Rushing this in before work. Hoorah.

• Holy shit, Nerf Herder has a new album out (IV)
• Sleepercar is the name Jim Ward (Sparta, At the Drive-In) has christened his new solo endeavor with; his debut is West Texas
• Saves the Day and Armor for Sleep at the Columbus stop of the Bamboozle Road Show
• You don't need HBO to hear the self-titled debut full-length from Flight of the Conchords
• More at the reviews page

You didn't see nothin'.

• New Found Glory goes halfsies (well, almost) on a package release with their alter-ego, International Superheroes of Hardcore: Tip of the Iceberg / Takin’ It Ova!
• Teenage Head is back with a new album , and what's this, it has Marky Ramone joining them
• Modern Life Is War's final show, live in their home base of Marshalltown. no more moshin.
• It's a different kind of splitsville for Elemae, Memorial and Soon, though
• More at the reviews page

Well, it took a while, but I think this update's pretty quality.

• Billy Bragg is Mr. Love and Justice
• Pegasuses-XL is the alter-ego of Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry!) and his buddies Mark Dale (Disband), Jeff Tobias (We Versus the Shark, Dark Meat) and Joel Hatstat (Cinemechanica); their new album, which we're streaming, is The Antiphon
• A Wilhelm Scream closes out their recent tour in New York
• I wonder if the Chalfont, PA hardcore act won't be Let Down by tonight's primary results (yuk yuk); We’re in This Alone
• More at the reviews page

Yeah, I couldn't really get this one up on time, but now you have to some weekend reads to enjoy.

• Well, it was fun, that is, watching you guys get riled up waiting for us to confirm that the new Pennywise album sounds like Pennywise; here you go
• I've heard really good things about the new Mars Volta album, Bedlam in Goliath; guess I should eventually check it out
• Be Your Own Pet's Get Awkward is pretty solid
• Man, I feel like I reviewed Teenage Rehab's last album forever ago; their new one is an EP entitled Goodbye Sanity
• More at the reviews page

RSS feeds rejoice.

• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
• Man Man curiously has Rabbit Habits
• Minus the Bear and Portugal. The Man in Philadelphia
• Turn back the clock: the Kills' Midnight Boom
• More at the reviews page

As promised, today's reviews update is up, and at midnight no less. Here's your friendly reminder what's cookin':

• Fall Out Boy's first live set, ****
• Tapes 'N Tapes Walk It Off
• Explosions in the Sky (post-)rocking in New York
• It is actually impossible for Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin to be Pershing
• More at the reviews page

...is non-existent! So if you're still holding out hope for it to materialize, you can junk that. Expect your regularly scheduled reviews updates back on Friday.

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So I'm seeing Gorilla Biscuits / CIV and Modern Life Is War's last show ever in New York City (barring inevitable reunions) starting tomorrow. What are you doing this weekend?

• Henry Rollins's new CD/DVD spoken word set, Provoked {Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing & Storytelling}
• Why? Because they recently played in Cleveland
• Kurt Cobain is profiled in the recent About a Son DVD
• Blacklisted, Verse and the Carrier the other night in NY
• More at the reviews page

Well, here you go. It's been a crazy back to school week, but you got your update.

• Murder by Death's fourth full-length and Vagrant debut, Red of Tooth and Claw
• A compilation of Down to Nothing's first two full-lengths (sorta), Unbreakable
• New Model Army rock the capital. Our capital, I mean. Okay, my capital.
• You, Me, And Everyone We Know's new free EP (freeP?), Party for the Grown and Sexy
• More at the reviews page

Can you guess which one of our new reviews is NSFW?

• New Found Glory's Hits (fairly self-explanatory)
• Big D and the Kids Table's Strictly Mixed and Mashed (also self-explanatory)
• Throwdown throw down in New York
• Amebix's 1987 effort Monolith gets digitally reissued on a donation basis. We're livin' in the future!
• More at the reviews page

Fridays at the end of a spring break are pretty anti-climactic.

• The A.K.A.s are the top review! It's for Everybody Make Some Noise!. That's their exclamation point, not mine.
• Idiot Pilot are probably pretty intelligent dudes, but halfway irony won't stop the release of their sophomore full-length, Wolves
• Canada favorite City and Colour plays with Org favorite Attack in Black in New York
• If ur moshin, will the Holly Springs Disaster give you Motion Sickness Love? Judging by the first comment, maybe not.
• More at the reviews page, sucka

Yeahhh, so I sorta botched the reviews update yesterday. Just expect 11 on Friday to make up for it. Don't worry, you're only missing out on a Boys Like Girls review and I'll assume you've made up your mind on that band by now.

• Less Than Jake has some reissues of classic early comps/albums out
• Witch (Dinosaur Jr.!) has a new album out entitled Paralyzed
• Colin critiques/cheers South by Southwest
• Rocket from the Crypt's long-awaited live CD/DVD set, R.I.P.
• More at the reviews page

A little late, but hey, it's up.

• Bob Mould played in some bands, but now he's doin' the solo thing. His newest is ridin' the District Line
• The newest from pop-rock vet Joe Jackson: Rain. C'mon, Goldfinger covered him; that automatically makes him punx
• Speaking of punx, it's three o'clock at the Triple Ro--er, the Myth, with NOFX and No Use for a Name
• Folky Austin Lucas's new effort, Putting the Hammer Down
• More at the reviews page

A full week of being beaten by some vague sort of flu, but the posts here are back as a friendly reminder of what's up on that sidebar.

• Polar Bear Club's long-awaited debut full-length, Sometimes Things Just Disappear (which we're currently streaming)
• The new album from indie-hop vet Why?, Alopecia
• Grand Archives, the self-titled debut from the former Band of Horses / Carissa's Wierd member Mat Brooke
• The Agony Scene's Get Damned
• More at the reviews page

Happy Leap Year, everyone.

• The Copyrights are making the copyright department work overtime: yet another new LP, Learn the Hard Way
• Positive live reviews of Dillinger Escape Plan and Smoke or Fire?? No wai!
• Rancid again? Hey, I'm just goin' off the review for Time Again's Darker Days
• Jason Collett's Here’s to Being Here (dude's in Broken Social Scene, guys)
• More at the reviews page