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U2, arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, has teamed up with A-list production team Justice to bring fans a mind-altering remix of epic proportions. The pairing of super stars and super producers on “Get On Your Boots,” the first single from U2’s No Line On The Horizon, can be [...]

Green Day has just released their new widget for the 21st Century Breakdown album.  Just click “grab and share” on this widget to install it on your MySpace and facebook page or blog now, and watch for new additions that will be automatically updated, including new music, video clips, tour dates [...]

Phoenix, AZ pop-rock band Anarbor (www.myspace.com/anarbor) has been canvassing the country with Cute Is What We Aim For, Breathe Carolina, Meg & Dia and Every Avenue, as part of the 2009 Sub City Take Action Tour, Presented by FYE, and as this year’s trek winds down April 1 in Cincinnati, OH the boys [...]

Jenny Owen Youngs is back with her second album, Transmitter Failure due May 26. This record is a bold departure from her 2007 release Batten The Hatches, which thrust Youngs into the spotlight (and won her a record deal with Nettwerk) when her song “Fuck Was I” was featured on the [...]

Chicago alt-rock troupe, MADINA LAKE just premiered the video for “Never Take Us Alive” on MySpace today. The clip was directed by Shane Drake who has also worked with Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and Timbaland among others. The song comes off Madina Lake’s sophomore album, Attics to Eden, [...]

MASTODON will take part in an in-store signing session and performance in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, March 24 at 8:30 p.m. at Criminal Records. The band will be promoting their new album, Crack the Skye, which hits stores this week on Reprise Records.  The set will also be streamed live [...]

Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has announced the upcoming release of an all-new EP, titled “THE OPEN DOOR.”  The five-track set will be released online via all digital retailers – including the band’s own www.deathcabforcutie.com – on March 31st.  Physical CDs will first be available at venues on DCFC’s [...]

Connecticut based rock quintet These Green Eyes would like you to get know them better. The band has released an EPK chronicling their influences, how they got started and the heartbreaking story behind their forth coming release, Relapse To Recovery.
The second full length for the band, and first on their [...]

Denver-based rock trio Single File are set to release Common Struggles, their full length debut, on April 7th. “The title Common Struggles says it all – I’m not pretending that any of what I’ve dealt with is new, it’s just the human condition,” says lead vocalist/guitarist/bassist Sloan Anderson, explaining the [...]

Head over to www.CrackTheSkye.com and get ready to have your mind blown! The new MASTODON micro site has just launched and features animation inspired by their upcoming album Crack the Skye. Like their previous releases, the new artwork was created by Paul Romano (Trivium, Godflesh). The site also features the [...]