Ben Gibbard covers Stars "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"

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Coming Soon: Joss Whedons "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"

This trailer looks amazing. I was a bit worried that he might not be able to pull this off, but it's Joss Whedon, the guy can do anything!


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The Mile After "ARMADA" Contest

The Mile After "ARMADA" Contest

Enter by: July 15th

The Loot:
3 winners will get all of the following:
1 copy of "The Five Things I Ever Did Wrong" EP 2004
1 11x17" band poster signed (2007)
1 11x17" band poster signed (2008)
1 Phone Call from the band
Copy of the new album "ARMADA"



Enter Here

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Hit The Lights: Best Pop Punk Album Of The Year

Hit The Lights will release their 2nd album "Skip School, Start Fights" next tuesday.

Skip School, Start Fights was produced by Rob Freeman (Hidden In Plain View) at Pilot Studios in New Jersey and mixed by Zach Odom and Kenneth Mount (Mayday Parade, All Time Low, Cartel).

Hit The Lights went through a lineup shuffle before they recorded Skip School, Start Fights. When former lead singer Colin Ross left the band last summer to pursue the quiet life, HTL decided it was time to unleash their secret weapon...it was time for their guitar player, Nick Thompson, to step into the limelight as lead singer. So how do they sound now that Nick's leading the charge? Better than ever. Obviously. Hit The Lights are now a four piece consisting of Nick Thompson (Vocals), Omar Zehery (Guitar), Nate Van Dame (Drums) and Dave Bermusk (Bass).

Head over to Myspace now for the exlusive album premiere of Hit The Lights' Skip School, Start Fights.

http://www.myspace.com/hitthelights

w/All Time Low
7/10/08 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
7/11/08 Greensboro, NC Greene Street Club
7/12/08 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Myrtle Beach
7/14/08 Nashville, TN Rocketown
7/15/08 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
7/16/08 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall

7/18/08 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
7/19/08 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
7/20/08 Richmond, VA The National
7/21/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre

7/22/08 S. Hackensack, NJ School Of Rock (w/ There For Tomorrow, Cash Cash and The Friday Night Boys)

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The Silent Years Prep For The Globe's Release (Aug. 26) With Free Download Of Debut LP

The Globe - August 26th

www.myspace.com/thesilentyearsAnd as a prelude to The Globe's release, The Silent Years have generously offered up their debut self-titled release for FREE. Yes, that's right, free!

Download Here

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The Killers Just Want To Have Fun

The Killers recently covered Cyndi Laupers "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" at the Pure Night Club In Vegas.


Tomorrow Cyndi Lauper will rock the WaMu Theatre as her True Colors tour arrives in Seattle. Tickets are still available and if you can't make it, be sure to check out the new album "Bring Ya To The Brink" Here is my favorite song from the new album.

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THE NOTWIST PLOT FALL TOUR

The Notwist will be touring this fall in support of The Devil, You, + Me, their first album since 2002’s Neon Golden. Following several European dates, the enigmatic German trio will make their first North American stop in Canada and continue through October, including shows at New York’s Webster Hall and Los Angeles’ Henry Fonda Theatre.

The Devil, You, + Me is an album driven by an individual and collective restlessness, something that manifests itself both in the endlessly inventive musical construction and the submerged lyrical narrative that hits you from the astonishing opening "Good Lies" all the way through to the fragile end-piece "Gone Gone Gone". The lyrics explore a world of uneasy being, structured like incantations formed to ward off the inescapable cycle of life and death, falling back on archetypes, religion, God and the devil himself.

“Even after a six-year siesta, the Notwist's approach to pop music-- exploiting both its formal properties and endless possibilities-- is no less captivating and visionary than before.” – Pitchfork

THE NOTWIST TOUR DATES
Oct 10 Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace

Oct 11 Montreal, PQ - Le National

Oct 12 Boston, MA - Roxy Theater

Oct 13 New York, NY - Webster Hall

Oct 14 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarioan

Oct 15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

Oct 16 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom

Oct 17 Chicago, IL - Logan Square

Oct 18 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall

Oct 20 Denver, CO - Bluebird

Oct 21 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue

Oct 22 Seattle, WA - Neumo's

Oct 24 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

Oct 25 Portland, OR - Berbati's

Oct 27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's

Oct 29 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
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Morrissey's Greatest Hits On Sale for 3.99

15 Morrissey Tracks for 3.99
If you don't already have these songs or your just getting into Morrissey I highly recommend you take advantage of this offer.
Click Here To Visit Amazon.com
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New Video: Closure In Moscow- We Want Gurantees, Not Hunger Pains

Championed as “young Aussie rockers who are gunning for new ground” by Alternative Press, Closure In Moscow, a five-piece from down under, is indeed looking to widen its fan base with its catchy, yet melodic, brand of progressive, avant-garde rock. The band’s debut EP The Penance & The Patience (which was originally released in Australia on Taperjean Records and debuted at No. 13 on the Australian Independent Album Charts) will be available as a digital-only release in the U.S. starting August 5 via Science Records.

Having taken on odd jobs to self-finance their EP, or albumette as they say in Australia, the band members (vocalist Chris De Cinque, guitarists Manny Zennelli and Michael Barrett, bassist Brad Kimber and drummer Beau) even sold their cars to fly out producer Kris Crummett (Kaddisfly, Dance Gavin Dance) to their hometown of Melbourne to record.

Reminiscent of The Mars Volta, Circa Survive, and Chiodos, Closure in Moscow has more in common with complex, seasoned bands like Rush and Tool than they do with fellow Aussie rockers AC/DC; pretty impressive for a band whose average age is 21.

Currently selling out shows all over Australia and touring with the likes of Coheed and Cambria, the band will head Stateside in September to begin writing songs for their upcoming full-length release which should be out late ‘08/early ‘09. A fall U.S. tour from September through November is in the works right now.

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