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Anberlin will be working with Neal Avron (Yellowcard, Fallout Boy) for their next album. The band will hit the studio for 8 weeks starting February 4 with plans to release the album later this year.
“We’re very excited about working with Neal,†says frontman Christian. “We begin rehearsals at the end of the month on the new songs and hope to transfer that energy to the studio. I think our fans are going to be pleased when they hear the final result.â€
The Give It A Name Festival in Europe has announced its lineup of bands. The 2 day event will take place in London at Earls Court and in Sheffield at the Sheffield Arena on May 10th and 11th. You can see the list of bands in the image below.
Thrice‘s new video for “Digital Sea” can be seen below.
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On February 4th The Morning Light will begin recording their new album with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, Copeland, Cartel). The record will be released later this year courtesy of Fearless Records.
EMI is set to cut 1,500 to 2,000 jobs in a restructuring program. The label is also considering having corporate sponsors for their bands as another source of income.
What would you think of a band being sponsored by McDonald’s or Ford?
Yellowcard will be going out on tour with MxPx The Spill Canvas and will be doing the entire tour unplugged (acoustic). Also, anyone who purchases Yellowcard’s new ‘live’ album the week of release (from January 22nd to January 28th) will also receive a code from Ticketmaster to pre purchase of up to four tickets for the tour beginning January 30th before they go on sale to the public on February 2nd.
Tour Dates
3/7 Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon
3/8 Denver, CO @ Gothic
3/10 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4
3/11 Chicago, IL @ Metro
3/13 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater
3/14 Cleveland, OH @ HOB
3/15 NYC, NY @ Irving Plaza
3/16 Boston, MA @ Middle East
3/17 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
3/19 Baltimore, MD @ Recher
3/20 Greensboro, NC @ Green Street
3/21 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
3/22 Orlando, FL @ HOB
3/24 Tampa, FL @ State Theater
3/29 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
3/31 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
4/3 Boise, ID @ Big Easy
4/4 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
4/5 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
4/6 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
4/8 Ventura, CA @ Ventura Theatre
4/10 Las Vegas, NV @ HOB
4/11 San Diego, CA @ HOB
4/12 Los Angeles, CA @ HOB
Ivoryline have posted “The Last Word” on their MySpace page. The new song is off their upcoming record, There Came A Lion available in stores and online February 5th.
111 Records has launched and new website and a sampler on PureVolume in honor of 111 Day.
The Audition are streaming their new album, Champion, on their MySpace page.
