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Terrible Things Set Release Date; Fall Tour With Mae

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Terrible Things have set August 31st as the release date for their debut self-titled album. Terrible Things is Fred Mascherino (ex-Taking Back Sunday) Josh Eppard (Coheed & Cambria) and Andy Jackson (Hot Rod Circuit). Their self-titled major label debut was produced and mixed by Jason Elgin (Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster, Collective Soul) and mastered by Roger Lian (Bayside, Coheed & Cambria).

“The album cover is metaphoric to what was going on in my town last year and it was actually pretty emotional for me watching that house go up in flames,” Fred says of the image of his two children having a tea party while a nearby dollhouse is engulfed in flames.

Terrible Things is both a concept record as well as a fascinating and powerful rock debut. “It was great working with Jason [Elgin, producer],” continues Fred. “He’s been making records for a long time and understood that this band couldn’t just be put through a recording factory. We made this record the old-fashioned way. It wasn’t about fixing the song in mixing. It was about playing it right from the very beginning.” With songs like the propulsive “Revolution,” the surging bittersweet ballad “Lullaby” to the soberingly soaring “Hills of Birmingham”, the album is the sound of a band who’s combined the best of their storied pasts and fine-tuned it into one big powerful debut. “I think Andy and Josh would agree that this is the best record any of us have ever been a part of,” he concludes.

The band will be hitting the Warped Tour before setting out on a fall tour with Mae. Check out the tour dates below.

Vans Warped Tour

Jul 29 Marcus Amphitheatre Milwaukee, WI
Jul 30 Comerica Park Detroit, MI
Jul 31 First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
Aug 01 Canterbury Park Shakopee, MN
Aug 02 Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
Aug 05 Race City Speedway Calgary, Alberta
Aug 07 Utah State Fairgrounds Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 08 Invesco Field Denver, CO

w/ Mae, Windsor Drive

Oct 01 The Canal Club Richmond, VA
Oct 02 The Casbah Charlotte, NC
Oct 03 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC
Oct 05 The Social Orlando, FL
Oct 07 Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL
Oct 09 The End Nashville, TN
Oct 12 The Historic Southgate House Newport, KY
Oct 13 Musica Akron, OH
Oct 14 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY
Oct 15 The Space Hamden, CT
Oct 16 Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, MA
Oct 17 School Of Rock S. Hackensack, NJ
Oct 20 Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
Oct 21 Eleanor Rigby’s Jermyn, PA
Oct 22 World Café Live Philadelphia, PA
Oct 23 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
Oct 24 Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 26 The Eagle Theatre Pontiac, MI
Oct 27 The Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
Oct 28 Off Broadway Nightclub St. Louis, MO
Oct 30 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
Oct 31 The Waiting Room Omaha, NE
Nov 02 The Marquis Theatre Denver, CO
Nov 04 The Electric Theatre St. George, UT
Nov 05 Avalon Theatre Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 06 The Venue Boise, ID
Nov 07 El Corazon Seattle, WA
Nov 10 Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, CA
Nov 11 Downtown Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA
Nov 13 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Nov 16 Nile Theatre Mesa, AZ

Terrible Things Stream New Song; Album Due Late Summer

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All-star rock super group Terrible Things featuring Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday), Josh Eppard (Coheed & Cambria), and Andy Jackson (Hot Rod Circuit) released their debut single “Revolution” yesterday via iTunes. You can stream the song after the jump. The bands full-length debut is due out late summer on Universal Motown. The album’s concept is about the arson that ravaged Fred’s hometown of Coatesville, PA.
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Circa Survice Announce New Album; Stream New Song

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Circa Survive has announced the upcoming release of their new album, Blue Sky Noise, due out April 20th.

The band has posted a new track titled “Get Out” on their website. You can also get the track by pre-ordering Blue Sky Noise here, which will also get you a digital copy of the album one week before its April 20th street date. Other bonuses include exclusive band merchandise and limited edition items.

To celebrate the release of Blue Sky Noise, Circa Survive will be heading on cross-country trek supporting Coheed & Cambria. The tour will kick off in Charlotte, NC at The Fillmore Charlotte on April 22nd and continue through a finale in Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club on May 27th (dates below) ““ tickets go on sale this Saturday, February 20.

The tour with Coheed & Cambria follows a run of shows in March that include a number of headlining dates, marquee performances at the annual South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX, topping the bill at The Hoodwink in Anaheim, CA, and a featured slot at The Bamboozle West.

Tour Dates
*Headlining
**Supporting Coheed & Cambria

MARCH

11 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle*
12 Nashville, TN Exit/In*
13 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre*
14 Little Rock, AR The Village*
16 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit*
17-20 Austin, TX South By Southwest (venues TBD)
22 St. Louis, MO The Firebird*
23 Indianapolis, IN The Emerson Theater*
24 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop*
26 Anaheim, CA The Hoodwink (Grove Of Anaheim)*
27 Anaheim, CA The Bamboozle West
(The Festival Grounds at Angel Stadium)

APRIL

22 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte**
23 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle**
24 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues **
25 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution**
27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live**
28 Austin, TX Stubb’s**
29 Dallas,TX Palladium Ballroom**
30 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom**

MAY

1 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom**
3 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre**
4 Pomona, CA Fox Theatre**
5 San Francisco, CA The Warfield Theatre**
7 Portland, OR Roseland Theater**
8 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo**
10 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theater**
11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre**
13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue**
14 Chicago, IL Congress Theater**
15 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre**
17 Boston, MA House Of Blues**
18 Montreal, Quebec Metropolis**
19 Toronto, Ontario Sound Academy**
22 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory**
26 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield**
27 Washington, DC 9:30 Club**

Tonight On DJ Rossstar 1-10-08

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DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show is on tonight, Thursday, January 10th 2008! Coheed and Cambria will be calling in to talk about their upcoming tour and anything else you want! Say No More will be in studio to talk about their new album, plans for 2008 and life itself. The show airs from 7-8pm PST / 10-11pm EST and you can tune in at Idobi Radio. Send us questions, comments, viruses by IMing the screen name: staridob

Coheed & Cambria On Tour With Linkin Park

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Coheed and Cambria will be supporting Linkin Park on all dates of their upcoming national tour. The tour goes from February 12 to March 10 and will be hitting 19 cities, including Madison Square Garden in New York. The dates come on the heels of Coheed’s successful sold-out 25-date national headlining tour that wrapped at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on November 29, 2007.

Coheed and Cambria (Sanchez – vocals, guitar; Travis Stever – guitar; Mic Todd – bass) spent the first half of 2007 working on “No World for Tomorrow in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Stone Sour) and mixer Randy Staub (Metallica, Nickelback). Coheed recruited Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters to play drums on the record, while ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie is now a permanent fixture in the band and has taken their live shows to new heights.

No World For Tomorrow has sold over 100,000 copies in four weeks, and the Linkin Park dates mark the first time the band has played in arenas.

Tour Dates

2/12 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha
2/13 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Ctr
2/15 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
2/16 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
2/18 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless
2/19 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
2/21 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/22 Montreal, QU Bell Centre
2/23 London, ON John LaBatt Centre
2/25 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
2/26 Nashville, TN Sommet Ctr
2/29 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Ctr
3/1 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
3/2 El Paso, TX Don Haskins Ctr
3/8 West Valley City, UT E Center

Coheed & Cambria Cause Stir At University of Kansas

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Coheed & Cambria caused quite the commotion at the University of Kansas this week. Following a number of dorm windows being shot out a set of cryptic symbols were found spray painted throughout the campus with the date “10/23/07” underneath it.  Rumors began to spread on the University’s campus that another shooting was coming on Tuesday (10/23/07). The campus police were swamped with phone calls and questions about the impending violence. Fortunately, the graffiti symbols popping up all over campus were to promote Coheed & Cambria’s release of their latest album No World For Tomorrow. The police eventually ruled out anything else as pure coincidence.

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