On April 4, 2008, “In Vein” was made available for streaming through the band’s Myspace profile.
Titus Andronicus’s first album, The Airing of Grievances , was released in April 2008 and was described as the sound of a “violent, overblown and irreverent” indie band in a positive review by Pitchfork . The band went on extensive tours of North America and Europe to promote the album…
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The first release from the label was a reissue of the 2006 Kevin Devine album, Put Your Ghost to Rest , in April 2008.
Also in April 2008, Epitaph Records announced that the label would be reissuing Ignition and Smash ; both albums were remastered and Smash contained a new 24-page booklet. The reissues were released on the same day as Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace , coinciding with the new album’s release.
In early March 2008, Bad Religion played several night residences at House of Blues venues in Southern California as well as Las Vegas . They performed four European festival appearances in May and June.
Also during 2007, Palermo acted as fill-in touring drummer for Papa Roach . In March 2008 it was announced that Palermo had joined Papa Roach permanently. Meanwhile, Unwritten Law, with new drummer Dylan Howard, filmed a live DVD at the Key Club in Hollywood, California in March 2008. The album,…
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From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II , the band’s follow-up to From the Screen to Your Stereo – a full-length album, containing 11 songs plus one bonus track for the Japanese edition and iTunes – was released on September 18, 2007, via Drive-Thru Records . The first and…
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By March 2008 Sinn had been replaced by Sean Jordon, and Bryan Kelly-Holden had joined the band as rhythm guitarist . This lineup played seven dates of the 2008 Warped Tour and planned to record their follow-up to Nightmerica that August with producers Travis Richter and Lee Dyness. However, Chon…
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In March 2008, Brand New started their own record label, Procrastinate! Music Traitors .
In March 2008, they released their fourth album No Intensity . This album is similar to their first album No Worries , with anti-government songs like “Corrupted To The Bone”, “Redemption”, and “Papillon”. The latter song is based on the book Papillon by Henri Charrière , an autobiography relating Charrière’s…
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