Here are the albums hitting stores today. Pick up anything good? Don't forget to check out our release date calendar for all your album needs - and please add any we don't have in the database.

Happy 25th birthday to Jonathan Cook of Forever the Sickest Kids. Go celebrate!

John O (The Maine) has posted some wise words on his myspace blog.

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Great Northern have released a video update on kyte which includes a clip from a new song. Their highly anticipated album, Remind Me Where The Light Is, is scheduled to be released on Eenie Meenie Records this April.

A video update from Nightmare of You can be found in the replies.

A new As Cities Burn song entitled "Gates", can be heard on myspace.

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Download the studio version of "What If" from Meg & Dia's upcoming album Here, Here & Here ... here.

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Brody Dalle's new band Spinnerette have released their first EP titled Ghetto Love. The video for the first single can be seen here.

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Bangarang's Frozen Over, First in Line is up for free download on their myspace.

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The new Whole Wheat Bread album, Hearts of Hoodlums, is now available on iTunes.

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Brian Southall's (ex-TREOS) solo project, The Company We Keep, has put up a new song featuring Craig Owens on myspace.

The website for the Bamboozle Roadshow has gone live. The Cab and Mercy Mercedes have been announced.

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Happy Birthday to James Riley Breckenridge (Thrice).

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Therefore I Am have a new hoodie and t-shirts in their merch store.

New Rufio album. This year. Get excited.

Dates for the 2009 Alternative Press Tour, featuring 3OH!3, The Maine, Family Force 5, Hit the Lights, and A Rocket to the Moon, can be seen in the replies.

Broadway Calls has signed to SideOneDummy Records. They will release their sophomore LP later this year.

Cale Parks (of Aloha) has added the song "Two Haunt Me" on his myspace.

To clear up: Tooth and Nail will not be releasing a "best of" album from Anberlin at this time, and the mewithoutYou date is not 100% yet. More info when we have it.

Contrary to earlier reports, The Audition will not be recording with Deryck.

Message from Ryan

So yea, when I did the interview with Rocksound a month ago Deryck and us were talking about working together. Things didnt work out and its not going to happen. Deryck is a great musician and producer and I wish it would of worked out. BUT, we are in the studio with... [read more]

The Sleeping have sent in the track listing for their new album, What it Takes.

Track Listing
01. You'll Be A Corpse Before Your Time
02. Friday Night
03. Bomb the World
04. Shallow Lungs
05. Running Faster
06. Ripped Dress
07. Should Have Let Me Leave
08. He Only Sees Where He Walks
09. Refusive Relationship
10. Bad Religion
11. Anyone Night Stand
12. Deadbeast

Automatic Loveletter, A Cursive Memory, The Friday Night Boys and Tickle Me Pink will be heading out on tour in February and March. Dates can be seen in the replies.

I will be interviewing Anathallo soon so if you have any questions for the band, leave them in the replies.

Brendan from Valencia has posted an explanation of the controversy behind their "Say No to Neon" tour. Read it here.

Excerpt

What has changed is that there’s this sub-culture of people who care more about what the band is wearing and how cute the guys or girls in the band are, or how 80’s they can look. There’s certainly nothing wrong with... [read more]

Hopeless Records will release the CD/DVD, Take Action! Vol. 8, on February 17th. Track listing can be seen in the replies.