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New Made In Hell Fall Line

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Ian Watkins of Lostprophets has launched the first part of the Fall Line for MADE IN HELL.  Branded as wearable art, the singer has released two T-Shirts, one Hoodie, and a Polo.  All items are limited to 250 pieces, hand numbered, and signed by Watkins.

“This is and always be something i do as a creative outlet for my ideas that wont work anywhere else,” says Watkins adding “It’s not a merch company, it’s just simply my ideas realized.”

Head here to shop the new fall line.

LoveHateHero Interview

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After two albums (Just Breathe and White Lies) and national tours with acts such as Chiodos, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Funeral for a Friend, LoveHateHero is back with a new album. America Underwater will be released on Tuesday, September 29th on Ferret Music. Be sure to check out the video for the title track here.

I had the chance to talk to singer, Pierrick Berube about the evolution of the band, catching fans off-guard with a revamped sound and the future of their music. Enjoy!

How do you think LoveHateHero has evolved since the last two albums, Just Breathe and White Lies?
Well, we’ve become better musicians, better singers, better songwriters, better composers. Better everything over time.

Do you guys think that you’ve reinvented yourselves with this new album at all?
I guess you could call it that. I mean, it just kinda happens. Our influences change every few years so. Like, we didn’t purposely reinvent ourselves. We were just excited to write complete, full songs with a message and not really worry about showing off.

So does this new album have the same edgy sound that people tend to expect from LoveHateHero or did you incorporate anything new?
There’s definitely some pop influences for sure. It’s not as heavy of an album. Definitely just more straightforward rock

What area(s) do you guys think you’ve improved the most on since the last album?
Probably songwriting and composing.

Would you guys say that you’re the same band you were in 2008 or is this new album going to catch fans off-guard a little?
I’m sure it will catch a few people off-guard, definitely. [Laughs] It’s not the same at all. It’s definitely evolved to something completely new.

Will there be a good amount of touring for this new album?
Yeah, we hope so! We’ve got a few tours booked and we’re going out of the country a couple times. Hopefully we can tour the whole year.

What songs are you the most proud of and why?
I’m very proud of a lot of the songs. Some of them I kinda stepped outside of my own boundaries and write songs that I’d never even tried to write before. There’s a song on our record called “Wait and See” which is very U2. I was really proud of writing that songs because it’s not easy. It wasn’t easy for me at all to write that song.

What have been some of the crowd favorites in terms of songs?
Probably just the really high energy ones. Specifically, probably either “Red Dress,” “Goodbye My Love” or “She Puts the Ho in Homewrecker.”

Did you guys play a lot of the material that’s going to be on your new album when you were out on tour this summer?
Yeah, we’ve been playing 2-3 new songs for the past couple months to promote the new album. Once the record comes out, we’ll probably start playing probably half new songs and half new songs.

How’s the crowd receiving the new stuff so far?
It’s seems like they like it. I mean, it’s a little different because most of them haven’t heard it yet so half the time, with our old songs, everyone’s singing along going crazy and then they hear the new songs and they don’t really know them so they’re just kinda banging their heads.

What can we expect from LoveHateHero in 2010?
Lots of touring. I believe we’re going to the UK. Just keep promoting the new album. Keep doing it, keep pushing it.

That about wraps it up! Anything else to add?
Make sure to check out our new album, America Underwater!

LoveHateHero has dropped off the Gwen Stacy tour that was to kick off next month. The band will now be joining Eyes Set To Kill, and Dreaming of Eden on a fall tour beginning 10/23 in Orland Park , IL . An 11-city Brazilian tour will follow. Be sure to check their myspace for all the dates!

Architects Interview

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Can you please introduce your band, yourself, and your role in the band?

My Name’s Tim HB and I play guitar in Architects

So, how did the band get started? What is the history behind the band?

We met at college in 2004, and between then and early 2007, went thru a couple of line-up changes to get to the final incarnation of the band we have today.

You are currently on tour with Oh, Sleeper, ETID, and BMTH. How is the tour going so far? I know ETID is just a fun band in general, any interesting, random stories you’d like to share?

The tour is going great so far. It’s a lot better for us than the last US tour we did for sure! BMTH are our best friends being on tour with them is always awesome, ETID are great dudes, and an incredible band. They’re definitely a fun band, last night they offered a free shirt for people to try this insane hot sauce, which resulted in a crowd gathering in the parking lot around a couple of dudes putting hot sauce in some pretty sensitive areas!

Even though your album, Hollow Crown, came out in February how do you guys feel about this release and what are you most proud of from Hollow Crown?

We’re really happy about how Hollow Crown came out and what we’ve achieved from it, especially in increasing our fan-base in the UK and enabling us to play to more places around the world. Im really happy about how the songs go over live too, reaction to the songs from it all over the world have been insane!

What are your plans after this tour is over? More touring? Recording? Sleeping?

After this tour we have a few days off at home, then we go straight out to do the Never Say Die Tour in UK/Europe, which will be awesome! Then after that we’re taking a couple of months off to try and finish up our next record, then after that it’ll be more touring until we go record it later next year.

Is there any specific meaning behind the bands’ name, Architects?

To be Honest, not really. We had to think of a name quickly and wanted a one-word band name, and Architects was the one that we felt suited the band the most out of the ideas we had.

How did you guys get started playing music? Who is your biggest influence?

We all just started playing our instruments for fun when we where real young, and then started getting into more challenging music, and subsequently challenging ourselves to get better as we got older so we could be like our favourite bands!

What has been the most memorable experience about being in a band?

There are so many that it’d be hard to choose, but I would have to say our First UK tour would be my most memorable experience from this band. The excitement, and the lack of expectation are things I really miss. Doing what we do now is incredible, but that child-like curiosity and care-free attitude to what we where doing was so fun back then because everything was amazing and we didn’t really know what we where doing!

What are the future goals of Architects?

Our goals now are the same as they’ve always been, to keep producing records that we’re stoked about, to keep building our fan-base and to play a lot of shows!

Any last words for Driven Far Off?

Alan Dino’s dog frog disco