Welcome back to Weekly Wax! If your wallet is still reeling from Record Store Day, then this was probably a frustrating week, with pre-orders launching for a number of highly anticipated releases, such as Say Anything‘s latest, the Garden State soundtrack, and Knuckle Puck‘s The Weight That You Buried. For emo fans, Tiny Engines announced […]
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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 4/20-4/26
April 26th, 2014 
Troy Sennett 
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March 15th, 2014 Troy Sennett Welcome back to Weekly Wax! Once again, this week’s vinyl news was dominated by Record Store Day announcements. Most notably, Childish Gambino and Katy Perry both announced pressings of their most recent albums to commemorate the holiday, and they were far from the only ones. Check out Modern Vinyl’s RSD list for the latest in […]
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February 8th, 2014 Troy Sennett It was a banner week for pop punk vinyl, and we’ve got all the details here at Weekly Wax. There were new editions of some classics, with a reissue campaign underway for The Ataris in conjunction with their upcoming So Long, Astoria tour, another entry in Adeline Records‘ series of Green Day repressings, and new […]
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February 1st, 2014 Troy Sennett As a site that covers both music and film, we always love seeing those two worlds cross paths. That’s the case in this week’s edition of Weekly Wax. Movie buffs who also happen to collect records are in, with a few new pressings on the way from Death Waltz Recording Company, including the classic Forbidden […]
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The Color Morale Stream Acoustic Cover Of “Too Close”
May 1st, 2013 Kriston McConnell Members of The Color Morale recently sat down with Hot Topic to perform an acoustic cover of Alex Clare’s “Too Close” for an episode of Hot Sessions. You can stream that cover by taking a look below the jump. The band is currently on tour and will be on the road for the month of […]
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REVIEW: Issues – Black Diamonds
November 13th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Artist: Issues Album: Black Diamonds Genre: Metalcore Label: Rise/Velocity Records Issues have a very, very short history so far. Tyler Carter and other ex-Woe, Is Me members formed Issues this past summer, was signed by Rise/Velocity Records shortly thereafter, and already started scheduling tour dates before they put out a single song. Given the caliber […]
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Never Shout Never Premiere “Hazel Eyez”
October 31st, 2012 Kriston McConnell Never Shout Never have set up an exclusive stream of another new single from their upcoming album Indigo. The song is streaming through Hot Topic, and you can check it out right here. Indigo will be released November 13, and if you are interested in pre-ordering the album you can do so through the band’s […]
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Upon This Dawning Premiere New Music Video
October 23rd, 2012 Kriston McConnell Upon This Dawning have partnered up with Hot Topic to release the music video for their single “A New Beginning” featuring guest vocals from Chris Motionless of Motionless In White. You can watch the video by checking below the jump. The band just released their debut full length album with Fearless Records yesterday, titled To […]
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A “Hot Minute” with Sleeping With Sirens
August 27th, 2012 Michael McCarron Post-hardcore upstarts, Sleeping With Sirens, recently did Hot Topic‘s Hot Minute interview feature. The guys quickly answered numerous questions in one minute…which makes it hot? You can check out part-one of the Hot Minute interview after the jump. If the video gets 20,000 views, Hot Topic will post part-two. Sleeping With Sirens finished up a […]
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FULL ALBUM STREAM: Our Last Night – Age Of Ignorance
August 14th, 2012 Kriston McConnell Just a week before the release of Our Last Night’s third studio album, Age Of Ignorance, the band has partnered up with Hot Topic to stream it in its entirety. You can check out the album by heading right over here. Check it out and see if you like what you hear! If you happen […]
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LYRIC VIDEO: Pierce The Veil – King For A Day
June 5th, 2012 Kriston McConnell The other day we had the pleasure of finally getting to listen to the entire length of Pierce The Veil’s latest single, titled “King For A Day”, featuring frontman Kellin Quinn of Sleeping With Sirens. The track will be featured on their upcoming full length titled Collide With The Sky which is currently set to […]
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STREAM: Asking Alexandria – Reckless And Relentless (Document One Remix)
November 10th, 2011 James Shotwell We’re less than two weeks away from the release of Asking Alexandria’s remix album and today we couldn’t be more excited to bring you a stream of a brand new album cut! “Reckless And Relentless,” which also serves as the title track to AA’s 2011 album, has been completely (and geniously) reworked by mixmaster Document […]
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