Taking Over Officially Launched!

Taking Over has officially launched. We will no longer be updating from this blog. For news, reviews, interviews, and daily blogs, visit www.taking-over.com Please bookmark that site. The site is still in it’s beginning stages and is undergoing updates but for the most part, it is what it is. Feel free to comment over there if you like. That is all.

The Taking Over Office Party!

Tonight is The Office premiere on NBC and that means it’s time for our innagural weekly Taking Over Office Party! Grab a chair, some food, drink, and catch the latest episode. Then come back here and comment with your thoughts on your favorite moments and/or quotes from tonight’s episode. It’s sure to be an instant classic!

The Office airs tonight at 9pm PST/8Central on NBC.

HEROES Returns To Network TV September 15th

HEROES returns to network television on September 15th with a THREE HOUR PREMIERE!! NO JOKE!! The first hour will be a catch up type episode while the following two hours will be like “a massive two hour Heroes Film”. The planned Heroes: Origins TV Spinoff series has been cancelled for now.

“We were taxing our creative team to do too much around that,” Silverman said at the NBC upfront presentation to advertisers in New York yesterday. “We wanted 35 Heroes [episodes] and 12 Heroes: Origins, each of which was supposed to be a mini-movie and backdoor pilot. We reached far and challenged our people, and we decided it was better to focus on keeping the Heroes mothership as strong as possible.”

[darkhorizons.com]

Rise Against Post Rare Track

Rise Against have posted the track “But Tonight We Dance” to their myspace page. The track appears on their upcoming European release of their rarities disc “This Is Noise”.

The Offspring Return

The Offspring will return with their first new album since 2003 on June 17th titled “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace“. Look for a new song on their myspace page soon.

Shai Hullud Blast Skulls With New Sound

Shai Hullud have returned with brand new music and they have posted their first brand new song “Misanthropy Pure” right here. The album of the same name will release on May 27th through Metal Blade Records.

Metal Blade is also giving this song away as a free download if you want it, just click here.

New Death Cab Album

Death Cab for Cutie’s follow up to 2006’s Plans will release this May 20. The title will be Narrow Stairs and the album art can be seen here. A teaser video showing footage from the studio can be seen here. This is DCFC’s second record to be put out by Atlantic Records, and the tracklisting can be found in the rest of this post.

The song “I Will Possess Your Heart” can be streamed on the band’s myspace now. It’s super long and the vocals don’t come in until about half way through, so be ready for that. What does everyone think of this song? Is it a good direction for the band? Or is it even their new direction? Are they just posting this song first to throw us off as to what the rest of the record will sound like?

Flickr does Video

Yep. I don’t know if you’re excited as I am, but Flickr has officially added a video service to accompany its famous photo service. CLICK HERE for the specs on this big move.

[The Big Noob]

Taking Over Now on Myspace

Taking Over is now on myspace. I have created a special myspace page just for Taking Over zine. Check it out and add us as a friend. I’ll get a pic up there as soon as we get one designed. If any band would like us to use their song for this new myspace page, please contact us and we’ll post it up on the page! Look for a new myspace page design to launch with the new site! Speaking of the new site…..It appears that Nate err, Mr. Poetic has taken on designing duties for the new Taking Over zine. It’ll be a WordPress based web site much like Indie Vision Music is but even better. We’ll try to keep it simple and not so cluttered. Look for the launch soon at www.taking-over.com

Bayside Special Edition, New Record

Bayside will be releasing “The Walking Wounded: Gold Edition” on July 22nd. The CD/DVD combo will feature the usual special edition fanfare, such as a tour documentary, a live recording of an acoustic set, new packaging, and some music videos.

 

They also plan to enter the studio in June to begin recording their next album for Victory Records. Tentatively titled “Shudder,” they plan to release it as early as this fall. Nowadays, that seems like a fairly fast turn-around barring the seemingly mandatory delays.

Mogwai Reissue

Everyone’s favorite post rock super band, Mogwai, will reissue their debut full length “Young Team” as a double disc that will feature 8 bonus tracks and new liner notes. The album will see release on May 27th in the U.S. Nerds everywhere are cheering in ecstasy! I say that with sarcasm, don’t bang your Stormtrooper helmet too hard against the wall now, okay?

Less Than Jake Finish Up Album, Plan Tour

Less Than Jake are finishing up work on their untitled new full length release. They are working with producer Matt Allison (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms, Copyrights, Methadones) in Chicago. The album will be their debut for their own “Sleep It Off Records” label they created to release exclusive Less Than Jake albums and will see release on June 24th, 2008. Along with Goldfinger dates, the band also plans to tour alongside Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, Mustard Plug, The Swellers, and more. Click their myspace page above for dates. You see kids, Ska-core really is coming back!

[punknews.org]

 

HiFi Handgrenades Gives Away Full Length

I got this news post from Punknews.org…. Apparently this new band Hifi Handgrenades features two former members of the Suicide Machines and has decided to give away their entire new full length for FREE by signing up right here. The band will be opening for the Foo Fighters in Japan starting April 13th then they’ll be a part of the Warped Tour in Saskatoon, Canada starting August 5th.

P.O.D Posts Two New Tracks

P.O.D has posted up two new tracks from their brand new album “When Angels and Serpents Dance” to myspace. Check them out. This album is excellent and I highly recommend it. You can catch P.O.D tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:30pm PST on NBC.

The End of Dead to Fall

Dead to Fall are calling it quits. Check their myspace page for the full report.

Social Distortion Acoustic Album in 2009

Mike Ness says in a recent interview with spinner that he plans to record a Social Distortion acoustic record for 2009. He also has plans another solo record and the next proper Social D. full length.

“I don’t know what will be first,” he says.”It’s hard to say. I’m kind of leaving the first part of next year open for writing and recording and whatever happens, happens.”

Hawthorne Heights and Victory Records BFF

That’s right, Hawthorne Heights and Victory Records are best friends forever once again Well not really but the band is releasing another album on the label later this summer. It looks like the band must have lost out on their lawsuit or gave in to demands. I doubt they are doing this willingly. [buzzgrinder.com]

My Epic Sign With Dreamt Music

My good friends in My Epic have signed with Dreamt Music, a division of Facedown Records. Their debut full length “I Am Undone” will be out in stores nationwide this July.

Melee Cover Oingo Boingo

Listen to Melee cover Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man’s Party” right here on myspace.

Another New Alkaline Trio Track

Alkaline Trio have posted up another new track to their myspace page. Check it out!

Valkyrie Now Set for 2009

Valkyrie, the Tom Cruise starring film about the assassination attempt on Adolph Hitler will now release President’s Holiday 2009 instead of October 2008. Could this be good or bad news for the film?

Transformers 2 Reveal

A big reveal on Transformers 2 has been posted up here. You can read about upcoming characters and new Decepticons. Warning: Spoiler Alert. The film starts shooting this summer.

Short Circuit Remake

The 1986 film “Short Circuit” which starred a robot named “Number 5″ along with Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg is getting remade. No, I’m dead serious.

Moros Eros Calls it Quits

Moros Eros have called it quits as a band.

The Cast Before the Break

You need to check this post rock band out today. They are called The Cast Before the Break from New York. If you’re fans of bands like Brand New, Explosions in the Sky, Thursday, Thrice, or Appleseed Cast, you’ll love them. You can read a new interview with the band here.

Last day to download Pennywise….

This is the last day to download the new full length from Pennywise “Free to the People”. Click here for details.

H20 Bring The Old School

H20 bring back the old school again with another new track. Check out their myspace page for “Nothing to Prove”.

Terror Will Smash Your Face In

Terror have posted up their new single “Relentless Through and Through” to their myspace page. The song will appear on the new album “The Damned, The Shamed” to be released on Century Media on June 10th. The band will head to Europe next for a string of dates with Strung Out and Ignite. Check their myspace page out for details.  

Box Office Report: April 7th

Well the weekend is now over with and it was a pretty lackluster one at that for the movies. We had three new movies open and none managed to crack  above $14million. Last weekends big opener, “21″ once again took the top spot with a take of $15.1million ($46.5million total). The George Clooney starrer “Leatherheads” failed to take in big numbers at the box office and brought in just  $13.4million. The other new entry, the Jodie Foster starring film, Nim’s Island, took in just $13.3million, virtually tying with Leatherheads. The box office smash “Horton Hears a Who” continues it’s box office dominance taking in another $9million ($131million total). The final new film to open on Friday “The Ruins” didn’t manage to scare up any box office gross and took in just $7.8million total, to round out the top 5 films. To see the rest of the top 10 at the box office this past weekend, just click here.

Films opening this coming Friday, April 11th include the teen horror flick PROM NIGHT, Smart People starring Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker, and Street Kings starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Common, The Game

Stream Andy Hunter

You can stream Andy Hunter’s new track “Stars” at this link. “Colour” hits stores on April 8th through Nettwerk Records.