AMP Magazine recently posted a fairly lengthy, great interview with Toby Jeg of ILC distributed label Red Scare Industries. The also included a streaming track from the forthcoming album by The Brokedowns (“Species Bender” out September 14th). Check it out here: http://bit.ly/9TgchC
Tankcrimes has announced they will be hosting a label showcase, dubbed Tankcrimes Brainsqueeze. Scheduled to take place in the label’s hometown of Oakland, California at Metro on October 8th and 9th, the two-day event will include performances by Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Vitamin X, Cannabis Corpse, Toxic Holocaust, Direct Control, A.N.S., Voetsek, Ramming Speed, Deadfall, Population Reduction, Instant Asshole, and Face The Rail. This is sure to be a great time, so don’t miss out if you’re in the area or up for the trip!
Lymbyc Systym have posted a new music video on YouTube for their song “Narita”. Featuring footage shot entirely during their recent tour of Asia, the song was originally released on the band’s split with This Will Destroy You entitled Field Studies (on Magic Bullet Records).
In preparation for their new full length, Momentum out tomorrow August 10th via Tribunal Records, North Carolina’s Line Of Fire created a seven part “webisode” series documenting various aspects of the album’s creation. Leading up to the release date, the band posted one “webisode” per week, with all seven available as one documentary this week for the first time.
We’re very exciting to post that the new album from Lousiana’s Thou has been featured on NPR’s website! The story, posted on NPR Music here, features a full album stream of Summit, the new album being released by Gilead Media next Tuesday August 10th!
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