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Tiny Engines is stoked to welcome Gainesville, FL’s Wavlets to its growing family of bands. Wavelets is known around for being emotionally charged indie rock that is jam packed with noodle-riffic, angular guitar riffs. They will be releasing their debut full length, titled Athaletics, on October 25th, 2011.
You can download the track “My Dad The Manatee” from Topshelf Record’s 2011 sampler or stream the track “We’re Really Jazzed About The Gig” from AbsolutePunk.
Tiny Engines will be doing a preorder for Athaletics at the end of September.
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Asian Man Records has announced that they have signed Torrence, CA’s Joyce Manor, and will be releasing the follow up to their much acclaimed debut self-titled full length in early 2012. Owner Mike Park had this to say about the new addition to his label’s roster:
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After seven years of patience and diligence, Circle Takes The Square has actually set a November 2011 release date for their follow up to 2004′s As the Roots Undo. The new album will be titled Decompositions: Volume I and has been an overly ambitious project for the band, consisting of several years writing and recording and in some circles drawing comparisons to Guns and Rose’s Chinese Democracy.
Each of the new album’s songs has been described as being its own unique passage with a story arc and overarching plot line. Which helps explain for the work’s long gestation period but to finally give listeners a flavor of what is to come, the band will be releasing Rites of Initiation as a digital EP . Rites of Initiation will be available on August 23rd through Circle Takes the Square’sBandcamp.
The band will also be playing their first live show in three years withreunited PG 99 and Thou and following that with a performance at The Fest 10.
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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.
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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.
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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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Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) has announced that he will release his third solo album entitledCovering Ground on September 13th on SideOneDummy Records. Covering Ground was recorded by Ragan and his band, Jon Gaunt (fiddle) and Joe Ginsberg (upright bass), between three different tours at Fireside Sound Studios in Silverlake, CA with Blind Melon’s Christopher Thorn in the Spring. The album is being described as “a blue collar, Americana record filled with honest road songs” and will feature numerous guest appearances such as Frank Turner andGaslight Anthem‘s Brian Fallon. Ragan has plans to tour the world continuously this year in support of the album, and will unveil tour dates shortly.
For the album’s artwork and track listing…
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The not for profit magazine Razorcake is celebrating their 10th Anniversary on August 12th at the American Legion Hall in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. This is promised to be a grand old time that will feature the Arrivals, Toys that Kill, Hex Dispensers and the Young Offenders.
Admission for the show is $10, but you’ll also receive a complimentary 6-issue subscription/renewal of Razorcake which is a heck of a deal.
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Polar Bear Club have announced their third full length album, Clash Battle Guilt Pride, and set a street date for September 13th. The album was recorded this past Spring in Baltimore with producer Brian McTernan (Texas Is The Reason, Strike Anywhere, Set Your Goals). Vocalist Jimmy Stadt said of the record:
“[There are songs about] drive and ambition, and what it does to yourself and what it does to your relationships… Musically, we’re really, really playing up our choruses, moreso than we ever have before. We have three-chorus songs. We’ve never really done that. It’s great. It just makes sense for us to be doing that now, and it feels good, and we all love it.”
Additionally, Polar Bear Club are revealing the cover art bit-by-bit on their new website every day until this coming Friday. They will be touring the UK and Europe along with Man Overboardbeginning July 13th.
Update: The band will be embarking on a seven-week US tour in support of Clash Battle Guilt Pride beginning September 1st in Rhode Island. Fireworksand Balance and Composure will provide support on the entire stretch, while the opening slot will feature Make Do And Mend and Such Gold on separate legs.
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What better way to celebrate America’s independence than with new music from the state of Washington? On the 4th of July, Seaweed will be releasing a new seven inch through No Idea Records. This will be the band’s first release since 1998′s Actions and Indications
Magnet Magazine is hosting a stream of the new two tracks, “Service Deck” and “The Weight”. So before you get all wasted on beers and hot dogs, head over to No Idea or your local record shop and grab the new jams.
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