Walter Schreifels: "An Open Letter to the Scene"

Walter Schreifels of Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Walking Concert fame, has posted his new solo album for streaming online. titled An Open Letter to the Scene. The record is being released by Academy Fight Song in the US, Dine Alone Records in Canada, Big Scary Monsters in the UK, Arctic Rodeo in the [...]

Rival Schools signs to Photo Finish/Atlantic, play SXSW

Rival Schools has signed with Photo Finish/Atlantic. The label will likely release the band’s new album later this year; more details are expected soon.
The band will perform a couple of shows at SXSW this weekend, one this Friday at Red 7 as part of the Photo Finish showcase and another on Saturday afternoon as part [...]

Shirts For a Cure at SXSW to feature 7 Seconds, Rival Schools, F*cked Up, more

Shirts For A Cure and Photo Finish Records have detailed their annual SXSW day party. Band scheduled to perform include 7 Seconds, Rival Schools, Fucked Up, Steel Train, Riverboat Gamblers, Envy on the Coast, Strike Anywhere, The Downtown Fiction, Dead To Me, I Fight Dragons, Ashtree Close and “a very special guest.”
The free event will [...]

Far to release ‘At Night We Live’

Far will be releasing their first new full length in more than a decade. The record is titled At Night We Live and is due out May 18, 2010. It is the follow-up to Water & Solutions which was released in 1998.
The band includes Jonah Matranga of Gratitude, New End Original, OneLineDrawing and [...]

Beastie Boys’ Ad Rock mixes new Rival Schools track

Beastie Boys member Adam “Ad Rock” Horowitz has mixed a new song by Rival Schools, says guitarist Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand). The new track is titled “69 Guns,” according to a report from NME. The collaboration came together due to a connection between Horowitz and Rival Schools drummer Sam Siegler. It turns out that [...]

Seconds, Rival Schools, F*cked Up, Riverboat Gamblers, Strike Anywhere at Shirts for a Cure

The Shirts for a Cure Project and Photo Finish Records have announced the lineup for his year’s SXSW day party will feature 7 Seconds,
Rival Schools,
Fucked Up,
Steel Train,
Riverboat Gamblers,
Envy on the Coast,
Strike Anywhere,
The Downtown Fiction,
Dead to Me,
I Fight Dragons,
Ashtree Close and a special guest.
The FREE event will be held on two stages at Red 7 [...]

Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits/Quicksand/Rival Schools) prepares new album

Walter Schriefels will be releasing his first solo album later this year. An Open Letter To The Scene will be released stateside by Academy Fight Song, in the UK by Big Scary Monsters and in Germany by Arctic Rodeo. The ten track album will include two covers; “Don’t Gotta Prove It”, originally by CIV and [...]

FM4 Frequency with AFI, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Thursday, Radiohead

The FM4 Frequency Festival has announced the lineup for the ninth edition of the event. Set to take place August 20-22 in St.Polten, Austria, the show will include Afi,
Anti-Flag,
Enter Shikari,
Mando Diao,
Radiohead,
Rise Against,
Rival Schools,
The Sounds,
Thursday,
A Place to Bury Strangers and many others.
You can find more information here.

Anti-Flag, Faith No More, Rise Against to play Reading and Leeds Festival 2009

Many bands have been confirmed for the forthcoming Reading and Leeds festivals. Some of the acts include: A Day To Remember,
AFI,
Alexisonfire,
Alexisonfire,
Anti-Flag,
Arctic Monkeys,
Atreyu,
A Wilhelm Scream,
Billy Talent,
Black Lips,
Bloc Party,
Bouncing Souls,
Brand New,
Bring Me the Horizon,
Broadway Calls,
Chuck Ragan,
Deftones,
Enter Shikari,
Faith No More,
Fake Problems,
Fall Out Boy,
Fightstar,
Frank Turner,
Funeral For A Friend,
Gallows,
Gaslight Anthem,
Kaiser Chiefs,
Leftover Crack,
Lostprophets,
Mad Caddies,
Madina Lake,
Manchester Orchestra,
Metric,
Municipal Waste,
New Found Glory,
Patrick Wolf,
Polar Bear [...]

Rival Schools begins recording

Post-hardcore act Rival Schools (Civ, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today, Iceburn) have begun work on their first full length in eight years. The band posted this on their blog:

Faders are flying as recording begins!!!

The band released United By Fate in 2001.