Amity Chart Debut!

Pretty amazing stuff. Congrats to the Amity boys for making such a great album. #26 for an Aussie band that plays heavy music is no mean feat. We couldn’t be happier!

Don’t forget the Severed Ties tour is still going, apparently all the shows so far have been crazy.

The Getaway Plan - Shadows (+ free mp3s)

So it’s finally here. The new film clip from The Getaway Plan - for their new single “Shadows”. We just found out the clip is the Ripe Clip of the Week on Channel V - meaning you can see it every hour during the day on that channel.

But before we show you the clip, we want to tell you about some free mp3s for our other bands who have new releases out. All these tracks are completely free, and completely rule. So check them out:

The Amity Affliction - Fruity Lexia
Taken from their new album “Severed Ties”
Buy CD: HERE
Download mp3: HERE

Elora Danan - Door, Up, Elevator
Taken from their forthcoming album “In the Room Up There”
Release Date: February 7th, 2009
Pre-Order CD: HERE
Download mp3: HERE

A Year to Remember - Bombs
Taken from their debut EP “Targets”
Buy CD: HERE
Download mp3: HERE

And without further ado, here is the Shadows video clip, don’t forget the new single is available on November 8th and comes with two new songs that the guys just recorded last week.

Addicted to Amity

Just a note to say our good friends in Behind Crimson Eyes have their wicked new single up on myspace now. It’s called “Addicted” and it fucking owns. We just heard their album too, and it’s totally bullshit (Bullshit means amazing FYI) - has tonnes of brilliant metallic riffs, with melodic punk rock vocals and melodies and some of the catchiest songs they’ve ever written. It’s different to “Revelations” but way way better. It’s out in March through Roadrunner. For now, check out ADDICTED.

Also, we just got a nice review from Rave Magazine for the Amity album. 5/5 and Album of the week. Check it out:

THE AMITY AFFLICTION – Severed Ties
(Boomtown/Shock)
Hometown pride never felt so good
In 2007 The Amity Affliction cemented their place in upper echelons of Australian music with their EP High Hopes. Blending elements of hardcore, punk, rock and a few daubes of oft-maligned emo, The Amity Affliction soon had crowds singing along to every word and winning hearts nationwide. Come 2008 and the band’s debut album Severed Ties is set to blow this already impressive achievement out of the water. Bigger and better is the name of the game folks – vocalists Ahren’s and Joel’s respective
melodic singing and guttural screams are complimented by complex musicianship and guest appearances by Crafter and JJ of Prom Queen, Helmet of the Daylight Curse, Matthew Wright of The Getaway Plan and Lochlan Watt of the Surrogate. It is due to this all-star line up and musical talent that every track sounds like a party where all attendees are having the time of their lives. With keyboards coming to the fore across the album and guitar work of international quality, Severed Ties is as full a sounding recording as anything out there, something particularly apparent on opener I Heart Roberts and the reworked Poison Pen Letters.
In case this hasn’t whet your appetite yet, Severed Ties also contains a memorable cover of Love Is A Battlefield to put the icing on the proverbial cake. Put simply, Severed Ties is the one of the most engaging and listenable records in whatever genre The Amity Affliction choose to dabble in this year.

Amity in Blunt

If you pick up this months Blunt, you may notice we did an upside down advertisement on the back cover. It was meant to trick you for a second into thinking they were on the cover (Metallica were chosen instead for some reason) and the Blunt people were kind enough to let us go through with the silly prank. I’ve already heard that Destroy All Lines loved the idea and wanna use it. WE DID IT FIRST PEOPLE.

The album got a 9/10, which is great. It also got some great reviews elsewhere - Broken Glass is a good one.

The album is in stores now, so buy up kids. Tour starts next week. Should be fairly loose I imagine.

Dance Floor Anthems!

We’ve just finalised all the details of our first compilation set. It will be released on November 8th of this year and is based around the Destroy All Lines clubs and the music they play there. If you don’t know of these clubs they are Bang, Next, Hot Damn!, Snitch, Thriller, Syke, Break, Billionaire, Plastic etc. and run throughout most of the major cities in Australia.

The tracks took us a long time to put together and get clearance on, but it’s worked out very well with the lineup pretty much being a whose who of the alternative music scene.

The double disc set has 45 tracks all up, and comes with a fold out poster with hundreds of photos taken at the clubs. So if you go to the clubs you may find yourself in the booklet!

The tracklisting is below:

DISC 1
1. The Getaway Plan - Where the City Meets the Sea
2. Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria… Glory Fades
3. Story of the Year - Until the Day I Die
4. Enter Shikari - Sorry You’re Not a Winner
5. Killswitch Engage - End of Heartache
6. Parkway Drive - Sirens Song
7. Unwritten Law - Lonesome
8. Millencolin - Fox
9. The Academy Is - We’ve Got a Big Mess
10. Good Charlotte - Dance Floor Anthem
11. Paramore - Misery Business
12. Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
13. New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
14. Kisschasy - Spray on Pants
15. In Fiction - Light The City Up
16. Faker - This Heart Attack
17. Bloc Party - Helicopter
18. Modest Mouse - Float On
19. The Wombats - Lets Dance to Joy Division
20. Behind Crimson Eyes Shake Down
21. Deez Nuts - There’s a Party Over Here, Ain’t Shit Over There
22. Four Year Strong Bada Bing Wit a Pipe

DISC 2
1. Saosin - You’re Not Alone
2. Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
3. Something With Numbers - Apple of the Eye (Lay Me Down)
4. Elora Danan - Door, Up, Elevator
5. All Time Low – Dear Maria, Count Me In
6. A Year to Remember - Bombs
7. Gym Class Heroes - Cupid’s Chokehold
8. Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Face Down
9. 30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill
10. The Used - Taste of Ink
11. Carpathian - Insomnia
12. Underoath - Reinventing Your Exit
13. I Killed the Prom Queen - Say Goodbye
14. The Amity Affliction - Fruity Lexia
15. Slipknot - Wait and Bleed
16. House of Pain - Jump Around
17. Say Anything - Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too
18. Head Automatica - Beating Hearts Baby
19. Mest - Cadillac
20. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
21. Frenzal Rhomb - Never Had so Much Fun
22. Reel Big Fish - Beer
23. Blink 182 - Dammit