Brooklyn Vegan — Generation Records (210 Thompson St. in NYC) has one of the busier Record Store Days this Saturday (4/17), with live sets from Cymbals Eat Guitars, Black Wine (ex-The Ergs/Hunchback who play April 25th at Mercury Lounge), Walter Schreifels (ex-Gorill... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG DOWNLOAD: Caspian - "Ghosts of the Garden City" (MP3) Caspian Caspian is crescendo-ing their way through a US tour that placed them in Austin during SXSW, and will land the soaring post-rockers in NYC on April 15 at... more info

DrownedInSound — Walter Schreifels is commonly remembered as the fellow who founded Rival Schools back in 1999. We all know what happened there. Since they split up and more recently, he's embarked on a solo career but with music of a different...style to what came b... more info

Metalsucks — The reactions to yesterday’s post about the Rival Schools reunion record were much to my surprise mostly positive, which I guess could just indicate that those who didn’t know the band chose to skip over the post. But I’m guessing that even mor... more info

Metalsucks — Recently reunited post-hardcore vets Rival Schools have a new album on the way via Photo Finish Records, report our metal cohorts at SMNnews.com. The dudes in Rival Schools are hardcore and post-hardcore royalty: Walter Schreifels (Quicksand, Gorilla... more info

Silent Uproar — Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Rival Schools) will release a solo album, An Open Letter To The Scene, through Academy Fight Song on May 4th. Preview and download "Arthur Lee's Lullaby" in Music. In related news, a new Rival Schools a... more info

Allmusic Blog — Walter Schreifels may not be a household name, but I bet you’ve heard of at least one of the bands he’s been in. How about Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand or Rival Schools? Ring any bells? My favorite band of his was Walking Concert. ... more info

DrownedInSound — Post-hardcore masters Rival Schools are to work with Beastie Boy Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz on a track, which will possibly make its way on their new record, lead singer Walter Schreifels has revealed (via RockSound). Read the full story on Drowne... more info