Brooklyn based Candy Hearts have announced that they have joined local label Kind Of Like Records‘ ever growing roster. The band is set to release their sophomore album and KOL debut Everything’s Amazing And Nobody’s Happy on September 27th.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Candy Hearts Join Kind Of Like Record; Announce Debut
Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room- Hurricane Season
With thousand of miles separating Dan Andriano from his other Alkaline Trio members, he has had plenty of time to master his solo craft. Creating the new moniker and slowly releasing demo’s since 2009, Hurricane Season has been a long time coming. A labor of love from his relatively new surroundings in St. Augustine FL. This record is full of what makes Alkaline Trio great with more of an Elvis Costello vibe. While being based around Dan and an acoustic guitar,Hurricane Season has a tasteful palette of electric guitars, organs, piano, drums, and the occasional bass. In a very personal departure from his norm of the Trio, Andriano paints the picture of a traveling man searching for something he might not be heading towards. Finding little comfort in hotel rooms and late night phone calls, he searches for a cure. Whether that be a partner to share his fear with or a good nights sleep. Dan’s song writing abilities shine through his blackened insides and make for a great batch of songs.
Hot Water Music Posts Stream Of “The Fire, The Steel, The Tread”
In anticipation of the August release of The Fire, The Steel, The Tread EP, Hot Water Music has posted a stream of the title track of the two song EP. The EP will be released on Rise Records, and marks the band’s first new material from the band in over seven years. The Gainesville based band is set to release their Rise debut and follow up to 2004’s The New What Next in the spring of 2012.
Bands You Need To Know- French Exit
French Exit is an energetic melodic punk band from LA. With 3 Ep’s under their belts, these guys are moving forward FAST. Most recently, they put out French 3xit EP on NC’s Death To False Hope Records, with a debut 7″ for Solidarity Recordings coming out August 9th. While claiming love for the home they’ve made in the large yet personal community of Los Angeles, this band is breaking out. With weekend warrior mentality, they will be playing shows up and down to this year’s Seattle Sound Fest and Awesome Fest 5 in San Diego. So whether you’re catching them at one of the above mentioned Fests, this band should be on your radar.
Be sure to check out French Exit’s French 3xit EP right here
Run For Cover Records Announces 7″ Subscription Series
Run For Cover Records has announced that they will be releasing a 7″ subscription series that will feature new records from Tigers Jaw, Shook Ones, Hostage Calm, End of a Year Self Defense Family, Bridge and Tunnel, andMockingbird Wish Me Luck. All of the records will only be made available through purchase of the series. The records will be released on a monthly basis beginning in July with a 7′ from Hostage Calm.
The series is being made available in three different packages: a digital only version, a standard package that includes all six 7″s on black vinyl, and a deluxe package that includes all 7″s on color vinyl limited to 150, a silkscreened 7″x7″ box to house the records, an exclusive shirt, and silkscreened record player slipmat. The series can be purchase through Run For Cover’s webstore here.
Wayfarer/The Decay – Decayfarer
The southern Ontario punk rock scene has been building and swelling for quite some time now, and is about to hit it’s spilling point. While neither are relics in age, stature, or output, Wayfarer and The Decay have both contributed significantly to the face of independent music and the persistence of a scene in the area. On the surface, theDecayfarer split seems obvious; why didn’t this happen years ago? The record’s sound is anything but simple to figure out; both sides of the LP feature the respective bands at their most developed. While neither band has left their roots behind, The Decay have expanded on their street punk beginnings and Wayfarer their fairly linear pop-punk origin. Decayfarer utilizes the best in writing ability from both these young and upcoming bands.
It’s Alive Records Release Summer Sampler
The fine folks over at It’s Alive Records have posted a digital sampler entitled Show ‘Em The Hand Vol. II featuring tracks from “everything currently in print and available for direct purchase, plus a few tracks from records coming out soon!” The sampler contains unreleased tracks from The Copyrights, The Manix, Be My Doppelganger, Underground Railroad to Candy Land, Mall’d To Death, and several more.
You can stream or download the sampler through It’s Alive’s Bandcamp page here
Deafheaven – Roads to Judah
Rarely does a band’s demo sound so fully formed, but Deafheaven’s 2010 demo was. Essentially, Deafheaven emerged out of the proverbial womb as a seven foot, 300 pound behemoth. With their demo, they were already able to demonstrate a mastery of mixing many diverse genres and approaches. Their music expertly mixed black metal, post rock and hardcore in a masterful way. Less than a year later, they have released their first full length for Deathwish Inc and it is no lightweight either.
Captain, We’re Sinking – Star Wars Rap
We posted this on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter but this somehow slipped through the cracks here on the NU site proper.
Last month at an after party at the You Blew It! house after their show at Hoops in Orlando, FL, Captain, We’re Sinking attempted their unlikely but much rumored rap about Star Wars. It’s just iPhone video, but it came out awesome! Enjoy!
PG.99 Announces 2nd Reunion + New Release
The immensely influential Virginia band PG.99 have announced a second reunion show, now set to perform on Saturday August 27th at The Black Cat in Washington, DC.They will be performing alongside longtime friends and New Orleans doom masters THOU. PG.99’s first reunion show will be in Richmond, VA at Best Friends Day, August 19th with Converge, Capsule and The Catalyst.
To coincide with the reunion shows, the band’s collection-album, “Singles”, will be issued on vinyl for the first time via Robotic Empire (originally released on CD by Reptilian Records in 2003). This 18-track collection was newly mastered by James Plotkin and three preview tracks are streaming on bandcamp orsoundcloud. The vinyl is available in three different colors and the preorder can be found here.
For the “Singles” Collection cover + tracklisting….
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