Gaslight Anthem have released a video for "The '59 Sound," the first single from their upcoming Side One Dummy album of the same name. The band is about to embark on an Australian tour before returning to North America to kick off some CD release shows.

Anberlin will be touring this fall with Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Straylight Run, and There for Tomorrow. Dates coming soon.

Avenged Sevenfold are plotting a September 09th release date for their new live/rare DVD/CD package "Live In The LBC & Diamonds In The Rough". The DVD portion of the set centers around a show which took place this past April in Long Beach, CA - click for tracklist and shows.

The Dillinger Escape Plan have canceled their appearance at the "Monsters Of Rock Festival" in Calgary, AB on July 26th as a result of "travel difficulties." Instead, the band will now be playing a show at the Loft in Madison, WI on same date.

Stream the new album from Pepper, Pink Crustaceans And Good Vibrations now at the link.

Thrice's six song live set on MySpace Transmissions can be viewed here.

Bleeding Through have posted "Death Anxiety" the first song from their upcoming album Declaration right here.

The second half of Motion City Soundtrack's fall tour has been announced and you can see those dates in the comments. On this section of the tour Hit The Lights and Person L will be opening. Click topic for dates.

Underoath has posted their new single "Desparate Times Desparate Measures." Check out the song here. The album is due out September 2nd.

The Academy Is... has posted another new track online, this one called "Summer Hair Forever Young." Check it out here.

In preparation for their forthcoming album "We All Need A Reason To Believe", Valencia has launched an exclusive Myspace community. By joining the community fans will be rewarded with an exclusive b-side on release date 08.26.08.

Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke was left with severe facial bruising and a split lip following an alleged racist attack by Sex Pistols singer John Lydon. The incident occurred on Saturday evening at the Summercase festival in Barcelona, with one witness claiming...click for more,

Fort Worth, Texas electronic metalcore five-piece Sky Eats Airplane now have another new song on their MySpace page. The track is titled "Numbers," and you can listen to it here.

Victory has beefed up their vinyl plans, as the following efforts are now due to see a colored vinyl release on August 26th through the label:
Bad Brains - "Omega Sessions" (10")
Between The Buried And Me - "Colors" (2xLP)
Emmure - "The Respect Issue"
Hatebreed - "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire"

After a period of inactivity, California's FINCH are returning to the scene with a new EP and two songs from that release are now streaming on their MySpace page ("Daylight" and "From Hell"). The band is self-releasing the EP which will see both a physical and digital release.

Popular Solid State metalcore act Haste The Day have asked guitarist Jason Barnes to leave the band due to his disbelief in Christianity. The band issued the following statement on their blog.....click for more.

Straylight Run will be doing a headlining tour on the east coast in September with Jonezetta, Band Marino, and Treaty of Paris. It will occur around the release of their upcoming digital EP...tentatively around September 16.

At Detroit's Warped Tour on Friday the 18th, Jonathan Cook of Forever the Sickest Kids shot a video of a fight that went on between venue security and a few girls who were attending the show. Check out the footage here.

No Motiv has posted a lengthy update via MySpace, updating fans on their projects since their hiatus began in 2005. The band also confirmed a new recording dubbed Winterlong: Even though we haven't been a band for 3 years, we still accumulated an EP worth...click for more.

A free download of Funeral For A Friend's new track "Waterfront Dance Club" can be found online over at www.waterfrontdanceclub.com (sign-up required.) The band are planning to release their new album "Memory And Humanity" in the UK on October 14th.