Rejoice The Afters fans, rejoice!  “Light Up the Sky,” the new single from the group The Afters is finally available for download on the iTunes music store.  To download it via iTunes, click here.

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Who says that there isn’t such thing as a free lunch?  House of Heroes is giving away a free download of their new song “Independence Day for a Petty Thief.”

Ok, well there is a catch.  In order to download the song, you MUST have a Twitter account that you are willing to allow the band to access.  Once you agree to the terms, the band will instantly send out a Tweet to your network, alerting them of the free offer.

If that doesn’t sound too invasive to you, click here to access the free download.

Other artists feel that “leaking” an album can lead to good things.  That must be why you can listen to Born Again, the brand new album from the Newsboys in its entirety online.

To listen in its entirety, click here.

According to bassist Dan Gartley’s blog, the band has just completed shooting video for the new music video.  Locations included dirt roads in the outskirts of Toledo OH, a seedy motel, a wheat field, and inside “Full Moon Fever,” the bands tour bus.

The music video, produced by Nathan Corrona, is slated to be released mid August.  So that means for now, we’ll just have to deal with over the top fan renditions this one.

Drummer Yuri Ruley has decided to call it quits after eighteen years of playing the drums for punk-rock group MXPX.  According to sources, Ruley would like to focus more time on his family life.

Now, don’t get too excited, future drummers of America!  MXPX has already found a replacement in Chris Wilson of The Summer Obsession.  Wilson will sit-in on drums on select dates in the near future.

In other MXPX news, the group is going to start scaling things back a bit and reduce their number of dates on the road.

When asked about the changes, guitarist Tom Wisniewski said, “Touring costs have sky-rocketed and companies have limited their marketing dollars, resulting in most bands being barely able to cover current road costs.  I had no choice but to limit my availability on the road to get a full time job to support my family, but will continue to perform select MxPx dates and continue making music.”

Is it just me or is it hard to believe that MXPX has been playing for 18-years now?

UPDATE: Ticket details for the Sin City show have been announced.  Click here to purchase tickets to see Ruley’s final performance with the group MXPX.

(For a second there, I thought that the guy in the bottom right was giving us the middle finger.  Still, I’m not exactly sure what he’s trying to tell us with that fist!)

Although we never really left, we’re back at it after a bit of an unexpected hiatus….with lots of news to share in the coming days!  Thanks for visiting (and bookmarking!) CMDish.com!

The new single from the band THE AFTERS, “LIGHT UP THE SKY,” will be featured on MTV’s “THE HILLS” TONIGHT (6/22) at 10/9p (ET/CT).

BREAKING NEWS:  Avalon members Greg and Janna Long have accepted positions as Worship Leaders with Woodlands Church, located outside of Houston, TX.

Avalon has been through a lot of changes in recent years (ie: the departure of Melissa Greene, Jody McBrayer, Michael Passons, Cherie Adams, and Nikki Hassman), but fans will be happy to know that Greg and Janna will continue with the group.