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THE ACADEMY IS... ANNOUNCE DATES WITH WE THE KINGS, CAROLINA LIAR AND HEY MONDAY

Posted by Brian Shultz on 18-Aug-08 @ 10:14 PM

The Academy Is... have announced dates for their fall headlining tour. Dubbed Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour -- an allusion that may be lost on many of the tour's attendees -- the band will be joined by We The Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday.

TAI will be out in support of Fast Times At Barrington High, which is set for release in a few hours via Fueled By Ramen.

OCTOBER
1 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
3 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
4 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
5 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
7 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
8 Dallas, TX House of Blues
9 Austin, TX Emo's Alternative Lounge
11 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
15 W. Hollywood, CA House of Blues
17 San Diego, CA Soma
18 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
19 San Francisco, CA The Regency Center
21 Vancouver, BC Croatian Cultural Centre
22 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
23 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
25 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
26 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
28 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
29 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
30 Sauget, IL Pop's
31 Minneapolis, MN The Cabooze

NOVEMBER
1 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
2 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
4 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
5 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
6 Chicago, IL House of Blues
9 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
12 Boston, MA The Roxy
13 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Ballroom
14 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
15 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
17 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
18 Norfolk, VA The Norva
19 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
21 Montreal, QC Metropolis
22 Toronto, ON The Guvernment
23 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom



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SET YOUR GOALS BECOME FREE AGENTS VIA BUYOUT

Posted by Brian Shultz on 18-Aug-08 @ 05:09 PM

Set Your Goals have become free agents after the band was bought out for $125,000, which was given to their now former label, Eulogy Recordings.

Though the band never openly criticized their label in blogs, bulletins or otherwise, their newest song, "The Fallen," was posted approximately one week before Eulogy's May 2008 reissue of 2006's Mutiny!, and contained lyrics like "Some stop feeling love for all the places they come from. / A person I will not become. / A jaded liar, unforgivable." and "No, we never knew. (This is the last time you will have us.) / Don't buy what they sell you. (You're lawless and purely dishonest.) / No, we never knew. (A scandal that we have funded for you.) / Don't buy what they sell you. (Make no mistake this all is about you.)"

The band is currently writing the followup to Mutiny! and likely looking for a new label to call home.



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UPDATED: WEATHERBOX GUT LINEUP; SINGER/GUITARIST BRIAN WARREN REMAINS, POSTS NEW SONG

Posted by Brian Shultz on 18-Aug-08 @ 02:44 PM

Weatherbox has apparently gutted three-fourths of their lineup, the only remaining member being axe-slinging vocalist and frontman Brian Warren. The three departures include guitarist George Pritzker, bassist Dave Silverman and drummer Cory Stier.

In a series of somewhat vague and mildly rambling MySpace bulletins that were recently posted, Warren hints at the near-collapse, but emphasizes that Weatherbox is still "together."

In the first bulletin, Warren said: "WEATHERBOX WAS LIKE AN ELECTRON THAT BLIPPED OUT OF NOTHINGNESS AND THEN RETURNED TO IT SO IT GOES I SUPPOSE THE COSMIC DRAMA HAS ROBBED ME OF ANOTHER LINEUP ................... no worries though homies the cosmic drama is still getting made and i will continue playing the songs just in a much different fashion then before... it will be more real this way!!!! GUHHH if you were at the show last night, you got the last drippings of something that used to be beautiful but no more grasping at other worlds, let us enjoy this reality."

The second bulletin merely said, "ME LOSE BAND BUT ME KEEP PLAYING."

The "Band members" section on the band's MySpace page seems to confirm the situation.

Weatherbox now has approximately nine ex-members in their three-year existence.

The band last released American Art in 2007 on Doghouse, while Warren recently revealed the title of their (his?) next album: as aforementioned, The Cosmic Drama.

UPDATE: Warren has posted a new demo to the MySpace page. The song is titled "Don't Say Nice Things," and the finished version will appear on The Cosmic Drama, which has a tentative 2009 release planned on Doghouse.



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VIRGIN SUES 30 SECONDS TO MARS FOR $30 MILLION; JARED LETO RESPONDS

Posted by Brian Shultz on 18-Aug-08 @ 01:11 PM

Virgin Records has sued 30 Seconds To Mars for $30 million. The label is alleging the band still owe them three more albums, according to a contract 30STM entered with the now-defunct Immortal Records in 1999.

Frontman (and renowned actor) Jared Leto responded in a recent statement, explaining "We had been signed to our record contract for nine years. Basically, under California law, where we live and signed our deal, one cannot be bound to a contract for more than seven years. This is widely known by all the record companies and has been for years. In fact, so aware of it are they that they desperately try to make deals outside of California whenever possible. It is a law that protects people from lengthy, unfair, career-spanning contracts. This law also gave us the legal right to explore other possible opportunities."

We'll keep you updated as the situation progresses.

The band is currently recording a new album in Los Angeles, having last released their sophomore full-length, A Beautiful Lie, in 2005.



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ARISE AND RUIN POST "DOOM SENTENCE"

Posted by Ben Sailer on 18-Aug-08 @ 12:13 PM

Guelph, Ontario metal act Arise And Ruin have a new demo up, titled "Doom Sentence," online. The track can be heard here.

The band had this to say about the song on their blog:

So back in June we decided to demo some new songs with our buddy Ian Blurton, you may know Ian from his work with Cursed, The Weakerthans or being the only man on earth to turn down a Jager endorsement! Anyway the demos turned out so well that we had to upload a track for you dudes to hear or our heads were going to explode! This is raw, live off the floor, no cut and paste sound replaced quantized bullshit here, if I you want illusions, check out the new season of Chris Angel Mind Freak, I'm sure you won't be dissipointed.

Arise And Ruin put out The Final Dawn last year on Victory.



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RISE AGAINST POST "RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)"

Posted by Brian Shultz on 18-Aug-08 @ 11:36 AM

Rise Against has unveiled what will be the first single from their upcoming fifth full-length, Appeal To Reason. You can check out "Re-Education Through Labor" on their MySpace page.

Appeal To Reason is due out October 7 via Geffen, following up 2006's The Sufferer And The Witness. The band also released the compilation EP This Is Noise in 2007.

Dates were also recently revealed for the band's rather massive fall headlining tour with Alkaline Trio, Thrice and the Gaslight Anthem.



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