Crash Love charts in ARIA!

Crash Love debuted on the 16th spot of the ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association). You can see the chart here.

Thanks to Lewis for the tip!

AFI In-store signing in Scranton, PA 10.20.09

AFI are going to be doing another in-store signing. This time at Gallery of Sound, in Scranton, Pennsylvania on 10/20/2009.

Gallery of Sound

237 Scranton Carbondale Hwy. 18508 instore signing

6:00 PM

Check out Interscope's article HERE.

Yet Another Crash Love Review

New University has posted a review of Crash Love on their website. Excerpt:

Rather than falling into the drudgery of straight-up power chord rock, Puget mixes his heavier, chunky riffs in cuts such as “Cold Hands” with more intricate, harmonious fretwork on the Cure-like unadulterated pop charmer that is “Veronica Sawyer Smokes,” where he channels The Smiths’ Johnny Marr with chiming sequences as he lets the high notes ring nice and bright.

Read the full review here.

RollingStone.com Reviews Minneapolis show

Rollingstone.com posted a review of the first show of the current tour in Minneapolis . With lots of shout outs to The Despair Faction. Read the review here.

Excerpt:

Brandishing his mic stand like a wizard, Havok led his Despair Faction through their sad-but-united sing-alongs, pausing only to proclaim, at various times, that the crowd, the city and being back on tour after a year and a half were all “fucking awesome.” The last, at the very least, seemed to be a heartfelt statement, as the band banged out one expertly rocked song after another with professional efficiency, packing as big a playlist as possible while still ending inside a 10:30 p.m. deadline.

Crash Love released on October 6th in Mexico

Thanks to our affiliates, One Dark Flame MX, who got info from Universal Music Mexico, we know Crash Love will be released here on October 6th.

Update: Diego has told us that the release date was set for September 29, but that there were delays in getting the CDs into stores. See promo stickers here.

"Medicate" Music Video Released on Yahoo! Music

Yahoo! Music is premiering the music video for "Medicate" here.

The video is mostly energetic shots of the band playing live, intercut with shots of Davey and a girl, while Jade, Hunter, and Adam bleed gold during the bridge.

Thanks to Chad for the tip!

End Transmission video now on KROQ!

KROQ posted a live video of End Transmission at The Roxy's record release party show. You can watch it here, but our reader xXdarockermikeXx ripped it in great quality, and you can download it here! Also, he re-ripped Medicate and Death Of Seasons, as his previous rips were incomplete.

Go and thank him in the comments! :)

US Club Tour Begins Tonight In Minneapolis

Tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Minneapolis, AFI took the stage for the first show on their east-coast Crash Love club tour. Hunter posted a photo earlier this evening of the empty venue with the stage set up. We'll post videos and photos in this post on AFI Tour Central.