This June Cruel Summer will put out a limited edition vinyl-only 12-inch EP on Mt St Mtn with six brand new tracks. Preorder the limited edition vinyl through Mt St Mtn.

’80s alt-rock vets The Psychedelic Furs are going up to spend the summer on tour. Also, P-Furs classic 1981 album, Talk Talk Talk, was reissued on vinyl last month.  Check out the band’s full itinerary, below.

May 31, 2013 • AGOURA HILLS, CA • CANYON CLUB
June 01, 2013 • SOLANA BEACH, CA • BELLY UP • SOLD OUT
June 02, 2013 • SAN DIEGO, CA • SAN DIEGO ROCK n ROLL MARATHON • PETCO PARK • FREE EVENT
June 05, 2013 • LAS VEGAS, NV • HARD ROCK ON THE STRIP
June 06, 2013 • TUCSON, AZ • RIALTO THEATRE
June 08, 2013 • ENGLEWOOD, CO • GOTHIC THEATRE
June 09, 2013 • KANSAS CITY, MO • THE MIDLAND BY AMC
June 12, 2013 • CHATTANOOGA, TN • RIVERBEND FESTIVAL
June 13, 2013 • VIENNA, VA • FILENE CENTER at WOLF TRAP • (w/The Go Go’s)
June 14, 2013 • PHILADELPHIA, PA • TROCADERO •TICKETS
June 16, 2013 • RED BANK, NJ • COUNT BASIE THEATRE • (w/The Go Go’s)
June 17, 2013 • NORFOLK, CT • INFINITY HALL
June 18, 2013 • PROVIDENCE, RI • FETE
June 20, 2013 • LONDONDERRY, NH • TUPELO MUSIC HALL • SOLD OUT
June 21, 2013 • HUNTINGTON, NY • PARAMOUNT
June 22, 2013 • PORTLAND, ME • ASYLUM
June 23, 2013 • WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT • TUPELO MUSIC HALL
July 12, 2013 • ANAHEIM, CA • HOUSE OF BLUES
July 15, 2013 • PHOENIX, AZ • CRESCENT BALLROOM
July 17, 2013 • DALLAS, TX • HOUSE OF BLUES
July 18, 2013 • AUSTIN, TX • ANTONES on sale Friday 5/17
July 19, 2013 • HOUSTON, TX • HOUSE OF BLUES
July 20, 2013 • BATON ROUGE, LA • VARSITY THEATRE
July 22, 2013 • BIRMINGHAM, AL • WORKPLAY THEATRE
July 23, 2013 • ATLANTA, GA • VARIETY PLAYHOUSE
July 25, 2013 • PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL • PONTE VEDRA CONCERT HALL
July 26, 2013 • ORLANDO, FL • THE PLAZA ‘LIVE’
July 27, 2013 • FT. LAUDERDALE, FL • CULTURE ROOM
July 28, 2013 • ST. PETERSBURG, FL • STATE THEATRE
July 30, 2013 • CARRBORO, NC • CAT’S CRADLE
August 03, 2013 • NEW YORK, NY • IRVING PLAZA
August 31, 2013 • SACRAMENTO, CA • ASSEMBLY
September 01, 2013 • NAPA, CA • UPTOWN THEATRE •TICKETS
September 05, 2013 • SEATTLE, WA • SHOWBOX AT THE MARKET
September 09, 2013 • LINCOLN, NE • BOURBON THEATRE

Motörhead, Quicksand, Bad Brains, Glassjaw, Gwar, The Devil Wears Prada and more will appear at this years ‘Riot Fest‘ in Chicago, IL. The event will be held at Humboldt Park from September 13th-15th and feature the following roster:

Fall Out Boy
Blink-182
Violent Femmes
Motörhead
Rancid
AFI
Sublime With Rome
Blondie
Public Enemy
Brand New
Flag
Guided By Voices
All Time Low
Pierce The Veil
Taking Back Sunday
Rocket From The Crypt
Bad Religion
Atmosphere
The Dismemberment Plan
Dinosaur Jr.
X
Devotchka
Yellowcard
Screeching Weasel
Pennywise
The Broadways
Against Me!
Bob Mould
Gwar
The Lillingtons
Best Coast
The Lawrence Arms
Say Anything
Bad Brains
Quicksand
The Selector
Bad Books
Mission of Burma
The Devil Wears Prada
Saves The Day
Glassjaw, Bayside
Stars
Toots And The Maytals
Peter Hook (Joy Division set)
Smoking Popes
Reggie And The Full Effect
Attack Attack!
The Dear Hunter
Maps And Atlases
Surfer Blood
Chuck Ragan
Dessa
Saul Williams
Empires
Mephiskapheles
Kitten
Peelander-Z
Touche More
Masked Intruder
Deal’s Gone Bad
Twin Peaks
Flatfoot 56
White Mystery
Environmental Encroachment
Radkey

Further details can be found at Riotfest.org

Mouth Of The Architect have debuted their new track “How Will This End” online through Lambgoat. Translation Loss will have the bands upcoming album “Dawning” in stores on June 25th. Meanwhile, they will be out the road shortly with Intronaut, Scale The Summit and more.

Highness have offered their debut LP, Hold, for free download (through tomorrow) via Pure Volume.  The record was released yesterday on Magic Bullet Records.  Do yourself a favor and get this abosolutely amazing album while you can: http://www.purevolume.com/news/highness-hold-album-download-stream.

Candy Hearts, Stickup Kid and Real Friends will be hitting the road together this summer for a month-long tour. Dates are below.

This year’s FYF Fest will take place at the L.A. State Historic Park in Los Angeles, CA on August 24 and 25. Among the acts slated to perform are Melvins, Title Fight, Baroness, and Touche Amore. Here’s the full lineup:

August 24th

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
TV on the Radio
FLAG
Deerhunter
Devendra Banhart
The Breeders
Toro Y Moi
Death Grips
Roky Erickson
STRFKR
Thee Oh Sees
Simian Mobile Disco
B2B Bicep
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Ty Segall
Dan Deacon
Nosaj Thing
Title Fight
Delorean
Omar Souleyman
Eleanor Friedberger
Joyce Manor
Foxygen
Horse Meat Disco
METZ
Crystal Antlers
The Underachievers
Waxahatchee

August 25th

My Bloody Valentine
MGMT
Beach House
Solange
Yo La Tengo
Washed Out
Holy Ghost!
The Melvins
Les Savy Fav
Shlohmo
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Flume
!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
Jonathan Richman
Baroness
Poolside
Touche Amore
Mac Demarco
Glasser
How to Dress Well
Chelsea Wolfe
The Orwells
Classixx
Mikal Cronin
Guards
Pional
Fear of Men
Lemuria
Antwon

Various musicians and friends of Baroness have donated items to an auction that aims to help ease the costs of the medical bills related to their August 2012 bus crash in the UK. Test pressings and autographed items from the likes of Mastodon, Meshuggah, Neurosis, Kylesa, Municipal Waste, Red Fang and more are up for grabs. Full details can be found at Baronessrelief.org; while the auction itself is now live on Ebay.

A band known for their captivating and comprehensive storytelling just as much as their elaborate and complex music, Massachusetts’ Defeater recently wrapped recording their third full-length album, Letters Home.  This ten-song album is scheduled to hit stores on July 16, once again on Bridge Nine Records.  The band will join the Warped Tour this summer.  Here are the dates: 

July

11  Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center – Warped Tour

12  Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center – Warped Tour

13  Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum – Warped Tour

14  Hartford, CT @ Comcast Theater – Warped Tour

16  Scranton, PA @ Toyota Pavilion – Warped Tour

17  Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion – Warped Tour

18  Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center – Warped Tour

19  Auburn HIlls, MI @ Palace  – Warped Tour

20  Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater  – Warped Tour

21  Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park – Warped Tour

23  Kansas City, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater  – Warped Tour

24  Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Warped Tour

25  Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheater at Lakewood – Warped Tour

26  St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park – Warped Tour

27  W. Palm Beach, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheater  – Warped Tour

28  Orlando, FL @ Central FL Fairgrounds – Warped Tour

29  Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater – Warped Tour

30  Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center – Warped Tour

31  Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater – Warped Tour

August

2  Dallas, TX @ Gexa Energy Pavilion – Warped Tour

3  San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center – Warped Tour

4  Houston, TX @ Reliant Center Parking Lot – Warped Tour

Phoenix, Arizona pop-rock band This Century released Biography of Heartbreak yesterday. For Biography of Heartbreak, This Century teamed up with producer Colby Wedgeworth (The Maine, Austin Gibbs, Lydia) and the result is a new album dripping with confectious pop-rock anthems that could easily be heard on Top 40 radio.

This Century will be hitting the road this summer for the 8123 Tour with The Maine, A Rocket To The Moon and Brighten.  Here are the dates:

June 4 – Tempe, AZ – Tempe Marketplace (Free Show)

June 7 – Anaheim, CA – House of Blues

June 8 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

June 9 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades

June 11 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

June 12 – Vancouver, BC – The Rio Theater

June 14 – Calgary, AB – The Den

June 15 – Edmonton, AB – Avenue Theater

June 18 – Winnipeg, MB – Garrick

June 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theatre

June 21 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

June 22 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

June 23 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s

June 25 – Detroit, MI – Crofoot Ballroom

June 26 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Theatre

June 27 – Montreal, QC – La Tulipe

June 28 – Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall

June 29 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

June 30 – Wilton, CT – Trackside

July 2 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza

July 3 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

July 5 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony

July 6 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

July 7 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar

July 9 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s

July 10 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar

July 11 – Nashville, TN – 3rd & Lindsley

July 12 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay

July 13 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft

July 14 – Jacksonville, FL – Freebird

July 16 – Orlando, FL – Beachum Theatre

July 18 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues

July 19 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s

July 20 – Austin, TX – The Parish

July 21 – Dallas, TX – Trees

July 24 – Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall

July 26 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock