Guitarist Max Otworth (also of Acheron), and my former neighbor, has been playing with a death metal/grind band called The Eddington Limit.  Though he’s moved, they continue to practice next door and it is always a pleasure to catch an earful of their shredding.  Seriously, these dudes are rad, they’ve done shows with the Cancer Bats, Misery [...]

The Swell Season visited Conan O’Brien and played a song from their new album. Here is video of “Low Rising”:

Today, Benny Gold gave us a sneak preview of an upcoming collaboration New Era with Rebel8. If you remeber the last collaboration tees that dropped instantly sold out and became a favorite out of the Benny Gold collabo line. This hat will release online at a later date, stay tuned for release info.

The Almost are currently streaming their new album, Monster Monster, on their MySpace page. Monster Monster is due out this Tuesday, November 3rd.

Here is The Gossip playing some songs live on The Interface:

“Now, we don’t usually condone the zestier language here, but just look at this fucking mess. There are airline disasters less grisly. Charles has given new meaning to the old sexist phrase ‘nice knobs’. It now means ‘knees’. He’s also going a little heavy on the “She Blinded Me with Rest-stop Sunglasses and Short-Pants” and [...]

Translation Loss Records are extremely excited to announce the addition of New Jersey’s East Of The Wall to their roster. Born from the dissolution of The Postman Syndrome and Day Without Dawn, East Of The Wall has been hard at work crafting their complex and varied sound, drawing inspiration from a wide range of emotions [...]

The Books’ tour dates are: 11-19 Waltham, MA – Rose Art Museum 11-21 Bellingham, WA – Mainstage 11-23 Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge (Hollywood Forever Cemetery) 11-24 Seattle, WA – Triple Door (two shows) 11-25 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Clutch 11-26 Calgary, Alberta – Broken City 11-27 San Francisco, CA – Noe Valley [...]

Here is Mastodon playing “Divinations” during their trip to Fallon this week:

Two very solid new sneakers are dropping as part of the DC Life Holiday 2009 Footwear Collection. Both the Admiral WT and the Sector 7 WT are coming in light grey suede colorways with lots of nice details on the upper. Available December 1st, 2009. For a detailed run down on the inspiration behind the [...]