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Missed Alkaline Trio on the Late Show with David Letterman? Don’t panic, here it is live and in your face suckas!

Alkaline Trio’s latest record is available by clicking here or looking below:

Every Time I Die threw up one of the best records of their career with their Epitaph release, New Junk Aesthetic, and are now on the road through August playing every single U.S. city (except Moscow Idaho, where I live) and promise to blow you away.

Here’s the latest video that they released, followed by extended tourdates to get you hyped!

Every Time I Die - “After One Quarter of a Revolution”

EVERY TIME I DIE | MySpace Music Videos

Every Time I Die Extended 2010 Tour Dates:

March 10 - Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 11 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 12 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 13 - Kinston, ON - Time To Laugh (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 14 - London, ON - Cowboys (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 15 - Kitchener, ON - Elements (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 16 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 17 - Iowa City, IA - Blue Moose (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 19 - Winnipeg, MB - The Garrick (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 20 - Regina, SK - Distrikt (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 21 - Calgary, AB - The Republik (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 22 - Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 24 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 25 - Spokane, WA - The BLVD (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 26 - Boise, ID - The Venue (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 27 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 28 - Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 29 - Sparks, NV - New Oasis (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 30 - Las Vegas, NV - Area 702 Skatepark (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
March 31 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
April 1 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
April 2 - Lubbock, TX -Tequila Jungle (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
April 3 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
April 5 - Louisville, KY - Headliners (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
April 6 - Erie, PA - The Hangout (w/Four Year Strong, Polar Bear Club, Trapped Under Ice)
July 2 - Houston, TX - The Showgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 3 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center (Warped Tour)
July 5 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 6 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 7 - Burgettstown, PA - Post Gazette Pavillion (Warped Tour)
July 8 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 9 - Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall (Warped Tour)
July 10 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
July 11 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theater (Warped Tour)
July 13 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center (Warped Tour)
July 14 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake P.A.C. (Warped Tour)
July 15 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 16 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center (Warped Tour)
July 17 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Warped Tour)
July 18 - Oceanport, NJ - Monmouth Park Racetrack (Warped Tour)
July 20 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 21 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 22 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte (Warped Tour)
July 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - Vinoy Park (Warped Tour)
July 24 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 25 - Orlando, FL - Central Florida Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 26 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center (Warped Tour)
July 29 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 30 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park (Warped Tour)
July 31 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 1 - Shakopee, MI - Canterbury Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 2 - Bonner Springs, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 5 - Calgary, AB - Race City Speedway (Warped Tour)
Aug 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah State Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 8 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 - Pomona, CA - Pomona Fairplex (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 - Marysville, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 14 - George, WA - Gorge Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
Aug 15 - Hillsboro, OR - Washington County Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)

I spent several years in Seattle, and there I got to know many dj’s and hip hop music fans that made me a believer in hip hop and many other musical outputs by local Seattle artists and beyond. So when I heard that there was a mash up group consisting of Chad Blinman and Trevor Keith (Face to Face) I was thrilled.

Legion of Doom is the mash up group and they formulate a world of music that you probably wouldn’t expect. The music sonically sounds like your traditional mash up of sounds and noises that create layered hip hop sonic booms while lyrics are spoken, rapped, and sung over it.

I know, I’ve reduced this to the most bare of terms, but these guys put forward a good sense of sounds and you’ll be hard pressed to find other records with the same type of urgency that is presented here.

The downside to this record is the fact that it’s a record you have to here in its entirety. Picking and choosing tracks won’t give you that sense of musical genius that Legion of Doom brings out this time around.

Legion of Doom vs The Triune is a great record in terms of mash ups. You’ll like it, if you like that sort of thing, and if not, there’s always the old Face to Face records to keep you company.

Bodyjar is one of the bands that people either loved or never heard of. Much like many pop-punk bands before the 1994 explosion of the genre, Bodyjar hit and missed in many different points. However, in the year that saw bands like Greenday, The offspring, and Blink 182 hit big with their records, Bodyjar released one hell of an album of punk rock and pop sensiblity that still has great riffs, fast drumming and quality sing along parts.

Rimshot! came out in 1996 via Revelation Records and made quite a noise for the time. The album got them tours with Nofx, Face to Face and others, and were on their way to making some big moves. It wasn’t until 2000 that they signed with EMI, but they were well on their way with this record.

Rimshot! found its way into my collection via a small record store in Seattle, Washington. The cd was 99 cents and the store clerk wouldn’t sell me a copy of Down By Law’s “Last of the Sharpshooters”. So I ended up getting this one instead and it was well worth it. Bodyjar plays a fast paced punk rock with lots of guitar riffs, that are somewhat rough. While the recording is polished, the style is more aggressive than many other bands that came out in the same year. The sing-a-longs are there, the lyrics are interesting, but it lacks that “it” factor that made their peers rich and famous.

Bodyjar’s 1996 release Rimshot! is one of the better underground punk records I’ve heard in a long time. It is pop punk without whining, but raw, full of energy and classic songs. You won’t get most of these songs stuck in your head, but it’s still a great example of good, quality, new school punk. Check it out today, and support underground punk rock.

Story of the Year’s new record on Epitaph came out yesterday and they have released this really cool music video. MTV might not be playing videos anymore, but man, this is solid. Story of the Year impressed me on their last record and they keep making good alternative music. Epitaph has a winner on their hands.

Story of the Year - “I’m Alive”

STORY OF THE YEAR | MySpace Music Videos

Pick up Story of the Year’s “The Constant” on Cd or download the mp3 album, by clicking here.