Jim Marshall, the man behind “The” amplifier – the weapon of choice for guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend of The Who, and Eric Clapton – died Thursday at the age of 88.
Fans in Florida got their chance to catch Young The Giant and Grouplove on St. Patrick’s Day at The Ritz in Ybor City.
The Maine will be co-hosting all three hours of The Gunz Show tomorrow night, talking to Gunz and giving away tickets to many of the dates on their upcoming North American tour.
The Glamour Kills tour featuring The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, The Story So Far, and Into It. Over It. hit New York City for two lively shows on March 10th.
Exclusively on The Gunz Show, Soupy announces that tomorrow, a new pre-order is going up for a new The Wonder Years release; a split 6-inch with the band Stay Ahead Of The Weather. It is NOT a split 7-inch, but a split 6-inch. The first pressing is only 1,000; three colors. It will likely be out in April. “They recorded a song, we recorded a song, this was last year. We were talking for so long about how bad we wanted to put this split out, but it never found the right timing… it’s finally happening, it goes on sale… Read more »
Hot Water Music haven’t released a full length album since 2004, but that is about to change. On May 15th the band will deliver Exister onto the world through Rise Records.
Patrick Stump has posted a blog entitled “We Liked You Better Fat: Confessions of a Pariah” reflecting on the challenges of moving forward post-Fall Out Boy.
Earlier today, Megaupload released a pop video featuring mainstream artists who endorse the cyberlocker service. News of the controversial Mega Song even trended on Twitter, but has now been removed from YouTube on copyright grounds by Universal Music. Kim Dotcom says that Megaupload owns everything in the video, and that the label has engaged in dirty tricks in an attempt to sabotage their successful viral campaign.
Just over a year ago, Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seized dozens of domain names as part of Operation in Our Sites. The lawyer for one of them, music blog Dajaz1, has been furiously trying to find out about the site’s case and now, after a year of smoke, mirrors and stonewalling, the Feds have done the previously unthinkable – they’ve given the domain back.
Today is the first of many special segments you can expect going up over the next bit! Every week on Rock The Walls I run a feature called Inside The Music. Since 2008, I have been getting bands to explain the meaning behind a couple of their songs for you, the reader/the listener. I’ll be posting a wide variety of them from new and old releases in Metalcore, Pop Punk, Punk, Hardcore, and even some Indie music. Today’s segment features Toronto Pop Punk band Live The Story. The band dropped their Free EP Everything I Am this past Tuesday via… Read more »
