On March 31, 2009, Anti-Flag announced that their next CD, The People or the Gun , would be released on SideOneDummy on June 9, 2009. The band recorded the album in a home studio they built themselves. The first track of the album “Sodom, Gomorrah, and Washington DC (Sheep in…
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That same year, Attaque 77 performed a gig at the Luna Park Stadium with Adrián Vera as guest.
Like with the previous two albums, three songs from Appeal to Reason were released as singles: ” Re-Education (Through Labor) “, ” Audience of One “, and ” Savior “. All three songs charted highly on the Modern Rock Tracks chart; “Savior” in particular held the record for the most…
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In 2009, Maddison and Devlin collaborated to record three new Carpettes songs, “When I`m Gone”, “The Only Way to Be” and a cover of the Tom Waits song “Hold On” which were made available online.
On February 3, 2009, the band released Distractions , their third release for Fat Wreck Chords . The EP consists of three original songs, two of which (‘Distracted’ and ‘Last Call’) were brand new and the other (‘Spy Diddley’) was originally released as part of the Fat Wreck Chords X-Mas…
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A Shipwreck in the Sand was released on March 31, 2009, and sold nearly 17,000 copies in its first week. The iTunes version of the album includes four bonus cover songs, ” Help! ” ( The Beatles cover), ” Go Your Own Way ” ( Fleetwood Mac Cover), “Three Miles…
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In 2009, Kerrang! named American Idiot the best album of the decade
To promote the album, Rise Against embarked on the Appeal To Reason Tour , which began with United States–based tour with Thrice , Alkaline Trio , and The Gaslight Anthem . Rise Against then co-headlined a 2009 tour with Rancid throughout the summer months, which was followed by a short…
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On December 3, 2008, Kerrang! magazine announced that Good Charlotte would be releasing its fifth album, Cardiology in 2009.
In December, Brand New announced on their website that they had been in the studio since March and had roughly 15 tracks to choose from.