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Returning with a new member on their roster, blink-182 deliver their seventh studio album, California. In place of guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge is Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba, who joins Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for blink-182’s first album in five years. ‘California’ by Blink-182 Album Review California meets the expectations in every way. It pays homage to the band’s home state and […]

The post ‘California’ By Blink-182 Album Review: A More Mature Sound appeared first on uInterview.

There's nothing more beautiful than a bride on her wedding day ... but that might not be the case when the bride is punk legend Fat Mike. The lead singer of Nofx and his now wife, Soma Snakeoil, eloped during a secret Vegas wedding on New Year's Eve ... TMZ has learned. The unconventional couple decided to exchange vows as the opposite genders when they planned the wedding -- which we're told was only a week before the ceremony.

Get ready to take off your pants and jacket: There's a new Blink-182 album coming in 2016. In the comments of a recent Instagram photo, drummer Travis Barker confirmed to a fan that 2016 will bring a new album from the band. When the album debuts, Barker and bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus will be onboard, but it's not likely that guitarist Tom DeLonge will join them. DeLonge has previously stated that he didn't quit the band, while Hoppus and Barker have insinuated that they're inching toward a "friendly divorce" and that DeLonge's involvement is purely legal. Having recently replaced DeLonge for live shows, Alkaline Trio guitarist Matt Skiba has stated that he's discussed joining the band for their next album. You know how the saying goes: The rock show must go on.

Has Tom DeLonge officially left Blink-182? It depends who you ask. On Monday, two-thirds of Blink-182 - bassist/vocalist Mark Hoppus and drummer Travis Barker - released a statement noting that guitarist/vocalist and founding member Tom DeLonge had "indefinitely" left the band. DeLonge, 39, contradicted the statement on Instagram, writing that he "never quit the band." "Are we dysfunctional?" he added, "Yes. But, Christ…" To all the fans, I never quit the band. I actually was on a phone call about a blink 182 event for New York City at the time all these weird press releases started coming in... Apparently...

Tom DeLonge may be singing "I Miss You" to his seemingly former Blink-182 bandmates. The '90s rock group has been undergone some bizarre drama this week after DeLonge and the other two members, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, released conflicting statements about the band's current lineup. It all began on Monday, Jan. 26, when drummer Barker, 39, and bass player Hoppus, 42, announced they would be playing an upcoming music festival with Alkaline Trio rocker Matt Skiba on the guitar, instead of DeLonge, 39. As rumors of [...]...

There seems to be some confusion as to whether or not Tom DeLonge is still a member of the pop-punk group Blink-182.

According to a Rolling Stone report, DeLonge's bandmates, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, released a statement declaring that the guitarist and co-vocalist had quit the group.

However, the only person who seemed to think that DeLonge wasn't leaving Blink-182 was DeLonge himself, who gave a statement to Entertainment Weekly denying the news entirely.

Video: 7 Things You Didn't Know About Blink-182's 'All The Small Things'

"I never quit the band," DeLonge told Rolling Stone. "I was on the phone discussing a possible Blink 182 event in New York City when I heard the 'news.'"

The only thing that was true about the rumors of him not appearing with the band was that his availability to play shows with Hoppus and Barker would be limited in the near future.

"The only truth...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Black Sabbath, Gwar, In This Moment, Andrew W.K., Ghost, August Burns Red, Reverend Horton Heat, Evergreen Terrace, Static-x, From First to Last and more. Don't touch that dial!

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From First to Last have reunited and launched a Kickstarter to raise $25,000 in order to record a new Ep.

Epitaph Records has signed I Killed the Prom Queen.

Check out my photos from New Found Glory, Alkaline Trio and H2O in Boston last week here.

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Stream Ghost's new covers Ep, If You Have Ghost, here. It was produced by Dave Grohl and features covers of Roky Erickson, Abba, Army of Lovers and Depeche Mode. It's out this week on Loma Vista Recordings.

Listen to a new Evergreen Terrace song titled "When You're Born In The Gutter, You...

I don’t think these festival twins need much of an introduction – aside from my using their names in the title of this feature already – so here they are, very almost upon us. In fact, so almost upon us that by the time this feature goes up I’ll likely be on my 6 to 7 hour bus journey to Leeds, to meet friends, crash, and then head earlybird to Leeds festival on Wednesday. It’s Tuesday today, I should have written this earlier, but it’s been… it’s been a weekend.

Anyway, to the point, from time to time I occasionally like to introduce you lovely people to new music with my Things You Should Be Listening To features, and even more occasionally I might dedicate one of those to the theme of a festival. So, that’s what you’re getting here, as the title suggests, things you should...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of My Chemical Romance, Megadeth, The Black Dahlia Murder, August Burn Red, Chiodos, The Acacia Strain, Chimaira, Earth Crisis and more.

Don't touch that dial!

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My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way will be bringing The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys to life as a comic series with Shaun Simon and Becky Cloonan. The first issue will be released on June 6th via Dark Horse.

Chiodos have signed to Razor & Tie and are starting their own imprint to release their new album. They'll begin recording after their run on this summer's Warped Tour.

The Acacia Strain have parted ways with guitarist/songwriter Daniel "Dl" Laskiewicz.

We Came As Romans will release their new album, Tracing Back Roots, on July 23rd via Equal Vision Records.

Check out my photos...

We're back with another installment of Radio 66.6! This week features the latest news, music, videos and tour dates from the likes of Lamb of God, Story of the Year, Soilwork, Vanna, Depeche Mode and more. Don't touch that dial!

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We're happy to report that, after a lengthy legal battle, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe has been acquitted of the manslaughter charges by the Prague Municipal Court.

Former Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones has started a new band with All Shall Perish guitarist Francesco Artusato and Devolved drummer John Sankey. Their name has not yet been revealed.

Story of the Year have returned with plans to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, Page Avenue. They'll be performing it in its entirety on their upcoming tour (dates to be announced), and they're also releasing an acoustic re-imagining album.

Woe, Is Me have parted ways with drummer Austin Thornton.

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Sarah lists the geeky stars who shouldn't give up the day job when it comes to launching their music career...

Everyone dreams of being a rock star, don’t they? Most of us have had a go at playing air guitar, or singing into our hairbrushes, even if we wouldn’t inflict our dubious musical talents on other people. There’s just something irresistibly glamorous about the idea of being a famous musician. So much so, apparently, that even celebrities aren’t immune to the siren call of the rock ‘n’ roll dream. Here are ten geek actors who’ve tried, and largely failed, to launch a secondary career as musicians…

Bruce Willis

Before Bruce Willis became a bona fide action hero due to 1988’s Die Hard, he had a go at being an R’n’B star. He was already a recognisable face...

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

I don’t want to write this review.

This isn’t some general statement or some protest against reviewing this release. No, this is just me being a miserable prick on a Sunday afternoon. Feel free to blame it on the lack of alcohol to hand, next to no sleep, a hangover or woe just simply being me. Whatever the reason, I don’t want to be writing this right now.

Thankfully though, that feeling is being alleviated by the very subject matter of this review. Said subject matter being the (almost entirely) acoustic How To Throw A Successful Party by Mixtapes. For those not familiar with them, Mixtapes are a Cincinnati based pop-punk four piece who have been doing the rounds a wee while and offer up duelling male/female vocals.

Now, you may say pop-punk is dead but it’s more alive than you might think.

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Morning!

Seimone Augustus was on Espn's Outside the Lines this week and discussed coming out.

I was on such a high note, as far as being happy with who I am, it didn't really matter what anybody else thought. ... It really was a non-issue. Every text, every call, every email, any time of communication I received has been positive.

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As it should be, Seimone!

Marlene King says we will find out who killed Maya on the August 28 finale of Pretty Little Liars. She told TV Guide:

I actually like to think of this episode as justice for Maya.

Melissa Etheridge talks about hew new album, 4th Street Feeling, with VH1. Also her feelings about Chik-fil-a.

Girl in a Coma have a new video for their song "One Eyed Fool." They're preparing for a tour with Cursive and Minus the Bear,...

The day-by-day line-up for the Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago is now revealed. Rise Against, Descendents, Coheed and Cambria, Dropkick Murphys, The Gaslight Anthem, Andrew W.K. (full band), Minus The Bear, Frank Turner and more lead the Saturday bill, while Iggy and the Stooges, Elvis Costello, A Day To Remember, Gogol Bordello, Nofx, Alkaline Trio, Jesus and Mary Chain and more close out Sunday night. The previously announced 30 acts will now be joined by: Andrew W.K., Minus The Bear, Neon Trees, Hot Water Music, The Adicts, Pegboy, Imagine Dragons, Dead Sara, Fireworks, Henry Clay People, The Infected and many more to come (full line-up by day listed below). Single-day tickets are on sale today at...

Let Me In have been nice enough to ask us to let them in, so we have.

And a nice enough visit it was. With The Bag we have Italian pop punkers’ debut album, having previously self-released and self-produced EPs (The Daydream Ep in 2006 and Liesbook in2009). The album following in the footsteps of the EPs is another done-it-themselves release, entirely off their own backs; no record deal, no distribution, no booking. Which is commendable, and possibly the way forward in certain respects these days, though of course the big record labels will always have a certain all conquering quality, no matter how clueless they may be these days.

The album itself is available entirely from http://letmeinthebag.tumblr.com/ which shows that these Italians are just happy enough to be getting their music out there and playing it, which is an admirable quality in itself and shows some passion on their part.

Director: Mark Pellington Writer: Glenn Porter Starring: Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven, Christian McKay, Carla Gugino, Tom Bower, Dani Fish, Arielle Kebbel, Sasha Grey, Joe Reegan I am just going to come right out and say it: I have never seen a film with as much hateful disdain for its lead characters as Mark Pellington’s I Melt With [...]...

“So I’m alone for the first time in five years, holy f***, things have changed…” announces album opener Holy F***, after it’s feedback laden, rhythm driven, ‘check check’ American Sex Pistols intro before it bursts itself open into an energetic and running slice of punk rock.

It’s been six years since I Am The Avalanche’s first album, a band formed on the tail end of a failed relationship with a bad break up, and the second album in opens with a track looking back on getting through a divorce. It’s an assessing of the situation, of how things went wrong and how the things have changed, and how front man and lyricist Vinnie Caruana (formely of The Movielife and Head Automatica) has ‘sorted out (his) tragic life.’ Speaking in turn to a former spouse, himself, his band and the things that got him through. It...

Music and Muppets go hand in hand and if one song from Kermit can reduce grown men to tears then as the new Muppet movie nears our cinemas it’s time for some of the popular tracks from the Muppets’ previous movies and episodes to get the cover treatment with The Green Album.

There are some old favourites among the new tracks with Ok Go’s rendition of the Muppet Theme getting the whole shebang off to an unconventional start, proving a divisive version of the classic tune. Alkaline Trio’s Movin’ Right Along is a jaunty punk cover of the Fozzie/Kermit duet from The Muppet Movie and it demands a replay or two and will end up in your head but leave it to The Fray to cover the infamous Mahna-Mahna which is likely clamped to your subconscious already. It works as a track, though it’s not...

To promote the upcoming new Muppet movie, there's a new record called The Green Album featuring alt recording artists like Ok Go, Weezer, Matthew Bird and Alkaline Trio doing classic songs from The Muppet Show. The first track to spin off of the album is the "Muppet Show Theme Song" as performed by the Ok Go guys.

I don't know if I'm really that into this kind of version of the show's tune, but it shows that Disney is courting the Gen Y audience in a big way to get them to go see The Muppets when it comes out this November. It's been 11 years since the last Muppet movie, Muppets in Space, and Jim Henson's creations need a big time revamp of their marketing muscle. Getting a band like Ok Go to do a cover of the show (which really had its heyday back in the 80s) seems...

You got to love the Chicago based band Ok Go taking on their own veriosn of the classic Muppet theme song. If you haven’t heard it yet, now you can. The track featured below is taken from The Green Album, for which a collection of current bands covered a host of classic Muppet tunes. The disc hit stores today. Check out the full tracklisting below. Also worth noting: In the video they make an inside joke to a previous video they made featuring dogs. That video is one of my all time personal favorites, so I’ve decided to include it below. Enjoy!

1. Ok Go: “Muppet Show Theme”

2. Weezer and Paramore’s Hayley Williams: “Rainbow Connection”

3. The Fray: “Mahna Mahna”

4. Alkaline Trio: “Moving Right Along”

5. My Morning Jacket: “Our World”

6. Amy Lee: “Halfway Down the Stairs”

7. Sondre Lerche: “Mr. Bassman”

8. The Airborne Toxic...

In what could possibly be the biggest collection of adorable quirkiness since "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World," your favorite Internet meme-ready band, Ok Go has covered "The Muppet Show Theme," and now you can watch the song's all-new music video.

Recorded as part of the "Muppets: The Green Album," (not to be confused with the similarly titled and similarly quirky self-titled Weezer disc), the track sees the alt-rock band take on the song used to open every episode of "The Muppet Show," with some help from the Muppets themselves. Other tracks on the album include covers by Weezer, Paramore's Hayley Williams, The Fray, Alkaline Trio, My Morning Jacket and more.

The video is kind of everything you would expect from an Ok Go/Muppets team-up, including references to the band's prior viral videos, throwbacks to "The Muppet Show" itself and even some schticky false endings.

If you think you haven't...

Ok Go has teamed with the Muppets for a rendition of the theme song. As usual with Ok Go, the video is pretty cool. The song is featured on The Green Album. Alkaline Trio, My Morning Jacket, The Fray and Weezer are also on the album. 

Listen to the Green Album here and download it via iTunes. Watch the off-beat, funny music video below and share your thoughts:

 What are your thoughts?...

It was just under a week ago when we brought you the complete The Muppets – The Green Album to listen to. The album features covers of classic Muppets songs by bands such as Ok Go, Weezer, Alkaline Trio and My Morning Jacket. And it’s Ok Go’s cover of the iconic The Muppets theme tune that is set to make it online in awesome video form! Before you get too excited, the full video isn’t released until tomorrow, so for now you’ll have to make to with this teaser trailer:

On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest...

With Jason Segel's new Muppet movie landing in November, the lovable puppet creations of Jim Henson are singing and dancing their way back into public consciousness. If you really want to become a trendsetter in this day and age, there's one subsection of society that must be appeased: hipsters.

The fastest way to a hipster's heart is through music, which is why all the children of the '70s and '80s will absolutely love "Muppets: The Green Album," a new compilation of some of Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and the rest of the gang's signature anthems all done up nice and new by indie rock all-stars.

Add Muppets together with gettin' stuff for free and you're in hipster paradise, which is why it's extra-awesome that the fine folks at NPR have put up the entire album to listen to on their website, gratis.

Ok Go kicks things off in...

Muppets: The Green Album

Various Artists

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Release date: August 23, 2011

NPR is currently streaming the upcoming compilation album Muppets: The Green Album for free (you can listen to the entire album right here below). The album features many of today's most popular artists covering classic Muppets tunes.

I generally stay clear of “tribute” albums or compilations where your new favorite bands are assembled like some kind of snotty superhero team. This is because the implied mission of these records is to teach us morons how cool people like Buddy Holly were. (See: Rave On. Actually, don't.) And besides, for those of us who already enjoy the subjects being covered, you only want to put the originals on when these little smug-fests are over. I get it. You like Leonard Cohen. So do we.

However, Muppets: The Green Album is one of the more fun various artist...

Here is your chance to listen to the Muppets: The Green Album before it makes it to stores anywhere. Set for release on August 23rd, the album is similar to those “inspired by” collections – this one features covers of classic Muppets songs by bands such as Ok-go, Weezer, Alkaline Trio and My Morning Jacket. Listen to the album below thanks to NPR:

The Most Celebrational, Tributational, Compilational New album from today’s Most Sensational artists! Chalkful of 12 new versions of favorite classic Muppets songs performed by contempery rock and alternative artists. Muppets The Green album follows in the footsteps created by Nightmare Revisited and Almost Alice where contemporary artists put their unique sound to memorable Disney franchises. This time artists such as Ok-go, Weezer and My Morning Jacket will revisit some of The Muppets classics like: Rainbow Connection, It’s Not Easy Being Green and The Muppets Show Theme and more!

Hi-Ho! Some famous folks are coming together to celebrate the Muppets just in time for the upcoming film "The Muppets." The new tribute record, "The Green Album," features a number of bands covering their favorite tunes from the original "Muppet Show" and the films that followed. Among the artists that contributed to the album are Weezer (joined by Paramore's Hayley Williams), My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Alkaline Trio, Ok Go, Evanesence's Amy Lee, the Fray and more. The good folks at NPR have provided a preview of the songs. Stream the album here. "The Green Album" comes out August 23. "The Muppets," starring...

There are thousands if not millions of reasons to absolutely love The Muppets, but one of the first that comes to mind is the music. Whether its because of the fun voices, the beautiful melodies, wonderful lyrics, or the intense nostalgia, songs like "Rainbow Connection" and "It's Not Easy Being Green" all own a large part of our collective souls. The new Muppet movie, due out on November 23, promises to deliver a whole new bunch of songs for audiences to bob their heads to and sing along with, but until then some of the biggest artists in the world have gathered together to create a series of covers called "The Green Album" and now you can listen to it for free online. Hosted by NPR, the music stream has artists like Ok-go, Weezer, My Morning Jacket, The Fray, Amy Lee and Alkaline Trio, performing all of your favorites. I suspect...

Before The Muppets comes out on November 23rd, how would you like to listen to some covers of classic muppet songs? On August 23rd, Disney is releasing Muppets: The Green Album which will feature covers from bands/artists like Weezer featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore, My Morning Jacket, Ok Go, Alkaline Trio, The Fray, and several others. While I'd rather hear my favorite felt friends sing these tunes, some of the covers aren't too bad. Rachael Yamagata's version of "I'm Going to...

Alkaline Trio have announced a UK tour to coincide with their 15th anniversary. The ten-date celebration will take place in November. It will also support their eighth studio album Damnesia, which was released last month. The tour will begin at Exeter's Lemon Grove on November 6 and finish at Edinburgh's Picturehouse on November 17. Alkaline Trio said of Damnesia's sound: "We tried to make an acoustic record that was fun to listen to as well as dynamic. "It was a lot of fun to re-visit some of the older numbers now that we are a better band than we were when we recorded them. We really got to play with them which (more)...

By Zachary Swickey

We’re all excited for Jason’s Segel’s film The Muppets, which hopes to revitalize the nostalgic franchise, and some notable musicians seem amped up as well. Weezer, My Morning Jacket and Paramore’s Hayley Williams are a few of the contributors who will all appear on The Green Album, which is quite the appropriate title.

Due Aug. 23 – two months before the film’s Nov. 23 release date – the record will consist of artists tackling cover versions of some of the best songs from our childhood. Hayley Williams has the honor of having Weezer as a backing band and the duty of performing Kermit’s most famous piece, “Rainbow Connection.” Amy Lee of Evanescence will also appear, supplying a cover of “Halfway Down the Stairs,” while goth-poppers Alkaline Trio have recreated “Moving Right Along.” My Morning Jacket, who are such big Muppet fans they nearly toured together (seriously,...

It seems that Disney is finally catching on to the idea that commercial success can hinge on the older demographics.

It started with Almost Alice, which featured songs from the likes of Fall Out Boy, Owl City, All Time Low and more. The album was released alongside of their Alice In Wonderland reboot and not only did it generate quite a bit of fervor over the movie itself, but it also managed to reach the #1 spot on the Billboard Rock and Alternative charts.

Disney is apparently hoping to duplicate last years success story with the release of Muppets: The Green Album. The album, which will be released 3 months prior to the The Muppets, will include a host of Muppets songs as interpreted by various mainstream and indie artists. Whereas Almost Alice seemed to be targeting the teen demographic, The Green Album‘s roster implies that this time they are instead targeting the 20-somethings.

Recently we’ve been posting the Track of the Day, showcasing some of our favourite music. If you’ve been keeping up, you now know we don’t necessarily listen to mainstream fare. The reason I bring this up is because now we have another reason to be excited for The Muppet movie. We know we can already expect some great musical numbers from Jason Segal and Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie who is the music supervisor for the film. But what we didn’t know, was that a tribute album of covers would be released in honour of the film. The CD titled Muppets: The Green Album, will be arriving in stores by the end of the summer and it boasts some great choices including My Morning Jacket, Weezer, Paramore‘s Hayley Williams and Andrew Bird who gets to sing “Bein’ Green.”

The disc will hit stores August 23rd.

I Am Number Four

Opens: February 18th 2011

Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Dianna Agron, Kevin Durand, Teresa Palmer

Director: D.J. Caruso

Summary: Nine infant aliens flee their home planet to hide out on Earth. The species that destroyed their planet however has followed them and sets out to hunt them down. As the infants grow into teenagers with special powers, three of them are killed. A fourth has fallen in love and now has something to stand up and fight for.

Analysis: In premise and look, this sounds like a big budget and more action-oriented reboot of late sci-fi teen drama "Roswell". Though based on a young adult novel series, it was another title in this category that was the impetus for this adaptation - Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series. Any novels with a focus on teen romance and an other worldly touch are presently being bought up right and...

HollywoodNews.com: Weezer has just announced that they have partnered with Cinder Block, the world’s leading independent music merchandiser, to take care of their worldwide merchandising needs. Weezer kicks off its “Memories” tour this month in Los Angeles in support of its latest release, Hurley. In addition to servicing its touring business, Cinder Block will provide the band with its web store, retail distribution and licensing solutions. Weezer’s signing brings the band’s merchandising business back to Cinder Block, where it worked for the better part of the 2000s.

2010 has been a banner year for Cinder Block. In addition to re-signing Weezer, the company has inked deals with several other top tier and emerging acts such as The National, Phoenix, Coheed and Cambria, and Alkaline Trio. Cinder Block is also the official merchandise home for artists and tours like Kid Rock, The Pixies, Flogging Molly, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Vans Warped Tour.

I don’t want to say that if you’re unfamiliar with Alkaline Trio, or Every Time I Die that you’re an asshole, but hey—sometimes the shoe just fits. All kidding aside, both are amazing bands filled with amazing people and both ar e near and dear to The Dillinger Escape Plan family. Collectively, we slaughtered Warped Tour fans on a daily basis this summer, leaving our nights free to catch up on some cinematic schooling. We would trade movies like junkies trade needles, always eager to get our nightly fix.

Since its inception, Wake-Up Video has tried hard to deliver interesting bits of music history and insightful looks at the worlds of sports, politics, war and science. But today is different, not because it's an insignificant day (today marks the anniversary of Sandy Koufax's perfect game, commemorates Congress officially re-naming this country "The United States of America" and, in the Jewish faith, kicks off the new year), but simply because I woke up with Alkaline Trio's "We've Had Enough" stuck in my head, and I figured this was the best outlet to deal with said song.

Alkaline Trio have been around in come capacity since 1996. They developed a devoted following on the back of a series of excellent EPs and a pair of savage full-lengths (1998's Goddamnit and 2000's Maybe I'll Catch Fire). They started picking up mainstream success with 2001's From Here to Infirmary, which contained the sorta-hit "Stupid Kid.

A music festival featuring Sum 41 has been marred by the death of a concertgoer during a stop in Kansas on Monday, August 2. The Vans Warped Tour hit Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone in Bonner Springs this week with additional performances by artists like Taylor Momsen's The Pretty Reckless, Alkaline Trio, Andrew W.K. and Mike Posner.

But the all-day event ended in tragedy when it emerged one man had died after falling ill at the show. The victim, Curtis Alan DeForest, a 26-year-old resident of Wichita, Kansas, was taken by ambulance to the Providence Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

A cause of death has yet to be established and a police investigation is now underway. Tour organizers have expressed their condolences to DeForest's family with a post of the tour website. It reads: "Our thoughts and prayers to the young man's family and friends. Tour organizers...

This interview first appeared in Steel Bananas.

I don’t know if you’ve caught on to this by now, but gee-whiz I like video games. I will buy video games for systems I don’t even own because I like the cover art. I lose sleep wondering how great a new 7th Guest would be. Well, golly, I love everything about entertainment’s most time consuming variant, and I hope you do too. As it has long since past infiltrated our culture, it’s seen in movies (poorly) written about (awkwardly) and talked about (hopelessly). But did you know there’s entire genres of music that sound like Duck Tales for the Nes? It’s true! On top of forcing you to do a Popeye impersonation upon utterance, Anamanaguchi is one of the most popular chiptune bands there is. Coming from New York, they’ve enchanted music snob and...

Welcome to a Friday edition of The Casting Couch where we find out about all the casting news in tinsel town. Apparently, Ari Gold is setting himself in less than Ari Gold fashion with a small indie project. Sandra Vergara, the real-life sister of the hot Spanish chick on modern family is lining up a role in Fright night while another indie project gets two stars attached. Lastly, Time Allen apparently is contractually obligated for a Toy Story 4 if that ever happens.

>> Deadline New York reports that Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven are going to star in I Melt With You. Mark Pellington (Henry Poole Is Here) is directing this low budget film. The film will start shooting in early August in Northern California. The story “follows the interconnecting lives of four men.” Glenn Porter wrote the screenplay from a story he and Mark Pellington conceived. The budget is said to be under $1 million dollars.

Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven are set to star in the low-budget indie feature "I Melt With You" reports Deadline New York

The story is an ensemble drama that follows the interconnecting lives of four men. Mark Pellington ("Henry Poole Is Here") directs and came up with the story idea along with Glenn Porter who has penned the screenplay.

Shooting kicks off early August in Northern California.

Jeremy Piven and Thomas Jane set for I Melt With YouDeadline New York reports that Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven are going to star in I Melt With You. Mark Pellington (Henry Poole Is Here) is directing this low budget film.

The film will start shooting in early August in Northern California. The story "follows the interconnecting lives of four men." Glenn Porter wrote the screenplay from a story he and Mark Pellington conceived. The budget is said to be under $1 million dollars.

"I am 48 and found a dearth of of films that speak to my life experience," Pellington stated. "Where is my generation's version of [John] Cassavetes' Husbands? It is hard to get anything idiosyncratic made for a budget. I have been shooting music videos on small cameras at low cost and wanted to apply it to a film."...

 

Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven have been cast in new thriller being developed called I Melt With You. This film will have an ensemble cast, and will be directed by Mark Pellington a music video director that directed the film Henry Poole is Here. 

The story written by Glenn Porter follows the interconnecting lives of four men. There really isn't much else revealed on the story other than what the director of the film had to say,

I am 48 and found a dearth of films that speak to my life experience. Where is my generation's  version of Cassavetes' Husbands? It is hard to get anything idiosyncratic made for a budget. I have been shooting music videos on small cameras at low cost and wanted to apply it to a film. This is about four guys and deals with mortality, aging and friendship. It is very dark and very low budget.

While I went in hopeful, I ended up hating Mark Pellington's last film, Henry Poole is Here. Hated it enough that hearing that the screenwriter, Albert Torres, had been hired to rewrite the live-action Akira adaptation all but killed my scant interest in that project. But I've heard very good things about Pellington's work on U2 3D (maybe not a surprise, given his music video background) and thought there was potential on display in earlier features like Arlington Road and The Mothman Prophecies. I'd like to see Pellington realize that potential, and wonder if I Melt With You, an 'ensemble thriller' that may now count Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven among the cast, might be the ticket. Deadline reports the casting, saying the film will get underway in August, based on a Glenn Porter script that is based on a story by Porter and Pellington. We don't have a...

Director Mark Pellington is getting back to fictional films after a side trip into big-scale concert films with U2 3D. He’s in the middle of setting up the thriller I Melt With You, and according to Deadline, he’s hired Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven to star.Glenn Porter wrote the script, based on an idea he figured out with Pellington, which follows the interconnected lives of four men. There aren’t many more details than that, though from the sound of it, it’ll lean heavily towards the dramatic and thoughtful rather than car chases and explosions.According to the director, it’s exactly the film he wants to be making right now, but hasn’t been able to because of Hollywood’s reticence to tackle darker, mature material. "I am 48 and found a dearth of films that speak to my life experience," Pellington said in a statement.

Exclusive: Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven are set to star in I Melt With You, an ensemble thriller that will be directed by Mark Pellington. Production will begin in early August in Northern California. The thriller follows the interconnecting lives of four men. Glenn Porter wrote the script from a story he hatched with Pellington, who last directed Henry Poole Is Here and U2 3D. Rob Cowan and Norm Reiss are producing. Pellington and Porter will be exec producers with Neil Labute, Heidi Levitt, Aaron Gilbert and Jane. The pic, packaged by UTA, is privately financed and the budget is under [...]...

To celebrate 25 years covering the alternative and underground music scene, the magazine Alternative Press is holding a group art exhibition at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles from Saturday, July 10 to Saturday, July 24. The exhibition features works by contemporary musicians and artists as well as cover art and memorabilia collected through the magazine.s history. Among the artists and musicians contributing to the gallery are: Marilyn Manson, Shirley Manson (Garbage), Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Camille Rose Garcia (The Real Minks), Shepard Fairey, Adam Jones (Tool), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio), Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy), Marc .Porter. McKnight (Atreyu), Carla Azar (Autolux), Liz McGrath (Miss Derringer), and many more. On...

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Reading and Leeds organisers have confirmed the lineup for the Lock-Up and Dance stages at this year's festivals. Alkaline Trio, Sick Of It All and Against Me! are among the acts who will play the Lock-Up stage at Reading on Friday, August 27 and Leeds on Sunday, August 29. On Saturday, August 28 at Reading and Friday, 27 August at Leeds, the same stage hosts Bad Religion, The Get Up Kids, Rx Bandits and more. Mike Davies of Radio 1's The Lock-Up show said: "We've worked long and we've worked hard to come up with a bill that everyone will enjoy (more)...

Ever since the Boston Celtics bounced the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs last week, the question on the mind of every sports writer, basketball fan and resident of Cleveland has been the same: Where will LeBron James end up once his contract expires and he enters into free agency on July 1? Despite his underwhelming performance in the playoffs this year, James may be the most coveted free agent in the history of the NBA, as he is undoubtedly one of the games greatest players and an incredibly dynamic presence who could easily change the face of a franchise.

There are only a few teams that have the right combination of salary cap room, an attractive city and the appropriate support staff (or the willingness to go out and get said support). There are also a handful of other reasons that disqualify certain teams (the Lakers theoretically could pay for LeBron,...