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Stickup Kid Release Album Teaser

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:22:27 -0400

Stickup Kid have released a teaser for Nothing About Me. Check it out below by clicking “Read More.”

Close Your Eyes Announce New Vocalist, Lineup Changes

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:07:58 -0400

Following the news in March that Close Your Eyes lost their vocalist, the band has finally released info on their new lineup. Michael Sawyer will now be filling in for vocals, Andrew Rodriguez will be playing guitar, and Jordan Hatfield will be playing drums. Check out a message from the band below by clicking “Read More.”

Hey everybody! We are about to play our first show with the new lineup and I thought it would be a good idea to put some information out there! First of all there have been a few lineup changes that I know fans have been waiting anxiously to find out. Andrew Rodriguez is back with us on the road playing guitar, Jordan Hatfield is playing drums for us and Micheal Sawyer is now filling the vocal spot. We are glad to have Andrew back with us and we missed him out on the road, even though he never actually quit the band. We are excited for everyone to come out and see us and meet the new members! We are coming out strong and have been practicing hard trying not to miss a beat! I personally think our fans will be pleasantly surprised at how little the sound is changing with the lineup changes. We are who we are after all! Following the mini tour we are currently are on, we will be going out on the Scream The Prayer tour this summer. Thank you to all of our fans for all your support and for sticking with us as while we were working things out.

Boys Like Girls Announce New Album

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:03:42 -0400

Boys Like Girls have announced that their new album will be called Crazy World. It will come out in the fall. Check out a tweet from the band below by clicking “Read More.”

NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT! New record will be called ‘Crazy World’ and will be out this fall. Can’t wait for you to hear it! #BLGCrazyWorld RT!
— Boys Like Girls (@BoysLikeGirls) May 17, 2012

The Swellers Recording New Demos

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:47:51 -0400

The Swellers are currently working in their home studio to record four new demos for their next release. Check out a tweet from the band below by clicking “Read More.”

4 songs of drums done for new demos. Now nick does the rest.instagr.am/p/KvVKWDJII4/
— The Swellers (@TheSwellers) May 17, 2012

John Mayer Aiming To Release New Album In 2013

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:34:23 -0400

John Mayer just released Born And Raised, but is already thinking ahead to the future and has hopes to release another new record in 2013. Check out a snippet of an article confirming the news below by clicking “Read More.”

Additionally, after having to cancel his 2012 spring trek, Mayer confirmed he want to hit the road in spring 2013 “and have two records to pull from. … I think I can cheat time a little bit because as you know, I try to cheat time all the time. So I think we can all catch up so that a year from now there’s two records. It’ll be like Born and Raised part two because there’s certain things I want to keep doing.”

Topshelf Records Sign Cut Teeth

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:30:49 -0400

Topshelf Records have signed Chicago, IL’s Cut Teeth. Check out details regarding the signing and the band’s future below by clicking “Read More.”

We’re Boston guys through and through, but boy, do we sure love Chicago. Chicago’s pretty cool, you guys. When I heard one of the city’s newest exports, Cut Teeth, I didn’t even finish the record before I was texting another Windy City mainstay, Evan Weiss, about how to get in touch with these guys. And so here we are.

The creed of Cut Teeth is a simple one: to be loud and be loud together. Dan Yingling, Kyle Johns, Matt Jordan, Dustin Currier began doing so while writing together in Chicago early 2011 when the combination of inheriting a practice space and taking a break from their other musical pursuits (The Red Knife Lottery, Monday’s Hero, The Felix Culpa, Stay Ahead of the Weather) created a perfect storm of sorts. Televandalismwas the result of this time. No releases come to mind from this scene today that are more loud and unashamedly riff-heavy than this groundbreaking debut EP. It is undoubtedly the most mature effort yet in their musical careers and has been enthusiastically received as such. As far as they’re concerned, the future won’t look too different.

Televandalism — originally self-released earlier this year as a digital-only EP — will be re-released by us on July 24th of this year. The six tracks have been remastered, the vinyl version will include a bonus track and Ben Sears has cooked up something really awesome for the album art.

We’ll have more information soon. Until then, you can follow the band online on their Facebook, Tumblr & Twitter accounts.

PropertyOfZack Track-By-Track : : Break Blossom

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:24 -0400

Break Blossom have officially released their debut LP, Last Night Of Your Life. PropertyOfZack is now happy to be teaming up with the band to give fans a look into the meaning behind the songs with a new Track-By-Track with Skyler Mondell from the band. Check out the feature in full below!

All the songs tend to have a sense of urgency that stems from a sort of ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ type thing. It starts with the idea of being in your comfort zone. Next thing you know, something happens, and one finds him/herself out of their comfort zone trying to regain control of the situation. This tends to pop up a lot because it’s how my life goes. I know it’s kind of broad, but in the songs I tend to bring up real life experiences that I’ve had and try to give some sort of insight as to what would have been a better outcome, or an outcome that I would have preferred.

In our song, “Heartbreak,” the speaker of the song isn’t heartbroken, but is breaking the heart of the cliche girl who is usually the one doing the heartbreaking, which I would have definitely preferred. So the broad idea I described above is modified slightly in “Heartbreak.” I don’t want to give it away too much though. I would like the listener to walk away with his or her own interpretation of the song meanings. There’s some inside things in the writing, but if any of the fans are super curious just hit me up on facebook or twitter—I’d be happy to answer any gnawing suspicions. - Skyler Mondell

Make Your Move
The first time Sky and I played together, we hadn’t seen each other in years. Probably hadn’t shared more than a few words either. We were both in town and simply got together just to jam for the sake of playing. He came over and we barely said hi. Plugged in, I picked up sticks and that was that. The first guitar riff on the CD is the first thing he played. Those notes started the entire band.

Dirt
My favorite song on the whole CD. We’re going to be shoot a video for it next month. I won’t give too much away but it’s going to be based on The Warriors, that old 70’s flick. We demo’d the song on Merrick’s iPhone one day at practice and every time we set out to record it we could never get it to sound as raw and gritty as the iPhone haha. But eventually we got there, and I couldn’t be happier with this song.

Haters
I was in the keys with Josh woodard, our TM and crew, my brother and some friends making a rap album and trying to stay out of trouble (we didn’t). Skyler called me from the studio, the boys were all in there at 4 in the morning and they were doing harmonies and horns on this one. My mind was blown. I didn’t even care if it became a single or not, the only thing on my mind was making a video for it. I knew it would become something that truly defined us. The best thing about this song is every time we play it live it tastes a bit better. Like a fine wine.

Heartbreak
Who hasn’t had their heart broken? ‘Nough said.

You Know You Want It
A site called POZ leaked this. It stirred the waters more than i thought a song could. When we wrote it we finally found the balance and the dynamic we had been searching for. Real rock, drenched in hooks and the heaviest breakdown we’ve written to date. We’ll spend the rest of our career as a band trying to write something heavier than that bridge.

You Put The Cool
I think I have about twelve different versions of this song on my computer. Its come a long way. Most of our songs are left open to interpration, we worked really hard for that. But the chorus is the bluntest thing I’ve ever written. It came to me in a dream on an airplane, I never thought I’d use it for anything but like Cinderella, once in a while the shoe fits.

S.H.O.W.T.I.M.E.
We haven’t started playing it live yet, but that won’t stay that way for long. There was only ever one song that made sense to close this CD. We tried really hard not to look at it as an EP or a full length or anything like that. Just a disc of songs. But no matter how many times the track list was switched up this song always made it’s self known to be the perfect closer. If you think this song is about you, it probably is.

The Devil Wears Prada Releasing Live CD/DVD

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:21:01 -0400

The Devil Wears Prada will be releasing a live CD/DVD on June 26th titled Dead & Alive. Check out the track listing for it below by clicking “Read More.”

PropertyOfZack Video Premiere : : RadioDriveBy

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:04:36 -0400

PropertyOfZack is premiering a new RadioDriveBy cover of Taking Back Sunday’s “You’re So Last Summer.” Watch the cover video below by clicking “Read More.”

The Story So Far Discuss Next Album

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:37:29 -0400

The Story So Far will be writing and hopefully recording their second record this summer with Sam Pura at The Panda Studios. The band recently spoke about the next album in a new interview. Check out the full interview here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.”

You guys have had to bring fill-ins on a couple tours because of college. Will this summer mean the end of fill-ins on tours?

Yeah, it does actually. The next tour we go on will be the full lineup of our original members. And this summer will actually be when we write and hopefully record another record.

How are you approaching the writing process?

We get together and jam all the time. It’s more like we all write our different parts or just like have ideas and we get together and figure them out. We don’t really take anything seriously until it starts to write itself. We never want to push anything when we write, we just want expression more than anything. I can’t say too much as to how we’re going to do it, so I have to keep that under wraps, but we’re definitely going to get together a bunch and blow it out of the water.

Do you have a producer locked in?

Yeah, we do. It’s Sam Pura, the same guy that did our last one.

Do you have any specific reasons why you’re working with him again?

Just the fact that every time we’ve recorded with him, it’s been extremely comfortable and it wasn’t like we’re doing it because we had to record and put out a CD. It was more like how can we make the best sounding music and how can we work together and take your guys’ tunes and mix it with mine and see if we can just one-up and improve. It was more like that. So once we got on the same level and page, it just kind of worked itself out. I love Sam, I love working with him.

Pierce The Veil Track Listing, Artwork, Release Date

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:15:11 -0400

Pierce The Veill will be releasing Collide With The Sky on July 17th via Fearless Records. Check out the artwork and track listing for the album below by clicking “Read More.”

1. May These Noises Startle You In Your Sleep
2. Hell Above
3. A Match Into Water
4. King For A Day
5. Bulls In The Bronx
6. Props & Mayhem
7. Tangled In The Great Escape
8. I’m Low On Gas And You Need A Jacket
9. The First Punch
10. One Hundred Sleepless Nights
11. Stained Glass Eyes And Colorful Tears
12. Hold On Till May

Bands Added To Bamboozle Pre/After Parties

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:38:52 -0400

Bamboozle has launched three special events with our friends at Killer Cool Entertainment that include one preshow with A Loss For Words and With The Punches and two aftershows as well. A few bands have been added to the lineup, so check out all the details below by clicking “Read More.”

Pre Show Ticket Link
Saturday Night Ticket Link

John Mayer Releases New Lyric Video

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:32:23 -0400

John Mayer has released a new lyric video for “A Face To Call Home.” Watch it below by clicking “Read More!”

Right Away, Great Captain! Tour, Presale Information

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:21:00 -0400

Right Away, Great Captain! will be releasing The Church Of The Good Thief on June 12 via Favorite Gentlemen Recordings as the final installment in the RAGC Trilogy. Incredible preorders for the record can be checked out and purchased here, and RAGC will also be heading out on tour this summer in support of the final release. Check out the dates and ticket info below by clicking “Read More!”

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POZ Stream : : Right Away, Great Captain!

7/11/2012 @ Subterranean
Chicago, IL
7/12/2012 @ The Pike Room
Pontiac, MI
7/13/2012 @ Musica
Akron, OH
7/15/2012 @ Shadow Lounge
Pittsburgh, PA
7/17/2012 @ Maxwells
Hoboken, NJ
7/18/2012 @ The Space
Hamden, CT
7/19/2012 @ Brighton Music Hall
Boston, MA
7/20/2012 @ North Star Bar
Philadelphia, PA
7/21/2012 @ Ottobar
Baltimore, MD
7/22/2012 @ Knitting Factory
Brooklyn, NY

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PropertyOfZack Stream : : Create Avoid

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:10:38 -0400

Create Avoid will be releasing their their Pastime 7” on May 22nd via our friends at Pure Noise Records. PropertyOfZack is stoked to be streaming another new song from the 7” called “Nothing More.” Preorder the 7” here and stream the new song below by clicking “Read More!”

All Teeth Call It Quits

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:49:12 -0400

All Teeth have announced that they are unfortunately disbanding and calling it a day. Check out a message from the band below by clicking “Read More.”

We are sad to announce that after many years of world travel and friendships built, we have decided to disband. Thank you to everyone for your support along the years. It has meant the world.

Rachel Taylor (He Is We) Posts New Demo

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:21:01 -0400

Rachel Taylor has posted a video of a new song that she has bene working on with her time away from He Is We. Watch the video here and check out the lyrics below by clicking “Read More.”

I’m sorry I

Seem to have lost my mind

That aside

Hope is here, but apart of me has died

I can’t pretend it doesn’t hurt

Oh the tears I’ve cried

They won’t lie

Break me down but I’m not giving up the fight

Turn your back and pretend that it’s alright

The light will shine once again

You’ll be ashamed revealing skeletons

Sparta Release New Song, Announce Tour Dates

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:36:01 -0400

Sparta have released a new song called “Chemical Feel,” and it is the band’s first release in six years. Stream it here and check out the band’s upcoming tour dates below by clicking “Read More.”

05/21/12 San Francisco, CA The Independent
05/22/12 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
05/23/12 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom
05/26/12 El Paso, TX Neon Desert Music Festival
05/27/12 Austin, TX Mohawk

Lemuria Announce UK Tour

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:22:27 -0400

Lemuria will be touring the UK this July and August. Check out the dates below by clicking “Read More.”

No Sleep Records Sign TRC

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:12:09 -0400

No Sleep Records has signed TRC from the UK. The band will be releasing their debut LP on No Sleep this fall. Check out a video one of TRC’s songs called “#TEAMUK” below by clicking “Read More.”