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The news for Tuesday 22 August 2017

I Prevail share video for ‘Lifelines’

Detroit, Michigan’s I Prevail have shared their new music video for their single ‘Lifelines’ the title track from their record released last October. Singer Brian Burkheiser comments, “’Lifelines’ is no doubt our proudest video to date. We set out to create something that embodied what ‘Lifelines’ as a song and →

Don Broco reveal their own video game inspired by their single ‘Technology’

Don Broco have revealed their own video game, inspired by the music video for their newest single ‘Technology’. Give it a go here. Designed by Winwood Laboratories, the game allows players to select to play as one of the four members of Don Broco, combating aliens and villainous cowboys →

Prophets Of Rage release music video for ‘Radical Eyes’

Using blunt and startling imagery, ‘Radical Eyes’, the new video from Prophets Of Rage draws a straight line between the civil rights era struggle of the 60’s and the ugly events that unfolded last week in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Flashes of ‘radicals’ such as Barry Goldwater, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King →

Svalbard announce UK tour with The Tidal Sleep

After releasing a split 7″ earlier in the year, Svalbard and The Tidal Sleep have announced a string of UK tour dates for October. Svalbard and The Tidal Sleep play the following dates: 22.10.17 – Birmingham @ →

Employed To Serve announce UK headline tour dates

Fresh from their tour with Milk Teeth and Wallflower, Employed To serve have announced a UK headline tour this November. Employed To Serve play the following dates: 03.11.17 – Brighton @ The Hope & Ruin (event / tickets) 04.11.17 – Oxford →

Cloud Nothings share video for ‘Up to the Surface’

Cloud Nothings have shared their new video for ‘Up to the Surface’, which is taken from their new album ‘Life Without Sound’. The video marks a tonal shift from what fans have come to expect from a Cloud Nothings video as the band enlisted multimedia artist AUJIK to create the clip. Speaking about →

Manuka (Grass Is Green, ex-Speedy Ortiz) Stream ‘Power’ (feat. Katie Capri) and announce debut EP

Maneka is the solo project of Devin McKnight (Grass Is Green, ex-Speedy Ortiz). ‘Is You Is’, the project’s debut EP, marks the first time McKnight is handling the entirety of the songwriting and vocals. Having recently shared ‘Tiger Baby’ and ‘Dracula’ he’s’ now premiered ‘Power’ via GoldFlakePaint. The single →

Metz share new track ‘Mess Of Wires’

Metz have shared their new track ‘Mess Of Wires’, the final release ahead of their new album dropping on September 22nd. As described by Metz Frontman, Alex Edkins, ‘Mess of Wires’ is “a reminder to myself to speak out and say what I believe. To be honest with myself. It →

Slipknot reveal new clip from ‘Day of the Gusano’

Slipknot’s movie, ‘Day of the Gusano’ is nearing on 6th September and a new documentary clip focusing on the Mexican fans has been revealed via their official YouTube channel. The incendiary Iowa band’s ‘must see’ feature length film lands as a ‘one night only’ event →

Trap Them announce their break up and final shows

Boston / Seattle based metallic hardcore group Trap Them, have announced that they are calling it a day after 17 years of being a band together. They made their announcement via their Facebook page with a small poster listing their final three shows. →

Sorority Noise Release Music Video For “First Letter From St. Sean”

Sorority Noise have released their new music video for “First Letter From St. Sean.” The song comes off the band’s critically acclaimed record ‘You’re Not As _____ As You Think’, released earlier this year on Triple Crown Records. ‘You’re Not As _____ As You Think’ →

Quicksand announce first new album in over two decades, ‘Interiors’

Quicksand have announced the release of their first new album in over two decades, ‘Interiors’. Produced by Will Yip (Title Fight, The Menzingers), this long awaited follow up to 1995’s ‘Manic Compression’ will be released on the 10th November via Epitaph Records. Pre-orders are available here and you can →

Acid Tongue announce debut album, ‘Babies’

Aid Tongue have announced the release of their upcoming debut album, ‘Babies’. It will be released on the 13th October via Freakout Records (US) and Failure by Design Records (UK). You can listen to the first single, ‘If I Really Loved Her’, exclusively at All →

Yankee Bluff (ex Snowing, Algernon Cadwallader, Dogs On Acid) unveil third EP, ‘Yanked’

Philly lo-fi rockers Yankee Bluff have shared their third EP, ‘Yanked’. The band, who feature ex members of Snowing, Algernon Cadwallader and Dogs On Acid, have put the record up for PWYW download on bandcamp. It follows up their second EP ‘Slovenian Daisy’ from earlier this year. →

Dawn Ray’d (ex We Came Out Like Tigers) announce debut album, ‘The Unlawful Assembly’

Featuring former members of We Came Out Like Tigers, Dawn Ray’d have announced the release of their upcoming debut album, ‘The Unlawful Assembly’. The black metallers will be releasing the record on the 2nd October via Halo of Flies Records (US), Feast of Tentacles (UK/EU) and Action Now! (UK). Pre-orders →

Scarecrow Boat announce UK shows

Southampton indie/emo punks Scarecrow Boat have announced that they will be playing some UK shows next month. The band’s latest release is their split with Joshua Jones, ‘The Fresh Prince of Nowhere’, which they released in June. All proceeds from purchasing the record on bandcamp will go towards aiding →

Pinact stream new album, ‘The Part That No One Knows’

Scottish indie punks Pinact are exclusively streaming their upcoming second album, ‘The Part That No One Knows’, at Hype Machine. It will be released on the 25th August via Kanine Records. They will also be the following UK shows. AUGUST 25 GLASGOW The Old Hairdressers →

SLED (formerly Pinhole Down) stream new song, ‘Wasting Away’

Formerly known as Pinhole Down, Florida punks SLED have shared their new song, ‘Wasting Away’. It is taken from their upcoming new album, ‘A Better You’, which will be released on the 15th September via Bird Attack Records. This will be the band’s first record under the new moniker. →

Tiger Army release new video for ‘Dark and Lonely Night’

Tiger Army have shared their new video for ‘Dark and Lonely Night’. It is taken from the LA psychobilly trio’s fifth album ‘V…-‘, which was released last year on Rise Records and Luna Tone Records. →

Vanilla Pod, Pints, The Kimberly Steaks and more to play KTC all-dayer

London punk promoters KTC have announced that they will be putting on an all-dayer at the New Cross Inn in London on Saturday 23rd September. Vanilla Pod, Pints, The Kimberly Steaks, Pizzatramp, Natterers, Misgivings, Müg, Brocker, On a Hiding to Nothing, Werecats, Nietzsche Trigger Finger, Strange Places and Fast Fade →

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