Author: Dom Vigil

It Lies Within and Telle Smith of The Word Alive have teamed up for a new single called “Never Surrender”, which premiered via Loudwire. The song is off Paramount, It Lies Within’s upcoming sophomore album from Luxor Records. The full-length will be out on 1/8/16and also features guest vocalist appearances from Ryan Kirby (Fit For A King) and Jonny Mcbee (The Browning). McBee co-produced the album as well with As They Sleep guitarist Nick Morris. Vocalist Zachary Scott says “This is one of the first songs we wrote for our upcoming album ‘Paramount’. It definitely captivates the new sound and maturity of the band.…

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Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band has announced they will be on the road supporting Murder By Death this spring. Kevin Devine & Goddamn Band will be on the east coast run of the tour. A full list of dates can be found below. Over the course of 2015, Kevin Devine has been unveiling his Devinyl Splits Series, a six-7″ series featuring Devine teaming up with a different partner every release. So far, the series has included Devine and Matthew Caws of Nada Surf covering each others songs, Devine and Meredith Graves of Perfect Pussy each recording an intimate original song (the first solo song ever released from Graves),…

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Philly alt-rock/pop-punk band Grayscale will release their breakout record What We’re Missing on February 12th via Anchor Eighty Four Records. In anticipation, the band has dropped an emotionally honest new song called “Catholic” today. Fans can pre-order the album on CD and Vinyl now at www.anchoreightyfour.com.Stream “Catholic” below:  “This is a very personal song about hypocrisy,” says vocalist Collin Walsh. “It is about how you see people differently as you age. How people close to you portray themselves how they want to be seen, not who they truly are. Often times, the people pushing their beliefs the hardest are the ones actually trying…

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Photo Credit: Megan Thompson Anti-Flag are streaming “The New Jim Crow,” an exclusive b-side off of Cease Fires, now via For The Love Of Punk. Cease Fires is an album of b-sides and rerecorded material to be released on A-F Records December 18th. Pre-orders for the picture disc LP are available HERE. “The New Jim Crow” is one of two previously unreleased b-sides present on Cease Fires, with “Coward In My Veins” streaming last week via Fuse. A quote from Justin on “The New Jim Crow” is below.  Cease Fires by Anti-Flag “The song ‘The New Jim Crow’ was inspired by the book…

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This morning, Ennio Morricone shared “L’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock – Versione Integrale”, the opening track from his upcoming score of Quentin Tarantino’s new film The Hateful Eight. Pitchfork premiered the piece. Listen to the track below: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight Original Motion Picture soundtrack features compositions from Ennio Morricone and will be released worldwide via Decca Records (and on vinyl via Third Man) on December 18, 2015. Fans that pre-order the album HERE will be given the chance to receive a hand-stamped, direct-to-vinyl pressing of the Czech National Symphony’s recent performance of the score at Abbey Road Studios in London (while supplies last). The Hateful Eight…

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Photo Credit: Jessie Lirola Following the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, Sorry All Over the Place, which was produced by Spoon’s Jim Eno, the band will hit the road for another leg of its national tour, joining Quiet Company on a run of winter dates, returning to Austin for SXSW and making their first trip to Toronto for CMW. Watch “Scorched Earth Brouhaha” below:  As part two of what will become a four-part series, “Scorched Earth Brouhaha” plays with a Quentin Tarantino chronology and allows viewers to follow the band’s hi-jinks across its home base of Chicago. Directed by Mark Bachara,…

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The Contortionist have released a “Rediscovered” version of their most recent LP, Language. The new version contains four re-worked tracks recorded and engineered by John Douglass and mixed/mastered by Jamie King. The rediscovered tracks are accompanied by four all new music videos for the same tracks.The video for “Language: Rediscovered” is premiering today exclusively via Alternative Press Magazine. “This song was the result of our music naturally leading itself through new ideas developed onstage and in rehearsal,” says Keyboardist Eric Guenther. “In a way, you could think of it as an artistically selfish move. We want these songs to continue their evolution and life.…

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The 9th annual So What?! Music Festival (formerly South By So What?!) will take place on March 19th and 20th at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie, TX. The festival has already announced a slew of heavy hitters including Underoath, New Found Glory, Bayside, State Champs, Neck Deep, Real Friends, Blessthefall and more. Today the festival is thrilled to unveil their next round of artists including Dance Gavin Dance, Silverstein, Miss May I, Unwritten Law, Fenix TX, Slaves, Capsize, and some of this year’s emerging acts. For a full list of confirmed and announced artists to date, head over to www.sowhatmusicfestival.com…

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Canadian indie-rock band .moneen. and New York ambient rockers Moving Mountains are readying for a string of U.S. shows in Philadelphia, New York and Boston later this week, and in anticipation have surprised fans by covering each other’s music.BrooklynVegan.com today has debuted .moneen.’s “Armslength” (Moving Mountains cover) and Moving Mountains’ “The Great Escape” (.moneen. cover). The covers are the second instalment of “The Switcheroo Series” and will be available on streaming services and digital providers on Friday, December 18th. Listen to them now at http://bit.ly/1O2Rw0D.Moving Mountains recently released their first new music in 2 years on a split EP with Prawn. The new tracks…

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