In a Washington Post recent article on Strike Anywhere, lead vocalist Thomas Barnett deconstructs the entire new album “Iron Front” song by song. He unveils when the songs were written, the inspiration behind them and there is also a youtube video of each song so you can listen as you read. A treat for the eyes and the ears!

“Iron Front” will be dropped October 6th on Bridge Nine Records. Strike Anywhere will be frolicking around the US starting this Friday, check out their Dying Scene Shows page to see if they’ll be hitting up your town.

Due to some recent health issues with one of their bandmates, Set Your Goals has dropped off the AP Fall Ball tour for the next 8 stops but will return on October 10th. They had this to say about the issue:

“We wanted to let everyone know that everything is back on track and our bandmate is on the road to recovery. Set Your Goals will be joining up with the Alternative Press Fall Ball Tour on 10/10 in Chico, CA and we honestly can’t wait. We wanted to say thanks to all of you that have sent your thoughts and well wishes during this time. The truth is we could never repay your for all of your support and are looking forward to getting out there and playing for all of you. Big thanks also goes out to everyone at Alternative Press and our label, Epitaph, for their assistance and understanding in dealing with this situation. See you soon!”

To check out all the dates and cities, head over to their Dying Scene Shows page.

On their trip back home to AZ from Burbank, CA, The Maine‘s Pat [drummer] and Garrett [bassist] decided to film their excursion and call it “The Adventure“. Chalk full of the sickest video effects you’ve ever seen and a near death experience, this video should entertain you for 5 minutes and 42 seconds.

The Maine will be kicking off The Love Drunk Tour in a couple weeks so keep checking the Dying Scene Shows page so dates and locations. [Read more…]

October 6th is the official release date for HORSE The Band‘s new album “Desperate Living”. But for all you broke-asses that prefer stealing music from the internet, the entire album is streaming right now on MetalSucks.net. Go check it.

“Desperate Living” will drop via Vagrant Records.

The music video for Evergreen Terrace‘s “Sending Signals” has been released and you might get a feeling it was inspired by a certain 1984 karate-drama film. The song comes off their new album “Almost Home” released via Metal Blade Records yesterday, the 29th. Watch now Scenester-san! [Read more…]

The Slackers have a new album coming out entitled “Lost & Found”, a follow up to their 2008 album “Self Medicate”. The new album will be released sometime in Spring of 2010, but you can check out one of its tracks “If You See My Baby” right now, for it is streaming on their MySpace page. They also have posted an interesting blog which breaks down each of the songs and how they came to be. The band had this to say about the new album:

“Its a compilation of tracks that we have had sitting around since 1998 thru to 2007. Some of them were complete and just never got mixed or we didnt figure out how to fit them onto the album we were working on at the time. Some of them had a “mistake” on them that we couldnt fix back in the age of analog tape. Others were just skeletal rhythms and needed to get worked into final form. Hence, the title, Lost & Found. These are songs that were in need of a home.”

In other news, The Slackers have recently re-signed with Hellcat/Epitaph Records for their next studio album.

Every Avenue will be dropping their album, “Picture Perfect” November 3rd on Fearless Records. Since we’ve got some time between now and then they have been kind enough to upload some tracks from the album on their MySpace page. Let us know what you think so far!

The Huffington Post caught up with AFI‘s Davey Havok for an interview and you can read it all right here. I won’t spoil it for you by listing out the questions, but I will tell you it discusses more than just their newest album, “Crash Love”.

So not only are New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional touring together soon, they are also recording a 7 inch split where they will be covering each other’s songs. Sounds like it’s going to be pretty good to me…keep checking back for more info, because when I find out the details, you’ll be the first to know.

“Born And Raised” is off Alexisonfire‘s newest album, “Old Crows/Young Cardinals” released last June on Vagrant Records. To watch the trailer for this music video click here.