Pitchfork is hosting the new video from Frightened Rabbit for “Nothing Like You,” a track from the band’s upcoming full-length, The Winter of Mixed Drinks.
Slated for a March 1, 2010 release, The Winter of Mixed Drinks will follow up 2008’s The Midnight Organ Fight and the band has already lined up a lengthy tour in support of the record.
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Influential Halifax, NS post-punk/math rock outfit North of America (get it?) will be reuniting this Saturday in Montreal for a show as part of the Blue Skies Turn Black 10th Anniversary show. More information is available here.
The band, which started in 1997, has reunited sporadically over the years. They notably released material through Level Plane Records.
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Chicago’s Castevet have parted ways with Big Scary Monsters and now plans to record two additional tracks for their upcoming record, The Echo and the Light, and release it as a 12″ in May through an as-yet-unnamed label.
Once out, The Echo and the Light will follow up 2009’s Summer Fences.
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Chuck Ragan, Jonah Matranga, Jeff Caudill (Gameface) and others are set to play a how at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on March 30. More performers are to be added at a later date. Information can be found here and tickets can be purchased here.
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Young Livers have posted a new track from their upcoming sophomore full-length, Of Misery and Toil. Head to the band’s MySpace page to check out “In Rapid Succession.”
Slated for an April 27, 2010 release through No Idea Records, Of Misery and Toil will follow up 2007’s The New Drop Era. The band will soon head to Europe with labelmates Bridge and Tunnel.
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Time Magazine recently spoke to Chris Johnston of Plan-It-X Records and Ghost Mice about his new non-profit coffee shop/bookstore in the depressed and poverty-stricken town of Cairo, IL.
Check it out here.
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Shockhound has posted a video interview with Alkaline Trio. In it, the band talks about leaving Epic Records, the transitional nature of their new album, This Addiction, and more.
This Addition was released this week and is the band’s first album under their own Heart & Skull imprint, distributed by Epitaph Records.
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Our stream today comes from Cincinnati, OH-based Mixtapes. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Maps.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org page. If you like what you hear, you may want to consider downloading it for free from Death to False Hope Records.
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Spinner is hosting a full album stream of the new LP from Title Tracks, It Was Easy, released earlier this month via Ernest Jenning. The band notably features John Davis, formerly of Q And Not U.
Head to this page to check out the stream.
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Tiny Engines has announced that their next release will be a self-titled 12″ from Philadelphia’s Everyone Everywhere. Slated for a May 4, 2010 release, it’ll follow up the band’s 2009 7″ A Lot of Weird People Standing Around. Two songs from the new album can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
Speaking of A Lot of Weird People Standing Around, If You Make It has posted that release as a donation-based download. Grab that here.
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The reunited Public Image Limited will be touring North America this spring, with the first date being the band’s previously announced appearance at this year’s edition of Coachella. The band will play shows on both American coasts, a few in the midwest and two gigs in Canada.
John Lydon formed Public Image Limited in 1978 following the implosion of the Sex Pistols. The original line up included one-time The Clash guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble and drummer Jim Walker. The group ran with various lineups and guest stars through 1993, in that run releasing eight full-lengths. They first reunited late last year for a run of shows in the UK.
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Deftones have posted a new song from their upcoming full-length as a free download. Head to this page to grab “Rocket Skates.”
The band’s new album, Diamond Eyes, is slated for a May 18, 2010 release.
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A number of high-quality photos of FEAR FACTORY’s February 22, 2010 concert at The Melkweg in Amsterdam in the Netherlands can be found at Metal-Experience.com.
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