Man Overboard announces in-stores in support of Heart Attack

New Jersey’s Man Overboard have lined up a series of three in-stores with local independent music stores, around the upcoming release of their new LP, Heart Attack, which drops on Tuesday, May 28.

The events will take place on:

Thursday 6/6:  7pm @ Siren Records in Doylestown, PA

Saturday 6/8: 12pm @ Tunes in Hoboken, NJ

Saturday 6/8: 7pm @ Tunes in Voorhees, NJ

The band will be playing an acoustic performance and doing signings at each location. Receipts from the individual store from the purchase of Heart Attack can be redeemed for entry.  There is limited capacity for each event.

Destroy This Place announces tour plans (2013)

Destroy This Place are going on tour this summer in support of their second album. All tour dates are listed below.

06.07.2013 @ The Loft, Lansing, MI w/ The People’s Temple, Vandalay, & Animeaux
06.26.2013 @ Smiling Moose, Pittsburgh, PA w/ Sparrows, Breakfast & Glass Lungs
06.27.2013 @ DC9, Washington, DC w/ Tereu Tereu & Atlas At Last
06.28.2013 @ The Fire, Philadelphia, PA w/ By Surprise, Hurry, & Wigwams
06.29.2013 @ Death by Audio, Brooklyn, NY w/ Turing Machine, Shark? & Your Skull
07.25.2013 @ Happy Dog, Cleveland, OH w/ Classic Sand & Restless Habs
07.26.2013 @ Blind Bob’s, Dayton w/ Oh Condor, Perhaps, & Brujas Del Sol
07.27.2013 @ TBA, Bloomington, IN w/ TBA
08.08.2013 @ Quarters, Milkwaukee, WI w/ Lamb’s Legs & Body Futures
08.09.2013 @ Cause, Minneapolis, MN w/ SQUARES & American Rebels
08.10.2013 @ TBA, Chicago, IL w/ Tight Phantomz & Lifted Bells

Into It. Over It. release 7″ via Topshelf, book

Into It. Over It. will release a new 7-inch titled Life is Suffering on June 25 via Topshelf Records. In addition to a pair of full-band live tracks, the package will include a 200-page book featuring band photographs and other content from IIOI’s first full-band tour. The two live tracks, “Anchor” and “Wearing White,” can be heard at The AV Club.

IIOI’s new full-length and follow-up to 2011′s Proper is expected this year via Triple Crown Records.

Arctic Rodeo represses Office of Future Plans 7″

Arctic Rodeo is repressing the Office of Future Plans’ debut 7″.  OOFP’s J Robbins was in Jawbox, Government Issue, Burning Airlines, and Channels, Darren Zentek was in Kerosene 454 and Channels. Brooks Harlan is also in Avec and War on Women. He also runs Big Crunch Amp & Guitar Repair. Gordon Withers was in Betwixt. At the moment he also plays with We All Inherit The Moon, Woodworkings, and Quadruplestop cello quartet. Keep an eye peeled for it.

Owen readies new album, announces tour dates (2013)

Owen (aka Mike Kinsella of American Football, Cap’n Jazz, etc) releases his new album, L’Ami due Peuple, on July 2 via Polyvinyl. He also has some upcoming dates, beginning tomorrow:

05.24 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY*
05.31 – Jackpot Music Hall – Lawrence, KS
06.17 – Beachland Tavern – Cleveland, OH^
06.18 – The Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA^
06.20 – Kings Barcade – Raleigh, NC^
06.22 – The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC^
06.24 – New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC^
06.26 – The End – Nashville, TN^
06.29 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
07.13 – Adado Riverfront Park – Lansing, MI

*With Laura Stevenson and Field Mouse
^with Slingshot Dakota

Brand New announces shows (2013)

Brand New have announced a handful of club shows around their performance at Riot Fest in Chicago this September.

DATE VENUE CITY
Sept. 13 Bogart’s Cincinnati, OH
Sept. 14 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
Sept. 17 Town Ballroom Buffalo NY
Sept. 18 Upstate Concert Hall Clifton Park, NY
     

Across Tundras tour with Hellbender (2013)

Following their lauded Sage album, released in 2011 by Neurot Recordings, the new LP from Nashville trio Across Tundras is set for release on the band’s newly founded D.I.Y. label.  Electric Relics is available for free/name-your-price download now via Bandcamp, where orders for the deluxe vinyl edition — being pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl and bearing gatefold jackets — can also be placed. Stream and pick up the album HERE.

In support of the album, Across Tundras are hooking up with their cohorts in Hellbender for a Western U.S. tour, kicking off with a hometown show on June 6 and winding out through the West Coast and back through the Midwestern states.

6/06/2013 The Groove – Nashville, TN

6/07/2013 3 Angels – Memphis, TN w/ Tanks

6/08/2013 The Conservatory – Oklahoma, City, OK w/ We the Undead

6/09/2013 Synchro Studios – Albuquerque, NM w/ Shiva

6/10/2013 The District – Tucson, AZ w/ Psygoat

6/11/2013 Palo Verde – Phoenix, AZ w/ Sorxe

6/12/2013 Five Star Bar – Los Angeles, CA w/ The Withers, Arms of Tripoli

6/13/2013 Thee Parkside – San Francisco, CA w/ Name

6/14/2013 Casa Da Chaos – Sacramento, CA

6/15/2013 Herb Stomp – Portland, OR w/ Rolling Through the Universe, Hungers

6/16/2013 Highline – Seattle, WA w/ Lightning Kills Eagle, Scriptures

6/17/2013 Tiny Tavern – Eugene, OR w/ Rivers of Mercury, Opossum Head

6/18/2013 TBA/HELP – Northern CA

6/19/2013 Jub Jubs – Reno, NV

6/20/2013 Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Before the Eyewall, Dwellers

6/21/2013 TBA/HELP – Denver, CO

6/22/2013 The Lulu House – Wichita, KS w/ Serpent Overlord

Sundowners reveal new song

Coming May 26 from the venerable punks at Dirt Cult Records is The Greater Half of Wisdom, the new LP from Minneapolis, MN’s Sundowners. The band have partnered with ThePunkSite.com to reveal another new song from it, “Heavy Cards”:

http://thepunksite.com/news/2013/05/20/exclusive-sundowners-heavy-cards/

Secret Voice announces new Dad Punchers EP

Secret Voice has announced that the label will release a new EP from Dad Punchers in the near future.  Titled, These Times Weren’t Made For You, the EP will feature four new cuts.  Listen to a new song, “Instant Stream”, on SoundCloud now.

Tame Impala bassist quits, band tours (2013)

Tame Impala bassist Nick Allbrook has decided to quit the band. A statement on Tame Impala’s website explained that “Nick Roland Paisley Adams Allbrook is hopping off the Tame Impala band wagon so that he can try and screw his head back on, and make an attempt to assimilate back into society. A task the rest of us fear we will one day have to perform….”

Naturally, there are no hard feelings between the parties involved. The statement continued, explaining, “We’re super happy for our bro Nick and wish him well in all his various fucking awesome artistic spewings and endeavours that he’ll actually have time for now.. Good on ya brah.”

Tame Impala head out on tour this week:

5/23 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera 

5/25 The Gorge, WA – Sasquatch Festival 

5/26 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom 

5/27 Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom

5/29 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater 

6/17 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle 

6/18 Richmond, VA – The National 

6/19 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory 

6/25 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo

6/26 Paris, France – Olympia Hall

7/3 Berlin, Germany – Astra

7/4 Gdynia, Poland – Open’er

7/11 Toulouse, France – Le Bikini

7/13 Madrid, Spain – La Riviera

7/14 Lisbon, Portugal – Optimus Alive