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Propagandhi have announced that they will be releasing a split 7″ with Sacrifice. The two bands will each put forward one cover, Propagandhi’s will be Technocracy, by Corrosion of Conformity, and Sacrifice’s will be Rush’s Anthem.
Thrice have announced via twitter that they will be releasing a new record in 2011.
If you check out Tooth & Nail’s Active Artists roster, you will see a surprise in the form of The Juliana Theory.
A survey by Rhythm magazine has voted Slipknot’s Joey Jordison as the best drummer of the past twenty five years, beating …
Alanis Morissette has married her rapper boyfriend Souleye. She has said that she is “so happy”.
Album sales for the week of the 30th May (ie: last week) were the lowest since records began in 1994, just over 10% of their record high, Christmas 2000. Predictably, the labels pointed the finger at piracy.
The Pixies have cancelled a visit Israel in the wake of the deaths of nine people on board ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. They are the latest band to cancel visits to Israel, following Klaxons, Gorillaz and Elvis Costello. …
It would appear that Saves The Day have left Vagrant Records; they are listed as an alumnus on Vagrant’s website.
All Time Low were stopped from playing a second night at Six Flags. The first night, apparently the crowd got a bit excited, and security then sprayed them with mace. The venue then told fans that the band had pulled out of the gig, according to Alex’s twitter.
Hayley Williams’ (Paramore) twitter account was allegedly hacked earlier this week, resulting in topless pictures of her making their way onto the internet.
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Slipknot’s bassist, Paul Gray, has been found dead in a hotel in Iowa. The police say his death is not being treated as suspicious.
Hawthorne Heights’s MySpace is home to a stream of their new album, Skeletons.
All Time Low are doing the same with their new live album. Go here to hear it.
Social Distortion have finished tracking their album, according to this twitter update.
If you go to Smashing Pumpkins’s website, you can download or stream four new tracks of theirs. Check it out here.
Mike Dirnt (Green Day) has designed another vegan shoe …
Apologies for last week’s lack of news, I was in Hungary.
Emo’s Annex have banned Fat Mike from the venue after his now infamous Cokie the Clown gig as part of SXSW. You can read more about the gig here.
Viking Funeral is a new label, started by Fletcher Dragge (Pennywise) and Ken Seaton of Hardline Entertainment and Suburban Noize Records. Their first signing is Authority Zero, who will release their fourth album through the label on May 25, 2010.
You can check out Cash Cash’s cover of Forever Young on their MySpace.
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The Killers have announced that they will be taking an indefinite hiatus after their gig in Australia on the 21st February. In a statement to the Associated Press, Dave Keuning said:
I’m not sure if people are aware of it but these are probably our last shows for a while. We haven’t had a break in quite a while. It’s just been touring and making records and on and on and on. It’s been like six years just kind of connected together. It’s like people just expect us to do that non-stop …
On September 29th, Paramore will release their new album, “Brand New Eyes”, on Fuelled by Ramen. Hayley Williams said in an interview with SPIN.com, “the record is about our band. It’s about the things we’ve gone through and the times we’ve hurt each other. It’s like a diary or log of everything we’ve dealt with to keep this band going.”