Last weeks release of Canada’s BRUTAL YOUTH marked the 50th release for starling underground label, Death To False Hope Records. In a short amount of time, Scotty Sandwich (yes, of The Sandwiches!) and Jonathan Minor have made a real impact for some bands, and in the underground in general, as well as propose new outlets and approaches for a label in this new digital-age. DTFH is based around a web-site that allows people to listen to all of their releases, and download it for either free, or a donation if you wish. 100% of these monies go right into the BANDS paypal accounts. Payment for DTFH: just being stoked to share some bands they care about with the world.
Studio outtakes, in-studio radio shows and live recordings from the busiest six years of Samiam!
AMP Magazine issue 103, featuring; This is hell, Ashers, Man Overboard, Pierce the Veil, Cruel Hand, Vultures United, Trapped Under Ice, Spotlights , Columns, Reviews and much more! Check it out.
Hailing from Atlanta, GA and emerging from the ashes of various local & signed bands “Woe, Is Me” isn’t wasting any time turning heads
and demanding peoples attention.
Above Them are a hard touring UK indie-rock/punk 3 piece from Pontefract, West Yorkshire. To date the band has released 3 eps, a handful of singles, and are currently touring on their well received debut full length, ‘Blueprint For a Better Time’ .
An evil demon has, once again, reared its wicked head from the swamps of Florida to wreak
havoc on the metal landscape. The demon’s name is INFERNAEON, and this Floridian outfit
has returned with the follow up to 2007’s “A Symphony of Suffering,” entitled, “Genesis To
Nemesis,” out August 31st on Prosthetic Records
Last weeks release of Canada’s BRUTAL YOUTH marked the 50th release for starling underground label, Death To False Hope Records. In a short amount of time, Scotty Sandwich (yes, of The Sandwiches!) and Jonathan Minor have made a real impact for some bands, and in the underground in general, as well as propose new outlets and approaches for a label in this new digital-age. DTFH is based around a web-site that allows people to listen to all of their releases, and download it for either free, or a donation if you wish. 100% of these monies go right into the BANDS paypal accounts. Payment for DTFH: just being stoked to share some bands they care about with the world.
Since the release of “Anywhere But Home” in early 2010, Pennsylvania’s Handguns have spent time on Warped Tour, touring the country, making friends and fans the country over. Their tireless work ethic and commitment to the genre shines through on the aforementioned EP, which is currently available on iTunes and vinyl through Better Days Records. [...]
NYC-AREA PUNK BANDS CAUSE A SCENE WITH NEW COMPILATION Birthplace to punk rock in the United States, New York City has experienced a musical-cultural shift over the past decade, with indie and pop rock bands taking foothold of the city’s musical identity. The closing of CBGB, the mural of Joe Strummer in the East Village [...]
Studio outtakes, in-studio radio shows and live recordings from the busiest six years of Samiam!
1. hows the tour going? The tour has been going really well. We’ve gotten to play great shows and make new friends at almost every stop. We’ve been playing truth or dare constantly and eating way too much McDonald’s. 2. how did you end up working with Death to False Hope Records and How have [...]
If you’ve been hearing the buzz that’s building on the rock group X Japan, here are a couple of links that will give you a really good idea what they’re about. Shockhound, Hot Topic’s website, just posted this stunning interview with X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, and it’s a terrific introduction and overview: http://www.shockhound.com/videos/1126-x–japan–interview–x-japan To check [...]
The Cancer Bats talk about Wrapping up the Cool Tour! Burritos, The Acacia Strain, and Architects shitty van! Read more!
There have only been a handful of bands who completely changed the way I thought about music the first time I saw them play live. AVAIL, Hot Water Music, Jawbreaker, and now Red Collar. They are a band who make you think, who make you dance, who make you hope, and who make you scream along. I recently sent singer Jason Kutchma some questions in the midst of them recording their follow up to 2009′s “Pilgrim”.
JOE SIB is heading back on the road with CALIFORNIA CALLING: A STORY OF GROWING UP PUNK ROCK, an extraordinary one-man show performance piece about the love of music and growing up in California.
Orlando’s VRGNS has teamed up with their label, Kiss of Death Records, to give away a free download of their recently released sophomore album entitled Manimals.
5 Ausies, 4 Kiwis, 3 Canucks, 2 Czechs and 1 Ass-Hole Yank, cruising
through Europe in 2 Sprinter vans, yours truly being the Ass-Hole
Yank. We are currently two weeks into our three-week European tour
with 50 Lions from Australia and Antagonist A.D. from New Zealand.
Green Day played a new song entitled ‘Cigarettes and Valentines’ in Denver, CO on Sunday night. Cigarettes and Valentines was the working title of an album recorded by Green Day in 2003, only to be scrapped in favour of what would become American Idiot. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong also revealed that the band were recording the [...]
Canada’s Alexisonfire will be releasing a new digital-only release via iTunes this fall. The record is titlediTunes Originals and is due out September 28, 2010. The session encompasses interview clips of the band members reflecting on their career and revealing the inspirations behind their songs, along with album tracks and new live versions of some of their [...]
reviews of demos sent to the label. The site, underground.theendrecords.com launches today with album reviews, links, photos, and song previews of seven bands,