Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Victor Villarreal - "Enters" (MP3) Victor Villarreal, who played guitar in Cap'n Jazz, as well as a number of its spinoff bands including Joan of Arc, Owls, and Ghosts & Vodka, is releasing his first solo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher As hinted at in a tweet on their new twitter last week, emo vets The Promise Ring have announced a reunion. Formed in 1995 by Davey von Bohlen while he was playing with Cap'n Jazz, The Promise... more info

Altsounds — Midwest pop punk band *Grown Ups *will be releasing a 4-song 7-inch through Doghouse Records this spring. The band released their debut EP Songs in 2009 and their first full-length More Songs was re-released by Top Shelf Records. The band's influence... more info

3hive — Let's face it, 2010 was less than stellar at this url. The principals and our reviewers all dropped out of ear-shot simultaneously and for months 3hive has been out of commission. No particular reason really. Life unplugged us, and once unplugged it'... more info

Chorus.fm — An interview with Davey Von Bohlem of *Cap'n Jazz* can be seen here (http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=79724942#post79724942). As silly as a question as that would be, absolutely, who's trying to not make their next song the new thing. If you... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin The Dwarves Appreciative crowds turned up at all four [Fun Fun Fun Fest] stages [this past weekend], and the festival's vaunted circus atmosphere was out in force -- with plenty of traffic at the mechanical bull,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Cap'n Jazz at Brooklyn Bowl (more by Leia Jospe) Joan of Arc play Columbia, Missouri tomorrow (11/2) as part of a string of US dates leading up to an appearance at the Mohawk for a Fun Fun Fun Fest after-party... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-09 Los Angeles, CA - Human Resources *08-13 Pomona, CA - Glass House ^08-14 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar08-16 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell $08-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbos 365 Club #08-28 Los Angeles, CA - EchoPlex #09-02 San Diego, CA - Casbah &09-03... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club #08-28 Los Angeles, CA - EchoPlex #09-22 Champaign-Urbana, IL - Pygmalion10-09 Chicago, IL - Metro11-05 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest# with Abe Vigoda more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Leia Jospe Cap'n Jazz @ Brooklyn Bowl.... Sunday was an eventful day. TheDeathSet kicked off the 'Pool Party' at Williamsburg Waterfront in the afternoon, but was quickly told to stop due to rain. The organizers got on stage... more info