We had a chance to have a little chat with Kirk Verhey and Dave Hillis from the 80's trash cross-over underdogs Mace. We talked about 80's metal, 80's punk rock and how you should never down-tune or use 'cookie monster' vocals.

Spring Heeled Jack has a somewhat of a sad story.  The band started in 1997 with guitar/vocalist Ron Ragona and drummer Dave Karcich.  The band broke up in 2000 citing that they would play occassional reunion shows.  Unfortunately in 2002 Dave Karcich died of a aneurysm.  Then starting in...

Yesterday Van Halen pulled 31 dates off their 2012 reunion tour.  While they are are playing shows through June, all the rest have been ‘postponed.’  Who could guess what happened?!  Check below for an updated tour listing (via Billboard): Here are Van Halen’s remaining...

The Handsome Furs took to Facebook last night with the following message: With a heavy heart the time has come to let all of you know that Handsome Furs are no more. The most important thing that needs to be said right now is how extremely grateful we are to all the fans all over the world...

The Coming And The Going is a weekly feature by The Albatross to let you kn0w who’s coming and who’s going in the music world. Quick. Easy. Simple.

Today, 90′s rockers Matchbox 20 announced that their longly anticipated album finally has a title and a release date. The new album titled “North,” is due out on September 4th. When speaking to Rolling Stone about the album, guitarist and former drummer Paul Doucette said...

Northern California based hardcore punk band, All Teeth decided to call it quits today. Right now it seems as if the band is not having any type of farewell show, but as always that could change. All Teeth released the following statement via Facebook: We are sad to announce that after many...

Along with Sparta playing a handful of reunion shows in 2012, the boys have also released their first new song entitled “Chemical Feel.”  We’ll see if more songs come out of these guys.  Check out the stream (you can also download it.) *for some reason the site won’t...

My Bloody Valentine hasn’t play Japan in almost two decades (sans a one-off in 2008) but this morning they announced three dates in February 2013 in Japan.  Check below for dates (via Pitchfork): 02/06 Osaka, Japan – The Hatch 02/07 Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast 02/08 Tokyo,...

It seems as if a whole tour in addition to 5 sold out hometown shows, is not a proper send off for modern post-hardcore icons Thrice. The band announced today via their official website that they are adding an additional show on June 19th at the Observatory which extends their tour more than 3...

2012 will be the last Cornerstone Christian Festival.  The festival was an annual event taking place in Bushnell, Illinois.    You can read the full post here on Cornerstones website, or below is a summation of why this will be the last one: In 2012, we’ll be celebrating one final...

Page Deuce is a Wednesday feature of reunion stuff that didn’t quite make it to the front page. Why? Not sure I can tell you that. Maybe it’s reunion related, but not necessarily ‘reunion news’? Maybe it’s a small update to a reunion? Perhaps I believe they’ve been reunited for too long? Doesn’t really matter. Get edgimacated. Be informed. Use that information to embarrass your friends:

Boston hardcore act Refuse Resist have called it a day.  Their last show will be held at Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, Ma on July 15.  Here’s the Facebook invite.  DyingScene had the story on the break up. After a 5 year run Boston hardcore punk act Refuse Resist is throwing in...

What would it be at The Albatross if a week didn’t go by where The Refused didn’t add some more dates!  I kid…This time the boys took it to Facebook and announced they’ll be doing some dates in ‘Western Canada’.  The first date appeared not to long ago for...

MxPx just posted their official dates for their 20th Anniversary Tour.  They’ll start in the US and make their way across the pond after that.  Joining the boys will be Amber Pacific, Poorsport, Set Your Goals, Mest and Rufio.  You can get a full line up of tour dates on Mxpx’s...

I must be off my game.  Over the weekend I posted about Planes Mistaken For Stars at Hoboken’s Maxwells, but BrooklynVegan has a whole slew of dates in August.  Check below for the full 2012 reunion tour dates: 8/4 – Chicago @ The Ultra Lounge 8/5 – Lansing, MI @ Macs...