‘Invented’, the seventh studio album by Jimmy Eat World, comes out on 24 September. You can already listen to their new single ‘My Best Theory’ on their website. Formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona, the band has come a long way. Starting out as a punk rock group influenced by Fugazi and Sunny Day Real Estate, the foursome developed the blueprint of what is now known as emo. Singer/guitarist Jim Adkins & co. became the first major emo band of the pre-MySpace era in 2001 following the release of ‘Bleed American’. They had further successes with the albums ‘Futures’ in 2004 and ‘Chase This Light’ in 2007. To present their new album to their Belgian audience, Jimmy Eat World will return to the AB once more on 4 November.

‘Omni’ is American five-piece Minus The Bear's follow up to ‘Planet Of Ice’. This will be released this summer, days after their Pukkelpop concert. The band has been appearing on our radar since 2005 (with the CD ‘Menos El Oso’). The varied and adventurous, even athletically arranged songs wrong-footed the public again and again, but nevertheless those melodies stayed in one's head for days. A blend of pure pop, indie rock, jazz and progressive rock with references to bands like Battles, Mew, Karate or Death Cab For Cutie. ‘One of modern pop’s more creative rock bands’ (Drowned In Sound)