| 06.29.05 | HELLFEST2K5 UPDATE! |
| 22 more bands have been announced! Check the website for more information! – Alexa [08.01pm] |
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| 06.29.05 | HIDE ‘n SEEK WITH JONES SODA & MCS! |
| That’s right, the good folks over at Jones Soda found out about our infatuation with their fine beverages and were kind enough to throw our mugs on the label… And to celebrate, we decided to kick them 5 LIMITED EDITION TRACK JACKETS for whoever finds the Jones bottle featuring MCS at their local grocery store. Go here to find out all of the info and enter to win! – Alexa [07.56pm] |
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| 06.29.05 | WATCH VENDETTA RED’S NEW VIDEO! |
| Vendetta Red has a new video out for the single, “Silhouette Serenade”. You can check it out here. – Alexa [07.53pm] |
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| 06.29.05 | Check Out The New Secret Lives Of The Freemasons Video!! |
| Visit www.astromagnetics.com to check out the awesome new video for “It Only Took A Whisper.” – Alexa [07.23pm] |
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| 06.23.05 | Rocket Summer and JamisonParker to tour with Hellogoodbye and Houston Calls! |
| Jamisonparker’s Sleepwalker in stores July 12 on Interscope Records. Also be sure to visit www.jamisonparker.com to stream a cool video interview from this month’s FLO multizine! The Rocket Summer and JamisonParker (with Hellogoodbye and Houston Calls) 07.13 San Diego, CA @ Soma 07.14 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues 07.15 Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory 07.16 Oakland, CA @ Imusicast 07.17 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk 07.19 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 07.21 Spokane, WA @ Fat Tuesday’s 07.22 Boise, ID @ The Venue 07.23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Lo-Fi Caf 07.26 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified 07.27 Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress More dates to be added. – Alexa [04.25am] |
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| 06.23.05 | New Lorene Drive Track Up Now On Purevolume.com! |
| “So Easy” off of the band’s upcoming Lobster release Romantic Wealth is up now at purevolume.com/lorenedrive. For the latest tour dates visit www.lorenedrive.com or www.lobsterrecords.com. – Alexa [04.21am] |
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| 06.23.05 | Amber Pacific’s “Gone So Young” Video Up Now on Blender.com! |
| Check it out at www.blender.com. Also visit www.amberpacific.com for the band’s full Warped Tour itinerary. – Alexa [04.16am] |
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| 06.15.05 | ALKALINE TRIO CONTEST |
| Universal Music is teaming up with Revolver Magazine to give some lucky fans the chance to win some great Alkaline Trio swag. Included are a signed drumhead, signature Derek Grant pro-mark drumsticks, hoodies, and more. To enter go to: revolvermag.com/get-lucky/2005/0805.alkaline-trios/index.jsp. – Alexa [04.24pm] |
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| 06.15.05 | THE EELS CONTEST |
| How would you like to fly to NYC with a guest to see EELS perform at Town Hall on June 30th? You can enter here: www.vagrant.com/contests/eels_fly – Alexa [04.22pm] |
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| 06.15.05 | NEW INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS |
| Jess has been quite the busy one here at Estrella and she has brought everyone new interviews and reviews. Reviews are of the new Finch album, Say Hello To Sunshine and of Praying To Fiction by Hollywood Ending. She caught Armor For Sleep‘s show last week and has given us a review about it. She has done some amazing interviews with Armor For Sleep, the second interview Estrella has conducted, the new one has in depth answers about What To Do When You’re Dead, widely known UK band Dopamine, very widely known band Further Seems Forever, and also Hollywood Ending. – Alexa [07.39am] |
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| 06.15.05 | LORENE DRIVE |
| Check out “Some Kind of Love”, a new track off of Lorene Drive’s upcoming Lobster Records release Romantic Wealth: www.purevolume.com/lorenedrive Romantic Wealth arrives in stores August 2nd on Lobster Records. Chosen as one of Alternative Press’ “100 Bands You Need To Know In 2005” www.lorenedrive.com www.lobsterrecords.com www.myspace.com/lorenedrive – Alexa [06.59am] |
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| 06.15.05 | THE REJECTION SQUAD. |
| Join The All-American Rejects’ official online team [The Rejection Squad] and help spread the word about the band’s new album Move Along – in stores July 12th. As a member of the squad you’ll help spread the word about the band online and in return get hooked up with exclusive prizes, personal messages from the band, new music and more… Click here to be apart of The Rejection Squad. – Alexa [06.19am] |
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| 06.15.05 | HELLFEST2K5 |
| Hellfest has announced 49 of the 188 bands that are slated to play this year’s festival. Lineup is subject to change. Additions should be updated every Tuesday. – Alexa [05.59am] |
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| 06.13.05 | TRAINWRECK |
| Boys Night Out’s sophomore full length, TRAINWRECK is now available for preorder. Trainwreck hits street everywhere July 26th, but preorders will begin shipping July 21. All preorders will receive a limited edition SIGNED poster set. The set includes 3 11×17 posters based off the stunning Trainwreck album art. You can see the posters and preorder Trainwreck at the Ferret Store . – Alexa [01.59pm] |
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| 06.13.05 | Inkwell. |
| Let us rejoice for we have a new addition to the family. One Eleven is very excited to welcome Inkwell to the roster. Inkwell features the former front-man of My Hotel Year (Travis Adams) as well as ex-members of Believe in Toledo and Farewell to Fashion. So please join us in welcoming in Travis, Dave, and Matt by checking out some music on their Myspace page, having a look at the sweet Inkwell intro page on the 111 site, and picking up their self released 9 song EP at smartpunk.com. The Inkwells are in the studio as we speak recording their 111 debut – set for a September release! www.myspace.com/inkwell – Alexa [01.57pm] |
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| 06.13.05 | THE SPILL CANVAS |
| The Spill Canvas record is done and AMAZING! “One Fell Swoop” will be released on 8/9 and this week the boys are shooting the video for their first single, Staplegunned. The new record will be enhanced with all kinds of cool stuff including the written music for select songs from both records! www.thespillcanvas.com – Alexa [01.56pm] |
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| 06.13.05 | WARPED TOUR 111. |
| The Warped tour is almost upon us and this year we have three 111 bands playing shows. Check out dates below.This Day & Age – Smartpunk Stage: 08,10: Washington DC @ Nissan Pavilion 08.11: Scranton, PA @ Montage Mountain 08.12: Philadelphia, PA @ Tweeter Center 08.13: New York, NY @ Randall’s Island 08.14: Old Bridge, NJ @ Englishtown Raceway The Spill Canvas – Smartpunk Stage: Thin Dark Line – Ernie Ball Stage |
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| 06.13.05 | |
| The One Eleven Tour 2005 is currently being booked. Dates will be announced soon. The tour will feature This Day & Age, The Spill Canvas, Mashlin, and other 111 bands on select dates. There are some really cool promotions underway in coordination with the tour that we will tell you all about soon. But here’s a hint: Free 111 Compilation CD! In the meantime, check out all the sweet 111 and 111 artist merch at the new 111 store! www.111records.com. – Alexa [01.50pm] |
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| 06.13.05 | MASHLIN. |
| Mashlin is hitting the road with Say Anything and then with Tourmaline in July. Don’t miss Mashlin at the shows listed below! And if you are one of the few that doesn’t yet have the new Mashlin record – go out and pick it up!W/ SAY ANYTHING July 2 @ West Palm Beach, FL July 3 @ Orlando, FL W/ TOURMALINE |
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| 06.13.05 | ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. |
| The Rookie of the Year record has been pushed back to early 06 but their first record, Having To Let Go, has been repackaged and will be available at smartpunk.com very soon. In the meantime, check Rookie out on tour with Dave Mellilo and Cute is What We Aim For.June 22 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall June 23 – Raleigh, NC – The Brewery June 24 – Baltimore, MD – St. Patricks Hall June 25 – Howell, NJ – Prince of Peace Hall June 26 – Amityville, NY – Village Pub South June 27 – Bound Brook, NJ – Hamilton St. Care June 28 – New York, NY – The Continental June 29 – Hamden, CT – Hamden Elks Lodge June 30 – Syracuse, NY – TBA July 1 – Buffalo, NY – The Buffalo Icon July 2 – Hubbard, OH – Section 8 July 3 – Elyria, OH – The Spot July 5 – Lexington, KY – Southside Church July 6 – Johnson City, TN – The Fire Escape July 7 – Huntsville, AL – Flying Monkey July 8 – Tarpon Springs, FL – The Neptune Lounge July 9 – Orlando, FL – The Backbooth July 10 – Brandon, FL – the Porch – Alexa [01.47pm] |
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| 06.13.05 | RECORDING! |
| The Rory boys have been busy writing material for their new record. Rory will be recording later on this summer or fall and their debut LP will be released in early 06. In the meantime, you can check out Rory’s debut EP and see the guys on select dates of the 111 tour! www.roryrock.com. Thin Dark Line is finishing up their debut release this week! The new album will be available in October and you can check out TDL on select 111 Tour dates. www.thindarkline.com – Alexa [01.45pm] |
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| 06.11.05 | COMMIT THIS TO MEMORY. |
| Just posted a new show review of Stephen Brodsky’s [Cave In] performance in London, as well as two new interviews with him & Motion City Soundtrack by Andrew & Jess. – Alexa [03.18am] |
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| 06.09.05 | NURAL RELEASES CD ARTWORK, TRACKLISTING AND MP3!! |
| We are very excited to announce Nural to the world! This Southern California quintet has just put the final touches on The Weight of the World that will mark their debut CD release on Hopeless Records available everywhere August 9th. We’ve posted the smash anthem “Tension” for download, along with the cover art and tracklisting. Look for Nural on tour this summer, and on the 2005 Warped Tour CD. www.hopelessrecords.com/sounds.php – Alexa [05.33am] |
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| 06.09.05 | AVENGED SEVENFOLD RELEASES CITY OF EVIL! |
| This is a week for metal history — A7X unleashes City of Evil instores everywhere. The new offering picks up right where the band left us. To celebrate, we’ve extended the sale on all things Avenged. Find their first 2 releases for $8.99, and all shirts are $9.99, as always–shipping is FREE! We are also less than 2 weeks away from the start of Warped, where you can catch A7X ripping up the main stage. www.hopelessrecords.com/store/customer/search.php?substring=avenged_sevenfold – Alexa [05.32am] |
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| 06.09.05 | KADDISFLY UNVEILS THEIR FIRST VIDEO FOR, “New Moon Over Swift Water” |
| The wait is over! Check out this spectacular visual rendering of the first single from Buy Our Intention, We’ll Buy You A Unicorn. Give it a spin now and let us know what you think. If you agree with us that this should be seen everywhere, we urge you to bombard your local and national video promoters to play it! We have kept their CD on sale for a mere $5.99 in honor of the video, so what are you waiting for?!? Also check the site for new tour dates and select Warped Tour performances this summer. www.hopelessrecords.com/sounds_video.php?Choosecatnum=HR676 – Alexa [05.30am] |
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| 06.09.05 | MIKE PARK’S “FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC” ON SALE FOR $7.99 |
| You gotta respect a guy that runs a label, started the Plea for Peace foundation, and has been a one man touring machine. This summer, Mike will be playing living rooms across the country! Show your love and pick up his first CD for only $7.99 including shipping! Also, stay tuned for the new CD to hit streets in August, right before the amazing Bike Tour. www.hopelessrecords.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=177&cat=0&page=1 – Alexa [05.28am] |
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| 06.07.05 | The Rocket Summer On ESPN |
| “Show Me Everything You’ve Got”, a track off of The Rocket Summer’s new CD, Hello, Good Friend has been chosen as the theme song for this years Womens College World Series of Softball on ESPN. It will air 37 times over the next week. Check local listings for times. – Alexa [04.59pm] |
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| 06.07.05 | Codeseven on tour with Anberlin, Saosin, Acceptance |
| Tomorrow, Codeseven will begin their Western U.S. tour with Anberlin, Saosin, Acceptance, and Terminal. Every night over the next month, Codeseven will be performing songs off of their latest album, Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds. – Alexa [04.55pm] |
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| 06.07.05 | New releases! |
| Just wanted to make sure everyone was reminded on what amazing new albums drop tomorrow, check them all out – new Coldplay, Death By Stereo, Left Alone, Motion City Soundtrack, Stutterfly, Secret Lives of the Freemasons, The #12 Looks Like You, The Aquabats, and Valient Thorr. – Alexa [03.06am] |
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| 06.04.05 | Reviews |
| Andrew has done quite a few reviews lately, go check them out – Day At The Fair’s “The Rocking Chair Years”, Fastlane’s “New Start”, From First To Last’s “Aesthetic” EP, Year Zero’s “With A Menshevik Stride”, & a show review for the Drive Thru UK Invasion Tour. – Alexa [06.45am] |
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| 06.04.05 | Fear Before The March Of Flames video premiere on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball |
| FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES’ new video for the song “Should Have Stayed In The Shallows” from the album, Art Damage will be premiering on Headbanger’s Ball on MTV2 this SATURDAY (6/4)! – Alexa [04.01am] |
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| 06.04.05 | BEARVSSHARK – Terrorhawk Preorder at Interpunk & Smartpunk |
| The new BEAR VS SHARK album, Terrorhawk comes out in just under two weeks on Tuesday, June 14th. Preorder the album now from one of the following online retailers, and receive a FREE T-SHIRT voucher [while supplies last] that can be redeemed online when you receive the album. – Alexa [03.57am] |
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| 06.04.05 | PUNK GOES 80’S. |
| The highly anticipated Punk Goes 80’s, will be released this Tuesday the 7th. To order this album online, check out – Fearlessrecords.com or check out the e-card for it! – Alexa [03.54am] |
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| 06.04.05 | HELLFEST 2K5 – tickets on sale now |
| On August 19, 20 and 21st all hell will break lose [figuratively speaking, of course]. The Trenton Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, NJ has been revealed as the new home for the 9th annual Hellfest. Hellfest’s past roster includes heavy hitters such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Atreyu, Converge, Andrew WK and a slew of other forces to be reckoned withthis years event promises to be no different. Expect big things. With 175+ bands on five stages, the world famous Hellfest Flea Market, a 10,000 sq. ft. skate park, and Hellfest’s very own tattoo convention, Hellfest 2K5 is ready to take on the world. – Alexa [03.51am] |
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| 06.03.05 | Stream Entire So They Say EP on PureVolume.com |
| So They Say have posted their entire EP, in stores on June 14th, on PureVolume.com. The EP is also available for pre-order on FearlessRecords.com. – Alexa [05.27pm] |
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| 06.03.05 | New Funeral For A Friend Available for Download On Purevolume.com! |
| Yes you heard right, go to purevolume.com/funeralforafriend to download “End of Nothing”, a new track off of Funeral For A Friend’s long awaited new CD, Hours which hits stores June 14th on Atlantic Records. – Alexa [04.02am] |
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| 06.03.05 | Check out Amber Pacific on Girlslife.com! |
| Amber Pacific are featured on the website for Girl’s Life, the national teen magazine. Enter to win one of 5 copies of the new CD The Possibility and The Promise at http://girlslife.com/june05/contestsamberpacific.php! – Alexa [03.59am] |
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| 06.03.05 | New All-American Rejects CD Out July 12th! |
| Head over to http://www.bandbuilder.com/aar/index.php?ref_code=D59235 listen to “Dirty Little Secret”, the single and you’ll find a link to purchase the song on iTunes. Also be sure to visit the band’s Myspace and Purevolume pages for the latest tour dates and more new music!! – Alexa [03.57am] |
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| 06.03.05 | New Scary Kids Scaring Kids Track Up Now On Purevolume! |
| Check out this week’s new track, “The Bright Side Of Suffering” at Purevolume. The new, titled The City Sleep In Flames is out on June 28th on Immortal Records. – Alexa [03.54am] |
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| 06.03.05 | JamisonParker to release Sleepwalker on July 12th! |
| Watch for the highly-anticipated debut full-length Sleepwalker out July 12th on Interscope Records. In the meantime, head over to the band’s Myspace and Purevolume pages to check out new songs off of the album. – Alexa [03.52am] |
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| 06.03.05 | SHIRTS FOR A CURE. |
| The following email was recieved on June 1st, 2005 :”Today the Shirts for a Cure Project [http://www.shirtsforacure.com] is proud to announce the addition of ten new bands who have teamed up with The Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE) to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.
Alkaline Trio, Bad Religion, Bleeding Through, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, Fall Out Boy, Shadows Fall and The Used are some of the most recent bands added to the list. And with this summers Warped Tour right around the corner, SSE will be debuting shirts from Against Me!, Armor For Sleep and Hawthorne Heights at the Shirts for a Cure official sponsor/vendor booth. Some of the other bands who are already affiliated with the Shirts for a Cure Project include My Chemical Romance, Funeral for a Friend, Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, From Autumn to Ashes and many more. The Shirts for a Cure Project features limited edition t-shirts from various bands to aide The Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE) in its efforts to provide funding for chemotherapy and other medication for underprivileged women who cannot afford the growing expense of fighting breast cancer. Since its inception in 2002, SSE has already raised more then $180,000 and awarded grants totaling more then $90,000 to organizations in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.” |
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| 06.03.05 | 32 TEETH & I STILL CAN’T BITE MY TONGUE. |
| I have posted new things for the month of June. As usual, the new band of the month, this month it’s The Death Scene’s Ambry. I’ve also updated what each of the staff members are currently listening to & I have posted the new CD releases for the month of June. Check the site out! – Alexa [03.45am] |
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