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From Thursday 22 July 2004

Salem also get fiddled

Taken from the Fiddler Records mailout: “SALEM gearing up and getting ready for their upcoming tour with Further Seems Forever… then its off to the UK. It must be nice to go to the UK in the fall. SALEM‘s EP “Love It Or

Fiddle the bled

The Bled are to record their next album in January and it is expected to be released on Fiddler Records again. The band return to the UK for their first headline tour in September.

Yellowcard are minus a place at the fests

Submitted by Mark: Minus have replaced Yellowcard on the main stage of the Reading/Leeds festivals.

Cancer compilation

Submitted: “My Chemical Romance, Thursday, Funeral For A Friend, Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, Jawbreaker, Moments In Grace, Recover, Saves The Day, Thrice and Straylight Run are amongst the

Newness

Submitted: “The new EP from UK pop-punkers one:day:life is out this Friday (23rd July). Titled ‘Same Old Story’, the EP will be available through the online store on their website at www.onedaylife.co.uk/shop and at selected stores (see www.onedaylife.co.uk for more info) for a mere £5. The

BIG

Sony and BMG are to merge to create Sony BMG – the world’s second largest major label following Universal. The deal will give Sony BMG a 20% market share.

Let’s hope they don’t drop the soap

The Drive Thru/Geffen “prison sentence” ends on July 31, we may have news next week on what will happen next. Also, it turns out that Geffen took Senses Fail from Drive thru as part of the deal (that Geffen acquired when they

The Dauntless Elite – Security?

Now this more fucking like it. While the summer has been blighted by shit weather on an almost continuous basis, you can forget those cliché’s that we critics use a little too often about a ‘good summer album’. Who cares about soothing riffs and happy go lucky vibes when

Letter Kills – The Bridge

Another day, another emo band. When will the conveyor belt of soundalike bands come to a halt? It seems like hundreds of records that have come through the letterbox recently have all sounded the same, so much so that I’m struggling to distinguish between half of them.

Flash in the pipe

Pipedown and Redlightsflash tour together as part of an AF Records package: 19.10. UK / Glouchester / The Welsh Harp 21.10. UK / Sheffield / Cricketers Arms 22.10. UK / Hull / The Springfield Club w/ Freaks Union, Flatline, Die For 23.10. UK /