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Bayside Has Signed With Wind-Up Records

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:16:28 -0500

Long Island-based punk quartet Bayside have signed a comprehensive recording, merchandising, publishing and artist development contract (more commonly known as a “360 deal”) with New York City-based indie Wind-Up Records, home to Cartel, Hawthorne Heights and others.

“[Wind-Up’s employees] are genuine fans of our band and share the same vision that we have for the future of our sound and career,” explains frontman Anthony Raneri. “We are so glad to have found a home where they share our passion for creating music and not a product.”

“When Bayside became available, I immediately went out to see a live show and I was blown away by their creativity and energy,” says Wind-Up president Ed Vetri. “This is a band that has done the heavy lifting, put in the time and effort needed to build a strong core fan base, and has consistently delivered to that core base over the years. We share the same vision as Bayside, and within our business model, we will be able to provide the platforms necessary to allow the band to do what they do best, create great music and perform live!”

The band, formed in 2000, signed with Victory Records in 2003 and released four studio albums through that label, the most recent of which being 2008’s Shudder. They will release their Wind-Up debut this fall.

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Artist Of The Week - Wednesday: “Belle Of...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0500

Artist Of The Week - Wednesday: “Belle Of The Boulevard” // Dashboard Confessional

Senses Fail Are "12 Songs In"

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:37 -0500

In a recent interview with Buddy of Senses Fail he revealed some info about their next album.

Outside of Harvest Of Hope, your MySpace page was recently updated with a message that reads “Senses Fail is writing a new record.” How far along in the process are you?
I think we’re about 12 songs in. We plan to enter the studio with Brian McTernan in April and are looking for a release in late September or early October.

You’ve been without a label for a short while now. Any word on a future home or would you rather go DIY?
We’re still undecided. It’s really hard to go DIY, but it’s something we’re interested in. You gain so much from working with a record label that bands rarely own up to outside of—and including—money. It takes a lot of knowledge and financing to deal with distribution, packaging, etc., and finding the money to do all that on your own, with no clear answer on when or if you’ll make it all back is not something we can do right now.

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The Maine And We The Kings Co-Headlining Tour Confirmed

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:32 -0500

What was previously announced as The Maine’s headlining tour yesterday will be in fact the rumored co-headline tour with The Maine and We The Kings.

Apr 11 2010 Nashville, TN - Rocketown
Apr 14 2010 Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
Apr 18 2010 Pensacola, FL - Phineas Phogg’s
Apr 20 2010 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
Apr 24 2010 Pullman, WA - Washington State University
Apr 25 2010 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon
Apr 27 2010 Baltimore, MD - Bourbon Street Ballroom
Apr 28 2010 Erie, PA - Gannon University - Hammermill
Apr 29 2010 Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
May 2 2010 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

“Listen, Do You Smell Something?” // Four Year...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500

“Listen, Do You Smell Something?” // Four Year Strong // Enemy Of The World (B-Side)

Mindy White Has Left Lydia

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:28 -0500

Hi all,

I’m writing to announce something that seems to have been slowly circling around the last few weeks. To those who’ve been wondering; I am, in fact, parting ways from Lydia. I have to say how INCREDIBLY hard this is for me to do. It feels more like losing my own child than just an occupation, but when you have such a passion for something and the path you’re on to pursue that is filled with difficult obstacles, or has no heart behind it, you have to question it. I must say that there are no hurt feelings between the band and I. Those guys are like my brothers and honestly, I can’t wait to see the things they will go on to do.
I am GENUINELY sorry to those friends who might be upset about this, but please do understand that it’s something I merely have to do at this time. I hope you can moreso go on to support this decision and know that you guys are the only reason I’ve even made it this long. I can also assure you that I am not, by any means, done playing music! I guess everything eventually runs it’s course, and for me with Lydia, that time has come.

I love you all more than I can even explain.
Mindy

John Nolan Covers Justin Bieber

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:39:44 -0500

Though unexpected, John Nolan (ex-Taking Back Sunday, ex-Straylight Run) has covered Justin Bieber’s “Baby”. Click here to give it a listen.

Chad Gilbert Has Released Two New Songs

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:33 -0500

You can head over to What’s Eating Gilbert to download I Wanna Hold You and Devil In Me. It is also Chad’s birthday, so wish him a good one!

The Maine Post New Tour Dates

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:12:05 -0500

Mar 26 Anaheim, CA - Hoodwink Festival
Mar 28 Anaheim, CA - Bamboozle
Apr 10 Atlanta, GA - Six Flags Over Georgia
Apr 11 Nashville, TN - Rocketown
Apr 14 Charleston, SC - The Music Farm
Apr 18 Pensacola, FL - Phineas Phogg’s
Apr 20 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
Apr 24 Pullman, WA - Washington State University
Apr 25 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon
Apr 27 Baltimore, MD - Bourbon Street Ballroom
Apr 28 Erie, PA - Gannon University - Hammermill
Apr 29 Pittsburgh, PA - Altar Bar
Apr 30 East Rutherford, NJ - Hoodwink Festival
May 1 East Rutherford, NJ - Bamboozle
May 2 Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

Artist Of The Week - Tuesday: “This Bitter Pill” //...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0500

Artist Of The Week - Tuesday: “This Bitter Pill” // Dashboard Confessional

PropertyOfZack Exclusive: An Interview With Four Year Strong

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:00 -0500

In celebration of their new release, Enemy Of The World, I am posting the PropertyOfZack exclusive interview with Josh Lyford of Four Year Strong! In the interview Josh answers some questions after their latest release, tours, and a very special prank. Everybody enjoy the read and send out a big thanks to Josh and the rest of the band!

1. For the record, could you state your name and role in the band?

I am Josh Lyford and I play the keys and sing in Four Year Strong

2. You guys just finished your tour with Strike Anywhere, This Time Next Year, and Title Fight. How was the tour for the band?

the tour was amazing, made alot of new friends, and saw some old ones. the shows were all nuts and aside from dislocating my finger and the entire bands neverending sickness, it was a total blast!

3. You’re in Australia right now for the Soundwave Festival, are you guys pretty stoked to start playing shows over there and for being apart of the festival itself?

Definitely stoked, this is actually our second trip down under and it didnt disappoint.

4. Back in July Four Year Strong released Explains It All, being that all the songs were obviously 90’s covers, do you think your fans generally enjoyed the release?

Probably not, I think alot of people were put off by it a little bit. we made it for fun while working on new songs, i think people were disappointed it wasnt a full length of originals, which is understandable from their perspective. but now its only a few days until our new record comes out!

5. Was there a reason the band decided to record Explains It All before going into the studio to record Enemy Of The World?

We didnt have time to record the full length, and we had a bit of time off so we thought it would be a nice little treat until then.

6. Enemy Of The World will be released on March 9th, are you getting nervously excited for the release? Fans seem to be having overwhelmingly positive feedback to “It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now” and “Eternal Summer”.

At this point, we’re really happy with the new record, if it doesnt do well, at least we can be proud of it and did our best. With that said, i hope people really like it!

7. What song are you most proud of on the record?

all of them, i got to do a little more vocal-wise on this one which im excited about, and i really enjoy all of the songs.

8. A few weeks back the band alongside of Pete Wentz, Vinnie from The Movielife, among a few others took a trip to one of the Apple Stores in New York City to make a mock video for “Eternal Summer,” who came up with that idea?

Pete actually, we didnt know anything about it until it was all done, good to have awesome friends!

9. Pete’s been talking a lot on twitter and other sites about Enemy Of The World, does it help confidence wise to have a good friend boasting to the world about just how good your upcoming release will be?

Its really nice, Petes a great guy and he helps us out alot, we all really appreciate it!

10. What will be the main differences between Rise Or Die Trying and Enemy Of The World? The band has had a few years to grow since 2007.

The main thing is we made ROD and have been on the road ever since. I mean that literally, its been about three years of nonstop touring, being home for a month or two a year, we’re a tighter unit. Writing this record we had a really good idea of what everyone brought to the table and what our strengths and weaknesses are.

11. It was revealed a short time ago that Four Year Strong had signed with Universal/Motown, how did that come together and where does that leave you in terms of being a part of Decaydance Records?

We are still a part of decaydance, and we’re still really close with Isurrender, I still talk to rob almost every day. We’re not the type to leave friends behind or anything and we’re happy to have a couple new ones to help out.

12. A few weeks ago Josh started a whirlwind of confusion for many by blogging about a wizard monkey stealing the master copy of the record, then later a so called review was posted on AbsolutePunk by said wizard monkey. Did you guys enjoy the little prank?

I loved the prank, I wrote that fake review from the perspective of an angry reviewer and then came up with the monkey wizard blog and fake FYS press release after the fact. I love writing, and I love having fun, I think most of our fans got the joke and appreciated it. Everyone can have fun at our expense, we figured we could join in on it a little bit at least.

13. After Enemy Of The World is released you’ll be heading out on tour with Every Time I Die to promote the record and then you’ll be playing the first day of Bamboozle in New Jersey. Looking forward to all that?

Of course! we are good friends with ETID so really psyched to go out with those guys. We have toured with polar bear club before and they are really great dudes, and we just played a show with Trapped Under Ice. Their shows are fuckign insane and theyre good dudes, also I love their band.

14. After Bamboozle will the band be taking time off before the Warped Tour or will some sort of tour announcement be popping up soon for the time between May and late June?

Believe me, we will be busy as hell as usual, no rest for the weary unfortunately, but we’re happy to get out there and show people the new songs. we do have a bit of time off lined up, so hopefully that doesnt get filled in, but otherwise, road dogs all the way.

15. Well, thank you so much for your time. Is there anything else you would like to add?

Come to a show! check out the new jams, and if you hate us, at least
go to other bands shows and support them and music in general.

blink-182 Add Two More Shows To European Tour

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:50:52 -0500

Aug 16th - AECC, Aberdeen
Aug 17th - SECC & Clyde Auditorium (The Armadillo), Glasgow

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Atom Willard To Focus On Angels & Airwaves

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:48:57 -0500

From Social Distortion:

Due to many foreseeable scheduling conflicts with his band Angels And Airwaves, we regret to announce that Atom Willard will no longer be able to continue on drums for Social Distortion. We know this was not an easy decision for him, but Atom is an incredible individual and we’re all better people for having him on board while we did. Atom will be sorely missed, but we wish him the very best.

'Enemy Of The World'

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:00 -0500

Four Year Strong’s new album, Enemy Of The World, is now out in stores! You can purchase the record on iTunes, Amazon, or in stores. Check back in later for the PropertyOfZack exclusive interview with the band.

All Time Low New Album Update

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:51:43 -0500

Strike up the band, mother-lickers, this record is well on its way to being written! A celebration’s in order! Its three o’clock in the morning where I lay but I’m fighting sleep; I’ve replaced tired with tried- as in, I’ve TRIED to sleep and its not happening. This heart’s a’pounding and I’m still riding on the tail end of my last head rush, refusing to come down because it feels so good to be truly, truly happy. Every long day has been so productive, so exciting, that I feel I could chase this state of mind until my knees give out. And chase it I will!

- Alex Gaskarth

The Final Right Away, Great Captain! Storyline

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:46:00 -0500

The Big Bad Devil and The Great Good God

the third and final story/album starts with our hero laying over anna’s lover (and hero’s brother). the brother has been killed. his wife has seen what the children saw and we spend a lot of time inside our hero’s mind and the reality that he is indeed a murderer of his own flesh and blood.so off we go. more information to come soon.

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The Used Announce Dates With Chiodos

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:34:42 -0500

Before Chiodos go out on tour with Bullet For My Valentine they will be supporting The Used on a short run. More dates to come.

4/13 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
4/17 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
4/18 Club Zoo Pittsburgh, PA
4/20 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
4/21 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY

The Dangerous Summer To Announce UK Dates

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:16:57 -0500

tds will be announcing uk dates tonight.

- Cody Payne

Artist Of The Week - Monday:

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:43:18 -0500

From the first notes of album opener “Get Me Right,” Carrabba sings of a struggle to get home, through a dense forest, to a rundown, broken old place. As the music moves from its first sparse, cautious notes, the song grows taller and larger and until it finally sounds like the very salvation its narrator is seeking. On the first single, “Belle of the Boulevard,” Carrabba sings, “Down in a local bar/Out on the Boulevard/The sound of an old guitar/Is saving you from sinking…” To be saved by music is not a fairy tale. For Carrabba, it’s a very real aspiration, maybe even a work ethic.

“I’ve always looked at music as a way to feel better. I’ve written some sad songs and some happy ones too,” he says. “But the goal has been the same every time: to feel good. To pick up a guitar, to enjoy holding it in my hands, to tell a story, and to feel better after having told it.”

In fact, Alter the Ending might be the most confident, optimistic music in Dashboard Confessional’s entire storied career up to now. It’s the sound of Chris Carrabba finally finding in his own music what everyone else heard from the very beginning, turning this “little side-project” into a decade-long triumph of empathy and truth. But where can you go after you’ve made an entire album about endings?

“I feel like this is the beginning of something new. It’s a really good feeling. And I haven’t felt like this since Swiss Army Romance. I have no idea what will be next, but this feels like a new start.”

Announcement To Come Soon From Bayside?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:17:55 -0500

Anthony Raneri recently wrote on his blog;

today is a big day. it will mark a new chapter in my life. the details will need to be kept private for just a little longer, so I’m not entirely sure why I am writing this when there is not much I am allowed to say (yes there are some authorities that can shut me up). It is 7am and I slept for 2 hours last night in anticipation of what the day will bring and what it’s events will bring to the next era of my life. I started playing guitar when I was 8, started playing in bands when I was 13 and started Bayside when I was 18. A lot of people ask when we knew that we “made it” and I usually don’t have an answer because I have always been a believer that truly “making it” doesn’t afford you the time to notice that you have. I have kept my head down and stayed prepared for what was going to come next and never gave myself the opportunity to appreciate what was happening at the time. But today, in the 10th year of our band, after 8 releases, 4 continents, 1000s of shows and a million memories, I am sitting in my house, enjoying a cup of coffee and thinking about the ride I have been on. I wondered in a lyric a few years ago if any of it was worth it and today, having finally given myself the opportunity to think about it, I can assure myself that it has been. I love being in Bayside, I love making music, I love our fans and I can’t wait for the next 10 years. Today is going to be a big day

- Anthony Raneri