A stream has been launched of another new song from Stephen Egerton‘s upcoming debut solo release. The record is titled The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton and is due out May 11, 2010 via Paper and Plastick. The song is titled “South for the Winter” and features Rise Against vocalist Tim McIlrath who co-wrote the vocal melody and lyrics for the track.

Check it out here.

The article also asks Stephen about the collaboration:

I came up with the music first, then recorded it and sent it to Tim. He came up with the lyrics and melody. When I write music, I usually start with a guitar or bass riff, or a vocal melody and go from there. On this record I had written vocal melodies for most of the songs, but let the singers do their own or change them if they wanted to. Tim wanted to do his own melody on this song, which was fine with me. I love what he came up with.

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Hamburg’s Small Town Riot have posted a new song from their next album. The record is titled Fuck Those Who Go Untried and is due out June 29, 2010 via Warbird.

Check it out on their MySpace page.
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Message board mavericks O Pioneers!!! are hitting the road with a new lineup and a new record. Eric Solomon has enlisted the aid of Toronto’s Junior Battles as his backing band this time around. The two bands are releasing a split 7″ via Kiss Of Death.

You can hear “Hey! That’s My Blood” by O Pioneers!!! at their MySpace. You can hear “Passing Out” at Junior Battles MySpace page. The release is due out ASAP.

The duo is out on tour headed to Rad Fest. You can see those dates below.
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The Higher have announced a headlining tour set to be supported by Between The Trees and Goodnight Caulfield.

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The Real McKenzies have detailed their upcoming live, acoustic album. The record is titled Shine Not Burn and is due out June 22, 2010 via Fat Wreck Chords. As reported last month, the set was recorded last year at Wild at Heart in Kreuzberg, Germany and is said to feature “acoustic guitars, penny whistles, 3-piece drums sets and upright basses, to drop the amplitude and try something new.”

Source Continue reading The Real McKenzies detail “Shine Not Burn” →

Rise Against, Weezer, Bad Religion, City and Colour and Wintersleep are the first batch of headliners announced for Edmonton’s upcoming rock festival, Sonic Boom. Set to take place September 4th, tickets for the annual event go on sale today. Rise Against also noted:

In one of only a handful of North American shows we are playing in awhile, Rise Against comes to Canada on Sept 4th to play the 2010 Sonic Boom in Edmonton. We will be headlining the show, joined by our friends in Bad Religion and City & Colour as well as the one and only Weezer.

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Into It. Over It. have unveiled a new video for “22 Syllables,” a track from 2009’s 52 Weeks.

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Small Brown Bike have moved their previously announced May 15 show in Philadelphia, PA to First Unitarian Church. Tickets are available here. Additionally, they’ve booked an in-store performance at New York City’s Generation Records alongside tourmates Bridge and Tunnel on May 14 before their sold out show at Cake Shop.

The band recently released Composite, Volume Two.
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The reunited Gamits will hit the studio in June to record The Halves and Half Knots, which will be the band’s first new material since 2004’s Antidote. A release is expected in the fall through Suburban Home Records.

The band announced reunion plans earlier this year.
Source Continue reading The Gamits title new LP, set to hit the studio →

Gaslight Anthem have announced a month of headlining dates this summer, with Tim Barry as confirmed opener. The band will be supporting their upcoming album, American Slang which is due out June 15, 2010.

Speaking of that album, NME has put together a track-by-track breakdown of the highly anticipated new album here. The article draws comparisons to Tom Petty, Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen.

Source Continue reading Tours: The Gaslight Anthem / Tim Barry →

Paper and Plastick has added Philadelphia, PA’s Restorations to its roster. The band’s first release for their new label will be Strange Behavior, a four song EP due out digitally on May 4, 2010 with a vinyl release to follow in late June.

A song from the EP entitled “Title Track” is streaming in the audio player on Paper and Plastick’s website.
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Make Do and Mend have posted a new song from their upcoming split 7″ with Touché Amoré, tentatively slated for for a June release through Panic Records/6131 Records. Once out, it’ll be the band’s first new material since 2009’s Bodies of Water.

Check out “Hand Me Downs” at their MySpace page.
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