Ernie Ball Play Warped 2017 Last Submission Day
On the 12th episode of The Undiscovered Sound, Jeff brings you more entries from the Ernie Ball Play Warped contest on its last day of submissions (may 31st 2017)
On the 12th episode of The Undiscovered Sound, Jeff brings you more entries from the Ernie Ball Play Warped contest on its last day of submissions (may 31st 2017)
Maryland’s Small Press Expo and Nickelodeon have announced the results of Nickelodeon’s open call for submissions to its Global Animated Short Program in 2015. New York illustrator and cartoonist Max Wittert was selected from SPX to develop his animation “Best Baddies.”
Let’s start with the truth. Every actor in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is on their game.
Yellowcard are streaming the new song “Transmission Home” and its accompanying lyric video on The Telegraph. ‘Lift A Sail’ drops October 7th with Razor & Tie Records.
Great Mission: Life proves that hard work mixed with sweat, talent, and shear creativity can blend seamlessly into a brilliant travel kit for Part One of an epic journey.
The fourth annual Mission Quest To Metal Fest Tour has been announced. This year’s tour will feature Cruel Hand, Alpha & Omega, Naysayer, FocusedXMinds, Bent Life, Barrier, Malfunction, and Will To Die.
The album that will put the new EMI under its greatest global scrutiny to date is also 2008’s most eagerly awaited release. That’s the official word from Coldplay’s new boss. The band’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” will be released June 12 internationally on Parlophone/EMI and on June 17 in North America on Capitol. EMI Group chairman Guy Hands, who led the buyout of the music company last summer through his private-equity firm Terra Firma, says, “Right across the world, this is the most anticipated album of the year.” As the follow-up to the British melodic… Read more »
Hoping to broaden its relevance to the music industry in the face of increasing competition from other social networking sites, MySpace will roll out a suite of services and initiatives as part of what company officials are calling MySpace Music 2.0. But a new policy at Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s biggest record company, limiting full-song streaming on the site illustrates the challenges ahead. The first hint of MySpace’s music effort is Transmissions: The site features video of participating artists in the MySpace studios, performing select songs and conducting interviews, both of which MySpace has the exclusive rights to… Read more »
The hit series The O.C. is becoming known as a hotbed for indie music promotion. Appearances on the show by bands such as The Killers and Modest Mouse have led to increased sales in a genre the industry has pretty much left for dead. Now the show’s expert soundtrackers have put together a new installment of their successful compilation series. This new CD will be the fourth from the show – the previous three all came out last year. The O.C.: Mix 4 is set to come out on April 5. The new comp’s biggest score may be “Scarecrow” by… Read more »
Innovative and influential post-hardcore outfit Snapcase have announced that, after more than 10 years of pushing the hardcore envelope, they’ve decided to call it quits. Band guitarist Frank Vicario has come out with this statement as to why the band are throwing in the towel after so many years: “It’s no mystery that the popularity of the band has been waning over the past few years and it’s tough to keep flogging a dead horse when our hearts are in other places,” Vicario stated. “Many people had already pigeonholed what they perceived our sound to be and were reluctant to… Read more »