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Kill Hannah's van, trailer, gear and merch stolen in Philadelphia

Alternative Press - Amy Toleson on 11/11/09 @ 3:55 PM - altpress.com

From the "Man, does this sound familiar" department: Chicago-based rock act Kill Hannah were on the losing end of theft today in Philadelphia. According to frontman Mat Devine, the band's van and trailer containing all their musical equipment and merchandise was stolen out of their hotel's parking lot earlier today. He tweets:

"Press release out soon, but to summarize, our van and trailer w/ over $120k in gear and merch was just stolen from our hotel in Philly."

The band were on tour supporting their latest album, Wake Up The Sleepers. There is currently no word if they will perform in Philadelphia tonight as scheduled, or if they will play the last stop of their tour in New York City tomorrow.

MxPx to release new EP, limited edition CD next week

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/11/09 @ 2:34 PM - altpress.com

MxPx have revealed that their new EP, Left Coast Punk, will be released Nov. 17 through their own label, Rock City Recording Company. The six-song EP will be available through online retailers and a limited edition 10-track CD will also be released including three instrumental tracks and a previously unreleased demo. Each copy of the 500 CDs available only on the band's website will come with an autographed poster. The first single from the EP, "End," will debut at 9 a.m. PST on the band's MySpace page.

Tracklisting:
LEFT COAST PUNK EP (Digital)
1. One Step Further
2. Desperate to Understand
3. Broken
4. Shanghaied in Shanghai
5. Hopeless Case
6. End

ENHANCED EP (Physical)
**Includes all the tracks listed above, plus the below
7. One Step Further (instrumental version)
8. End (instrumental version)
9. Broken (instrumental version)
10. On a String (previously unreleased demo from LCP sessions)

Cave In announce CD/DVD release date for new EP

Alternative Press - Amy Toleson on 11/11/09 @ 10:32 AM - altpress.com

Cave In have revealed that their upcoming EP, Planets Of Old, will be released as a CD/DVD package on Jan. 26 via Hydra Head. The DVD features live footage of the band's reunion show last July in Allston, Massachusetts. The band had originally stated that the EP--featuring their first new material in four years--would originally be released only on vinyl. Tracklistings are below.

CD
1. Cayman Tongue
2. Retina Sees Rewind
3. The Redtrail
4. Air Escapes

DVD (from the band's July 19 reunion show)
1. Luminance
2. Retina Sees Rewind
3. Moral Eclipse
4. Juggernaut
5. Dark Driving
6. The Red Trail
7. Cayman Tongue
8. Trepanning
9. Air Escapes
10. Summit Fever
11. Vicious Circles
12. Big Riff
13. Inflatable Dream

Isis unveil "20 Minutes / 40 Years" video

Alternative Press - Amy Toleson on 11/11/09 @ 12:47 AM - altpress.com

The new video from Isis for "20 Minutes / 40 Years" has made its way onto the Web. You can find it down below.

The song comes from the massively influential ambient metal band's latest full-length, Wavering Radiant. The full record is out now on Ipecac.

Defeater post "The Red, White and Blues"

Alternative Press - Amy Toleson on 11/11/09 @ 12:37 AM - altpress.com

Acclaimed Bridge 9 hardcore act Defeater have thrown a new track online in anticipation of their upcoming double 7", Lost Ground. Hit up the band's MySpace page to check out "The Red, White And Blues."

Lost Ground comes out Nov. 17.

Video director accuses This Providence of plagiarism

Alternative Press - Amy Toleson on 11/10/09 @ 9:14 PM - altpress.com

Music video director Andrew Bowser has posted a blog accusing This Providence of stealing his idea for the band's video for "Keeping On Without You." The video debuted on mtvU earlier today.

Bowser claims that he submitted a treatment for the video that the band and/or their label (Fueled By Ramen) and management passed on, and that the video the band subsequently shot has a striking similarity to what he originally pitched.

Bowser says that several elements from his pitch were used including a "desert landscape setting," a "junkyard setting," "dirty and tired lead characters searching for each other," "old photographs of lead characters" and "the lead character waking up on his back surrounded by trash."

A comment in the blog reportedly from the video's producer says that both Bowser's treatment and the script the band went with "run parallel with the lyrics" and cites specific reasons for the artistic choices. He also went on to say, "Before you go out and start causing a ruckus, think of all the directors that submit hundreds of treatments for each video, there are bound to be similar treatments every time. As a word of advice, the last thing you want to do is approach the label and management and publicly announce this stuff yourself, you'll just end up ostracized."

AP has reached out to the band for comment, but in the meantime, you can watch the video in question below.