Red Scare has announced plans to visit Canada later this summer for to pick up cheap prescription medication and play a few shows. The label explained:

“We’ve got a big Red Scare tour coming to North America (well, mostly Canada) and it’s being headlined by RS flagship Teenage Bottlerocket! They’re bringing Ottawa’s Riptides and Cleveland’s Sidekicks along with them to make it a full-on party. Wow, our first label package tour. I can’t wait to taste some of those ketchup chips they have up there.”

You can click here to see the tour poster.
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Design house Alphabet Arms has posted some images suggesting that popular FBR act Cute Is What We Aim For used one of their designs for their new album cover.

According to the designers:

At the beginning of last year, Cute Is What We Aim For’s management contacted us about doing some merch designs for the band. They informed us the band liked our work, namely a design we did for Counting Crows back in 2004 or 2005 (That design has since been published in a few books, namely Logo Lounge 3 + Letterhead and Logo Design 9 from Rockport Press).

After some back and forth over pricing we were informed they were going to concentrate on the merch design in-house and contact us later. We never heard anything back.

The band posted images comparing the album cover to their design work on youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com. You can compare for yourself here.
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The Bronx have posted a song from one of their recently announced records. The album is expected in September of this year.

You can find “Knifeman” on their myspace page.
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Though the band has had a lengthy and successful relationship with Sub Pop Records, the Shins are apparently looking to go solo for their next album. According to a Billboard interview, the band is set toself-release their fourth studio album through frontman James Mercer’s Aural Apothecary label.

The band is planning to continue the trend of popular bands testing new waters by partnering with a label for pressing and distribution but retaining ownership and control of their own recordings. While they have not ruled out Sub Pop, the band has not committed to the venerable indie either.

The band released Wincing the Night Away in 2007.
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Valient Himself, singer of Volcom Entertainment rock band Valient Thorr, recently filmed a video diary as he prepared to donate his kidney to his ailing father. You can see the eight-minute film, sponsored by Alternative Press right here.

Valient Thorr released Immortalizer this year and are on tour in Europe. They will be returning home to the United States in early July where they have a full tour lined up.
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Vampire Weekend have posted the latest video from their widely acclaimed debut full length, Vampire Weekend.

You can check it out here.

Speaking of Vampire Weekend, the band recently appeared on Pete Wentz’s FNTV which you can see here.
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