The artwork for Mayday Parade's new self-titled album can be found here.
The album is released October 4th through ILG.
New Mayday Parade Album Artwork
New We Are The In Crowd Album To Be Released In October
Tay Jardine of We Are The In Crowd announced on stage last night (July 30th) that the band will release their new album in October.
No further information has been revealed at this stage.
New Runner Runner Music Video
Runner Runner's new music video for, 'I Can't Wait', can be viewed by clicking read more.
Boy Jumps Ship Tour Tracks
Boy Jumps Ship's essential "tour tracks" can be found here.
The band are currently on the road with Mimi Soya and Cuba Cuba as part of the Alter The Press sponsored UK tour.
July
31st – O2 Academy, Newcastle (Facebook)
August
2nd – Dry Bar, Manchester (Facebook)
3rd – The Underground, Stoke (Facebook)
4th – Soundhouse, Leicester (Facebook)
5th – Monto Water Rats, London (Club Show) (Facebook)
6th – Haymakers, Cambridge (Afternoon show) (Facebook)
7th – Le Pub, Newport (Facebook)
Interview: Buddy Nielsen (Bayonet)
Alter The Press was lucky enough to speak to Buddy Nielsen of Bayonet about the origin of the band, signing to Mightier Than Sword Records and more.
Alter The Press: All the members in Bayonet come from other bands. How did you come together?
Buddy Nielsen (vocals): I met with Jeremy through a mutual friend named Ben who used to sing for Armor For Sleep and then Jeremy had prior relationships with everyone else.
Psychic Babble (Colin Of Circa Survive) To Release Free EP
Psychic Babble (Colin of Circa Survive's side-project) will release a four track EP for free this Monday (August 1st) titled, 'My Own Stupid Mouth', featuring the songs "Five Fold Kiss (Don’t Sleep)", "You Said It", "Samantha" and an unreleased b-side.
Silverstein US Summer Dates
Silverstein have announced a string of shows this summer.
Aug 13 Birch Run Expo Center - Birch Run, MI
Aug 19 Club Millenium - Anchorage, AK
Aug 20 Chilkoot Charlie's - Anchorage, AK
Sep 22 Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
Sep 23 Theater of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Sep 24 Tuxedo Junction - Danbury, CT
Sep 25 The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
Cartel Post Lyric Video For New Song
Cartel have posted a lyric video for their new song, 'Lessons In Love', which can be viewed by clicking read more.
The Used To Release New Album In Jan/Feb 2012
According to a recent interview, The Used are aiming to release their new album in January/February.
New Sainthood Reps Song Stream
A new Sainthood Reps song titled, 'Hunter', can be streamed by clicking read more.
New Travis Barker Music Video (feat. Busta Rhymes)
Travis Barker's new music video for, 'Let's Go', featuring Busta Rhymes, can be viewed by clicking read more.
Odd Future Announce North America Tour
Odd Future (OFWGKTA) have announced they will embark on their first North America headlining tour.
9/29 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
9/30 San Francisco, CA Warfield
10/2 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom
10/3 Vancouver, VC Vogue
10/4 Seattle, WA Showbox Market
10/7 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
10/8 Boulder, CO Fox
10/9 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
10/11 Lawrence, KS Grenada Theatre
10/12 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
10/14 Chicago, IL Metro
10/15 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
10/16 Detroit, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
10/18 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
10/19 New York, NY Terminal 5
10/21 Boston, MA Royale
10/22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
10/23 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/24 Baltimore, MD Sonar
10/27 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
10/28 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
10/30 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Fest
10/31 Miami, FL Fillmore
11/2 Tampa, FL Ritz Ybor
11/3 Orlando, FL The Beecham
11/6 Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/8 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Cuba Cuba/Boy Jumps Ship/Mimi Soya UK Tour Kicks Off This Weekend
Cuba Cuba, Boy Jumps Ship and MiMi Soya's Alter The Press sponsored UK tour kicks off this weekend.
July
31st – O2 Academy, Newcastle (Facebook)
August
2nd – Dry Bar, Manchester (Facebook)
3rd – The Underground, Stoke (Facebook)
4th – Soundhouse, Leicester (Facebook)
5th – Monto Water Rats, London (Club Show) (Facebook)
6th – Haymakers, Cambridge (Afternoon show) (Facebook)
7th – Le Pub, Newport (Facebook)
New Laura Stevenson And The Cans Music Video
Laura Stevenson and the Cans' new music video for, 'The Healthy One', can be viewed by clicking read more.
We Are The In Crowd Perform New Song Live
A video of We Are The In Crowd performing a new song titled, 'On Your Own', at a recent show can be viewed by clicking read more.
WHY? Announce UK Tour
WHY? have announced details of a UK tour later this year.
The "Acoustic Grand Piano" tour dates are as follows:
October
23rd - Bristol Colston Hall 2
24th - London Union Chapel
25th - Brighton Duke Of York's
Evanescence Add Second London Show
Evanescence have added a second show in London to their upcoming UK tour on November 5th.
November
4th - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
5th - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo
7th - Manchester O2 Apollo
8th - Glasgow O2 Academy
10th - Plymouth Pavilions
12th - Leeds O2 Academy
13th - Birmingham O2 Academy
Support comes from The Pretty Reckless and Fair To Midland.
Every Avenue Added To Young Guns UK Tour
Every Avenue and The Xcerts will support Young Guns on their upcoming UK tour.
September
9th - Aberdeen Lemon Tree
10th - Glasgow QMU
11th - Inverness Ironworks
12th - Newcastle Northumbria University
14th - Manchester Academy 2
15th - Birmingham HMV Institute
16th - London HMV Forum
ATP! Weekly Recommendations (July 29th, 2011)
This week's picks from the ATP! team include tracks from Aficionado, Make Do And Mend, Portugal. The Man, Defeater and more.
New August Burns Red Tour Video
A new tour video from August Burns Red can be viewed by clicking read more.
New Best Coast Music Video Teaser
A teaser for Best Coast's new music video for 'Our Deal', directed by Drew Barrymore, can be viewed by clicking read more.
Mixtapes To Release New EP This October
Mixtapes have announced they will release a new EP this October.
No further information has been revealed at this time.
VersaEmerge Post Studio Video + Announce Live Chat
VersaEmerge have posted a new studio video, which can be found here.
The band will also be chatting live on Facebook.com/VersaEmerge at 8pm EST / 1am GMT.
Candy Hearts Sign To Kind Of Like Records
Candy Hearts have signed to Kind Of Like Records.
The band will release their label debut, 'Everything's Amazing And Nobody's Happy', on September 27th.
Track listing:
1) Tongue Tied
2) Lighter Than The Air
3) She’s So Cool
4) Good Enough
5) Sleepy Kisses
6) Asbury Park
7) When I’m With You
8) Something Special
9) Jawbreaker
10) What I’m Made Of
11) I Want Out
12) Everything’s Alright
Last Call Fox 5 Las Vegas Video
Last Call's recent appearance on Fox 5 Las Vegas can be viewed by clicking read more.
Free Chuck Ragan Download
A free download of a new Chuck Ragan song titled, 'Nomad By Fate', can be found here.
The track is taken from Ragan's upcoming new album, 'Covering Ground' which drops on September 13th through SideOneDummy Records.
La Dispute Added To Thrice US Tour
La Dispute have been added to Thrice's upcoming tour alongside Moving Mountains and O'Brother.
Sep 30 – Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock
Oct 01 – Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater
Oct 03 – Dallas, TX – The Door
Oct 04 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 05 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Oct 07 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
Oct 08 – Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater
Oct 09 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade Theater
Oct 11 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Oct 12 – Richmond, VA – The National
Oct 13 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
Oct 14 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Oct 15 – Towson, MD – Recher Theater
Oct 16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Oct 18 – Boston, MA – Royale
Oct 19 – Montreal, QC – Club Soda
Oct 20 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Theatre
Oct 21 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
Oct 22 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
Oct 23 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Oct 25 – Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
Oct 26 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrew’s Hall
Oct 27 – Chicago, IL – Metro
Oct 28 – St. Louis, MO – Pop’s
Oct 29 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
Oct 30 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Nov 01 – Magna, UT – SaltAir
Nov 03 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market
Nov 04 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Nov 05 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
Nov 06 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Nov 08 – Los Angeles, CA – Mayan Theater
Nov 09 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Nov 10 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
Nov 11 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Album Review: Hot Water Music - The Fire, The Steel, The Tread EP
Life as a Hot Water Music fan has been tough over the last seven years. The band broke up, undertook their own separate projects, did a few reunion shows, released a compilation, but never committed anything new to tape. Up until now that is. Ardent fans rejoice, as Gainsville’s finest have returned to the studio and committed two new tracks to tape. Not only that, but this two-song morsel represents a nice stop-gap until the band record and releases a new album on Rise Records early next year. Good news all round.
The two songs that make up this release show the band incorporating the individual ideas of the band's members, and the kind of things they have been doing on their break. Though there’s no obvious reference to Senses Fail and Against Me!, the influence of Chris Wollard and Chuck Ragan’s respective solo careers leave their mark on the songs. This reflects where the band are musically quite well, and results in a progression in the overall sound since their last full-length ‘The New What Next’.
‘The Fire, The Steel, The Tread’ is the track that is most influenced by Ragan’s solo work. In fact, those that say it sounds like an electric Chuck song aren’t too far from the truth. In the same way that Ragan’s solo stuff does, the song channels the spirit of blue-collar America beautifully. There’s a real gritty rhythm to this track that churns away in a manner that would make even the biggest computer geek yearn for the iron works. Unsurprisingly, it's Ragan who handles the main vocal duties on this one, and the jazz-like rhythm section of Rebello and Black is back to its best.
It’s Chris Wollard, however, who leaves his signature on ‘Up To Nothing’. This is a more traditional sounding Hot Water Music song that also takes some cues from 'The Draft'. Wollard handles vocal duties, and lends his voice well to the superb chorus. Once again, the guitar work and rhythm section are up to scratch and work so well together it’s like they never had a break.
It will really depend on which vocalist you favor, as to which track has the biggest appeal, however one thing is certain, these tracks serve as an excellent aperitif to a new and exciting dawn for the band. It’s good to have you back, boys.
5/5
'The Fire, The Steel, The Tread' EP is out August 2nd.
Daniel Issitt
Album Review: Zebrahead - Get Nice!
It’s very easy to dismiss Zebrahead these days, but after listening to their latest album, 'Get Nice!', the best bit of advice I can give, is to just give it a chance, admittedly there are one or two complete duds, but otherwise this 14-song album is great.
Things kick off with “Blackout”, like most of the songs on the album it’s a chorus-led song, and it’s done so well. “Nothing To Lose” will inevitably be a single, it sounds as if it’s pretty much a sequel to 'Broadcast To The Worlds'',“Anthem”. The momentum of the album drops dramatically with “She Don’t Wanna Rock”, which sounds like a Jedward song and doesn’t have any place on the album at all.
Album Review: Portugal. The Man - In The Mountain In The Cloud
With this release, Portugal. The Man have now put out seven records in six years, with that type of work rate, it’s always going to be difficult to maintain a high-quality sound.
Thankfully, 'In The Mountain In The Cloud' isn’t a terrible release by any means, but it’s nothing ground-breaking or brilliant either. What it is, is a very stifling, middle of the road release that sounds as if it was made for a mainstream audience, which isn’t really a surprise given that this is their first album since signing to Atlantic Records last year. The biggest problem with this record is that there’s a distinct lack of urgency and the production values are seriously poor.
Album Review: The Story So Far - Under Soil And Dirt
The Story So Far could have taken the easy route on their debut full length by re-recording the tracks off their EP and bundling it with a few sub-par b-sides, thankfully they haven’t.
‘Under Soil And Dirt’ does feature a couple of re-recorded songs, but they sound more vital than the originals, and the additional material is fresh, exciting and better than anything the group has tabled in the past.
‘Under Soil And Dirt’ is a spotless slice of modern pop-punk. It is without any of the sticking points that ruins so many modern pop-punk albums. There are no synths, no beat downs and no whiny vocals. In fact, the vocals and lyrics of Parker Cannon are perhaps the album's biggest selling point. Relentlessly brilliant and full of energy throughout, when Cannon sings not only are you instantly hooked by the passion, but you believe what he is singing.
Album Review: Young Guns - All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition
In the space between the release of their vastly impressive debut and the recording of the yet-to-be-named follow-up,Young Guns offer up some brand new content on ‘All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition’.
With the album itself identical to the original, it’s left to a bonus DVD to justify the re-release, and parting with your precious cash. A documentary entitled ‘Don’t Look Back, Just Keep Moving’, tracking the rapid rise enjoyed by the band since their humble beginnings at the start of 2008, is a distinctly personal insight, serving as a timeline, taking in their formation, the recording and touring of their debut EP and heading out on the road with the likes of Lostprophets, Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low and Bon Jovi.
Album Review: The Downtown Fiction - Let's Be Animals
The hypnotizing movement of clear blue, chlorine-filled pool water. Darkening skin, sizzling with the odd drop of sweat. Kids playing an unruly game of volleyball with a multi-colored, oversized beach ball and an improvised net. You can now add a stereo churning out The Downtown Fiction's debut album, 'Let's Be Animals' to that list to give yourself a good description of any suburban habitant's regular summer. It's hard to imagine the target audience being anything other than at the teen-section of the spectrum, but their sugar-coated pop snacks are sure to find some hungry bellies.
Unfortunately, I would have to blame it on the market's constant desire for no-risk bands, capable of churning out catchy tunes with enough boy-meets-girl-fuelled angst to tickle the fancies of any youngsters who have access to a radio. Any of the tracks on the album could be potential hit-singles, as they all possess a tame, but ultimately effective, hook and don't rock enough to truly alienate anyone.
Augustana Drop Off Jack's Mannequin US Tour
Due to circumstances beyond their control, Augustana have been forced to drop off Jack's Mannequin's upcoming US tour.
New Viva Brother Album Stream
Viva Brother's debut album, 'Famous First Words', can be streamed by clicking read more.
New Portugal. The Man Album Debuts At #42 On Billboard 200
Portugal. The Man's new album, 'In the Mountain In the Cloud', has debuted at #42 on the Billboard 200.
Gym Class Heroes Perform New Song Live
A video of Gym Class Heroes performing a new song live, 'Solo Discotheque', can be viewed by clicking read more.
Angels & Airwaves Live At Red Bull Studios Video + Movie Footage
A video of Angels and Airwaves performing, 'Epic Holiday', at the Red Bull Studios can be found by clicking read more, as well as lost footage from the upcoming Angels and Airwaves movie, 'LOVE'.
New Rookie Of The Year Demo
A new Rookie Of The Year demo, 'Light Years Away', can be streamed here.
Matt and Kim Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Video
Matt and Kim's recent performance of, 'Block After Block', on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon can be viewed by clicking read more.
Frank Turner Announces Reading + Leeds Warm Up Show
Frank Turner has announced a warm up show for this year's Reading and Leeds Festival at the Roadmender in Northampton on August 25th.
Making Of New Polar Bear Club Album
A behind the scenes look at the making of the new Polar Bear Club album, 'Clash Battle Guilt Pride', can be viewed by clicking read more.
Candy Hearts Announce Summer Tour w/ Mixtapes
Candy Hearts have announced a string of shows next month with Mixtapes.
8/8 - Brooklyn, NY - The Acheron (Kind Of Like Records Showcase w/ Timeshares, Direct Hit!)
8/14 - Richmond, VA - The Hospital
8/15 - Durham, NC - Motorco (w/ Dear Landlord, Slowdeath)
8/16 - Asheville, NC - The Get Down
8/17 - Atlanta, GA - Wonderroot
8/18 - D.C. - TBA*
8/19 - Philadelphia, PA - TBA w/ Wagers*
8/ 21 - NYC - F.U.N Fest*
* - without Mixtapes
More information can be found here.
Behind The Scenes Of New Pierce The Veil Music Video
A behind the scenes look at Pierce The Veil's new music video for 'Bulletproof Love', can be viewed by clicking read more.
We Are The In Crowd Post Lyric Video For New Single
We Are The In Crowd have posted a lyric video for their new single, 'Rumor Mill', which can be viewed by clicking read more.
Valencia Announce New Music Video
Valencia have announced they will release a music video for their new song, 'Still Need You Around (Lost Without You)', on August 1st.
Every Avenue Acoustic Performance
Every Avenue's recent acoustic performance on Livestream can be viewed by clicking read more.
The Gaslight Anthem New Song
A stream of a new Gaslight Anthem song titled, 'Biloxi Parish', recorded live can be found below.
the Gaslight Anthem - Biloxi Parish by user761012
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