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Weatherbox and Enemies have announced a string of east coast dates in April following both band’s tour with Prawn on the west coast.

Dates after the “read more” with purchase links to come.

After 10 years of being a band Empire! Empire! are calling it quits. To finish out the band’s life they are heading out on a string of farewell dates this April. Supporting the band will be Warren Franklin & the Founding Fathers. 

Tour dates with purchase links after the “read more”

Former members of SGM favorite Casper Elgin have come together to form new band Light Caverns. The band has a similar twinkley style but with a more mature sound. Light Caverns is releasing their first EP in the coming weeks and have today are streaming the first song off the EP. The track is entitled “J. Parker.” Heres what the band has to say about the track:

"J. Parker is a song about attempts at self improvement and lack of progression. Putting events of your adolescence on a linear timeline and realizing that you may have not moved as far along as you wanted to, or as much as your peers have. It’s easier to accept this as a truth by detaching yourself from it, which is why we’ve given the moniker “J. Parker” to a self of ours that we aren’t satisfied with. We’ve also been siting on this song for almost a year now, so it’s kind of funny that it worked out this way, with the lack of progression of putting this thing out. but on the plus side - unlike the lyrical content describes, we can already see a progression and improvement in our writing together."

Follow and Like Light Caverns on social media for more info on released from the band:

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ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2015

from top left: 

Superheaven - Ours is Chrom

Foxing - Dealer

Sorority Noise - Joy Departed

The World Is A Beautiful Place... - Harmlessness

Title Fight - Hyperview

Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp

mewithoutYou - Pale Horses

Elvis Depressedly - New Alhambra

Basement released another song off of their upcoming album. The song entitled “Oversized” is a slightly different direction than the sound of the bands previous two albums. 

Vocalist Andrew Fisher says: "This is the first softer song on the record, and it helps adds a contrast in pace to the flow of the whole album. When I hear this song I think of early Jets To Brazil and even some of the more melodic songs from Blur like ‘Coffee and TV’, especially with the harmonies at the end. Oversized is about being afraid to reveal who you really are to the people you care about and who care about you. I think this is sometimes hard because they are the people that matter to you the most and even though you assume they will accept you for who you are, you're still so scared and in need of their approval.” 

Glocca Morra: I have been a fan of Glocca for years and had somehow never seen them live even though they’re from Philadelphia. They played their final show in Philly this past May and I just missed getting tickets to the show. I will forever have regrets.

Snowing: Unfortunately I never got a chance to see Snowing live even though they are from my hometown. I got introduced to them about a month after their final show.

Tom Rosenthal is a singer/songwriter from London England. He writes beautiful piano songs that are so understated yet make a huge impact. Every song is brimming with emotion both good and bad. His songs can range from heart wrenching ballads about a love interest to a tongue and cheek song about a watermelon. Tom has released 3 full length albums and an album of b-sides. 

Day 1:

The first day of Riot Fest started gloomy and rainy but as soon as the music started the skies cleared. I started the day with a set from Into It Over It. Singer, Evan Weiss, never disappoints in a live show. Him and his band were laughing and having a great time. When Evan began playing their song Upstate Blues and realized his guitar was out of tune he abruptly stopped and joked, “you guys paid too much to be here for me to play out of tune.” Next was Real Friends. As expected they commanded the crowd. Between songs their singer made a speech about the current state of the pop punk/emo music scene touching upon the topic of sexual assault. I was saddened when I was the only person around me who was clapping in agreement that the scene needs to start being changed for the better. Finally the biggest highlight of Friday was No Doubt’s headlining set. This band still has their shit together and Gwen is only getting better on stage. Their set was hit after hit and took me back to my childhood.

Day 2:

Saturday at Riot Fest was a middle school throwback day. The day started with a set from The Ataris playing their album “Blue Skies, Broken Hearts…Next 12 Miles.” I will say I was a little disappointed they didn't play their famous cover of “Boys of Summer.” Later in the day Joyce Manor played on the smallest stage at the festival and they commanded it. Their set had one of the most enthusiastic crowds I saw all weekend. Joyce Manor played song after song trying to squeeze as much into their half hour set as possible. I closed off the night with a set from Taking Back Sunday. This was by my favorite set of the weekend. For most of my life I have loved TBS and seeing them at my favorite festival with almost everyone in the crowd singing a long was amazing. It almost surreal when the crowd sang the lyrics, “Why can’t I feel anything from anyone other than you,” louder than the band themselves.

Day 3:

Sunday was the only day of the festival that it didn’t rain at all! On the schedule there was a gap on the Revolt stage at 4:00. Early in the day Riot Fest announced that Taking Back Sunday would be playing a set on the small stage. Of corse I had to go see them on a more intimate stage. Unfortunately I was disappointed in their set. They played the same set as the previous night until they realized they were running out of time and quickly played their hit “MakeDamnSure.” I would have liked to have seen more deep tracks from their albums instead of the same songs I had heard the night before. After that I saw Foxing’s set. I was blown away by the emotion their singer puts into every song. It’s like he’s singing every song for the first time. The biggest draw of the day was fro Snoop Dogg’s set and to be completely honest I wasn’t blown away by it. To start with Snoop came on 20 minutes late which automatically left a bad taste in my mouth. I thought his performance was just okay. It was awesome to see Snoop Dogg but beyond that it left something to be desired. Maybe it’s just because I will never fully understand the appeal of a rap show.

NH emo band Casper Elgin are pressing their 2014 debut EP “It’s Just A Fucking Demo” as a 7″ for the first time! 

Pressing Information: Opaque Green w/ White Splatter /100 (Paperweight Records Exclusive) Clear w/ Green Splatter /100 (Bad Break Records Exclusive) Transparent Purple w/ Black Smoke /100 (Casper Elgin Exclusive only available at shows)

You can pre-order now via Bad Break Records and Paperweight Records. Pre-orders are expected to ship sometime in November.

You can also download the EP and the rest of the bands releases for free on their Bandcamp.

Today Citizen released the video for their song “Stain” via Vice. Max Moore, who has done videos for Senses Fail, Braid, Hostage Calm, and others, directed the video. The song is off their upcoming album Everybody Is Going to Heaven due out June 23 on Run For Cover Records. 

Casper Elgin have announced the first tour! The tour starts July 6th and runs through July 11th. 

links to Facbook event pages are after the ‘read more’

Three-piece screamo band Messes premiered their new song “Cults” on New Noise Magazine. The track is from their debut LP entitled Don’t Be A Let Down. The LP will be released on cassette via Table Three Media and on vinyl via Paperweight Records on April 28.

The band played the new song at their show at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles last night. It’s called “Sealed To Me.” The band handed out a lyric sheet for the new track at the merch table before playing the song during their encore (view below). This song is the second new song they have premiered in SIX years. We’re assuming both “Sealed To Me” and previously debuted “Mene” are from an upcoming album from the band.

Watch video of “Sealed To Me” HERE