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Pete Wentz goes screamo?

Rob Ortenzi on 6/29/09 @ 10:52 AM

Your favorite Fall Out Boy bassist is all set to guest on Every Time I Die's new album. He confirmed this via his Twitter.

Rx Bandits post tour promo video

Laila Hanson on 6/29/09 @ 10:46 AM

If you have no idea who Rx Bandits are, or you just want to get a feel for their upcoming tour with Dredg, then check out the teaser video below which gives you a glimmer of the tour before you actually go.

The A.K.A.s post new song

Laila Hanson on 6/29/09 @ 10:37 AM

The A.K.A.s have posted a new song from their freshly-debuted album Animal Summer, which came out on Paper and Plastick on Friday. Check out "All Sinners Welcome in the House of The A.K.A.s" on the band's MySpace and if you like what you hear, make sure to catch them on Warped Tour this summer.

AltPress Exclusive: A Wilhelm Scream sign to Paper + Plastick

Scott Heisel on 6/29/09 @ 10:28 AM

Alternative Press has exclusively learned that New Bedford, Massachusetts-based tech-punks A Wilhelm Scream have signed on the dotted line with Paper + Plastick, the record label run by Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello.

"I've toured with A Wilhelm Scream," says Fiorello. "I know the band's work and touring ethic, I know them as friends and I know they are a great fucking band live. I'm more excited than I can put to words that I am doing this."

"When Vinnie approached us about putting something out with Paper + Plastick I remember being impressed by his energy," AWS guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly says. "Guy was going off about obscure punk bands we knew from the early '90s, a bit about his own history, being in a full-time touring band and after five minutes of talking to him we knew we had to team up for something. The ethos of his label matched the ethos of our band. We like his ideas, respect his practical business sense and admire his passion for bridging graphic arts and music and his desire to simply make cool ass shit to stoke out the fans. He'd never say it but I think the dude's trying to save punk rock as we know it. I really do."

The band's first P+P release will be a self-titled, five-song 12-inch out this fall. The band produced the EP in their home studio, and it will be mixed by Matt Bayles (Minus The Bear, Mastodon); according to Reilly, it's "nearly 40 minutes of music and is full of surprises."

The EP will be the follow-up to 2007's Career Suicide, which gave us this gem of a song, "I Wipe My Ass With Showbiz." Check it out:

The Mars Volta post new video

Laila Hanson on 6/29/09 @ 10:16 AM

If you've been keeping up with The Mars Volta's new songs, you'll be excited to hear that the band has posted the first video from their new album, Octahedron, which came out on Tuesday. Check out "Since We've Been Wrong" below.

Since We've Been Wrong

Mark Hoppus remixes Peter Bjorn And John

Mark Hoppus isn't falling short when it comes to remixing several songs. The Blink-182 bassist's latest remix of Peter Bjorn And John's "Nothing To Worry About" can be found here.