The Foo Fighters are releasing a new album on September 25th, “Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace” with RCA Records. Here is the tracklist of the album:

1. The Pretender
2. Let It Die
3. Erase Replace
4. Long Road to Ruin
5. Come Alive
6. Stranger Things Have Happened
7. Cheer Up Boys, Your Makeup Is Running
8. Summer’s End
9. The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners
10. Statues
11. But Honestly
12. Home

The Devil Wears Prada just released today their tracklist for their new album “Plagues”. Heres what you will find on the album:

1. Goats on a Boat
2. Number Three, Never Forget
3. HTML Rulez D00d
4. Hey John, What?s Your Name Again?
5. Don?t Dink and Drance
6. You Can?t Spell Crap Without ?C? (featuring Craig Owens of Chiodos)
7. This Song is Called
8. Reptar, King of the Ozone
9. The Scorpion Deathlock
10. Nickels is Money Too

As Cities Burn has put a new track up on www.purevolume.com titled, “Empire.” The track is from their new album “Come Now Sleep,” that is set to be released on August 14th with their label Solid State Records.

Here is a Warped Tour Update from Funeral For A Friend. Don’t miss them in your area:

“Hey guys

Just a quick hello to everyone who has been out and who is coming out on to the Warped Tour this month and next. 3 shows in and we are all having a blast! If you came up to say hello already then thanks for checking us out and if you are planning to come to one of the shows we are playing then we look forward to seeing you there!

SHOWS
To remind everyone, we are playing the following shows on Warped this year:

Tue 07/03 VANCOUVER, BC – Thunderbird Stadium
Thu 07/05 CALGARY, AB – Race City Speedway
Sat 07/07 SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 07/08 DENVER, CO – Invesco Field at Mile High
Wed 07/11 PHOENIX, AZ – Cricket Pavilion
Thu 07/12 LAS CRUCES, NM – NMSU Practice Field
Fri 07/13 SAN ANTONIO, TX – Amphitheatre Lot
Sat 07/14 DALLAS, TX – Smirnoff Pizza Hut Center
Sun 07/15 HOUSTON, TX Reliant Center
Wed 07/18 ATLANTA, GA – Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre
Thu 07/19 JACKSONVILLE, FL – Reynolds Park Yacht Centre
Mon 07/23 CHARLOTTE, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Tue 07/24 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 07/25 WASHINGTON, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Thu 07/26 SCRANTON, PA – Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
Fri 07/27 DETROIT, MI – Comerica Park Parking Lot
Sat 07/28 CHICAGO, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 07/29 MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Metrodome Parking Lot
Tue 07/31 MILWAUKEE, WI – Marcus Amphitheatre
Wed 08/01 CINCINNATI, OH – Riverbend Music Center
Thu 08/02 CLEVELAND, OH – Tower City Amphitheatre
Fri 08/03 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Tweeter Centre at the Waterfront

And in case you hadn’t heard, we are MAIN STAGE all the way baby.

SIGNING
We will be signing on every show but in a different locations each day so heads up and note down where we’re gonna be at your show:

> We will be signing with ALTERNATIVE PRESS at the following shows: Salt Lake City, Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Philly.

> We will be signing with WEST 49 / ATTICUS at the following shows: Vancouver and Calgary.

> We will be signing with TAKE ACTION at the following shows: Houston.

> We will be signing with ABSOLUTEPUNK at the following shows: Las Cruces and Cincinnati.

> We will be signing at our own merch tent on the following shows: San Antonio, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Charlotte, Virginia Beach, Scranton, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.

Come and say hello!”

MxPx has announced they will be releasing their new video for “Secret Weapon” tomorrow. Here is what they have to say:

“Hey Everyone –

The world premiere of our brand new video for “Secret Weapon” is taking place this Wednesday, July 4th on MySpace! Come check out our MySpace page on Wednesday to watch the new video!”

– MxPx

Over the weekend Lars Ulrich, metallica drummer, talked about metallica’s upcoming new album. Ulrich said that the band plans on rapping up the album in either October or November. Metallica drummer also predicted the album to hit stores in February 2008. Here is what Ulrich had to say about the new album:

“It doesn’t sound like ‘St. Anger’ to me. It’s a little early to kind of put in a soundbite exactly. But it doesn’t sound anything like ‘St. Anger’. It’s probably a little more dynamic, and a little more varied, and it has lots of different nutty Metallica stuff on it. I don’t know.”

The updates on Kerith’s departure with I Am Ghost are as stated below. This is a sad thing to see, but at the same time I’d rather her health be the fullest more than anything. I respect her decision and wish her the best. Here’s the full myspace post below:

We know a lot of you have been awaiting an explanation of Kerith’s departure from the band. We just want to say this has been an extremely difficult time for us. All you have been so supportive, we appreciate it greatly. We will truely miss Kerith, but we understand she needs to do, what she needs to do to be healthy and happy. We wish her the best of luck in her future.

Some of you have been inquiring what are we breaking up? are we taking time off?
The answer to this is no. We love what we do and we are going to continue to work hard to share our music with everyone. As you see we have a non-stop touring schedule and we hope to see you all very soon.

Anyway, below is Kerith’s message to all our fans with more detailed information.

Thanks again for all of your continued support.
We love you to death.
I Am Ghost

—

Dear I Am Ghost family,

Writing this is one of the most difficult things I have ever had to do. As many of you know, I had to drop off I Am Ghost’s last tour due to severe health problems as a result of touring that put me in the hospital. After 3 weeks of pondering, wondering, justifying, deliberating, and lots of crying, I have come to the conclusion that the band’s current touring lifestyle is incompatible with my health needs. So, I have left the band.

As far as my health goes, it’s nothing for you guys to be worried about. The only time it was ever a problem was on tour, simply because touring in a van doesn’t allow for any sort of routine or restful environment that my body apparently needs. So my body could never heal itself from even just a common cold, and I would get secondary infections/conditions like laryngitis, pharyngitis, exhaustion, dehydration, and not being able to properly digest food or even keep it down for days at a time. But I don’t have a disease or a serious health condition, and I’m not pregnant either! 🙂 So no worries, now that I’m not on tour, my health will be just fine! It sounded like some of you have been pretty worried, so I wanted to clear that up!

The past 2 years with I Am Ghost have been inexplicably amazing. I was able to fulfill many of my dreams, and I was able to meet so many awesome people along the way, thanks to you guys. I will miss playing shows, writing & recording new music, and of course, I will miss YOU: our amazing fans.

This is going to be a very difficult phase in my life, but I know it is not the end. I know that music is in my future. I am thinking about subbing in elementary school while I get to know the schools and districts in the area, maybe doing private tutoring or music lessons, and I’m also really excited about being more involved in my church in Costa Mesa, Rock Harbor Church. I might even have the opportunity to start a choir there!

I hope that you can be supportive of me and affirm my integrity as you discuss this with each other, and I promise to do the same for the band. I want nothing more than for I Am Ghost to continue on its path toward success, and I know they are counting on your continued support through this transition. I will do my best to stay active & available to answer any questions you might have, including questions about my leaving, on this board for the next couple of weeks during this transition.

Thank you for giving me the chance to fulfill so many of my dreams; I couldn’t have done any of this without your support and encouragement. I love you all, and you will always have a very special place in my heart. As evidence to that, I would like to publicly invite you all to be my friends on myspace…as long as you promise not to spam me, hahaha. KEEP IN TOUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, Kerith
myspace.com/krappith
(the url is from an old college nickname/joke…don’t ask!)

Weezer has announced they are recording a new album

“Hey Party-People,

Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times.”

~Rivers Cuomo