I've uploaded Dustin Kensrue's new album artwork (slightly modified from the original posting) to our gallery.

Spiderman 3 trailer: the leaked version.

Patent Pending has parted ways with their bassist, Drew. They have said it was on "good terms to protect the friendship of the remaining four members." Their friend, Claude, will be filling in until a permanent bassist has been found.

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The Academy Is... have left an update on their website regarding Tom Conrad leaving the band to pursue other interests.

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After two years on the road together, Tom and the Academy Is... have gone in seperate directions. Tom and his photographs can be found at forevernever.net. William, Mike, Adam, and The Butcher can be found in an abandoned warehouse, somewhere on the southside of Chicago writing their...[read more]

I just re-read The Future of Music and I cannot recommend this book with any more gusto. If you're interested in the music industry, if you're in a band, if you're looking at business, or if you're just a casual reader interested in music and the digital age: this is a must read. Pick it up on Amazon.

Less Than Jake has posted the eleventh installment in their ongoing, live video series via YouTube (which is not to be mistaken with our current, ABSOLUTExclusive series). This week, watch as the band performs "All My Best Friends are Metalheads" live, on-stage from their recent Reading and Leeds performances in the United Kingdom. To watch all of the content that has been...[read more]

The fourth and final part of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz interviewing Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy has been posted.

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Due to popular demand, Less Than Jake has opted to continue running their ongoing, live video series. Thus, without further adieu, you can watch a live performance of "Bridge and Tunnel Authority" right here. If you're interested in viewing all of the videos in the series thus far, you can do so by visiting the Fueled By Ramen read more]

Part 2 of Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy's video interview with Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes can be viewed right here.

You can watch the ninth and final installment in the ongoing, live video series from Less Than Jake right here. This week, watch a live video montage of the band performing "A Still Life Franchise", which comes from the group's latest release, In With the Out Crowd. To view the entire series, please visit the Fueled By Ramen read more]

Due to personal reasons, Ivory has had to cancel their tour dates that were recently announced. Also, their guitarist Dan will no longer be playing with the band. A message from the band is below:

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We as ivory want to first apologize for having to cancel our tour dates that we just posted. Due to personal reasons our guitarist dan will be no longer be playing with Ivory. To hush any sort of...[read more]

You can watch the eight installment in the ongoing, live video series from Less Than Jake right here. This week, watch as the band performs live at Vintage Vinyl in Fords, New Jersey. Be sure to check back every Friday through the end of September for a brand new video.

You can watch the seventh installment in the live video series from Less Than Jake right here. This week, watch as the band performs "The Ghosts of You and Me" at the Looney Tunes store in Long Island, New York. If you're interested in watching previous videos, you can do so by visiting the Fueled By Ramen YouTube Channel. Be sure to check back every Friday through the end of September for...[read more]

Less Than Jake has posted the sixth installment in their live video series on the Fueled By Ramen YouTube Channel. This week, you can watch a video montage of the band performing "Last One Out of Liberty City" featuring footage from various tours. The video is available for your viewing pleasure here. Be sure to check every Friday through the end of September for a brand new installment.

Due to the incredible response at their one-time reunion show this past Saturday, Starpool has announced the details surrounding one more show, in which the band will support The English Beat. You can find all the event details below.

Starpool Reunion Show Part Two Details

GlassHouse (Pomona, CA)
Thursday, Sep 14
The English Beat: with Lynval Golding of the Specials, and Pauline...[read more]

You can check out a live video of Less Than Jake's in-store performance at Park Ave CD's in Orlando, Florida right here. The video is the fifth segment in the live series featured at the Fueled By Ramen You Tube Video Channel. Be sure to check back every Friday through the end of September for a brand new video.

You can watch a live video montage of Less Than Jake performing "Sugar In Your Gas Tank" right here. Be sure to check back every Friday until the end of September for a new video from Less Than Jake on the Fueled By Ramen You Tube Video Channel.

Rockstar Underground has made a highly entertaining, if not informative, ten minute documentary on Emo. Break out those YL t-shirts and view "Scene Doc." by going here.

This Is Hell recently parted ways with their guitarist, Joe. More on that can be found here.

The Forecast have announced the second half of their tour dates (In The Shadow of Two Gunmen) with Koufax, Action Reaction, and The Finals.

Tour Dates

8/15/06 Utica, NY @ Melodic Revolution
8/16/06 Boston, MA @ The ICC
8/17/06 Lewiston, ME @ Confettis
8/18/06 Hamden, CT @ The Space
8/19/06 New York City, NY @ The Knitting Factory
8/20/06 Montclair, NJ @...[read more]

The Rx Bandits have announced that saxophonist Steve Borth has left the band. The message below was posted on their Myspace blog:

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After two accomplished albums and over the course of four years, Steve Borth will be departing Rx Bandits to pursue his own musical career. We truly wish him the best of luck.

In standard RXB...[read more]

Part two of Sufjan Steven's "The Avalanche" can be streamed here.

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Immortal Records is pleased to announce the release of A Santa Cause (It's a Punk Rock Christmas) Volume II on November 1, 2006. It is the follow-up to the highly acknowledged and tremendously successful A Santa Cause (It's A Punk Rock Christmas) holiday compilation. This year, Immortal is excited to be teaming up with Cure Autism Now to help raise money for one of the fastest-growing, most misunderstood and inexplicable disorders today. As the saying goes,...[read more]

The Format have announced the first half of their "Dog Days of Summer" Tour. They will be heading out with Anathallo, Street To Nowhere and a third act, who will be announced shortly. Dates, full details and pre-sale information can be found in the replies.

"DOG DAYS OF SUMMER" FORMAT SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT, PART 1
We're happy to announce the first half of this summer's Format tour! We will announce the second half next Tuesday, June 6th. Support for the entire tour will be Anathallo and read more]

If you look at the ABSOLUTExclusive module or right here, you'll see that Part Two of the interview with Pete Wentz has been posted. Enjoy!

Brandon Thomas (vocals) is no longer with Bleed The Dream.

Casey Crescenzo of The Receiving End of Sirens has parted ways with the band; below is a statement from the group.

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We wanted to let everyone know that Casey Crescenzo will no longer be a member of The Receiving End of Sirens. Obviously, many factors, personal and creative, were involved in this decision. However, we wish Casey the best in his future endeavors. Currently he is writing...[read more]

Part two of our ABSOLUTExclusive of Damiera's M(US)IC is available now. We have posted "Via Invested," "I Am Pulse," "Ember Eason," and "Departure" for your listening pleasure. What do you think? The final 3 songs will be available next Thursday. Preorder the album if you like it.

Hopefully you've all read my ABSOLUTExclusive interview with Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy by now; here's your chance to ask him some follow-up questions based on his answers or questions you felt were missing from the ones I asked. I'll be interviewing him next Thursday, May 4th, so submit your questions in the replies as soon as possible. I'll word them however you phrase them (within due reason).

Cartel has a new street team and you can sign up right here!

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