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Archives for 2007

Sum 41 Finish New Album

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In a blog post from their MySpace page, Sum 41 stated that they have finished their new album and it will be coming out this summer.

Hello everyone. we have finished our new album. we still don’t have a name for it yet though. it will be coming out this summer. we are now about to start auditions to find a touring guitarist. we have no idea how long this will take so i can’t really tell you when we will be back on tour. if all goes well we should be back playing shows in mid april. we will keep you all updated here as frequently as possible. thanks for all your support and i can’t wait for you to hear this album.Ԛ 

Bassist Leaves The Spill Canvas

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Scott McGuire, bassist for The Spill Canvas, has left the band. You can read his message below.

Oh, where to begin. There’s no way to go about it other than to just say it. The Spill Canvas has decided in order to make music to its fullest potential they must do so with out me. The past three years of my life have been absolutely remarkable. The experiences Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve had, places Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve seen, and people Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve met all exceeded any expectation that I could have ever imagined. I wouldnâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t trade any of it for the world. Playing music and traveling has always been my all time dream ever since I was just a little kid. And to have had the opportunity to do so on the level I did has been a dream come true.

To Nick, Joe and Dan: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being my closest family over the past three years. You guys are amazingly talented musicians and deserve nothing but the best. I love you guys. Good luck.

To the all-star management, booking, legal and label team: you will take this band to heights that people never thought possible. I feel privileged to have met you all and had the opportunity to work with you. Thank you so much and good luck in the future.

To all the TSC fans: thank you as well for showing your love and support in ways I never knew existed. You are the best fans any band could ever dream of having. Please continue to support TSC in any way you possibly can.

To all my friends and family: thank you for backing me in my decision to chase my dream relentlessly. Without your support, thereâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s no way I could have achieved anything. I love you. I would like to say that this is not the end for me. The Spill Canvas has been my every breath for three years and it will certainly be a hard adjustment to not be a part of it anymore. But I will take the experiences and knowledge that I have gained and continue on with my life. I will always make music on my own time and seek opportunities to play with others.

So again, thank you all for being a part of the best experience of my life. I will cherish the memories for as long as I live.

Tonight On DJ Rossstar 3-14-07

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Bleed The Dream will be making an in studio appearance on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show tonight, Wednesday, March 14th 2007 from 7-8pm PST. Bless The Fall will be calling in for a live phone interview as well. You can listen to the show at www.idobiradio.com and can send questions during the interview to the screen name: Staridobi Add www.myspace.com/djrossstar for more information.

Sound The Alarm Set Album Title, Release Date

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Pennsylvania’s Sound The Alarm have announced plans to release their debut full length, Stay Inside, June 12, 2007 on Geffen Records. “Suffocating” is available to stream via the band’s MySpace page

Now in their late teens, the band who formed at the age of 12 in Bangor, PA were still in high school when discovered by producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, The All-American Rejects, Head Automatica, Fly Leaf) and recorded under his direction. The result, “Stay Inside”, is an album that’s as unique as it is engaging. The first single “Suffocating” can be described as an amalgam of modern rock, pop, and punk.