Baltimore melodic punkers Wildhoney will be touring with Cloakroom and Russian Circles on select dates. Their latest EP Your Face Sideways is out now via Topshelf Records.
Jan 02: Mahall’s 20 Lanes – Lakewood, OH (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 03: Majestic Cafe – Detroit, MI (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 04: Smiling Buddha – Toronto, ON (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 05: Bar Le Ritz – Montreal, QC (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 06: Bar – New Haven, CT (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 07: The Sinclair – Boston, MA (w/ Cloakroom, Russian Circles) Jan 08: St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Cloakroom, Russian Circles) Jan 09: St. Vitus – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Cloakroom, Russian Circles) Jan 10: Philamoca – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Cloakroom) Jan 13: Schuba’s Tavern – Chicago, IL (TNK Festival) Jan 14: The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO (w/ Wild Belle) Jan 15: High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI (FRZN Fest) Jan 16: MOTR Pub – Cincinnati, OH
Diamond Youth are streaming their upcoming debut Nothing Matters in its entirety below. The album is out on May 19, 2015 via Topshelf Records. The band will be on tour with Superheaven and Rozwell Kid with dates posted here.
Diamond Youth is streaming “No Control” off of their upcoming debut album Nothing Matters, out May 19, 2015 via Topshelf Records. The band will be touring North America tour with Superheaven and Rozwell Kid.
Tracklisting: 01: Nothing Matters 02: Thought I Had It Right 03: Spinning 04: Far Away From Earth 05: Succulent 06: In The Clouds 07: Riptide 08: No Control 09: The Nothing 10: Deep Love 11: The Difference
May 15: The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 16: Skate and Surf Festival – Asbury Park, NJ May 17: The Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 19: Saint Claire Theater – Syracuse, NY (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 20: Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, ON (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 21: Mahall’s – Lakewood, OH (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 22: The Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 23: Bled Fest – Howell, MI May 24: The Demo – St. Louis, MO (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 26: Hi Dive – Denver, CO (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 27: The Loading Dock – Salt Lake City, UT (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 28: The Holland Project – Reno, NV (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 29: 924 Gilman – Berkley, CA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 30: The Echo – Los Angeles, CA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) May 31: Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 02: Voodoo Room – San Diego, CA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 03: Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 04: Mesa Music Hall – El Paso, TX (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 05: Mohawk – Austin, TX (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 06: Sons of Hermann Hall – Dallas, TX (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 08: Purgatory – Atlanta, GA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 09: Epic Problem – Tampa, FL (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 10: O’Malley’s – Margate, FL (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 11: Backbooth – Orlando, FL (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 12: Burro Bar – Jacksonville, FL (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 13: Casbah – Charlotte, NC (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 14: Strange Matter – Richmond, VA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 16: Game Changer – Howell, NJ (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 17: UANC – North Haven, CT (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 18: DC9 – Washington, DC (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 19: Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 20: Middle East Upstairs – Boston, MA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid) Jun 21: The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA (w/ Superheaven, Rozwell Kid)
Sorority Noise is streaming “Art School Wannabe,” off of their forthcoming album Joy, Departed out June 16, 2015 via Topshelf Records. The song features guest vocals from Modern Baseball’s Jacob Ewald. The band has an upcoming North American tour confirmed.
Joy, Departed tracklist:
01: Blissth 02:Corrigan 03: Fluorescent Black 04: Nolsey 05: Your Soft Blood 06: Art School Wannabe 07: Fuschia 08: Using 09: Mononokay 10: When I See You (Timberwolf)
Tour Dates: May 22: Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA (with Modern Baseball, Spraynard, The Weaks & Clique) May 23: Bled Fest – Howell, MI May 24: Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH (with Modern Baseball, Spraynard, The Weaks & Clique) May 27: The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA (with Fireworks & Turnover) May 28: The Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY (with Fireworks & Turnover) May 29: The Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY (with Fireworks & Turnover) May 30: The Middle East Upstairs – Cambridge, MA (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 02: Ritual – Ottowa, ON (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 03: Hardluck Bar – Toronto, ON (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 04: The Waiting Room – Buffalo, NY (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 05: Mahall’s 20 Lanes – Lakeland, OH (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 06: The Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jun 07: The Shelter – Detroit, MI (with Fireworks & Turnover) Jul 11: Mojoes – Joliet, IL (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 12: Common Ground Music Festival – Lansing, MI (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 14: Exit In – Nashville, TN (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 16: The State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 17: The Beach Theatre – Orlando, FL (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 18: Ziggy’s By The Sea – Wilmington, NC (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 20: Norva – Norfolk, VA (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 21: Baltimore Sound Stage – Baltimore, MD (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 24: The Space at Westbury – Westbury, NY (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 25: The Webster Theater – Hartford, CT (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 26: Port City Music Hall – Portland, ME (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 29: Opera House – Toronto, ON (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 30: Water Street Music Hall – Rochester, NY (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Jul 31: District Square – Kalamazoo, MI (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Aug 01: Limelight Eventplex – Peoria, IL (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas) Aug 02: Deluxe – Indianapolis, IN (Motion City Soundtrack Commit This To Memory Tour w/ The Spill Canvas)
Las Vegas, NV’s Caravels follow up their pensive 2013 full-length, Lacuna, with two more tracks of earthy, enveloping post-hardcore, all effects pedals and clouded brooding. Their two songs roll along tense faultlines with shouted lyrics that exert impossibly firm control over its metaphorical imagery and personality deconstructions. The band will be premiering these shortly before the release in January. The band has toured and played shows with the likes of Touche Amore, Seahaven, The Jazz June, and Drug Church.
Octaves formed in a warehouse in West Baltimore in the Fall of 2008, and released their B9 debut Which Way The Wind Blows in April 2013. The band has since toured the USA with the likes of HORSE the Band, Shai Hulud, and countless others in support of this release. These two new EP tracks mark the first new music since their debut, with more to come soon.
Track Listing: Caravels 1. Moody Miles 2. Slick Rick Octaves 3. Tom Petty Cash 4. AM Traffic Control
Track Listing A: Kind of Like Spitting Parasite Song (part 1) Bullied By A Bee Stress Cadet No Planning Is Bad Planning Audience of Two Parasite Song (Part 2) (What’s So Funny Bout) Peace Love and Understanding B: Warren Franklin & The Founding Fathers You’re Settling Liz Lonely Enough Rest Your Head Can’t Be Subtle Understanding Poetry
Topshelf Records has released a brand new free/pay-what-you-want digital sampler available for download here. All proceeds will be going to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty.
“We know, we know — it’s 2015 now. Like anything we do, though, we took our sweet time to finish this. So here it is: our annual digital sampler, a half year late! If you’ve downloaded any of our previous samplers, you might notice this year’s has a lot of tracks — we thought this was an incredible year for music and wanted to showcase the new, new-to-us or just downright exciting people making music that we’ve enjoyed this year (there are so many more artists we could and should include on this download but we had to exercise some restraint). Curating and putting this together is super rewarding — so we just wanted to thank everyone who has contributed a song!”
Kind of Like Spitting formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon. The band, led by singer-songwriter Ben Barnett, regularly toured in the US and released twelve albums in seven years. They broke-up in 2006 but Barnett re-formed the band earlier this year. The current lineup consists of Barnett, (guitar/vocals), Brian Grant (bass) and Dante Johnson (drums).
Rockford, IL indie pop/emo stalwarts Warren Franklin & The Founding Fathers’ most recent effort was a split with Mikey Erg (ex-The Ergs) earlier this fall on Count Your Lucky Stars. The band will release their next LP soon.
Track Listing A: Kind of Like Spitting Parasite Song (part 1) Bullied By A Bee Stress Cadet No Planning Is Bad Planning Audience of Two Parasite Song (Part 2) (What’s So Funny Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
B: Warren Franklin & The Founding Fathers You’re Settling Liz Lonely Enough Rest Your Head Can’t Be Subtle Understanding Poetry
Octaves and Caravels are releasing a four-song EP on January 20, 2015 and co-released by Bridge Nine and Topshelf Records. Watch Octaves’ brand new music video for “Tom Petty Cash” here.
Both bands will be on a brief Euro tour together in January.
Octaves & Caravels – On Tour: Jan 14: Oetinger Villa – Darmstadt (GER) Jan 15: Taptab – Schaffhausen (CH) Jan 16: PMK – Innsbruck (A) Jan 17: C.s.a. Arcadia – Schio (Vicenza) (IT) Jan 18: EKH – Vienna (A) Jan 19: Divadlo Pod Lampou – Pilsen (CZ) Jan 20: Tiefgrund – Berlin (GER) Jan 21: AC17 – Chemnitz (GER) Jan 22: T-Keller – Goettingen (GER) Jan 23: ACU – Utrecht (NL) Jan 24: Emporium Galorium – Rouen (FR) Jan 26: Edge On The Wedge – Portsmouth (UK) Jan 28: The Black Heart – London (UK) Jan 30: JH Zenith – Dendermonde (BEL) Jan 31: Privat – Cologne (GER)
Richmond, VA indie rock trio Sundials, are streaming their six song EP Kickhere. It is out via Topshelf Records on November 4, 2014.
Kick was recorded at Noisy Little Critter in West Chester, PA with producer Mike Bardzik (Spraynard, Everyone Everywhere). This is the second record to be recorded with Bardzik.
