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Tooth & Nail Podcast

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Tooth & Nail have launched their Inaugural Podcast. You can read the press release and subscribe below.

Seattle, WA – In the over 12 year history of Tooth & Nail Records, the label has made a mark for their brand of up-and-coming musical groups. With over 450 releases through the roster of Tooth & Nail and its offshoot labels, the Seattle based company has only kept growing since its inception in 1993. With bands like Underoath, Anberlin, and Emery leading the current score of groups, todayâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s Tooth & Nail roster has been gracing the covers of magazines, hitting the airwaves, and some of the largest tours in the country.

To keep fans on the cusp of their latest news and music, Tooth & Nail is now launching their first ever podcast, hosted by Tooth & Nail founder and President, Brandon Ebel.

â┚¬Ã…”I am incredibly excited to launch of the first Tooth & Nail Podcast,â┚¬? Ebel explains. â┚¬Ã…”We are going to keep our fans directly informed about upcoming Tooth & Nail releases by providing digital previews of each one. Additionally, we will provide narration to accompany to podcast with the hope of connecting on a more personal level, and giving our fans a little taste of the personality behind the company.â┚¬?

The monthly podcast will give listeners a chance to hear their favorite Tooth & Nail acts as well as check out brand new bands to the label and previously unreleased tracks. The inaugural podcast, for instance, will feature brand new songs from Jonezetta, whose album, â┚¬Ã…”Popularityâ┚¬? streets October 3rd; Starflyer 59, whose album, â┚¬Ã…”My Islandâ┚¬? streets September 12th; and Dead Poetic, whose album â┚¬Ã…”Vicesâ┚¬? streets October 31st.

To subscribe to the podcast, visit:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=166660910

Nintendo Fusion Tour 2006

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According to Alternative Press the lineup for this year’s Nintendo Fusion Tour has leaked out. The 2006 edition will feature headliners Hawthorne Heights, alongside Relient K, Emery, Plain White T’s and The Sleeping in the opening slot.

The tour is expected to cover the entire U.S. and will kick off the last week of September; the only date revealed thus far is Sept. 30 at Tower City Amphitheater in Cleveland.

What do you think of the lineup this year? Let us know.

Over It Replace October Fall On Amber Pacific Tour

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Amber Pacific have announced that Over It will be replacing October Fall on their current tour. You can read what the band says below.

The band’s for the tour will now be:

Amber Pacific
The Audition
This Day & Age
Sherwood
OVER IT* (replacing October Fall)
Just Surrender
All Time Low

The reason behind replacing October Fall on the tour is that they aren’t going to be available anymore to go on our tour. We did not kick them off, and wish them all the best. I am sure their label or the band themselves will be making a press release about their other plans in a short time from now.

Either way, we are stoked to have Over It come out with us in their place and their presence will solidify this tour as the kind of Pop Punk Tour that we as a band are stoked to be a part and gracious to have been able to select and take out such awesome bands.

You should all come out to rock out with us because not only will it be a sick line-up, but there is a 99% chance that it will be our last tour until 2007.

OH, and we will have another BIG announcement about the tour in the beginning of August as well. See you all soon!

Driven Far Off Version 6.0 Coming August 1st, Job Openings

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Our new website has been in the works for months now and I’m happy to be bringing it to you August 1st. It will consist of a whole new system so we can bring you more content. Our current forum will be suspended and eventually cleaned out or removed at a later date. Here are some new features the site will include.

Users can submit comments with or without registering for the site.
Users can do a extensible search of all the sites content.
Users can sort content by categories and/or tags.
The new site will also include areas for album streams, contests, articles, and more.

Update
The site will also be optimized for screen resolutions of 1024x 768 or larger and best used with modern browsers like Firefox. If your not using Firefox yet please download it and save yourself from all the bugs and viruses you can get from using Internet Explorer 6.0.

We are also looking for new staff members to help out once our new site launches. If you are interested in posting news stories, album reviews, show reviews, and interviews please contact me at bryce@drivenfaroff.com with some information about yourself.

Here are some images to hold you over:

New DFO

New DFO