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.
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.
View the dates below:
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.
As earlier announced, Hot Water Music have been spending their summer months working on new material and gearing up for their European tour with Make Do and Mend. To coincide with that European tour, Hot Water Music have declared that they will be self-releasing a two song seven inch in August. Also, the band has made the announcement that their next full length will be released by Rise Records with a target release date of spring 2012.
Rise Records Announcement + European Tour Dates below…
Avant-rock trio City of Ships have announced their much anticipated sophomore album, Minor World, which will be co-released by Translation Loss Records and Sound Study Recordings on July 19. The band is streaming a song, “Low Countries”, from the upcoming album on Brooklyn Vegan.
If you like what you hear, Sound Study Recordings is offering fans the chance to pre-orderMinor World on limited edition (500) 210 gram vinyl here and Translation Loss is doing a CD preorder here.
For Minor World track listing + City of Ships tour dates….
When listening to No Ghost for the first time, prepare for a shock to the system because this is a pretty big departure for Capsule. The band’s music is notoriously chaotic and with the songs from their previous full length and seven inches the listener was never sure what to expect. Capsule’s chaotic nature still exists within the confines of No Ghost, but this time has been nurtured and molded to also hold a larger sense of organization behind the madness.
Shore’s first release, Coup de Grace, came out last year on No Idea Records. Compared to other records that are released by the label, there was little fanfare and/or attention. Which is a shame because the album is so stunningly good. The album is quiet, loud and moving in all the right places. The music is a perfect soundtrack for that reoccurring dream where you are laying down on a glacier and just slowly drifting along the Northern Atlantic.
Hostage Calm has teamed up with Alternative Press to support the ongoing battle nationwide over same-sex marriages. Setting their focus on the upcoming New York state vote to determine whether same sex partners can legally get married, the Hartford,CT-based band is offering their full length self-titled album for free to anyone who submit an online form in support legalizing same-sex marriage to be sent to NY Senators that are on the fence with the topic.
By filling out your name and e-mail here, a pre-written e-mail in support of gay marriage will be sent directly to Senators Greg Ball, James Alesi and Roy McDonald. Hostage Calm is also selling aspecially made shirt where $1 from each sale will go to the Equality Maryland charity that is working to get same sex marriage legalized in the state.
You can take part in this incredible campaign by visiting Alternative Press website here.
In the years since the release of Restless Rubes (2008), Ninja Gun has gone on countless tours with the likes of Against Me!, Fake Problems and The Gaslight Anthem. Getting out of rural Georgia, must have been a heck of an experience for the band. It was also during these years that the economy was in tatters and when any hope for change has been more or less withered away. These were the harsh and troubling times that are largely reflected in Nina Gun’s new record, Roman Nose….
Chicago, IL-based Noise By Numbers has announced that they will release their second album, titled Over Leavitt on August 2, 2011 on Jump Start Records. The band features several veterans of the Chicago music scene including Dan “Vapid” Schafer (Screeching Weasel, Methadones), Jeff Dean (The Bomb, All Eyes West), Rick Uncapher (Textbook) and Jimmy Lucido (Light Fm). The band has been compared to Hüsker Dü, Naked Raygun, and The Replacements, but also creates a unique sound fully their own that manages never to stay in one place for too long. Over Leavitt will be available for pre-order starting July 1st ,and will be available on solid yellow and translucent red vinyl.
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