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Atlanta’s THE CHARIOT are currently raising hell across Australia along with Oh, Sleeper on the No Surrender Tour. Check out this video from start to finish and tell me you don’t want to see these guys when they roll through your town next. 

New Yorks SUCH GOLD have slapped together a brand new video for ‘Sycamore’, the lead single off their upcoming ep Pedestals. Check out the video and follow it up by chucking a squiz at the official band FB

new releases - april/may

How exciting is May for releases? oh shiiiiiit. 

April 26 Explosions In The Sky ‘Take Care, Take Care, Take Care’

May 03 Title Fight ‘Shed’  

May 03 Beastie Boys ‘Hot Sauce Committee Part 2’  

May 09 Bear vs. Shark ‘Right Now, You’re in the Best of Hands…’ (vinyl yay!!) 

May 10 This Will Destroy You ‘Tunnel Blanket’ 

May 10 Moving Mountains ‘Waves’  

May 10 Balance and Composure ‘Separation’  

May 10 Man Overboard ‘The Human Highlight Reel’  

May 24 Against Me! ‘Total Clarity’  

May 24 Fireworks ‘Gospel’  

May 31 Death Cab For Cutie ‘Codes and Keys’ 

TRANSIT are another band peddling the pop-rock-punk amalgamation and doing a pretty solid job all the while. The lads are currently streaming two tracks off their upcoming limited 7” Promise Nothing (released through Rise Records) and you can check them out here. 

TRANSIT are another band peddling the pop-rock-punk amalgamation and doing a pretty solid job all the while. The lads are currently streaming two tracks off their upcoming limited 7” Promise Nothing (released through Rise Records) and you can check them out here

Ohio natives CITIZEN create no-frills pop punk & have been likened to both early TBS & Brand New. Releasing three track demo ‘The Only Place I Know’ mid March, Citizen take away the guilt associated with enjoying this genre. 
Check out both the 3 track demo here, or the acoustic demo here. 

Ohio natives CITIZEN create no-frills pop punk & have been likened to both early TBS & Brand New. Releasing three track demo ‘The Only Place I Know’ mid March, Citizen take away the guilt associated with enjoying this genre. 

Check out both the 3 track demo here, or the acoustic demo here

If you like your heavy tunes with a hint of ingenuity & intelligence, then you’ll love Iowa’s FORMER THIEVES.  Set to release their latest album ‘The Language That We Speak’ next Tuesday, the guys want you to get involved earlier and stream the album from here. 
Got Facebook? Befriend FORMER THIEVES. 

If you like your heavy tunes with a hint of ingenuity & intelligence, then you’ll love Iowa’s FORMER THIEVES.  Set to release their latest album ‘The Language That We Speak’ next Tuesday, the guys want you to get involved earlier and stream the album from here

Got Facebook? Befriend FORMER THIEVES

With the release of their new full length on the horizon, Philadelphia’s THE WONDER YEARS have just posted a video for the first single ‘Local Man Ruins Everything’. 

If you feel like learning more about the upcoming album ‘Suburbia I’ve Given You All And Now I’m Nothing’ from the horses mouth, frontman Dan Campbell had a yarn with Absolutepunk.net here

New Jersey post-rock dudes THURSDAY have saved you all the effort of ripping their new album ‘No Devolucion’, by giving it away for free. The official release date is tomorrow, so get on top of it and stream directly from here.  Fingers crossed this album leans towards War All The Time and away from Common Existence.

New Jersey post-rock dudes THURSDAY have saved you all the effort of ripping their new album ‘No Devolucion’, by giving it away for free. The official release date is tomorrow, so get on top of it and stream directly from here.  Fingers crossed this album leans towards War All The Time and away from Common Existence.

‘Waves’ is the working title for the new MOVING MOUNTAINS record, scheduled to drop on May 10 through Triple Crown. Alt Press are currently streaming the single ‘Tired Tiger’ here or you can continue to just refresh the shit out of the youtube clip. 

Posting an update off their blog this morning, LA DISPUTE are recording…again! With their 12” split with Koji ‘Never Come Undone’ only weeks away from being released, we can be assured that even more music will follow shortly after. 

Check out the La Dispute blog here. 

German kids LASTING TRACES play the kind of melodic hardcore that makes you want to round up 4 of your friends together in order to emulate. Two new tracks have just been uploaded off the forthcoming full length ‘Old Hearts Break In Isolation’, so get on this. 

German kids LASTING TRACES play the kind of melodic hardcore that makes you want to round up 4 of your friends together in order to emulate. Two new tracks have just been uploaded off the forthcoming full length ‘Old Hearts Break In Isolation’, so get on this. 

If you couldn’t tell, we really dig FENCES. Christopher Mansfield & co have just finished up recording at the famed Daytrotter Studio’s in Rock Island, Illinois. For those playing at home, Daytrotter Sessions are stripped back re-workings of artists tracks that YOU can download for free.
Head over now, sign up and download your face off.  

If you couldn’t tell, we really dig FENCES. Christopher Mansfield & co have just finished up recording at the famed Daytrotter Studio’s in Rock Island, Illinois. For those playing at home, Daytrotter Sessions are stripped back re-workings of artists tracks that YOU can download for free.

Head over now, sign up and download your face off.  

Five dudes from California play in a heavy band called ALL TEETH. Dropping from two vocalists to one and undergoing major member changes, AT have put their woes aside to create ‘Young Love’, undoubtedly one of the catchiest hardcore albums to have been released so far this year. 
Please listen to ‘O2 Caller ID 1’ here and see what you’ve been missing out on. 

Five dudes from California play in a heavy band called ALL TEETH. Dropping from two vocalists to one and undergoing major member changes, AT have put their woes aside to create ‘Young Love’, undoubtedly one of the catchiest hardcore albums to have been released so far this year. 

Please listen to ‘O2 Caller ID 1’ here and see what you’ve been missing out on. 

Birmingham collective SHARKS are keeping the blue collared & Clash inspired punk jams alive in 2011 with the release of ‘The Joys Of Living 2008-2010’. Punknews.org are currently streaming the album, so quit mucking about and listen to the track ‘Sweet Harness’ now. 

Birmingham collective SHARKS are keeping the blue collared & Clash inspired punk jams alive in 2011 with the release of ‘The Joys Of Living 2008-2010’. Punknews.org are currently streaming the album, so quit mucking about and listen to the track ‘Sweet Harness’ now. 

Detroit pop-punkers FIREWORKS are only weeks away from releasing their full length album ‘Gospel’ through Triple Crown Records. Giving you a taste of what’s to come well in advance, head over to this link and download ‘Summer’ today. 

Detroit pop-punkers FIREWORKS are only weeks away from releasing their full length album ‘Gospel’ through Triple Crown Records. Giving you a taste of what’s to come well in advance, head over to this link and download ‘Summer’ today. 

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