers. The band is influenced by bands like Husker Du, The Replacements and others.
Check out three demos on their myspace page.
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The Hope Conspiracy have posted a new track, “In the Shadow of God.” The track is set to appear on the hardcore act’s forthcoming 7-inch, True Nihilist which is set for release this year.
Check out “In the Shadow of God” on their myspace page.
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The latest additions to Rock Band 2 this week come from The Offspring, REM and Richard Thompson.
The Offspring will be providing “All I Want” from 1997’s Ixnay on the Hombre and “The Kids Aren’t Alright” from 1998’s Americana. REM will feature “Losing My Religion” from 1991’s Out of Time. Guitar legend Richard Thompson rounds out the list with “The Way That It Shows”.
The songs will be available in Rock Band 2 tomorrow on XBOX360 and Thursday on PS3.
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