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SideOneDummy Records has posted the songs, “Glory” and “Rotterdam” at this location. The songs are from Chuck Ragan’s upcoming solo effort, Gold Country, which hit’s stores September 1.

The Jealous Sound have been tapped as support for the forthcoming Sunny Day Real Estate reunion tour.

GULL, the “solo musical / visual art project” of Nate Rappole from Ultra Dolphins and Snack Truck, will release his debut 7″ on Molsook Records in late July.

The label is promising a “unique style of mixing proggy space rock and Dischord-ish punk with Eastern styled vocal chants [creating] a driving atmospheric environment that sounds like Yes, Fugazi, Rush, and the Jesus Lizard in a drunken planetarium brawl. (Or in a Looney Tunes-animated opium den, you choose.)” The 7″, recorded with Steve Roche (Neil Perry, Witch Hunt, the Saddest Landscape), will be pressed on three different color variations and include an MP3 download card. A preview is available on the label’s MySpace page.

GULL last released the Bedouin Lover demo.

The Paper Chase are still touring:

07-01 Lansing, MI - Mac’s Bar
07-02 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
07-03 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
07-04 Dubuque, IA - The Busted Lift
07-05 St. Louis, MO - Firebird
07-06 Fayetteville, AK - George’s Majestic Lounge
07-10 Denton, TX - Dan’s Silverleaf

Stars’ Amy Millan is coming back at us with her sophomore full-length. This fall the Canadian songstress will release Masters of the Burial on September 8 via Arts & Crafts.

This follow-up to 2006’s Honey From the Tombs was laid down earlier this year in rural Ontario in what the press release calls “an intimate setting.” Producer/sound technician Martin Davis Kinack (Apostle of Hustle/Broken Social Scene) was there to lend a hand, and apparently so too were several of Millan’s long-time friends.

To cut and paste a bit from the press release, “the songs on Masters of the Burial show yet another side to this immensely talented songwriter’s abilities… A work of true love and devotion immediately apparent in the warmth of Millan’s angelic vocals and the depth of each song as they unfold.”

A fall tour is currently in the works.

The Gaslight Anthem has tour plans for the Fall, which includes two stops in Ohio:
09-08 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s
09-09 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
09-10 St. Louis, MO - Pop’s
09-11 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
09-13 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
09-16 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
09-17 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
09-20 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
09-22 Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan
09-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox
09-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore
09-26 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Arts Center
09-27 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Ballroom
09-29 Regina, Saskatchewan - Riddell Centre
10-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Centre
10-03 Minneapolis, MN - Epic
10-04 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
10-06 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall
10-12 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
10-13 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
10-18 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
10-21 Richmond, VA - The National
10-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-26 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall

We’re huge fans of American Apparel’s ever-so-soft tees, so it only makes sense that we’d feel the same about their bedding. Made from the same ultra-soft fine jersey as their famed tops, American Apparel Bedding ($20-$56) is simple, comfortable, and affordable.

Through a partnership with newly launched media website gimmesound.com, Magic Bullet Records has posted much of their catalogue for free, no-strings-attached download. The label explains:

“Evolve or die! Rather than try to fight, sue, or waste incessant time bad-mouthing the music-acquiring habits of people who “illegally” download full albums created by the glut of “hard-working” 20-somethings piling into vans and smoking the reefer in every city, forward-thinking individuals have been spending the last few years acknowledging the behavior and figuring out how to adapt accordingly.”

“I have already uploaded over 20 full albums for immediate no-cost download (including some of the newest releases!), with another 80 or so that will be steadily available for download in the coming weeks and months. Please see the list/links below and feel free download every last song and album your heart desires.”

The business model of gimmesound.com is an interesting one; bands are compensated by the advertising revenue generated by the site, and the website also donates 2 percent of their net revenue to a charitable cause of the downloader’s choice.

Magic Bullet releases up for free download thus far include albums from Boy Sets Fire, Austin Lucas, This Will Destroy You, Frodus and many others. Check them out here.

Battlefields are touring beginning in July.  And they’re doing shows with a few bands you may have heard of…Buried Inside?  Baroness?
Jul 14 2009 @ The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota*
Jul 15 2009 @ Nutty’s North Sioux Falls, South Dakota*
Jul 16 2009 @ 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota*
Jul 17 2009 @ Wolf Hangar Iowa City, Iowa*
Jul 18 2009 @ Red Raven Fargo, North Dakota**
Aug 4 2009 @ The Aquarium Fargo, North Dakota***
Aug 14 2009 @ 31st Pub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Aug 15 2009 @ Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^
Aug 16 2009 @ Club Europa Brooklyn, New York^
Aug 17 2009 @ Cherry St. Station Wallingford, Connecticut^
Aug 20 2009 @ Westcott Community Center Syracuse, New York^
Aug 21 2009 @ Roboto Project Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^
Aug 23 2009 @ Mix Tapes Grand Rapids, Michigan^
Aug 27 2009 @ Mix Tapes Moline, Illinois^
Aug 28 2009 @ Fubar Saint Louis, Missouri^
Aug 29 2009 @ Hi Tone Memphis, Tennessee^
Aug 31 2009 @ The Atlantic Gainesville, Florida^
Sep 1 2009 @ The Brewery Raleigh, North Carolina^
Sep 3 2009 @ The Charleston Brooklyn, New York^
Sep 4 2009 @ The Stomping Ground Lancaster, Pennsylvania^
Sep 5 2009 @ The Lighthouse Findlay, Ohio^
* w/ Buried Inside
** w/ Paria
*** w/ Baroness
^ w/ Overmars