Green Day new album to go "power pop"
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:52am
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong discussed their new record's "power-pop" direction recently on SPIN.com:
"I really like fucking with arrangements…How do you do it in a way where the arrangements are just unpredictable? So I'm pushing myself to be progressive in songwriting and being a songwriter. I always try to look at the possibilities of how you write power-pop music."...
Videos: Tom Gabel "Anna Is a Stool Pigeon", "Harsh Realms" acous
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:47am
Watch Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel perform two acoustic songs "Anna Is a Stool Pigeon" and "Harsh Realms" where he duets with himself on SPIN here....
Leathermouth debut full length "XO" out Jan 27
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:39am
NJ hardcore outfit Leathermouth (featuring My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero) are set to release their Epitaph debut full length "XO" on January 27.
1. 5th Period Massacre
2. Catch Me If You Can
3. This Song Is About Being Attacked By Monsters
4. I Am Going To Kill The President Of The United States Of America
5. Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me
6. Sunsets Are For Muggings
7. My Lovenote Has Gone Flat
8. Your Friends Are Full Of Shit
9. Bodysnatchers 4 Ever
10. Leviathan...
Rockstar Energy Drink Taste Of Chaos 2009: Thursday headlining
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:18am

The Fifth Annual Rockstar Energy Drink Taste Of Chaos 09 is set to kick off February 14 2009 in LA and will be headlined by Thursday, as well as Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil (all of whom will rotate their spot on the bill throughout the tour), and Cancer Bats. In addition, one local Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands winner will open the show at each stop.
"After listening to what fans had to say during Warped Tour and watching many of these bands with thousands of fans watching them perform," TOC co-founder Kevin L...
Video: The Raconteurs "Old Enough"
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:08am
For their latest single "Old Enough", taken from this year's release "Consolers of the Lonely".
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“FNMTV PREMIERES: Happy FN Holidays” Dec 5th 9PM ET/PT
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:07am
"FNMTV PREMIERES: Happy FN Holidays" will air on December 5th at 8:00pm ET/PT with debut videos from Miley Cyrus, The Game, Secondhand Serenade and Metro Station. Host Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy will also perform their current hit single "I Don't Care" from their upcoming album "Folie A Deux". Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes wil...
Peachcake participate in "Paint for Peace" project
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:05am
Electro-pop humanitarians Peachcake have partnered with nonprofit HEAL International and the Online Artist Community SprayGraphic.com to create a wholly unique, all-night community paint-a-thon called "Paint for Peace" (planetawesome.org). This unique collaboration will take place Thursday, December 18th at the Scottsdale Waterfront [7134 E. Stetson Dr.] and will be the first in a series of nationwide events. To encourage commu...
Video: The Smashing Pumpkins "G.L.O.W."
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:02am
The Smashing Pumpkins are in the midst of a North American tour tour celebrating their 20th ann...
Chicken Ranch Records offer xmas MP3's for charity
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 6:01am
Austin based Chicken Ranch Records (Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5, Yuppie Pricks, Blue Eyed Blacks, etc) is releasing two Christmas MP3s for donation with 100% of the profits going to Austin Food Bank. Remember how much you willingly paid for Radiohead's digital version of "In Rainbows"? Pay that, if not more, to help feed the needy in Austin this holiday season. Donation is optional, but obviously highly encouraged. Also, if you're in Austin on December 11th, Chicken Ranch will be holding a benefit show featuring The Emotron to raise money for two more charities, Anthropos Arts and Blue Santa. Here's some more info on the artists who are releasing the MP3's:
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Video: Cobra Starship "Kiss My Sass"
Posted By: Indiependentmusic on Dec 3rd, 2008 @ 5:59am
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