Linkin Park did a secret show at Apple’s Soho store that’s now available on iTunes as an exclusive 6 song EP. Check out the clip from the “Live From Soho” EP.

The 2008 US Arena Tour is almost wrapped up - you can still check them out along with Coheed and Cambria & Chiodos at the following dates:
03.04.2008 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
03.06.2008 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
03.07.2008 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
03.08.2008 West Valley City, UT The E Center / E Center / E-Center
03.10.2008 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena

…is pretty sweet, I must say. Now if you’ve already heard of them/been listening to them then you are ahead of me, so kudos to you. BUT did you know that they are releasing a 3rd album?? And did you know it’s going to be released on Epitaph and not on Equalvision?

…well they are, and now you know. So that’s pretty exciting, yes? YES. They have yet to announce when the album will actually be released, but they just announced this label switch last month, so I would predict the next album to drop in early to mid 2008 and I have high hopes of some summer tour dates*.

*Please note, I really have no inside info on any of this and it’s just my personal prediction–but the release on Epitaph says the record will be released sometime in ‘08.

BACKGROUND INFO: For those of you out of the loop, as I am, and haven’t heard of TSOAF, they’re quite a talented bunch. It’s basically a super-band made up of members of other popular indie bands. If you visit their website or their MySpace you’ll see their members are listed as various animals, the four most prominent of which are the walrus, the lynx, the nightingale, and the skunk–which translates to (according to Wikipedia, so who knows how accurate this actually is, but) Matt Embree  (of the RX Bandits), Chris Tsagakis (also of the RX Bandits), Rich Balling (formerly of the RX Bandits) and Anthony Green (of Circa Survive). But there are tons of other animals making guest appearances on multiple tracks which includes members of Atreyu, The Autumns, Chiodos, Days Away, Finch, The Hippos, Sunn O))) and possibly Portugal the Man. It’s definitely something to check out if your a fan of any of the aforementioned bands.

As promised, here’s the always lovable Video Matt’s interview with the equally lovable Matt Goddard from Chiodos. The band’s new record, Bone Palace Ballet is in stores now, and more importantly, starting October 19th, they will be doing a cross country tour with my good friends Emery, the dates of which are as follows:

10/19 Lawrence, KS
10/20 Sauget, IL
10/21 Chicago, IL
10/22 Minneapolis, MN
10/24 Englewood, CO
10/25 Magna, UT
10/26 Boise, ID
10/27 Seattle, WA
10/28 Portland, OR
10/30 San Francisco, CA
10/31 San Francisco, CA
11/01 Hollywood, CA
11/02 Las Vegas, NV
11/03 San Diego, CA
11/04 Tempe, AZ
11/06 San Antonio, TX
11/07 Dallas, TX
11/08 Houston, TX
11/09 Little Rock, AR
11/10 Atlanta, GA
11/11 St. Petersburg, FL
11/12 Lake Buena Vista, FL
11/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/15 North Myrtle Beach, SC
11/16 Charlotte, NC
11/17 Norfolk, VA
11/18 Baltimore, MD
11/19 Cincinnati, OH
11/20 Cleveland, OH
11/25 Philadelphia, PA
11/26 New York, NY
11/27 Boston, MA
11/28 Montreal, QC
11/29 Toronto, ON
11/30 Pontiac, MI B

The unstoppable force that is Video Matt spent the weekend kicking it with….you’ll never guess: a bunch of rad bands. Here is the first of three videos from this weekend’s two sold out dates of the Chiodos / The Devil Wears Prada / Pierce the Veil tour at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA. It features San Diego up-and-comers Pierce The Veil, whose debut album is in stores now on Equal Vision records.