At the beginning of July, we reported that The Graduate were calling it quits and that an indefinite hiatus was soon to come. This was followed by a drawn out goodbye comprised of several goodbye shows, a Kickstarter to fund a dvd set and vinyl set, and a christmas song. Just when we all thought it was […]
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Former Members of The Graduate Form New Project, Release Free Demo
December 19th, 2011 
Jacob Tender 
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Green Day Frontman Launches Family Band Side Project
December 18th, 2011 James Shotwell Green Day’s fearless leader has a new band in the works and this time, it’s personal. Earlier this week, Billie Joe Armstrong’s wife Adrienne began tweeting photos of stickers which read “The Boo.” The flurry of tweets lead many Green Day fans to take to forums in hunt of answers and, after much debate, it […]
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: EATMEWHILEIMHOT! – Damn Straight
December 12th, 2011 James Shotwell Christofer Drew’s heavy side project is rearing its angry head once again with a brand new song that is sure to start pits in bedrooms around the world. “Damn Straight” is an endlessly heavy onslaught of anthemic chugs that, in typical EATMEWHILEIMHOT! form, says little and sounds epic. You can help the band out by […]
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REVIEW: Fake Figures – Hail The Sycophants
December 6th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: Fake Figures Album: Hail The Sycophants Genre: Rock Label: Shillen Records Apparently, all the bands from my childhood have chosen now to resurface. The most recent band that showed up out of nowhere was Atreyu, a band which I was a huge fan of back in the days when wearing blazers and eye-liner in […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Wind In Sails – Set Adrift
November 10th, 2011 James Shotwell Founding Vanna guitarist Evan Pharmakis has released the first music video for his solo project, Wind In Sails. Lyrically along the lines of Vanna’s best tracks, but set against the world of atmospheric acoustics, “Set Adrift” offers Pharmakis’ fans a view into another side of himself. You can view the video and hear the song […]
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An Austrian Death Machine Christmas Song May Be On The Way
November 6th, 2011 James Shotwell Unless Tim Lambesis was joking (and we hope he wasn’t), an Austrian Death Machine Christmas song may be arriving sometime later this year. On November 4th Lambesis tweeted “I’m going to write an ADM Xmas single tomorrow before I leave for tour again.” Considering that the entire premise of ADM is a joke, it’s hard […]
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Talib Kweli Promises Black Star Reunion, New Album In 2012
November 4th, 2011 James Shotwell Talib Kweli was recently interviewed by MTV and as with pretty any interview he does these days, the subject eventually turned to his side project with Mos Def, Black Star. Not only did Kweli welcome the question, he revealed the duo has some exciting plans for 2012. I don’t want to try and summarize the […]
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REVIEW: Misser – Problems, Problems, Problems EP
September 22nd, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: Misser Album: Problems, Problems, Problems Genre: Pop-punk I shall first of all acknowledge that I know nothing about either Transit or This Time Next Year, members of whom comprise Misser, so I can’t judge this three song EP on the basis of their previous efforts. Mind, that’s probably a good thing. Three songs aren’t […]
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The Dillinger Escape Plan’s Guitarist Forms Supergroup
September 17th, 2011 Brian Leak Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan has recently formed an all-star line-up for a side project with members/former members of Mastodon, Jane’s Addiction, and The Mars Volta. We can only imagine how insane this will sound! “To all of you who have been asking me about my project with Brent Hinds, Eric Avery, and […]
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Emmure Drummer Announces Hip Hop Side Project, Releases First Freestyle
September 15th, 2011 James Shotwell Mike Kaabe, better known as the drummer for Emmure, has released the first track for his new hip hop side project. Released under the identity MK Ultra, Kaabe’s first release is actually a freestyle over Drake’s “Headlines.” You can stream the song below. We have no idea how serious this track is, nor what will […]
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Never Shout Never’s Christofer Drew Unveils Dubstep Project, Free Single
August 30th, 2011 James Shotwell Christofer Drew is a very busy person these days. He’s currently in the midst of a giant promotional effort for his latest release under the guise of Never Shout Never, Time Travel, but apparently that’s not enough to keep him experimenting in other areas as well. Recently, Drew unveiled his new dubstep side project, GONZO, […]
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July 4th, 2011 James Shotwell Chiodos members Bradley Bell, Matt Goddard and Pat McManaman have formed a new side-project, which they are calling ShotGun MachineGun. The first song by the group, entitled “In Constant Seas,” can be found on Facebook. Click here to stream the song.
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