Blackpool Lights has a new e-card.

Some blurbs about the Cartel / Hit The Lights tour:
-Last night, Cartel played their first acoustic set because Kevin, the drummer, had to head home for the night to attend his brother's graduation. The band played all of Chroma (give or take) with the exception of "Q" and "A".
-Hit The Lights' singer, Colin, has strep throat so the band may need to drop off of a few shows. Expect details on that soon.

Here are the dates for the upcoming Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Halifax, Hit the Lights tour:

Tour Dates

6/19/06 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's Entertainment Center
6/20/06 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room read more]

Blackpool Lights (members of The Get Up Kids, TheStart) will release their debut, This Town's Disaster, on June 20th. Below are the band's upcoming dates with The Pink Spiders.

Tour Dates

05/10/2006 - Webster Underground, Hartford, CT
05/11/2006 - Mark's Showplace, Bedford, NH
05/15/2006 - North...[read more]

Hit the Lights has announced the following tour dates supporting Bayside and Halifax. The band's new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, is in stores now.

Tour Dates

5/29/06 Houston, TX Walters on Washington
5/30/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
5/31/06...[read more]

Hit The Lights will be having their CD release show in Lima, OH on April 21st at Shawnee United Methodist Church. Time & Distance, Every Bridge Burned, Kiss The Gunner and The Drama Summer will be playing as well. Doors are at...[read more]

DrivenFarOff.com has posted 4 live videos of Hit The Lights performing "309", "Bodybag", "Hey Jealousy", and "These Backs Are Made For Stabbing." You can download them in iPod Video / Quicktime format.

Wanna know if Colin wears boxers or briefs? Or how long it takes Omar to blow dry his hair? You can ask them yourself! Hit the Lights will be doing an interactive chat session tomorrow in honor of their new album's release. Think up your best questions, log on, and ask away! The chat goes down tomorrow, April 11th at 5:30 PM EST. The chat session will be taking place read more]

Hit the Lights has posted "Three Oh Nine" from their new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, on pureVOLUME.com. The album hits stores tomorrow through Triple Crown Records.

Hit the Lights and Hot Topic are currently running a contest for you and a friend to win two round-trip airfare tickets to this year's Bamboozle, hotel accommodations, transportation to and from the airport, and of course, two tickets to Bamboozle itself. Click here to enter. Hit the Lights will...[read more]

Click here to check out the e-card for Hit the Lights' This is a Stick Up... Don't Make it a Murder.

Don't forget - the first four tracks from Hit the Lights' new record are now streaming on the band's AP.net profile. If you like what you hear, make sure to pre-order the album, and feel free to tell all your friends about it too. Tracks 5-8 will be up late Friday night/early Saturday morning.

Hit the Lights' new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, is now available for pre-order. Pre-orders come with a free shirt (while supplies last). This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder hits streets on April 11th through Triple Crown Records.

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Video director Jonathan London has a message to everyone regarding his next projects.

Message from Jon

Hey dudes. I'm directing two music videos this week. One for The Blackpool Lights on Thursday and one for The New Amsterdams on Friday. Both are being shot in my hometown of Austin.

Or at least I HOPE they are. I'm in Austin. The'll be in Austin. I cast the videos today. I got the...[read more]

So, the track listing we had a little while back for Hit the Lights' new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, wasn't 100% correct; the real track listing is below. The album hits stores on April 11th, and we'll begin our stream of it on March 18th.

Track List

1. The Call Out (You Are the Dishes)
2. These Backs Are Made For Stabbing
3. 309
4. Body Bagread more]

I will be interviewing Jim Suptic (ex-The Get Up Kids) about his new band, Blackpool Lights tomorrow evening. Post your questions here!

Hit the Lights has posted a new song titled "Bodybag" on their pureVOLUME.com page. The band's new album, This is a Stick Up... Don't Make it a Murder, is due out on April 11th through Triple Crown Records.

The Rocket Summer has posted their headlining dates with Blackpool Lights(Jim Suptic of The Get Up Kids).

Tour Dates

7-Mar Orlando, FL@ The Social
8-Mar Ft. Lauderdale, FL@ The Culture Room
9-Mar Tampa, FL@ The Infinity Room at the Masquerade
10-Mar Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11-Mar Columbia, SC@ New...[read more]

Look for the debut full length from Hit The Lights, This Is A Stick Up...Don't Make It A Murder, in stores on April 11th. Hit The Lights started the East West "Didn't Get What You Wanted" tour last night then will head out on the road with A Thorn For Every Heart. The band will also be part of The Take Action Tour and Bamboozle.

Action Action have a new website. Their new album, An Army of Shapes Between Wars, is in stores now.

You can watch Hit The Light's video for "Until We Get Caught" here.

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Yellowcard's new album Lights and Sounds is currently streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. The album hits stores on Tuesday.

Click here to stream four songs from Yellowcards new album, Lights and Sounds. Below are various pre-order specials for the album, which hits stores on Tuesday:

Lights And Sounds Pre-Order Specials

Pre-order from iTunes and receive an...[read more]

Action Action's video for "The Game" is now on Victory Records' website. The band's new album, An Army Of Shapes Between Wars hits shelves on January 24th.

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Brilliant Red Lights is working on a video for "New Flags" with Charles Spano (Death Cab For Cutie, Bloc Party, Neon Blonde). The band also put together a video while on tour last year, which can be seen read more]

Blackpool Lights, the new band featuring Jim Suptic of the Get Up Kids, have posted 2 songs off of their upcoming album This Town's Disaster on their Myspace.com page. Look for the band's debut from to be out in early 2006.

A third Hellogoodbye show @ the TLA in Philly has been added on 12/12. Hit the Lights will be playing the show and want to give away a pair of tickets & a meet and greet for it! Be the first to e-mail streetteam@rockthestreet.com the correct answer to the following question and you'll win the tickets! In the latest Hit The Lights video journal on read more]

For those of you that couldn't get tickets in time for the sold out NYC show with Hellogoodye, Hit The Lights have been added to another show with Cartel, Working Title, Terminal show at Live Trax in Bellmore, NY (Long Island) on Saturday December 10th. Hope to see you there!

Hit The Lights Added To A Cartel, Working Title, Terminal Date

Here's all the info: read more]

I have posted my interview with Hit the Lights right here. It's another long one; enjoy!

In case you missed our last post, Jacks Mannequin's new Christmas song "The Lights and Buzz" is up for download on iTunes.

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We'll be posting our annual updated "punk" X-mas song list in the near future.