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New Daytrotter sampler available from eMusic

Alternative Press - Rachel Lux on 12/18/07 @ 3:49 PM - altpress.com

Online music store eMusic issued today a collection of tracks recorded for indie-rock virtual hotspot Daytrotter. Just like the tracks available on Daytrotter.com, the eMusic comp is free for both subscribers and non-subscribers alike. Daytrotter Sessions Vol. 2 includes the following:

1. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, "New Year's Kiss"
2. Maritime, "Guns of Navarone"
3. Mountain Goats, "Pinklon"
4. White Rabbits, "Kid On My Shoulders"
5. Tokyo Police Club, "Be Good"
6. Okkervil River, "April Anne"
7. Ponys, "Poser Psychotic"
8. Boggs, "Bookends"
9. Andrew Bird, "Lull"

Never heard of Daytrotter? May we suggest you check out their session archives immediately if not sooner. Bands from all over the country stop in Rock Island, Illinois, and record four songs of their choosing to tape. Often, the songs are alternate versions, rare tracks or previously unreleased songs. Daytrotter then posts the goods for free. Score!

Hellogoodbye announce CD/DVD reissues

Alternative Press - Rachel Lux on 12/18/07 @ 3:00 PM - altpress.com

Drive-Thru Records keyboardcore band Hellogoodbye will be reissuing their album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and DVD OMG HGB DVD ROTFL on Feb. 19, 2008, via Drive-Thru. The CD/DVD split is aptly titled Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More! and includes the band's self-titled debut EP, 15 bonus tracks of rare or previously unreleased songs plus alternate mixes and demos.

Track List:
1. shimmy shimmy quarter turn (take it back to square one)
2. call n' return (say that you're into me)
3. bonnie taylor shakedown... 2k1
4. jesse buy nothing... go to prom anyways
5. dear jamie... sincerely me
6. bonnie taylor shakedown... 2k4 (club remix)

BONUS TRACKS
7. shimmy shimmy quarter turn - demo
8. shimmy shimmy quarter turn - gm og mix
9. call n' return - demo
10. bonnie taylor shakedown... 2k1 - demo
11. bonnie taylor shakedown... 2k1 - gm og mix
12. asking jessica to be official
13. jesse buy corsage - prequel to jesse buy nothing
14. in da club - promo for chain show
15. welcome to my record - gm og mix
16. one armed scissor - voicemail by: turtle
17. trevor roolz (a lot) - gm og mix
18. lindsay pai ala mode - or songs for lindsay pai
19. oh karissa, how i miss ya - gm og mix
20. oh, angie - demo
21. oh, angie - gm og mix

OMG HGB DVD ROTFL
1. shimmy shimmy quarter turn (take it back to square one) video
2. call n' return (say that you're into me) video
3. bonnie taylor shakedown... 2k1 video
4. jesse buy nothing... go to prom anyways video
5. dear jamie... sincerely me video

Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More! Track Listing
1. all of your love
2. here (in your arms)
3. all time lows
4. stuck to you
5. homewrecker
6. oh, it is love
7. baby, it's fact
8. figures a and b (means you and me)
9. I saw it on your keyboard
10. touchdown turnaround (don't give up on me)
11. two weeks in Hawaii

BONUS TRACKS
12. all time lows - demo
13. all time lows - demo 2
14. all time lows - gm og mix
15. homewrecker - demo
16. figures a &b (means you & me) - demo
17. figures a &b (means you & me) - gm og mix
18. i saw it on your keyboard - demo
19. i saw it on your keyboard - gm og mix
20. touchdown turnaround - demo
21. touchdown turnaround - demo 2
22. touchdown turnaround - gm og mix
23. two weeks in hawaii - demo
24. confuscious say rock and roll - by the fortune cookies
25. if you wanna i might - demo

Neuraxis sign to Prosthetic Records

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 12/17/07 @ 6:01 PM - altpress.com

Canadian progressive death metal band Neuraxis have signed with Prosthetic Records.
The band, who recently released Live Progression through Galy Records, will work to complete their new album in 2008.

Minor Threat to your tastebuds

Ian MacKaye might have a reputation for being kind of crusty, but it looks like the D.C. punker is allowing a Brooklyn-based saucier Wheelhouse Pickles to produce something called "Minor Threat Sauce."

Advertisements describe the sauce as such: "Like the Loch Ness Monster or gravity, the existence of a gentle-finishing habanero pepper sauce has scientists baffled. Made from a rare, mild breed of habaneros grown specifically for us, Minor Threat draws its inspiration from the legendary West Indies' mustard- and mango-based habanero sauces, only it mysteriously priviledges the pepper's fruitiness over its notoriously overwhelming heat. We may never fully understand Minor Threat's ability to take sandwiches, grilled meats, corn chips or eggs to the next level without annihilating your esophagous in the process, but don't let science's shortcomings get in the way of your slathering habits."

We're not sure what the sucker tastes like but according to The Gothamist, Wheelhouse higher-up Jon Orren admited that the condiment is indeed inspired by the hardcore band. The only request MacKaye had of the spread was for the packaging not parody the band's famous "Bottled Violence" image.

The Hold Steady start recording new album next month

Alternative Press - Heather Shall on 12/17/07 @ 4:01 PM - altpress.com

Indie rock face-melters the Hold Steady have announced that they will be heading back into the studio in January to record the follow-up to 2006's Boys And Girls In America. According to the band's website they are currently finishing preproduction with producer John Agnello and are looking forward to spending January and February laying tracks for the yet untitled album.

Let the music video for "Chips Ahoy" tide you over until the band announces a release date:

Cause of Hawthorne Heights' Casey Calvert's death revealed

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 12/17/07 @ 2:06 PM - altpress.com

Three weeks after his passing overnight on his band's tour bus, the office of the chief medical examiner in Washington, D.C., has released the cause of death for Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert. According to the autopsy, Calvert died due to the "acute combined effects of opiate, citalopram and clonazepam intoxication." According to MTV.com, the autopsy listed Calvert's death as accidental, though it added that it was brought on due to "substance abuse." Both citalopram (also known by the brand name Celexa) and clonazepam (also known by the brand names Klonopin and Rivotril) are prescription drugs, the former an antidepressant and the latter used to treat seizure disorders and panic attacks.

Calvert's bandmates have previously confirmed the band will go on without him, and that they will not seek a replacement.