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Hello and welcome back to another Duane’s Pit Stop. I have been on somewhat of a hiatus during the past month and now need to catch up with some Punk News as well as some major announcements. First off and on a very good note, we here at MusicTAP are very glad to announce, in conjunction with bluebongocafe.com, that there is a fabulous venue location in the Artist district of the Downtown Los Angeles, CA. If you’re a up and coming Punk Band or a recording band and would like to entertain or even practice your new material give Chris or Mark a call for a booking at 213.687.3766. Tell them the Bastard Duane sent ya! (Hey I have to pay my bar tab some way). I’m quite pleased to see that LA is getting back in the Punk scene.

I also wanted to answer Jim McNaughton's email about my thoughts concerning the latest Punk scene? Well, Jim, as always in the Music Industry, it always appears that history just seems to repeat itself. Back in the day, bands like Minor Threat, Husker Du, and The Clash, for their time, was considered by other genres of music as just loud-ass noise with no musical skills. But for the young music fan who was just tired of the then current music scene with all its inherent commercialism and just god-awful music were looking for something different, something that the individual just could relate to. And badda-bing badda-boom! Punk was our holy answer. As the years progressed so did those bands. Some remained Punk while others matured into well-establish Musicians and ventured off to other styles of Music. Now Jim, if you look at some of the current Punk Bands that are currently big in the Punk scene, a majority of my age group will say what was being said years back about the early Punk bands. I personally give them all a chance and look for originality in their lyrics and music but, as of late, the corporate big wigs in the Music industry have been trying to push on alot of poser Punk Bands. airing them on a lot major Radio Stations through out the U.S. If you really want to hear good Punk Jim, give the Indie music labels a chance as well as listen to some College radio through the Internet for damn good quality Punk. Be real and don’t follow!

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SONIC YOUTH FALL LIVE DATES

Mid-October is shaping up to have some interesting SY live action. Sonic Youth will play twice in New York , then will pay a visit to New Orleans , and on to Kansas City for a show with PJ Harvey. The band then plays Mexico City for the first time ever, and head out to S.F. to play the Bridge School Benefit.

10/8 New York, NY Spirit Ramones Benefit
10/13 New York, NY Irving Plaza CMJ Marathon
10/16 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Island/City Park
10/17 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
10/21 Mexico City, MX Circo Volador
10/23 S.F., CA Shoreline Bridge School Benefit
10/24 S.F., CA Shoreline Bridge School Benefit

For ticket information check out the calendar.

DownloadPunk.com, an on-line music retailer geared specifically towards serving the punk and indie community with digital music downloads is now live.
 
DownloadPunk.com offers up a catalog that runs into the deepest corners of punk, hardcore, emo, metalcore, pop punk, post punk, ska, street punk, indie rock and metal genres and sub-genres with over 30,000 songs from over 120 labels. DownloadPunk currently features releases from labels such as Epitaph, Nitro, Lookout, Trustkill, SideOneDummy, Ferret, Fearless, Fiddler, The Militia Group, Doghouse, Triple Crown, Artemis, Jade Tree, Volcom and Hopeless/Sub City Records with many more to be added in the very near future.
 
DownloadPunk is a user-friendly site where fans can search for music via search tools based on band name, song name, album name, label and/or genre as well as have the option to preview a 30-second sample of any song before purchase. Each download is also available at one of three price-points.  Individual songs can be downloaded for .79, .89, or .99 cents and full albums are priced at $7.99, $8.99, or $9.99.   All downloads are available in both MP3 and WMA, thus making the songs compatible on an iPod and a variety of other players.
 
Additional features of DownloadPunk.com: DownloadPunk has teamed up with PunkNews.org to feature a feed of their front-page news on the site. This allows visitors the chance to keep up to date on all the most recent happenings in the punk and indie music world. Each DownloadPunk artist page also houses a direct link to their page on Interpunk.com for an optional quick step to check out additional merchandise from the band.  A very special feature of the site that is set to go into effect in the coming months is an optional donation function.  DownloadPunk aims to have an impact that goes beyond music by using the site as a vessel to help out non-profit organizations and spread social awareness.  DownloadPunk will donate 1% of all its revenue to charity. Additionally, many of the labels on DownloadPunk will also contribute 1% of their income to selected charities and fans of the site will be able to donate an optional 1% on top of their music download purchases to one of the charities. Some of the groups set to benefit from DownloadPunk revenues include, Drug Policy Alliance , Musicians Assistance Program, National Coalition for the Homeless, Planned Parenthood, RAINN, Syrentha J. Savio Endowment and The Hopeline Network.

PumpkinEater Falls Behind - or ahead, depending how you look at it. In any event, the New Jersey-based label is proud to annouce their newest signing, Fell Far Behind. The Pennsauken-area, N.J., five-piece blends elements of emo, pop-punk and metal to create their signature sound, which you can hear at their PureVolume site here. The band is starting work on their debut for PumpkinEater, which is due out this Winter. The band also has an independently released EP, Chasing The Dream, which is available now. Can't get enough of FFB? Hit up their homepage and the PE Records site for all of the goods.

Do Tell, Pulley -  Pulley have just finished recording three Minor Threat covers, "Stumped," "Good Guys" and "Salad Days," with Steve Kravac (MxPx, Tsunami Bomb, Less Than Jake) at Gourmet Sound in Encino, CA. In case you didn't know, Gourmet Sound is run by punk guitarist Greg Heston, whose name you might recognize in liner notes of acts such as Bad Religion and Circle Jerks. Anyway, enough name dropping. Pulley's tracks will appear on an upcomping split EP with The Slackers for Do Tell Records, slated to hit stores around Novemeber. Keep an eye out.

I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business - a side project featuring Ace Ender's of The Early November has put up previews of some of their tracks from their debut CD. Head over to the ICMAM e-card to give it a listen to a 1:30 clip of each song on the album. There's also info on how to enter a contest to win a free private show from the band.

It's Good To Be The Goodwill - Long Island , N.Y. , heros, The Goodwill have just announced that they've been signed by Abacus Recordings. The band, which has toured with the likes of Boys Night Out, Catch 22, Hidden In Plain View and more is now concentrating their efforts in Atomic Studios where they are recording their label debut with Dean Baltulonis (Brand New, Hazen St and The Bouncing Souls). They expect an early 2005 release and will tour for the rest of 2004 once the record has been recorded. Congrats to The Goodwill, and we're expecting some awesome things from them.

The Used and The Bronx - have solidified plans for a US tour, and have just released dates. The bands will play 19 shows, which will take them from Texas to New York through October and Novemeber. The tour kicks off in Houston on October 10. This outing will support The Used's new release, and will be the last time you can see The Bronx before they hit the studios again to record their sophomore release for Ferret. TheBronxxx.com has the full set of dates.

Green Day Considering American Idiot: The Movie - Remember when The Who released Tommy, it became a Broadway play, a best selling album and a movie that was crammed with cameos and lackluster performances? Green Day are considering the movie angle for their recent resurrection of the lost art form of the rock opera, American Idiot. The idea is purely speculation now, but the band it considering having someone write a screenplay based on the album and have tossed around a few ideas for cameos and characters, including the Good Charlotte brothers as " I don't know, [as] some kind of schizophrenic character or something like that." The band is also entertaining the idea of releasing a documentary on the recording of the album.

Emery Tour - Tooth and Nail's Emery are about to head out on a huge nationwide tour with a variety of bands including From First To Last, Name Taken, Down To Earth Approach, Emanuel, A Thorn For Every Heart and Brazil. To hear tracks from each band, see a bio and check out some tour dates just head over to the official tour page.

In other Brazil related news, the band has recently kicked their own unique take on the street team, The Ministry into full gear. Ministry members get access to exclusive information on the band as well as chance to win merch available only to street team members. Just head over to Brazil's web site to check it out, as well as their brand spankin new video for "Escape," if you haven't seen that yet.

Fall Out Boy Remix - Check out the remix of Grand Theft Autumn over at Purevolume.com and the new video of 'Saturday' at Myspace.com

Underoath Drop Off Headlining Run – In the midst of their highly successful two-week headlining run with openers The Chariot and Stretch Arm Strong, Underoath have regretfully returned home. In a statement from the band: We're really sorry to announce that the Underoath is not playing the Columbus show tonight and the rest of the headline shows this tour.

We feel terrible to do this to all our friends that were expecting to see us, but we must go home to help a friend through a problem. Please still go out to the shows and support the amazing bands we were touring with. Every show on this tour has been bigger than we ever expected and we can't wait to get out there again in October for the Coheed and Cambria tour. ~ Tim , Aaron, Grant, James, Spencer and Chris

The remaining shows will go on as scheduled with The Chariot and Stretch Arm Strong. Underoath will be back on the road October 9th in Richmond , VA where the Coheed and Cambria tour will begin.

Pedro The Lion November Tour – It’s been a busy year for Pedro The Lion; the boys from Seattle released the critically lauded Achilles Heel, toured endlessly with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, John Vanderslice, and Tilly and The Wall, dropped a tour-only EP of covers and rarities, and posted downloadable live tracks from their gigs garnering an amazing 250,000 downloads in a mere 40 days.

So in keeping with their madman momentum, Pedro The Lion will be heading back out on the road beginning November 8th with the shoegazing Starflyer 59 in tow as support.

PEDRO THE LION TOUR DATES

November
8: Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick (4120 Woodward Ave)
9: Buffalo, NY @ Nietzsche's (248 Allen St)
10: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St)
11: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs (480 Massachussets Ave)
12: Washington, DC @ Black Cat (1811 14th St NW)
13: Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero (1003 Arch St)
14: Grantham, PA @ Messiah College (1 College Ave)
16: Chicago, IL @ The Metro (3730 N Clark)
17: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue (29 N 7th St)
18: Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon (701 E Washington)
19: Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center (3201 Burton SE)

December
4: Seattle, WA @ Showbox (1426 First Ave)
5: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom (1332 W Burnside)
6: Rohnert Park, CA @ Sonoma State University (1801 E Cotati Ave)
8: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey (5515 Wilshire Blvd)
9: Pomona, CA @ Glass House (200 W 2nd St)

Vaux Gets Hot - If sex were a record, chances are it would be Vaux's newest release, Plague Music. Though the record doesn't drop on Equal Vision Records until September 21, PunkHardcore's already got the review. Head to our reviews page to check it out. The band is currently headlining the EVR tour, set to kick off tomorrow, September 18, in Kansas City , MO with labelmates Endicott, Codeseven, Bars, Before Today and Fear Before The March Of Flames. EVR has the dates. Hey, You!: Mer doesn't do everything around here, you know. Yet another review was posted, this time of Tsunami Bomb's impending release, The Definitive Act, in stores this Tuesday. Not only that, but a review of Villainy And Virtue by Dead to Fall is up as well.

Weezer To Finish Album After Holidays - Weezer is nearly finished recording its long-gestating fifth Geffen studio album, according to posts on the band's official Web site. Group members have been working on songs for the past several days without frontman Rivers Cuomo, who will spend the next few months attending Harvard University .

"While the main 12 songs are very close to completion (and may be in some cases truly completed) there is no way of knowing this for sure until everyone has had the chance to try everything they think may elevate the tracks," the site says. "Of course that includes Rivers, who is now away at school for the semester. While everyone agrees that most of the tracks are very close, it may turn out that additional work will be needed."

"The upshot of all this is that the album probably won’t be truly finished until after the holidays, which means it likely won't see release until spring '05, given the several months the record label requires to prepare for an album's release," the site continues. "The cool part is that everything on the album has had (and will have had) ample time to be the best it can be -- no rushing or cutting corners."

New Big D Videos Online - Big D And The Kids Table has added a trio of new videos on their site. You can watch "You Lost You're Crazy" live in Florida, "Girls Against Drunk Bitches" live in Florida, and Sean P. Rogan's short indie film "Lightning Strikes" here - www.bigdandthekidstable.com/movies

How It Goes will be out on Springman Records October 19th.

Blood Brothers Tour Dates - The Blood Brothers are hitting the road in support of their long awaited release of ‘Crimes’, which is set to be release on Oct 12 on V2 records. Check the e-card for a sweet preview. The Blood Brothers Tour Dates are as follows:

Fri 1-Oct - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall w/ The Antlers, Mean Reds
Sat 2-Oct - Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz Teen Center w/ The Antlers, Mean Reds
Sun 3-Oct - Bakersfield, CA - Jerry’s Pizza w/ The Antlers, Mean Reds
Wed 6-Oct - San Diego, CA - Epicenter w/ Against Me!, Mean Reds
Thu 7-Oct - Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse w/ Against Me!, True North
Fri 8-Oct - Los Angeles, CA - El Ray Theater w/ Against Me!, True North
Sun 10-Oct - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall w/ Against Me!, True North
Mon 11-Oct - Portland, OR - Meow Meow w/ Against Me!, True North
Tue 12-Oct - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s w/ Against Me!, True North
Thu 14-Oct - Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Café w/ Against Me!, True North
Fri 15-Oct - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater w/ Against Me!, True North
Sat 16-Oct - Lawrence, KS - Bottle Neck w/ Against Me!
Sun 17-Oct - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock w/ Against Me!, True North
Mon 18-Oct - Minneapolis, MN -Triple Rock w/ Against Me!, True North
Tue 19-Oct - Chicago, IL - The Logan w/ Against Me!, True North
Wed 20-Oct - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick w/ Against Me!, True North
Thu 21-Oct - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom w/ Against Me!, True North
Fri 22-Oct - Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom w/ Against Me!, True North
Sat 23-Oct - Allston, MA - Jackson Mann - w/ Against Me!, True North
Sun 24-Oct - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Against Me!, True North
Tue 26-Oct - Washington DC - Black Cat w/ Against Me!, True North
Wed 27-Oct - Richmond, VA - Alley Katz w/ Against Me!
Thu 28-Oct - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade w/ Against Me!, True North
Fri 29-Oct - St. Petersburg, FL - State Theater w/ Against Me!, True North
Sun 31-Oct - Orlando, FL - The Social w/ Against Me!, True North
Tue 2-Nov - Birmingham, AL - Cave 9 w/ Chinese Stars,White Rabbits
Wed 3-Nov - Houston, TX - Mary Jane’s Fat Cat w/ Chinese Stars,White
Rabbits
Thu 4-Nov - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room w/ Chinese Stars,White
Rabbits
Fri 5-Nov - Austin, TX - Emo’s w/ Chinese Stars,White Rabbits
Sat 6-Nov - San Antonio, TX - Sin 13 w/ Chinese Stars,White Rabbits
Tue 9-Nov - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress w/ Chinese Stars,White Rabbits
Wed 10-Nov - Phoenix, AZ - Mason Jar w/ Chinese Stars,White Rabbit

Blood Brothers E-Card:
http://flashenhanced.com/bloodbrothers/

Blood Brothers Pre-Order:
http://search.insound.com/search/results4.jsp?query=Blood+Brothers+Crimes\

Ramones Raw – "Ramones Raw" dvd hit stores today with 105 Minutes of true punk rock. Comprised of vintage concert and backstage footage, rare TV appearances, and a treasure trove of home movies that have never been seen before, this collection of rare material delves into a side of The Ramones of which audiences are rarely afforded a glimpse. 21 rare live performances include "I Wanna Be Sedated," "Blitzkreig Bop," and "I Can't Make it on Tim e." The song list includes "Teenage Lobotomy," " Rockaway Beach ," "Sheena is a Punk Rocker," "She's the One," "Rock and Roll Radio," "Judy is a Punk," and so much more. This is a unique view of the godfathers of rock and roll that no fan will want to miss. www.ramones.com3

Q And Not U - have returned from dates in the UK and South Africa (!) Before departing on these dates the band delivered their 3rd Full-length, "Power," which will be released on Dischord in the US on October 4th (September 20th in Europe ). This album was recorded by Pete and Rafael of El Guapo at their home studio in NYC and finds the band once again pushing the boundaries of art and expectation. Q and Not U will be touring extensively this Fall in the USA . They are joined for a month of dates by El Guapo as well as a host of other great bands. Erase Errata are playing with the two bands on the West Coast, Et At It will be joining the tour for 6 dates. Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Channels and Mary Tim ony will also be appearing, as well as not to be missed newcomers La Mi Vida Violenta, and local DC acts Food for Animals and Manhunter. In other words, it is worth getting to the shows early because you won't want to miss any of these bands.

Q and Not U also have a 3 week tour in Europe being finalised for November/December. See the tour page for a full listing of the US tour and updates as we get them. The band also has a brand spanking new website you can check out at; www.qandnotu.org

Medications - featuring Devin and Chad from Faraquet, will be releasing a 5 song EP on Dischord on October 25th (November 1st in Europe ). This EP was recorded by Devin's former Smart Went Crazy bandmate, Chad Clark. Medications plan on extensive touring once the EP is released. Devin is also performing live with Mary Tim ony. www.medicationsband.com

The Routineers (aka Deep Six), featuring Bill Nesper from Discount, and Ryan Nelson, Amanda MacKaye and Todd McDonald from Jury Rig will release a full-length on a split label venture between Dischord and Sammich (October 25th). Ryan is a busy man these days; he plays drums for Beauty Pill, used to drum for Most Secret Method, and is featured in Routineers on guitar and sharing vocals with Amanda. Amanda is the woman behind Sammich Records, which resurfaced this year after several years of slumber to re-release CD versions of the first Soul Side and Shudder To Think full-lengths.

Beauty Pill - recently announced that singer Rachel Burke is leaving the group and moving back to her hometown of Seattle , Washington to be closer to her family. However, the band soldiers on and will introduce multi- instrumentalist and vocalist, Jean Cook, into the fold at a show in Allston , MA on September 18th. Beauty Pill will continue playing dates this fall including dates with Travis Morrison. http://www.beautypill.com

El Guapo - has expanded into a 4 piece with the addition of Josh Blair (from Orthrelm) on drums. As mentioned above the band will be touring with Q and Not U on both coasts, as well as putting the final touches on a new full-length. See the tour page for dates.

The Evens - finished recording 12 songs at Inner Ear Studios in August. These songs will be released as an album on Dischord sometime in the near future. The band will be playing shows this fall, please check the tour page for updates.

Lungfish - continue to play shows periodically. They have some weekend dates coming up in September. The band also has plans to go into the studio in the near future.

The 1996 Lungfish album, "Sound In Tim e," is the newest CD to be remastered by Chad Clark at Silver Sonya as part of the Dischord remastered series. Copies of this CD will be available in the next several days. Fugazi's "Steady Diet of Nothing" was the most recent CD in the series and features new photos and an upgraded layout design.

Engine Down's - van and trailer were stolen from the parking lot of the Red Roof Inn on NW Freeway in Houston last week. All of their gear, 3 laptop computers, cameras, merchandise: t-shirts, stickers, buttons, CDs, personal items are all gone. In response to numerous requests from people wanting to pitch in financially, a pay pal account has been set up. The account name is band@enginedown.com. You can also visit: http://www.lovitt.com/enginedownupdate.html for more information and if you would like to donate and do not have a pay pal account.

Del Cielo - has joined the Lovitt family. For those not familiar with the band, they are a three-piece all-female melodic rock trio that formed in Washington , DC . The band features singer/guitarist Andrea Lisi, Basla Andolsun from Beauty Pill on bass and Katy Otto co-founder of Exotic Fever Records on drums. They will be recording a full-length for Lovitt starting in October. www.delcielorock.com

Lovitt - will be releasing the vinyl version of the new Engine Down full-length which is on Lookout! Records. The LP was pressed on special 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Engine Down's 4th full-length album was produced by Brian McTernan (Thrice, Hot Water Music) and aims to win over new ears as well as satisfy longtime fans. The band is currently touring the U.S. in support of this album and has plans to tour Europe and Japan in the near future.

Four Hundred Years Transmit Failure CD was recently remastered at Silver Sonya and will be re released in the near future with an enhanced part with video footage of the band.

Lovitt will be re-releasing the CD by Bughummer in late Oct/early November. Originally self-released, this rock outfit was the product of three men, Jonathan Procktor, Keeley Davis, and Brian Lackey, trapped in a southern town brought together by similar interests at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Bughummer developed a solid regional following and were known for their pounding and moody compositions. After the demise Bughummer Keely went on to join Engine Down.

Fin Fang Foom  - has been getting back up and running now that Mike is out of the hospital. They are working on writing some new songs and will start playing out again in October. Eddie and Mike Glass have a side project they have been working on as well called Cheers For No Tomorrow.

Pinebender - are working on writing some new songs at the moment and have some upcoming shows planned.

Channels - featuring J. Robbins (Burning Airlines, Jawbox), Janet Morgan (Shonben), and Darren Zentek (Kerosene 454, Oswego ) release their debut CDEP on Desoto Records on September 7th. This CD, along with all Desoto releases, is available here. The band will be touring in September and October. http://www.channelstheband.com.

Ex-Black Eyes members  - Hugh, Mike and Dan Caldas have started a new band called, Horses, with Fiona from Et At It. They just played their first show at the Warehouse Next Door in late August. White Flight, the improvisational duo which featured the remaining two members of Black Eyes, Daniel and Jacob, played their last performance at that same show.
Hugh has also been busy recording local bands The Navies and Hits. Both bands have been playing shows in the DC area. The Navies (featuring members of Bazhena) have a self released 7" available here.

Ex-Dismemberment plan - front man Travis Morrison will release his solo album, "Travistan," on Barsuk Records on September 28. He plans to tour practically non stop for the next 4 months.

Snapcase side project seeking vocalist and guitarist According to a posting on Snapcase's official website, the side project featuring Ben, Dustin and Frank is currently searching for a vocalist and a guitarist to round out their line up. The band has already begun working on a track for the upcoming Jawbox tribute album being released by Two Sheds Music. It is not clear if this is the same side project we mentioned back in April since the posting refers only to the band as "the project."

On a related note, our compadres at Punkrocks have been looking into the status of Snapcase, and have concluded that the band is in "stasis" and while they are currently working on projects including a DVD and an EP of new material, the band is not planning any touring for the forseeable future due to "personal and family schedules" on the part of Daryl and Jon.

Tours : The End announces Canadian Headling Tour - Canadian tech-metal quintet The End have announced a headlining tour of Canada in support of their recent release Within Dividia. The five week tour begins on September 29th in Fredericton , NB. The 29-city jaunt is expected to conclude on November 4th in Sudbury , ON , with additional dates pending.

No Warning News According to No Warning's official website, the band is setting October 19th as the date for their major label debut, Suffer, Survive. The release will be 8 track EP with 2 bonus tracks and enhanced content for computers. The band has tapped Jake Bannon of Converge for the artwork, and is releasing the record on Warner/Machine Shop Recordings. The band previously released two records via Bridge Nine: 2001's No Warning and Ill Blood in 2002.

You can check out two tracks on their purevolume page. The band will be playing some dates on the previously announced tour with the Used and the Bronx .

Blasting Room update: Mustard Plug, The Vacancy, The Casualties, more - Blasting Room Studios has announced their upcoming schedule. This month, Mustard Plug [review] mixed and mastered an upcoming greatest hits compilation for Hopeless and The Vacancy [review] mixed and mastered their new album for A-F. Next May, The Casualties [review] will head into the Fort Collins, Colorado-based studios to record their next full-length for SideOneDummy.

As updates to previous stories, A Wilhelm Scream [review] will be in the studios to record a full-length specifically in February, and The Suicide Machines [review] in March for a full-length as well.

Fall Out Boy Video, Remix and Tour - Fall Out Boy have posted some new media. The first is the video for “Saturday” which can be seen at their myspace page. They've also put up a dance remix of "Grand Theft Autumn" on their purevolume site. Both tracks come from their Fueled By Ramen debut: Take This to Your Grave. The band is also playing some dates with Taking Back Sunday.

Underoath & Coheed and Cambria Touring - Fresh off their tour with Stretch Arm Strong and The Chariot, Underoath will be headed out supporting Coheed and Cambria. The band also just released They're Only Chasing Safety this past June. You can click Read More for the dates.

Update: Underoath has had to drop off of the remaining dates of the aforementioned tour with Stretch Arm Strong and the Chariot. The last few shows will go on as scheduled.

Dead Letter Dept. UK Tour - Canadian trio Dead Letter Dept. are headed to the UK for a tour with Mistake Us for Friends. Dead Letter Dept. will be releasing Yes You Can't via Redefine Records on Tuesday October 12th, and released their previous Anthology UK via UK-based Noo Noo Records. You can click Read More for the dates.

Dave Witte joins Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Lambgoat is reporting that drummer Dave Witte, who recently quit Burnt By The Sun, will be joining Agoraphobic Nosebleed. The two have discussed collborating off and on for several years now, with Witte and AN guitarist Scott Hull reportedly even practicing together at one time or another.

Details are presently a bit sketchy. According to Relapse Records, Witte will be joining the band in the near future for the purpose of live shows. We'll pass along updates as they come in.

New music online from Maybe This Christmas Tree  - New music from the upcoming Maybe This Christmas Tree compilation is now online. Copeland's contribution, "Do You Hear What I Hear?," is streaming at the band's pureVOLUME page. Also, Belasana, a side project including Brett from The Juliana Theory and Chris from now-defunct Sense Field, has a 45-second snippet of their contribution at the homepage of their recently launched website. They have a contest up as well to win a signed copy of the compilation.

This third edition of the compilation, which also features Death Cab For Cutie, Pedro The Lion, and The Polyphonic Spree among others, will be out October 5th on Nettwerk America. The full tracklisting can be found under Read More.

Briefs fall tour plans - The Briefs have announced their dates from now until mid December. The band has upcoming shows with The Girls, D.O.A, Dillinger Four, None More Black, Jeffie Genetic & his Clones, New York Rel-X, Ducky Boys and many others. They have both US and European dates lined up, with multiple engagements in many EU countries. Click below for all the details.

The band is supporting their latest release Sex Objects [review] along with the recent BYO re-releases of Hit After Hit and Off The Charts. Those two records mark the 100 and 101st releases by the label.

                                               

This is Tommy Ramone with an update on The Ramones Musical ‘Gabba Gabba Hey!’ We just finished a successful showcase run in Perth Australia . It was well received by both the Audience and the critics. With a book by novelist Michael Herrmann, the show was directed by New York-based Andy Goldberg with choreography by Strictly Ballroom star Paul Mercurio. I was very happy to be involved as the musical director. With a cast of seven and a band of three (lead by former Clash guitarist Nick Sheppard) the production is both faithful to the spirit of the Ramones as well as a groundbreaking rock-theater hybrid. We are hoping to bring the show to the US sometime next year. Additional information on ‘Gabba Gabba Hey!’ can be found at – www.ramonesmusical.com

Theaters and dates for "End Of The Century" have been announced - more details available at www.endofthecentury.com!

10/01/04
Downtown West 8 Knoxville TN
Esquire Art - Cincinnati, OH
Green Hills Commons 16 Nashville TN
Tivoli Theatre St. Louis MO
Avon Theatre Film Center - Stamford, CT

10/05/04
Oak Street Cinema - Minneapolis, MN

10/08/04
Starz Film Center - Denver CO
Count Basie Theatre - Red Bank, NJ

10/09/04
Campus Theatre - Lewisburg PA

10/15/04
Midtown Art Cinema 8 Atlanta GA

10/22/04
Dobie Theatre - Austin, TX
Noble Theatre - Oklahoma City, OK

10/29/04
Varsity Theatre Seattle WA
Main Art Theatre - Royal Oak, MI

11/05/04
Inwood 3 Theatres - Dallas TX

11/19/04
Angelika Film Center Houston - Houston TX
Greenway 3 - Houston TX