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Mike Glita has left Senses Fail.The band released the following statement about the departure:

“There are no hard feelings involved with his decision; Mike simply wants to move on and pursue personal ventures and feats he has put on hold for the last 5 years. We all had a good talk about it and wish him nothing but the best.

As for the four of us (Buddy, Dan, Garrett, Heath), we will continue Senses Fail and see you all next year on tour. We began the writing process last week for our follow up to Still Searching and will keep everyone up to date with videos, photos and blogs!

www.sensesfail.com

Mars Ill have reworked their Propain album.

The Atlanta duo have produced totally new beats for each other songs, including the interludes, challenging fans to listen to both and decide which they like best.

The new version will include 3 tracks that were cut from the original 2004 release and 2 brand new tracks. This new shit is bound to prove to everyone that Mars Ill are, well, ill.

www.marsill.com

We have to confess that this track is on at HQ daily. The Ghost Frequency are a London based band and you need to know about this single that is out this week…

Never Before…

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Editors have announced a UK tour.

The band will play 2 nights at London’s Alexandra Palace on the tour which has the following dates:

February:

26th – Glasgow Academy
28th – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
29th – Birmingham NIA

March:

2nd – Doncaster Dome
3rd – Manchester Apollo
5th & 6th – London Alexandra Palace
7th – Plymouth Pavillions

www.myspace.com/editorsmusic

Atmosphere are releasing another Sad Clown Bad Dub.

The Minneapolis duo, who have release Sad Clown Bad Summer 9 and Sad Clown Bad Fall 10 are now putting out Sad Clown Bad Winter 11, to be released on December 18th.

The EP is described as one that will “make you forget all about those dark cold nights”, and we at Crossfire can’t wait. The group’s sixth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons…, is due for release in 2008.

You can download Don’t Stop from the new EP by clicking here.

www.myspace.com/atmosphere

The Strokes have no idea what is happening with their next album.

Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr said that the group have nothing concrete decided for their next album, the follow up to 2006’s First Impressions Of Earth. Speaking recently, he said:

“They’re still my friends. I just talked to them the other day, we definitely talk about things…I just have learned that, unless there’s something in concrete that we’ve all decided, then I can’t really say anything. It wouldn’t be my place. It would be our place as a group.”

www.thestrokes.com

As I Lay Dying have confirmed some UK dates.

The band will hit the country in March next year with Evergreen Terrace. You can see them on the following dates:

20th – Fibbers, York
21st – Barfly, Aberdeen
22nd – Barfly, Liverpool
23rd – Barfly, Cardiff
24th – Barfly, Cambridge

www.asilaydying.com

Volcom are to bring a vinyl series out.

The Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club will be a subscription based split 7″ series with artists such as Birds of Avalon, Dark Meat, Earthless, Monotonix, Red Fang, RTX, Totimoshi, Turbonegro, Tweak Bird, Valient Thorr, Witch, and Year Long Disaster contributing songs in 2008.

Turbonegro and Year Long Disaster will share the first release, which will ship to VEVC subscribers in February. Subscriptions are $30 for six 7″ which will be released every other month and are available worldwide.

www.volcoment.com

Keith Richards is releasing a Christmas-themed download on December 11.

The Rolling Stones guitarist will be releasing Run Rudolph Run and Pressure Drop as a bundle on iTunes. Run Rudolph Run, a Chuck Berry cover, was recorded in 1979 and was originally available on a limited 7″ whilst Pressure Drop, a cover of a song by Toots And The Maytals, was recorded in 2003.

www.rollingstones.com

Kanye West is leading the Grammy Award nominations.

The rapper received eight nominations including Album Of The Year for Graduation. Amy Winehouse weighed in with six and other nominees include Foo Fighters, Jay Z, Timbaland and Paul McCartney.

The 50th Annual Awards are going to take place in LA on February 10th next year.

www.grammy.com