Alan McGee, the man responsible for signing two of England's most popular bands - Oasis and The Libertines - has come out strongly against record labels. McGee, who was also the boss of Creation and Poptones Records spoke to XFM saying:

I'd recommend a band not to go to any record label, I think they're all fucking rubbish. You're better off doing it yourself. They're living in the past, it's like owning a tram company or something.

You can find the rest of the interview here.

So what do you think? We've set up a poll for you to let us know.

Funeral For A Friend, Cancer Bats, In Case Of Fire and Attack Attack have booked a UK tour this fall together.

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Dragonforce have posted a new song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Ultra Beatdown and is due out August 26, 2008 (art.)

You can check out the song on their myspace page.

One wonders how long it will take before this track takes over as the "gold standard" for Guitar Hero experts.

Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, who also runs Decaydance has responded to the arrest of Decaydance act Gym Class Heroes in St.Louis in his blog.

You know what? You call my friend a “n_gger”, I dont even give a fuck what happens to you. I dont want to see you in this scene. I dont want to see you at shows. You are who we write songs about. You are who we think about when we hate. Radiohead, "Karma Police" over and over again in my head.

What a joke. You are fucking pathetic and anyone that disagrees should put their white hood on too. I don't want your ticket money. I don't want your cd sales. Id rather be poor and unknown.

I wasn’t there and all I have to go on is the account of one of my best friends and all I ever want to do is support them. There is no further need for me to blow this out of proportion. I hate hearing people called that word. It makes me cringe. Thats all. Kind of like at the end of the Chapelle show when people were laughing at the racist jokes rather than at the satire of them.

Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travis McCoy was arrested last night in St. Louis, MO on one charge of third-degree assault. The band was just one song into their Warped Tour set when an audience member called McCoy a racial slur. McCoy responded by alledgedly hitting the assailant with his microphone.

Though the band has not explicitly defined their status, Alexisonfire's Wade McNeill recently discussed the status of the band, particularly in light of his bandmate and his side projects. McNeill recently released his debut as Black Lungs and Dallas Green has been touring extensively as City and Colour.

We'll see what happens... Alexis hasn't broken up, but we'll see what happens. We are at a crossroads now.

You can find the rest of the interview here.

The band has just two shows booked for the summer as both Dallas and Wade tour on their albums.

Well, we celebrated Canada Day so now it's time to celebrate America's Independence Day. Before I say anything else, take a moment to scroll down the page and click the "Rock The Vote" banner and register to vote. Today celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.

To that end, here's a quote from Thomas Jefferson:

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

In any case, to help you celebrate, we've got a song which will probably be the National Anthem by 2050. We've included the "karaoke" version so you can sing along You can click Read More for the video.

Due to the venue double booking, None More Black have been forced to move their Saturday show with The Ergs and Bearface. The band explained:

As of now the mill creek tavern is double booked with Joe Frasier's birthday bash. However, wikipedia says his birthday is january 12th... They decided to tell us [at the last minute], so we are currently workng on a new venue.

Since then, the promoters have confirmed that the show will now take place at The Barbary in the Fishtown district of Philadelphia. The show will still kick off at 5pm with the same lineup.

Beat Union have launched the latest video from their 2008 album, Disconnected. The Birmingham, UK-based band will be supporting the record on the entirety of Warped this summer.

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Genghis Tron have released the first remix from their five 12-inch LP remix series. The set will include remixes of all the songs from the band's 2008 Relapse debut, Board Up the House. Each will be limited to 1,000 copies, pressed on coloured vinyl and released on one of five labels: Temporary Residence Ltd., Lovepump United, Relapse Records, Anticon Records, and Crucial Blast Records.

For the remixes, the band has enlisted a influential list of collaborators including Justin Broadrick of Jesu/Godflesh, Rob Crow of Pinback, Dntel of The Postal Service, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Ulver,Telefon Tel Aviv, Steve Moore, Danny Lohner, Subtle, Odd Nosdam, Circle, Tim Heckler, and many more.

The first single includes remix work from Pinback's Rob Crow. You can check it out here.

Dead Hearts, Know the Score and Energy will be hitting the road together beginning in August.

You can click Read More for the dates.