Hollister, CA's ALLorNOTHING has signed with Ethos Records. The band is working on a new full length titled A City Built On Its Dead.

San Antonio, TX's A Kid Named Thompson has returned from a week at Black Lodge Recording and have finished recording a new 4 song EP. The band worked with David Chutka and producer Ed Rose (Get Up Kids, Motion City Soundtrack, Limbeck). Ed is currently mixing the album. The band will be self-releasing the new EP on CD, vinyl and digitall at some point in the fall.

Two members of now defunct Chicago act The Skies We Built have returned with a new band dubbed Voodoo Youth. The band has two songs online at MySpace and are currently booking tour dates.