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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have set February 3rd as the release date for their sophomore album, Lonely Road. The first single “You Better Pray” is out now. Check out the track listing for the album below.
Lonely Road tracklisting
1. You Better Pray
2. No Spell
3. Pen and Paper
4. Represent
5. Pull Me Back
6. Step Right Up
7. Believe
8. Pleads and Postcards
9. Lonely Road
10. Senioritis
11. Godspeed
The Maine‘s new video for “Everything I Ask For” can be seen below.
Mark Hoppus has wrote a new blog post talking about the last couple of months. Hoppus talks about the recent plane crash as well as the death of producer Jerry Finn. Hoppus also goes on to talk about Tom Delong (Angels & Airwaves, Blink 182), Travis Barker and himself talking again.
Don’t expect a Blink 182 reunion anytime soon or at all as the former band mates are just catching up with each other after four years of not talking.
The Almost are streaming a new song from their upcoming No Gift To Bring EP titled “Awful Direction.” Head on over to the bands MySpace page to take a listen. The EP will be released on November 24th. You can pre-order a cd/shirt bundle here.
Thursday will release their new album, Common Existence, on February 17th. This will be the bands fifth album and it will be released by the bands new label, Epitaph Records. The album was recorded by the six-piece band with producer Dave Friddman at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, NY.
Via: Spin.com
Equal Vision Records is proud to welcome THIS TIME NEXT YEAR to its roster. The band – vocalist Pete Dowdalls, guitarist/vocalist Brad Wiseman, guitarist Denis Cohen, bassist Tony Allio, and drummer Aaron Seminoff – is set to record their debut full length with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Senses Fail, Thrice) at the top of 2009.
Listing Saves The Day, New Found Glory, and The Movielife as major influences, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR has released two EPs – A Place For You in 2007, The Longest Way Home in 2008 – on indie DIY labels Escapist Records and Run For Cover Records (respectively). With several full US tours under their belt, the five-piece has shared the stage with many of the scene’s current pop-punk heavyweights including Cartel, Set Your Goals, and Four Year Strong.
On the decision to sign with Equal Vision Records, Wiseman explained “EVR believes in us as much as we believe in ourselves and that’s all we can ask for. Since day one they have shown a strong sense of belief in this band and have welcomed us with open arms into what we are proud to call our new home. We are extremely grateful of all they have done so far and all that’s to come in the new year.”
The band has prepared a video regarding the announcement available for viewing below.
Tour Dates
12/05 – Livermore, CA @ Burnin Burro w/Fight Fair, First To Leave, Hear The Sirens
12/06 – Oakland, CA @ The Metro w/Set Your Goals, Trash Talk, Comadre & Among The Living
12/07 – Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project w/Hear The Sirens, Among The Living
12/20 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/2*Sweet
Every month in 2009 Mae will be bringing you a new song that is part of a bigger story.
These songs are like the hours that make up the day. These songs are like the months that make up the year. These songs are like years that make up a life. They are about the tiny choices we make that lead to large results. Sometimes these results are wonderful; sometimes they are terrible. We learn from both.
Three times during 2009 Mae will put these songs together and give you an EP.
As we search to understand the meaning of our own stories we can shift our perspectives to see things under a different light. We expand our understanding in these moments. This is like finishing one chapter and moving to the next part of the story. These EPs represent the broad chapters of our life.
They will be called:
(M)orning
(A)fternoon
(E)vening
(M)orning represents the beginning of the day, the beginning of the year, and the beginning of a life. It is our childhood. It is our fresh start. It is our new hope. It is the empty canvas of our minds and the beginning of our story.
(A)fternoon represents the middle of the day, summer turning into autumn, adulthood, parenthood, and the time in life to take control and write the story we want to leave behind.
(E)vening represents the end of the day, the return of winter, looking back at the end of our life, and preparing for death. This is the one time in our lives where our perspective is clearest and we see the arc of our story as a whole.
Mae currently has a new song titled “Somewhere,” up for download by simply going here and use the password: thankyou.
The New Regime (solo project from Lostprophets drummer, Ilan Rubin) is releasing his debut album tomorrow digitally. You can pick it up on iTunes, Amazon mp3 and other digital outlets.
Rubin has also been announced as the new drummer for Nine Inch Nails starting in 2009.
Anberlin will be hitting the road this winter with Madina Lake, Between The Trees. Check out the dates below. Camera Can’t Lie will also be on select dates.
January 7th in Nashville, TN @ Rockettown
January 8th in Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
January 9th in Harrisonburg, VA @ The Alethia
January 10th in Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
January 11th in Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
January 13th in Montreal, QC @ Studio JPR
January 14th in Ottawa, ON @ Babylon
January 15th in London, ON @ Cowboy’s Ranch
January 16th in Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center
January 17th in Milwaukee, WI @ The Eagles Club
January 18th in Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
January 19th in Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
January 21st in Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
January 22nd in Fargo, ND @ The Venue
January 23rd in Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre
January 24th in Regina, SK @ The Exchange
January 25th in Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
January 26th in Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse
January 30th in Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium
January 31stin Pocatello, ID @ Icon