Happy Birthday to Crash Love and A Fire Inside EP!

Today is the day that Crash Love turns 2 years old and A Fire Inside EP turns into an angst-ridden teenager at 13 years old. We encourage you to celebrate the day by showing these records some love and spinning them back to back! They sound exactly the same, promise.

Also, one of our followers on Twitter pointed us to a great video of Jade performing in 1999 with his band Loose Change. It's 20 minutes long and was uploaded just a couple of months ago.

Luke Janela's New Album "Tomorrow Was...." Featuring Adam Carson Completed

Last year we posted about Adam Carson offering some drums to Luke Janela for his new record. Janela has informed us that the album is complete and can be pre - ordered here. The album will be released on October 1, 2011.

Here is a song from the new album up for free download: Silence

Check out Luke Janela's official site here.

Stream "Afterdark" on AltPress.com NOW!

Alternative Press has posted an exclusive stream of a new Blaqk Audio song "Afterdark" which is going to be officially released on October 4 on the soundtrack for the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City. You can stream it here on AltPress.com right now.

Jade just tweeted, "Afterdark is one of my favorite BA tracks, there's just something about it I never get tired of."

Jade Interviewed By Amp Magazine

Jade was recently interviewed by AMP magazine discussing the AFI break up rumor/hoax, AFI in general, and Blaqk Audio. According to the interview, Blaqk Audio songs are being mixed at a glacial pace and AFI has not started writing new material. Check the interview out here.

Hear Blaqk Audio's "The Witness" Now

The Blaqk Audio song "The Witness" has been released today on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie Abduction. You can purchase the song here on iTunes. Once you've heard it, tell us what you think!

Unfortunately the record label has decided to force you to buy the complete album instead of allowing you to download individual songs. The album is also on Amazon MP3 under the same restrictions.

Edit:

Our reader Dave has tried to figure out the lyrics, here they are:

"Where is deliverance?
Will you walk with, walk with me?
Where is forgiveness?
Lash the tide and it tames the sea
Give me deliverance
From the history talk of lies
Where is your witness? There isn't
Hide your wings and we'll take the sky.
You will never feel so alive
as you will on the day that you see
the sacred ways and a flame
you bring a new faith
Oh! Smile tonight in the sacred high(?)
and you will look at life and think god! (?)
Smile tonight oh you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens down.
Who is the saviour?
You can walk this golden sea
for just this moment
close your eyes and dive with me
Who need forgiveness
When we all speak fluid lies.
Here is deliverance. you ready? (?)
Lose yourself and we'll take the sky.
You will never feel so alive
as you will on the day that you see
the sacred ways and a flame
you bring a new faith.
smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens down.
I wanna hear you say this is your final confession.
I've never felt like this before.
I must admit, must say, i love your final submission (?)
Oh! You never looked so good before.
You never looked so good before.
Oh! Smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived, have arrived here.
smile tonight in the sacred high
and you will look at life and think God!
Smile tonight for you have arrived
arise and bring the heavens, arise and bring the heavens down."

What do you think?

Listen to a Preview of "The Witness" on Amazon!

As we posted earlier, "The Witness", a new Blaqk Audio song, will appear on the official soundtrack of the movie Abduction. Amazon has now posted the album for preorder and you can preview the song! The soundtrack will be released on September 20.

"The Witness" seems to be very poppy compared to some of the other Bright Black Heaven songs released so far.

Photos of Davey on 'Knife Fight' Set

3 photos of Davey playing Jimmy in the upcoming 2012 film Knife Fight have been posted on Facebook by production. Click here to check out the pictures.

The 5th Column Street Team Returns!

Some older AFI fans may remember the days of the 5th Column Street Team, an official group of people around the world who promoted AFI in their hometowns by completing "missions." The group is now defunct, but we've decided to bring in back in anticipation of the next AFI album cycle. We want to spread the word about AFI and bring new fans into the community.

Right now we're beginning to gather the troops in a Facebook group. When anticipation for the 9th AFI album begins to heat up, we'll be posting instructions for "missions" that you can complete in your own town. Join us on this Facebook group today and let us know where you're from. We can't wait to meet you all and get organizing for the return of a bigger and better 5th Column Street Team!

Through our bleeding we are one,
-AFI News HQ Staff

Management Confirms: AFI Disbanding Rumor a Hoax

Despite a post made by somebody posing as Davey this morning on the DF, AFI is not breaking up. We have received this statement from management:

"That's not dave. The band haven't broken up. Someone is just screwing around."

The hoax was convincing because the post was authored by Davey's official Despair Faction account. It appears now that the account was hacked. Popular music news sites Alternative Press, NME, and Rock Sound all reported the news as fact, but they have since changed their articles to reflect that it was a hoax.

Adam tweeted several hours ago that "we would have totally written a better press release..."

The Reckless Kind Playing New Show in SF on Sept 9

The Reckless Kind, Adam's side project, have a new show coming up at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco September 9 with Otis Heat and Caldecott. Tickets are 10 bucks and the show is 21+. Your can buy tickets here.

New Blaqk Audio Song "Afterdark" on Batman Game Soundtrack

Yesterday we posted about a new Blaqk Audio song "Witness" being featured on the soundtrack for  the upcoming film Abduction starring Taylor Lautner. Today brings news of another new Blaqk Audio song called "Afterdark" that will be featured on a forthcoming soundtrack -- this time for the video game Batman: Arkham City.

The game is slated for release on October 18, 2011. The soundtrack will be released on October 4, 2011 on Amazon. Thanks to our reader Tom for finding that release date!

BRAND NEW Blaqk Audio Song "The Witness" to Appear on Abduction Movie Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the upcoming action movie "Abduction" starring Taylor Lautner has been announced, and one of the tracks is a brand new, never-before-heard Blaqk Audio song called "The Witness." The title has been registered with Blaqk Audio's BMI Repertoire page for a long time.

The movie will be hitting theaters on September 23, 2011. You can buy the soundtrack on Amazon for $14.41 on September 20, 2011.

Zu Boutique: New Shirts in Three Days (Read Update)

There's a new counter on the shop for Zu Boutique, Davey's side project clothing line. All of the existing shirts have been sold out for quite some time. This new run of shirts is especially significant because it signals that the mysterious legal troubles facing Zu Boutique are over.

There is no word yet on how many new shirts will be put on sale, but according to the counter we only have to wait until Saturday night at 12:00am EST.

Update 9/2/11: Apparently, the legal troubles for Zu Boutique are not over. They just posted a tweet earlier today saying: "I guess we should've paid more attention to the cease and desist so it didn't turn into a search and siezure. Countdown stopped. Blog soon."

Hunter To Be In Stellar Corpses Video

Recently Hunter posted a picture to his Tumblr saying he had been on the set of the new Stellar Corpses video. In a post on the Stellar Corpses Street Team Dusty Grave has made the following statement:

SCST Sneak Peek: Hunter Burgan (AFI) behind the scenes at our music video shoot last week!

I'm posting this here for all you SCST members to see first cuz we love you and want you to know all the good stuff before it hits the main public.

In the comments Dusty added two more statements:

He made a great vampire. Wait til you see the video!!

We'll release it around Halloween. It's being edited right now.

Despair Faction Phoenix Project: Let's Reignite

If you have gone to the Despair Faction boards lately, you have probably noticed that it has become a ghost town. With the band's silence and a lack of new things to get excited about, it's no surprise.

We want to change that.

DF member BlaqkStarr has started an innovative project called the Despair Faction Phoenix Project. The aim is to "reconnect" the entire AFI family together. To participate, send an email to despairfactionphoenixproject@gmail.com with your real name, your board name, and your full mailing address. Here is what will happen after that:

"With this project, every DF member will receive the mailing address of a random DF member. You will then write a letter explaining everything that you love about the DF, how the DF has helped you through hard times, your favorite AFI memory, your favorite memory you had because/on the DF, anything that you think will make another DF'er maybe remember that time, create a new friendship, or just relate to that feeling that you have! If you want to include pictures of AFI shows you've been to, paintings/sketches you've made, anything you want to add with your letter to make that connection!"

Even if you aren't a DF member, consider taking part. I encourage everybody reading this to participate in this project. Perhaps your life has become busier in recent years and you have lost touch with the amazing community that, for many of us, has had a great influence on our lives. Take a moment and send the e-mail, and make a connection with that anonymous fan. Let's reignite the community, starting today.

Through our bleeding, we are one
-Jason

The Darkness Is A Mystery...

ANOTHER FULL SHOW: Brixton Academy 6/04/2010!

Here's yet another full AFI show rip, it's from Brixton Academy, London, England on April 6, 2010. I decided to do the full show in one single video, and the file size was 1.9 GB and it took almost 20 hours to upload... so you most likely won't see another one like this again. I will continue doing 1 video=1 song on my channel though, so don't worry!

I had previously uploaded this video, but I learned to rip in High Definition, and this show was recorded in a HD camera, so the quality on this is amazing and definitely better than the previous one! Although the video is embedded here, I would strongly suggest you go to YouTube and watch it there so you can watch it in full size, high definition quality. Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/KoOmvUPtiTc?hd=1

FULL SHOW: AFI in Atlanta, GA in Feb. 1998!

We now present the second installment in our series of full AFI shows on our YouTube! Pablo has posted the full set of 15 songs from AFI's performance at the Somber Reptile in Atlanta, GA on February 18, 1998. They played the show several months after the release of Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes, so the setlist is heavy on songs from that album, but there are plenty from the first two albums as well.

Begin Watching Show Playlist

The show is divided into 16 videos that are individually titled because these old song titles may be less familiar to new fans. You can start watching the first video, and the rest of the videos will automatically play. Sit back, relax, and enjoy 36 minutes of old AFI madness! When you're done, be sure to subscribe to our channel so you will know right away when a new full show is posted. Our next installment will be posted on Tuesday, and that one will be one entire video.

SETLIST:

0. Davey Speaking

1. Keeping Out Of Direct Sunlight

2. I Wanna Get A Mohawk

3. A Single Second

4. Let It Be Broke...

5. This Secret Ninja

6. Aspirin Free

7. Salt For Your Wounds

8. Brownie Bottom Sundae

9. Don't Make Me Ill

10. Advances In Modern Technology

11. Third Season

12. File 13

13. Values Here

14. The Devil Loves You

15. Cruise Control

SCANS: AFI in February 2000 Issue of Superhero Mag, Contains Interview with Davey and Old Photos

High quality scans of old punk magazines featuring AFI are notoriously difficult to find. When Chad Lancaster (of Chad Lancaster Photography) was digging through his collection of old AFI records, he found a copy of Superhero magazine from February 2000 that featured a cover story on AFI. The story contains an excellent interview with some really great photos.

• Full PDF download
• Superhero Mag's AFI Cover
• Interview page 1
• Interview page 2
• Interview page 3
• Interview page 4
• Interview page 5

The interview inside is very in-depth and looks back from the earliest days of the band to the significant changes that took place between Shut Your Mouth and Black Sails, to reflecting on the first tour with Samhain. There's a discussion of lyrical meaning in songs such as The Prayer Position and Totalimmortal, which is at times evasive and at other times revealing. You also won't want to miss the attribution of action figures to each band member!

Cease and Desist letters may be sent to admin@afinewshq.com.

Zu Boutique Sale: Shirts As Low as $20

In celebration of Zu Boutique's 3rd Birthday, shirts have been marked down to as low as 20 bucks. Domestic shipping is free, so check them out below:

• Racer X - 25.00
• Flaunt It If Ya Got It - 20.00
• Quixotic - 25.00
• Bolt Of Blue - 25.00
• Are you a Scorpio? - 25.00
• Got Pus? - 25.00
• Moody Pink (Pullover) - 55.00