The Music Tank

The remaining members of Pennywise announced that Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas is now officially the new front man. Teglas, a longtime friend and tour mate, recently played a handful of So Cal shows with Pennywise, including the 2009 Smokeout Festival and a sold out Holiday Benefit concert for Amnesty International at Long Beach Arena.

Foxy Shazam have released the first song off their upcoming Warner Bros. debut album entitled ” “Unstoppable.” The album is set to come out sometime in spring.
The track of the same name is available now at iTunes (who have a web based interface now by the way) . The track will also be featured during [...]

The White Stripes have announced the release of a new box set. “Under Great White Northern Lights” is set to be released on March 16th and will ncluded a DVD of a documentary bearing the same name, a DVD of the 10th anniversary show, double LP/CD of 16 live tracks, exclusive 7 inch vinyl, silkscreened [...]

The Bled has a brand new MySpace page with 2 new songs from their upcoming Rise Records release “Heat Fetish”.
The album will be available March 2nd but you can pre-order it on their MySpace.

OK Go’s new album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, drops next week on Jan 12th. In the meantime, the band is touring Europe:
01/11/2010 Norwich UEA [...]

The EP released alongside the Playstation 3 game God of War III, titled God of War: Blood & Metal, was announced to be released two weeks prior to the game, on March 2.
On it, you will find five previously unreleased songs from five Roadrunner artists that are exclusive to and recorded for this release. The [...]

Rivers Cuomo came out of tour bus accident in upstate New York with minor injuries on Saturday night while the band was going from Boston to Toronto.
Read more over at The Guardian:
Weezer were travelling to Boston after a concert in Toronto on Saturday night. At about 7:30am, the tour bus hit a patch of ice [...]

Opeth will be celebrating their 20th anniversary next spring by doing 6 shows in selected cities around the world. At each show, the band will perform two sets for about 2 hours. The first set will feature the band playing the epic Blackwater Park album in its entirety. The second set will consist of mixed [...]

AOL Music is currently streaming Nonpoint’s upcoming acoustic EP “Cut The Chord”.
The band is currently working with producers Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne, Hellyeah) on their new effort.

Kill Brand Clothing have given us a discount code that will get you 35% off any purchases you make this Friday (Nov. 27th) from 12am ’till 12pm . May I suggest you get a mighty King Hippo t-shirt with it?

The Beatles: Here, There And Everywhere is a new 3-part radio special, celebrating the best-selling group of the 21st Century in America. The series will air on a huge list of radio station across the US starting this Friday.
The series features The Beatles’ digitally remastered recordings and exclusive new interviews with a variety of artists [...]

Hardcode band Legend were signed by Rise Records. Their debut album is set to be released in April of 2010.

Rise Records’ Miss May I see their new music video for “Forgive and Forget” showcased on KillerTours.com.
The great song can be found on the digital version of the Saw VI Soundtrack released by Trustkill Records. Spence Nicholson (The Devil Wears Prada, Hollywood Undead) directs the video featuring scenes from the latest installment of the [...]

Pimp Rock, who are rocking a new design, report Taproot are now set to release their as-yet untitled new album through Victory Records on June 14th, 2010.

Unsigned Canadian metal band Nylithia have posted a video of them covering the castle theme song from Super Mario Bros. 1 over on YouTube.
While the cover is surprisingly close to the original song, it’s the video itself that cracks me up. Mario and Luigi headbanging next to a burning princess? That’s a recipe for success. [...]