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Wavves, the brainchild of Californian youngblood Nathan Williams have announced their highly anticipated debut Australian tour, set for March 2011. San Diego born and bred, Williams shot to prominence in 2009 when much to his amusement, the two lo fi punk rock albums he recorded at his parents house were quickly embraced and touted as "the next big thing" by online music critics and bloggers. In 2010 Wavves released "King of the Beach", an adventurous and ambitious record complete with Williams’ recognisable sunshiny melodies. The underlying theme of summer and boredom still remains, but unlike previously released material, "King of the Beach" was toiled over for three months in a studio by producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, The Hives).

White Stripes frontman Jack White was recently interviewed for Vanity Fair in which he mentioned that the band will be heading back into the studio to record a new album.

Thursday have announced plans to play their second album 'Full Collapse' in its entirety to help celebrate its 10 year anniversary when they tour with Underoath in January.

Florida punk poppers We The Kings have announced that singer Travis Clark will begin work on their third album in a few days. They are so far yet to comment on a planned release date.

Following the passing of Slipknot bassist, Paul Gray earlier this year, recently reported from the band themselves is an unfortunate event of theft from the member's grave.  Posted from their website, the Iowa nu-metal giants offered the following statement towards the event: "In a very upsetting turn of events we have learned that some gifts left for Paul at his grave site have been stolen. There were statues of a gargoyle as well as a Buddah that were placed at Paul’s grave by his friends and family that were taken. We ask that whoever did this please return the items no questions asked. If anyone has any information about the stolen items please let us know by posting in the comments. Thank you for your continued support in this trying time." View the original post and replies here.

Pennsylvanian indie rockers, Balance and Composure have recently posted a video acoustic session to the internet.  Recorded by website, PropertyOfZack, three parts of the quintet took a bit of time out of their American tour with Senses Fail and Bayside to offer a few live acoustic tracks.  The rising stars embarked on an acoustic tour earlier in April this year with pop punk groups, Man Overboard and A Loss For Words. Be sure to check out the performance here.

So-Cal outlaw punx Social Distortion have posted the first single from their highly anticipated new album; entitled Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes

Massachusetts metallers Unearth have announced that Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage will record and produce their next record. Dutkiewicz has been at the helm of countless classic albums, including

Southern-infused metal supergroup Bro Jovi have confirmed a release date for their upcoming debut album. The band, which features past and present members of Abigail Williams, Aborted and System Divide

Florida pop-mosh sensation A Day To Remember have posted yet another video in their 'webisode' series, which has been tracking the recording process of their upcoming album "What Separates Me From You". 

Mercury Prize nominated Scottish rock royalty ‘Biffy Clyro’ are returning to Australia this December to storm our cities with their astounding live shows! Their current album ‘Only Revolutions’ has been storming the international charts and has propelled the band beyond expectations. In the UK it reached #3 in the album charts and went gold within days of release. Previous singles from the album have included ‘Mountains’ - the band’s biggest chart success to date, entering the UK chart in the top 5 and selling over 100,000 copies. The band were also nominated for two Kerrang! Awards for Best British Band and Best Music Video for ‘The Captain’ for which they won the latter. This month sees the release of their next single ‘God & Satan’ from their album ‘Only Revolutions’. The track ‘God & Satan’ is produced by Garth Richardson (Melvins, Shihad, Nickelback) and is Biffy at their most open and introspective, exploring religion and the afterlife. Their Australian success is equally as ...

 The talk of the music world for quite some time has been Iwrestledabearonce and their incredible brand of metal meets electronic music. The band has wowed with their Century Media debut "It's All Happening" and impressed fans and critics alike with their powerful stage show that has even reached the heights of the Vans Warped Tour as well as their most recent headlining jaunt alongside Eyes Set To Kill, Chelsea Grin, The Chariot and Vanna. Now the band has unveiled an incredible, free 5-song EP. "It's All Dubstep" features some of the best DJs in the world remixing five of the most popular songs from IWABO. Fans can receive the EP by visiting the band's official Facebook page, clicking 'Like' and then downloading the album from the 'Music' tab! Guitarist Steven Bradley issued the following statement: "We are extremely excited to release a free 5-track collection of dubstep remixes done by some of our friends! This project rules because the mixes were all done by people even more ...