alternative rock

2009
Manchester Orchestra album was released

The album was released April 21, 2009 and peaked at No. 37 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart.

Enter Shikari It was confirmed by NME that Enter Shikari had finished working on

It was confirmed by NME that Enter Shikari had finished working on their second album, Common Dreads , in March 2009 and announced that they would tour the UK and Europe during 2009. They also made available a free download of a new song, “Antwerpen”, from their website. On 15…
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Depeche Mode album released

The album was released on 14 April 2009, also made available through an iTunes Pass, where the buyer received individual tracks in the weeks leading up to the official release date.

Marilyn Manson (band) serviced to radio from April 13

A heavily censored version of the profanity-laced track – re-titled to “Arma … geddon” – was serviced to radio from April 13, and peaked at number thirty-seven on Billboard’ s Mainstream Rock chart, becoming their lowest-peaking single in the process.

Cage the Elephant featured as iTunes ‘ free single of the week

It was also featured as iTunes ‘ free single of the week for the week of April 12, 2009.

My Chemical Romance ¡Venganza!

The band then announced that they would be releasing “a collection of nine never-before-seen live videos, straight from the encore set of the Mexico City show from October 2007 during their Black Parade World Tour, titled ¡Venganza! . The release came on a bullet-shaped flash drive. It was released on…
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Paramore certified gold

As of April 9, 2009, The Final Riot! is certified gold in the United States.

Blue October peaking at number 7

“Dirt Room” became Blue October’s second Top 5 Modern Rock single (fourth Top 40 Modern Rock hit) peaking at number 7 on April 8, 2009.

Editors (band) Released a short video

on 8 April, they released a short video with information about the recording process.

Incubus (band) Black Heart Inertia

The first single for the album was “Black Heart Inertia”, released on April 7, 2009