The latest on the indie, alternative, and rock music scene including news, music, contest, interviews, and more. Best described as your favorite place to find new bands.
Mark Hoppus has announced that they have moved up the Blink 182 premiere of their new song “Up All Night” to today July 14th. Stay tuned to www.blink182.com and Driven Far Off for more details soon.
Updated: “Up All Night” is available for streaming now on www.blink182.com. Let us know your thoughts!
Check out the cover art for the single below.
Music streaming service Spotify has officially launched in the U.S. The service that has been getting rave reviews in Europe for quite some time has officially jumped the pond and you can signup for an invite today or skip their free service and join their premium program.
Spotify does offer a free service however if you want to take your music offline or put it on your mobile device you will have to signup for their premium service. You can currently get a free 6-month premium preview if you signup for more information on the new Chevrolet Sonic on their Facebook page.
What do you use as your main music hub? Do you use a similar service such as Rdio or MOG? Dig you get your invite to Spotify? Let us know your thoughts and look for a review of some of these streaming services in the near future here on Driven Far Off.
Blink 182 will world premiere their new single “Up All Night” this Friday July 15th at 7:30 a.m. PST/10:30 a.m. EST on July 14th on KROQ in LA (106.7FM kroq.radio.com) and on www.blink182.com. The bands new album is expected to be out in a few months as the band heads out on the Honda Civic Tour.
Are you ready to hear new stuff from the band? What do you think it will sound like? Old Blink, new Blink?
UPDATED: Premiere moved to July 14th.
Thrice have announced September 20th as the release date for their new album, Major/Minor. Check out the album art below and look for the band on tour this fall. Thrice also recently had some gear stolen and if you have any information on it please contact the band. [Read more…]
The Graduate have announced that they will be going on indefinite hiatus. The band has also announced a few farewell shows which can be seen below in a note the band posted about the hiatus.
To all of our friends, family, and fans,
You may have noticed things have been very quiet lately around The Graduate camp. If you’ve followed our band closely you know that the past few years have been full of trials, twists, and turns. We did everything we could to keep things going this long, however after almost 6 years The Graduate has begun entering the realm of indefinite hiatus.
We all feel extremely lucky to have been able to play so many shows in so many different places, and want to personally thank everyone who came out to a gig, picked an album or shirt, bought us a drink, helped us book a concert, let us crash in your homes, and everything in-between. We were fortunate enough to work with so many great people (far too many to name). We’re very proud of all the work we’ve done together, and grateful for all the support.
Things may not have always ended up the way we wanted, but for the most part we were able to do things our own way. We hope that the songs we made will stay as close to you as it will with us. No matter what happens, no one can ever take away the music.
We will be playing four farewell shows around our hometown area. We’re very sorry that we can’t play one last show in every city we’ve come to love, but we hope that you’ll try to make it out to one if you can. If you want to reach out to us, we’ll try to reply to as many people as we can. Thank you again, we’ll miss this.
Tim, Corey, Matt, Max, & Jared
The Graduate
Farewell Shows:
Aug 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
Aug 19 – Springfield, IL @ The Hilton
Aug 20 – Quincy, IL @ The State Room
Aug 27 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’sMore info soon, please keep checking back
Taking Back Sunday‘s new video for “Faith (When I Let You Down)” can be seen below. The song comes from the bands new [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/faith-when-i-let-you-down/id443835463?uo=4″ title=”Taking Back Sunday – Taking Back Sunday” text=”self-titled album”] in stores now.
Check out the video and let us know what you think. [Read more…]
The Summer Set‘s new video for “Someone Like You” can be seen below. The song comes from the bands new album, Everything’s Fine, due out July 19th. Pick up one of the band’s special pre-order packages here. [Read more…]
The Dangerous Summer‘s new album, War Paint, is due out July 19th and their new video for the title track “War Paint” can be seen below. If you haven’t pre-ordered the album yet do so here or be sure to order it from [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-dangerous-summer/id261586465?uo=4″ title=”The Dangerous Summer” text=”iTunes”].
MxPx is currently recording their 9th studio album which is set for release later this year. Check out a video update from the band below.
The Make, which features Jeff Schneeweis & Trevor Sellers formally of Number One Gun, have released their debut EP [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/this-box/id447090711?uo=4″ title=”The Make – This Box” text=”This Box”] on iTunes. The band is signed to Suspended Sunrise Recordings which is run by none other then Aaron Rogers of the Green Bay Packers. Check out the bands new video for “Get It” below and pick up on song for free here. [Read more…]
