Punchline
Thank you for bearing with us during the past few weeks, here is your news — and your free music!
Max Bemis has posted a long statement about Say Anything, which you can read here. To summarise though: they’re not splitting up.
Check out Sufjan Stevens’s Bandcamp for his new EP.
Bedouin Soundclash will release their new album, Light The Horizon, on September 28th.
The Sex Pistols, in keeping with their true punk roots, have launched a perfume. They describe it as a “[f]resh, restless bite of lemon, sharpened and intensified by deiant black pepper. It’s the unruly …
Please note: for the next two weeks, I will be in Hungary covering the Sziget festival. I will do my best to update the site, but there may be some issues with updates, and posts may disappear. Please bear with us, we will return normal service as soon as is humanly possible.
In the meantime, why not follow @joesbigtoe on twitter, which I will try and update more often?
According to Randy Nichols’s twitter there is something afoot in the Starting Line camp. No details as to what it may be, but he …
A day late, a buck short…
Beau of Saosin has posted on their message board, telling us that the band have parted ways with Cove, their lead singer, but they have not yet found a replacement for him.
Sublime with Rome (Sublime with Rome Ramirez instead of Bradley Nowell) will hit the studio in October to record a new album, according to Rome on the band’s official website.
Bandcamp have announced that they will begin charging a 15% transaction fee on all sales made on their website, up to $5000 per band, at which point …
Apologies for last week’s lack of news… here’s twice as much this week to make up for it!
The Academy Is…‘s William Beckett has started work on writing for their fourth album.
Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco has told the world that the guitar and bass tracks for the new album are now complete, and Spencer says that the drums are done too.
Matthew Leone of Madina Lake has been seriously injured. He intervened in a domestic argument to stop a woman getting beaten by her boyfriend. He suffered some pretty heavy blows …
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.
The …
The Beat are looking to distribute 17 tracks that they have demoed and are currently weighing up their options of going it alone or signing up to a record label. This comes after a short hiatus of 28 years.
Jimmy Eat World have announced that we will hear Tom Linton’s voice on an up-and-coming JEW track, probably on the album.
Pat Dee, drummer in Punchline, is now the ex-drummer from Punchline, after apparently being kicked out of the band. Speculation abounds that this is to make way for Cory from The Composure or PJ …
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.
According …
As part of a charity fundraiser for Deftones bassist Chi Cheng (in hospital since last year, and still “minimally-conscious” following a coma, Greg Puciato of Dillinger Escape Plan took to the stage with Deftones to do the vocal part on “Passenger” recorded by Tool’s Maynard James Keenan.
Punchline are releasing a B-sides album, called Night Lights. It will be digital only. More info can be found here.
Cash Cash want you to have a part in your bedroom — but only a consensual one. According to their MySpace blog, there were some …