:: Check out video of Tom Gabel performing his new song “Random Hearts” here.

:: Thursday have announced some Canadian tour dates with Rise Against.

:: The US Regulatory board voted to keep internet royalty rates the same. iTunes will not be closing its doors.

:: SonyBMG is now just Sony, thanks to a buyout.

:: The Swingin’ Utters are putting out a rarities cd.

:: With the Sirius/XM Merger complete, they’ve now released the new pricing scales and channels you can now get.

:: United Nations are “fans” of boxed food chains.

:: iTunes is feeling the pressure of a proposed royalty rate hike.

:: You can stream a new track from Rise Against’s new album Appeal To Reason here.

:: Death Cab For Cutie launched a fall tour eCard.

:: In the middle of their UK tour in support of the Raconteurs, The Kills’ tour bus and driver have gone missing. The bus and driver were last seen on September 26th.

:: Thursday released a statement about signing to Epitaph.

NJ post-hardcore band THURSDAY have inked a record deal with Epitaph Records.

Thursday frontman, Geoff Rickly had the following to say.

“One of our biggest concerns was that we find a situation where we could be free to just be Thursday. Epitaph have continually voiced their desire to help us become the band that WE have always wanted to be. It’s a great feeling to have a label encourage you to be more socially conscious and politically active. It’s a great feeling to have a label owner push you to explore the most experimental and challenging aspects of your band’s music instead of dissuading you. It’s a truly great feeling to be working with a label that all of our friends have had so many great experiences with.”

Thursday will still release their forthcoming split EP with Japanese band Envy on Temporary Residence this fall but the band is already planning on putting out their 5th studio album in the spring of 2009.

Read the full press release after the jump. (more…)

:: Myspace Music has officially launched. You can now purchase music and create playlists from the entire catalogs of nearly any artist you can think of that has a profile on the site.

:: Members of Thursday recently sat down with the Issue Oriented podcast to discuss their new album and how they are portrayed in the media. You can get the podcast here.

:: They are expanding an re-releasing the classic Johnny Cash album, Live at Folsom Prison.

:: The Killers posted a new song on their Myspace page.

:: Future Of The Left (ex members of Mclusky) are putting out a live CD.

:: Val Emmich will debut a character/love interest on the tv series Ugly Betty beginning tonight on ABC. Also, his new album Little Daggers was just released.

:: Stereophonics will debut their new track, “You’re My Star” on BBC1 at 8:30am tomorrow morning. Check it out here.

:: A new PlayRadioPlay track is available for download on the band’s Myspace page.

:: A Pre-order for the upcoming Thursday / Envy split has been set up.

:: Check out the new video for Cold War Kids’ “Something Is Not Right With Me” here.

:: Best Buy has purchased Napster in an attempt to compete with Amazon.com and iTunes.

:: Liam Cormier, frontman for Cancer Bats gets his Headbangers Blog on.

:: Apple has admitted the man who created the iPod did so in 1979, and he has to date, not recieved compensation.

:: Geoff Rickley urges you to get active and drop the cameras and pick up rocks.

:: Get your hands on a free Ravonettes EP.

:: Sometimes news stories make it here just because we want to write the headline…Color Me Badd member arrested for being drunk in public and abusive.

:: Check out the 2,044 most essential alternative songs ever.

:: Looks like there will be no Motorhead / Misfits tour after all.

It’s been a while coming but we finally have a release date for the highly anticipated THURSDAY cd split with Japanese noise-rockers, ENVY.

The album will be released on November 4th through Temporary Residence records. It was recorded in the spring of 2008; while in the studio Thursday asked Anthony Molina from Mercury Rev to come in and perform a remix of a track, helping the album flow seamlessly between the two band’s musical styles.

The split will be available as a vinyl-only release, well sorta. When you purchase the 180-gram vinyl you will get a copy of the abum in cd form incorporated into the packaging. So in one package you will get both the vinyl and cd.

For the collectors, there will be 3 different screenprinted album colors available - metallic silver, metallic gold, and metallic orange. The orange one will only be available through Thursday’s merch store. The others will be availble through Temporary Residence’s store beginning with a pre-order on September 15th. Artist Dan Grzeca was commisioned to create the album art, a tornado of crows tearing through a landscape. Grzeca is not only a celebrated poster designer but has also done album covers for the likes of Iron & Wine and Explosions In The Sky.

You can read a press release, get a sneak peak at the album art and catch a tracklisting after the jump. (more…)

:: BEN FOLDS posted a song from his new album on his Myspace page. It’s called “Bitch Went Nutz” and in the running for the song title of the year.

:: The band UNITED NATIONS (rumored members of Thursday, Glassjaw, and #12 Looks Like You) have launched a new website.

:: iTunes keeps its reign as a top music retailer but it now seems like Amazon is giving it a run for its money.

:: JOSE GONZALEZ announced a string of US dates in September, including Austin City Limits Festival. As well as a few dates in NYC at the end of the year.

:: MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA are releasing webisodes to document the recording of their new album. They will release them through their youtube page.

As many have noted, this past weekend in New York was the greatest “punk rock” weekend in sometime. Saturday night alone saw performances across the city from Hot Water Music, Alkaline Trio, Circle Jerks, Dillinger 4, American Steel, Paint It Black, Thursday, Trash Talk and more. If only they had made a huge festival out of this.

As you can tell by the headline, we caught the Hot Water Music reunion show which had support from Thursday and Paint It Black. Each band was spot on, and the ferocious Paint It Black even did a damn fine job making Terminal 5 seem like a basement show as Dan Yemin stood against the barrier the whole time as the crowd gathered close and screamed along.

Thursday’s set included a few songs from each full length as well as a new song from their forthcoming split with Envy. It was an instrumental track called, “In Silence” that sounded stunning.

Hot Water Music was amazing as always. This was actually the third show on their ongoing reunion tour I have seen this year and they never disappoint.

Check out photos after the jump. (more…)

Earlier this month we announced HOT WATER MUSIC would be performing a reunion show at Terminal 5 in NYC this summer (July 12th).

Well it was just announced that THURSDAY will be joining HWM on stage and the show is now going to be a co-headlining gig. Paint It Black will handle the opening duties.

TICKETS: Thursday | Hot Water Music at Terminal 5

The official statement from Thursday’s lead singer Geoff Rickly.

Hey all-

We’re excited to announce an amazing show we will be playing in NYC this summer. On July 12th, at Terminal 5, we’re co-headlining a show with the legendary Hot Water Music. This band was one of the main influences on us when we started Thursday. Seeing their shows at the church in philly and the melody bar in New Brunswick provided a the spark for us that we still hold close to our hearts. We’re also happy to be playing our first show in Manhattan in two years. hrow on one of the most consistently awesome hardcore bands around today- Paint It Black– and this show is a dream come true for us.

Can’t wait to see you there,
Geoff