The next Playlist in our ongoing series features Less Than Jake, Plow United, and Flatfoot 56. All three bands are hitting the road together, and we couldn’t be more stoked to work with them. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs while reading everyone’s thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) The Downtown Struts - Swiss Army Life The Brokedowns - Apocalypse Seaside Heights The Business - Suburban Rebels Knucklehead - Jacob Burke Devo - Mongoloid *Song is currently not on Spotify Justice - Fish on the Hook Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life Beastie Boys - Sabotage The Arrivals - Water Water Everywhere ...

Death Grips are streaming a new cut, seemingly taken from one of two studio albums in the pipeline. A Sacramento collective, Death Grips plunged into a well of darkness with their debut album 'Ex-Military'. Released online last year, the free mixtape spliced together a dense tapestry of samples which moved from crunching Industrial noises to (early) Pink Floyd. Playing a handful of stunning British shows, the collective are apparently working on new material. Death Grips' Facebook account recently pointed fans to a new track, with the following message attached: "we're releasing two full length albums this year world-wide .. first ...

Death Grips, the trio of MC Ride, drummer Zach Hill, and beatmaker Flatlander, announced via a little Tweet that they were dropping not one, but two new records in 2012, the first set to arrive in April. Nothing else was said, so I can't tell you if they will be mixtapes or proper records that you can purchase, nor do I know if they are touring. What I can say, though, is when I saw them play the Market Hotel last July in 104° weather, the venue like an awful sauna, it was one of the mos...

It's a statement that's thrown around a lot, but there aren't many better working actors today than Michael Shannon. He's consistently proven to be a mesmerizing fixture in any film he's a part of, whether in a lead role ("Take Shelter") or just playing support to bigger names ("Revolutionary Road"). Soon enough we'll see the actor's third pairing with "Take Shelter" director Jeff Nichols in "Mud," a story about two teenage boys helping a convict reunite with the love of his life. Featuring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, and Tye Sheridan ("The Tree of ...

I am now officially booking house concerts . This is a very exciting opportunity for me to meet and visit with you in person, and for some of you to bring a diverting and illuminating night of music into your own neighborhood. If we work together, we can make it happen! If you’d like to see this idea become a reality (either as a host or as an attendee), you can take action in one of the following ways: 1. I need 42 more people to sign our petition at slowbizz.com  so they’ll assist me with the logistics ...

In anticipation of the launch of his new show Zack Adams: The Complete History of Zack Adams we chat to the shows creator and star Shane Adamczak aka Zack Adams about the inspiration behind the show, and how much of Zack Adams is fictional. read more

PropertyOfZack is excited to welcome back Lo Fidelity’s Jamie Malerba for her Contributor Blog. Jamie kicked off her feature a few weeks ago with an introduction and is back to further discuss the issue of dealing with age in the music industry in addition to the process of setting up the first annual Raleighpalooza. Read up and make sure to check back for more from Jamie in the future! Jamie here. I just wanted to thank Zack again for giving me this opportunity to be a Contributor on POZ. I’m humbled by all of the kind words and ...

The Word Alive have released a statement regarding the recent departure of keyboardist Dusty Riach and drummer Justin Salinas. Statements from all parties can be found below: "We come before you, to officially announce the departure of our brothers Dusty Riach, and Justin Salinas. And that is exactly what they are, brothers. TWA and TeamTWA are a family, and it will remain that way. This might come to a shock to many of you, and that is ok. Member changes are never fun for fans to hear, or bands to go through. Reality is though, they happen. And in this ...

The Word Alive recently parted ways with their drummer and keyboardist, and the band as well as drummer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach have written up lengthy statements to fill fans in on their departures. You can read everyone’s full statements below by clicking “Read More.” We come before you, to officially announce the departure of our brothers Dusty Riach, and Justin Salinas. And that is exactly what they are, brothers.  TWA and TeamTWA are a family, and it will remain that way. This might come to a shock to many of you, and that is ok. Member ...

Last night we brought you news that The Word Alive had parted ways with drummeer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach. Following the announcement, vocalist Telle Smith spent some time responding to comments regarding the situation on absolutepunk, and that’s when the story begin to grow. Over the course of multiple posts, Smith shed ever more light on recent developments, specifically mentioning they will not seek a replacement for Riach. Responding to user Rob McWilliams, Smith wrote : “We’re not replacing Dusty, we’ve really been developing our programming. Zack and Tony on top of guitar duties have written ...

The Word Alive confirmed yesterday that drummeer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach had left the band. Telle Smith has now commented that the band is not planning on replacing Riach on keyboards. Check out Smith’s comment below by clicking “Read More.” We’re going to move forward like I previously stated, Tony and Zack picked up the slack from Dusty leaving. We’re not replacing Dusty, just Justin. So TWA will be a 5-piece from now on. Dusty will most likely be joining another band I’d imagine, Justin is staying home and just moved back to Portland ...

This great track from Newbury Park, California’s The Neighbourhood premiered on BBC Radio 1′s Zane Lowe show the other night, and the black & white video shot by Zack Sekular and the band premiered at NME on Tuesday. Yes, the winged miscreants at Pigeons & Planes and those foreign guys at HYPETRAK scooped me on [...]

The Word Alive have announced that drummer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach have left the band. Telle Smith made the following statement: "I think it’s quite the compliment when people say our drums were programmed or even triggered. Justin is one of my best friends, and extremely close with us but yes he decided to call it a day with touring. We aren’t missing a beat though, we have a great drummer who is going to take what we had planned and truly help make the drums take another leap forward. We’re not delaying our record ...

The Word Alive drummer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach have quit the band, reports Altpress.com . Frontman Tyler "Telle" Smith commented, "I think it’s quite the compliment when people say our drums were programmed or even triggered. Justin is one of my best friends, and extremely close with us but yes he decided to call it a day with touring. We aren’t missing a beat though, we have a great drummer who is going to take what we had planned and truly help make the drums take another leap forward. We’re not delaying our record, not ...

The Word Alive have confirmed that drummer Justin Salinas and keyboardist Dusty Riach  have left the band. You can read a statement from Telle Smith below by clicking “Read More.” I think it’s quite the compliment when people say our drums were programmed or even triggered. Justin is one of my best friends, and extremely close with us but yes he decided to call it a day with touring. We aren’t missing a beat though, we have a great drummer who is going to take what we had planned and truly help make the drums take another leap ...