My Old Kentucky — Sub Pop band, the Fruit Bats released a new video for the title track to their third and latest album, The Ruminant Band, today. I haven't spent a lot of time with the new album, but their 2005 release, Spelled in Bones, is still a big-time fav of m... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead: 2008-09-27, Austin [mp3,ogg,flac] "Richter Scale Madness" [mp3] other Trail of Dead posts at Largehearted Boy Dolly Varden: 2009-09-19, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac] "You Se... more info

Chorus.fm — Former members of *Brandtson* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/brandtson) have a new band called* Swarm of Bats (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Swarm-of-Bats/106728578755)*. Submitted by justballz more info

Guardian Music — The Shins frontman has formed a new project, Broken Bells, with DJ producer Danger Mouse, with a debut album expected next yearJames Mercer has announced a new project, twinning the Shins' gentle frontman with New York producer, DJ and mash-up artis... more info

411 Mania — Nine Inch Nails to reissue The Fragile. Muse forced to lip sync. Track listings from Korn, Foo Fighters, Flyleaf, more. Cancer Bats, Panic!, Dangerous New Machine cover Beastie Boys, Journey, Salt N Pepa, respectively. Tour updates from Them Crooked ... more info

Chorus.fm — *Cancer Bats* (http://www.myspace.com/cancerbats) are calling (http://www.chartattack.com/news/74779/cancer-bats-announce-new-album-title) their upcoming record Bears, Mayors, Scraps And Bones and it should be released in early 2010. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Raymond Haddad Denver Post: What have you learned from playing in groups like the Shins, Vetiver and Califone over the years? Eric D Johnson: It's sort of intangible. Especially with the Shins, the operation is such a larger... more info

Altsounds — *CANCER BATS* have now been added to ALL the European dates supporting fellow Canadians, *BILLY TALENT*. The band was confirmed on the UK leg of the jaunt but have now been invited to do the full European tour! The band is currently in pre-pro... more info

Thrash Hits — It’s no secret that Cancer Bats make us all a little stiff here at Thrash Hits. And that’s not just because frontman Liam Cormier is a triple-threat mulleted-mentalist - Hail Destroyer is one of the few albums we all consider to be a stone-cold m... more info

NME — Death Vessel, A B & The Sea will support more info