All Time Low Announce New Album "Don't Panic" Available October 9th

The 4-piece pop-punk band, All Time Low, have announced their new album "Don’t Panic" out October 9^th, 2012 on Hopeless Records available for pre-order here. Tickets for the upcoming headlining tour "The Rock Show At The End of the World" are available for purchase at www.AllTimeLow.com. Additionally, the band has revealed an album trailer with a sneak peak at a few of the songs off of Don’t Panic that you can watch here: smarturl.it/DPtrailer  

"With this record, a big part of the process was finding what made our band special on each of our past records," says singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth. “This time around, rather than taking influence from anything we were listening to at the time-or anything we want to touch on generationally-the goal was to make an album that we felt reflected the best aspects of our previous releases.”

All Time Low (consisting of Gaskarth, lead guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson) albums’ first single "For Baltimore" debuted last week on AltPress.com to high praise. The track is an intricate combination of several distinct styles-spinning-top electric riffs, hard-charging chorus breakdowns and a tasteful, acoustic-driven bridge-which you can purchase on itunes here: smarturl.it/FBitunes."I’ve never really heard a song that Alex has written or we’ve written and not been completely stoked on it," says Dawson. "But for some reason, these just felt more us. There was less need to force anything, less need to prove anything, less need to chase anything. It was All Time Low writing All Time Low songs.”

The "The Rock Show At The End of the World" tour features The Summer Set, Downtown Fiction and Hit The Lights. On three select shows, The Early November will be performing instead of The Summer Set**. Tour kickoff starts Friday, October 12^th in New Jersey.

"Don’t Panic" Tracklisting

1. The Reckless And The Brave

2. Backseat Serenade

3. If These Sheets Were States

4. Somewhere in Neverland

5. So Long Soldier

6. The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver

7. To Live and Let Go

8. Outlines

9. Thanks to You

10. For Baltimore

11. Paint You Wings

12. So Long, And Thanks For All The Booze

"The Rock Show At The End of the World" Tour Dates

Fri Oct 12 **                        Sayreville, NJ                                   Starland Ballroom

Sat Oct 13 **                       Rochester, NY                                  Water Street Music Hall            

Sun Oct 14 **                      Cincinnati, OH                                   Bogart’s           

Mon Oct 15                         Cleveland, OH                                   House of Blues           

Tue Oct 16                          Chicago, IL                                       House of Blues           

Wed Oct 17                         Detroit, MI                                        St. Andrews Hall                       

Sun Oct 21                          Milwaukee, WI                                  The Rave           

Mon Oct 22                         Minneapolis, MN                               First Avenue           

Tue Oct 23                          Omaha, NE                                      Slowdown           

Wed Oct 24                         Denver, CO                                      Summit Music Hall                                     

Fri Oct 26                            Boise, ID                                         Knitting Factory           

Sat Oct 27                          Portland, OR                                    Hawthorne Theatre           

Sun Oct 28                         Seattle, WA                                      El Corazon           

Tue Oct 30                         San Francisco, CA                            The Fillmore           

Wed Oct 31                        West Hollywood, CA                          House of Blues           

Thu Nov 1                          San Diego, CA                                  House of Blues           

Fri Nov 2                            Anaheim, CA                                    House of Blues           

Sat Nov 3                           Las Vegas, NV                                 House of Blues           

Sun Nov 4                          Tempe, AZ                                       The Marquee                         

Tue Nov 6                          Houston, TX                                     House of Blues           

Wed Nov 7                         Dallas, TX                                        House of Blues

Fri Nov 9                            Jacksonville, FL                               Freebird Live

Sat Nov 10                         Ft. Lauderdale, FL                            Revolution

Sun Nov 11                        Lake Buena Vista, FL                       House of Blues

Tues Nov 13                       Atlanta, GA                                     The Masquerade

Wed Nov 14                       Carrboro, NC                                    Cat’s Cradle

Thu Nov 15                        Norfolk, VA                                      The Norva

Fri Nov 16                          Allentown, PA                                  Crocodile Rock Café

Sat Nov 17                         Philadelphia, PA                              Theatre of the Living Arts

Sun Nov 18                        New York, NY                                  Irving Plaza

Tues Nov 20                       Hartford, CT                                    Webster Theater

Wed Nov 21                       Boston, MA                                      Paradise Rock Club

Fri Nov 23                          Baltimore, MD                                  Rams Head Live

** The Early November instead of The Summer Set           

O'Brother announce New EP and Tour

Triple Crown Records is pleased to announce the release of Basement Window the new EP from O’Brother. The EP is a bit of a sonic departure for the band, stripping down and re-arranging a few of their favorites from their debut full length Garden Window. Vocalist Tanner Merritt explains “It’s a lot of fun to strip a song down to its very core and see how it holds its own based upon sheer songwriting. With so much volume and layering it’s very easy to lose those things. It’s fun and challenging to take a song and mold it in to something completely different. Give it a new tone and demeanor. That’s what our intention was with this EP, to (hopefully) allow ourselves and others to see these songs in a different light.”

Basement Window will be released digitally September 18th and include a bonus track not on the vinyl release. Vinyl will be released October 30th. The limited vinyl release is a special pressing, 1 side audio and 1 side etched artwork.

Basement Window track list:
Lo
Machines Pt. 1 
Lay Down
Malum
Poison!

O’Brother will join Circa Survive, Touché Amore and Balance & Composure on tour starting September 13th in New Haven, CT continuing across the country through October 26th. They will be taking a few shows off from the tour to make a big splash in their hometown of Atlanta with an appearance at Music Midtown performing alongside Pearl Jam, Florence And The Machine, Neon Tress and more at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park.

Confirmed U.S. Tour Dates:
9/13 New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
9/14 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
9/15 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
9/16 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
9/18 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
9/19 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend Music Hall
9/22 Atlanta, GA @ Music Midtown Festival
9/23 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
9/26 Nashville, TN @ The Cannery
9/28 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
9/29 Houston, TX @ House of Blues
9/30 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
10/2 Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
10/3 San Antonio, TX @ Sunset Station
10/5 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
10/7 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
10/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Club Noka La Live
10/11 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
10/12 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
10/13 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SoDo
10/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
10/16 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
10/18 Lawrence, KS @ Granada
10/19 Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze On The West Bank
10/20 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
10/21 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
10/24 Cleveland, OH @ House of blues
10/25 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
10/26 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theater

Sparrows announces Fall Tour Dates

Sparrows will be heading out this Fall on tour sponsored by Property of Zack and Under The Gun.

The Hives Unleash New Music Video For Single "Wait A Minute"

The Hives are ready for their close up with the release of their new video for “Wait A Minute,” which recently premiered on MTV. MTV’s own Buzzworthy Blog remarked “with squirmy close-ups on Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist’s cartoon eyes and mesmerizing jaw, ‘Wait A Minute’ is anything but zen; it’s a taught, nervy, post-punk track that stays true to the Swedish group’s garage origins.”

Directed by Travis Schneider, the video was filmed in a Chicago hotel room using only some leather, an iron, a floor lamp, frozen yogurt, and the sweltering Chicago sun. “Wait A Minute” is the second single from The Hives lauded new album Lex Hives, which was released earlier this summer on the band’s own Disques Hives.

Feel free to post & share the new "Wait A Minute" video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vz8raXtWlg&hd=1

 The Hives will return to the U.S. next month for a West Coast run, kicking off September 2 at the Made In America festival in Philadelphia with stops in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Oakland, Las Vegas, and more. The tour will include appearances on CONAN on September 12 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 5.

The September dates are the latest on the band’s world tour, which included a stop this past weekend at Reading & Leeds Festival, and marks their second outing in the U.S. following a widely-praised run in June. The Philadelphia Inquirer proclaimed “The Hives have been single-handedly saving rock and roll,” and the Washington Times stated, “The Hives played the audience like a fiddle.” Similarly, MTV praised their “Superhuman capacity for consistent excellency,” and SPIN anointed Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist “one of the greatest frontmen in rock.”

The band’s newest album Lex Hives is receiving worldwide praise, with NME declaring “Let it be said that Lex Hives is amazing,” and Q Magazine's 4-star review asserting “Lex Hives fizzes with the energy of a debut album, the quintet emphatically back to what they do best.” Likewise, The Independent states, “If Lex Hives has one fault, it’s that it makes you want to switch it off, go straight out and see the Hives live,” and Entertainment Weekly proclaims “The Hives have returned to remind us the Swedes do it better.”

THE HIVES TOUR DATES: 

September 2 - Philadelphia, PA @ Made In America Festival
September 5 - Victoria, BC @ Club9one9 Nightclub

September 6 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

September 7 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

September 8 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

September 10 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater

September 11 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory

September 13 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

September 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

September 16 - Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks (93.3 KTCL Big Gig)

October 6 - Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet’s

October 8 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
October 9 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
October 10 - Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theater

Twin Atlantic and The Used Release New Tour Sampler

Twin Atlantic and The Used have teamed up to give fans a free sampler of music in promotion of their upcoming September tour. The two bands will bring their high energy sound across the US from Pomona, CA to Boise, ID alongside Stars in Stereo (full schedule below). Head to Red Bull Records’ Facebook to download the sampler, featuring The Used’s “I Come Alive,” “Twin’s “Make a Beast of Myself,” and Stars in Stereo’s “The Broken.”

Twin’s latest single, “Yes, I Was Drunk" comes from the band’s sophomore album, Free, available now on iTunes. For more on Twin Atlantic, visit their official site, Facebook, and Twitter.

Tour Dates with The Used:
Sept 18 Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater
Sept 19 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
Sept 21 Chico, CA - Senator Theater
Sept 22 Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
Sept 23 Reno, NV - Knitting Factory
Sept 25 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
Sept 27 Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
Sept 28 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory

For Today announce U.S. headlining tour

For Today has announced their new US headliner tour with support from Impending Doom, Sleeping Giants, The Chariot, Texas In July and Hundreth. Check out the dates below!

10/11 St. Petersburg, FL @ The State Theatre 
10/12 Orlando, FL @ H2O Live!

10/13 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Rocketown
10/14 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Hall
10/16 McAllen, TX @ Geo’s 
10/17 Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
10/18 Lubbock, TX @ Cactus Courtyard
10/21 Las Vegas, NV @ South Hills Church
10/23 Tempe, AZ @ Nile Theatre
10/24 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction (The Chariot ends)
10/25 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro (Sleeping Giant begins)
10/26 Boise, ID @ The Venue
10/27 Spokane, WA @ The Kave
10/28 Seattle, WA @ Studio 7
10/30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Foursquare Church
10/31 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
11/1 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
11/2 Bloomington, IL @ The Castle Theatre
11/3 Dayton, OH @ The Attic
11/4 Lansing, MI @ The Loft
11/6 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
11/7 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
11/8 Danbury, CT @ Tuxedo Junction 
11/9 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
11/10 Columbia, MD @ Genxaret
11/11 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street

NOISECREEP premiering new PRODUCT OF HATE single, “A Well Deserved Death”

Following-up the release of “Revolution of Destruction” earlier this summer, Wisconsin’s PRODUCT OF HATE returns on August 28 with “A Well Deserved Death,” the second installment in their new digital “Singles Series.” For the new track, the band once again recorded with Chris Wisco at Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisconsin. Wisco previously helmed “Revolution” along with the band’s “Unholy Manipulator EP.” The track made it’s debut this morning and is streaming exclusively on AOL’s Noisecreep: http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/08/23/product-of-hate-a-well-deserved-death-exclusive-song-premier/

Summer 2012 has found Product of Hate doing a host of one-off dates with the likes of White Wizzard, Dirge Within, and Lazarus A.D., while continuing work on new recordings and video projects.

Additionally, it has been revealed that the long-awaited premiere of their “Unholy Manipulator” short film will take place on Friday, September 14, 2012 at The Portage Theater in Chicago as part of “Terror in the Aisles 12.” Tickets for the event, which also features the Midwest Premiere of the feature film IRON SKY are available at this location. “THE UNHOLY MANIPULATOR” stars Ashley Laurence (HELLRAISER, Slipknot’s “Snuff”) and Tim Lovelace (MOSQUITO, BUNYAN), and was produced by special effects legend Robert Kurtzman (FROM DUSK ‘TILL DAWN, WISHMASTER). The film was directed and edited by James Zahn. An online premiere is being planned for October, with further details to be revealed at a later date.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Product-Of-Hate/269140559010
Twitter: http://twitter.com/productofhate

Versus The World Announces Fall U.s. Tour Dates With Mxpx Allstars And Unwritten Law

Southern California rock band Versus The World has announced they will join MxPx Allstars and Unwritten Law on a fall U.S. tour in support of their new album, Drink. Sing. Live. Love., which was released on July 31 from Viking Funeral Records.  

Versus The World recently wrapped up a tour with labelmates Authority Zero preceding the release of their new album, Drink. Sing. Live. Love, which has catapulted the band to the forefront of alternative rock as one of the hottest up-and-coming bands in the genre.  

The band recently released an explosive new video for their new single, “A Fond Farewell,” which can be viewed here: http://youtu.be/TXiT3VIxl5g

Drink. Sing. Live. Love., is available now at major retail stores, iTunes, Amazon.com, and VikingFuneralStore.com.  

Versus The World Tour Dates (w/MXPX, Unwritten Law):
Oct 29 - Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
Oct 31 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
Nov 1 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
Nov 2 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
Nov 3 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
Nov 4 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
Nov 6 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
Nov 7 - Detroit, MI - Shelter
Nov 8 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
Nov 9 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird

For More Information:
http://versustheworld.com/
https://www.facebook.com/vstheworldmusic
https://twitter.com/vstheworld
http://vikingfuneralrecords.com/

MISS MAY I Unveils New Lyric Video for ‘Ballad Of A Broken Man’

Troy, OH’s MISS MAY I have premiered a brand new lyric video for the track ‘Ballad Of A Broken Man’ today on their YouTube page. Head to this location to check out the video now!

MISS MAY I recently announced that the 3^rd Annual VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine MusicAwards will honor vocalist Levi Benton with the “Male Metal Star of Tomorrow” award! The VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine Music Awards honors the biggest stars in the music business and takes place on Sunday, August 26 at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino at 8pm PT. This year, the VEGAS ROCKS! Magazine Music Awards will be broadcast LIVE exclusively on AXS TV. Coverage will begin from the Rock n’ Roll Royal Red Carpet at 6pm PT and stay LIVE with the Awards program at 8pm PT. For more information on the VEGAS ROCKS! MAGAZINE AWARDS, log on to:  www.vegasrocks.com For more information about AXS TV :  www.axs.tv

MISS MAY I recently announced their upcoming headlining position on ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE’s annual fall tour, THE AP TOUR FALL 2012, sponsored by PETERSAYSDENIM. The tour, featuring a line-up handpicked by the AP staff, will be heading out on a 32-day trek that kicks off mid-October till the end of November. MISS MAY I will receive direct support from California heavy hitters THE GHOST INSIDE, melodic metal act LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, Australia’s modern metal quintet THE AMITY AFFLICTION, and technical metal up-and-comers GLASS CLOUD. See below for current tour dates.

Tickets for the AP TOUR FALL 2012 are on sale now! Buy them at: http://www.altpress.com/theaptourtickets.com

MISS MAY I AP TOUR FALL 2012 Dates:

10-16 New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place

10-17 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

10-18 Boston, MA @ Royale Night Club

10-19 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts

10-20 Sayerville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

10-21 Baltimore, MD @ The Recher Theatre

10-23 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva

10-24 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend Music Hall

10-25 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

10-26 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre

10-27 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

10-28 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues

10-30 Houston, TX @ House of Blues

10-31 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

11-01 San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live

11-03 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile

11-04 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

11-06 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

11-07 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues

11-08 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

11-09 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater

11-10 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

11-12 Salt Lake City @ In The Venue

11-13 Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

11-15 Minneapolis, MN @ Station 4

11-16 Sauget, IL @ Pops

11-17 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

11-18 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection

11-20 Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar

11-21 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s

11-23 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall

11-24 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

Interview: Andrew Schwab of Project 86

Project 86 is an American Christian rock band from Orange County, California, formed in 1996. Frontman Andrew Schwab’s poetic and introspective lyrics have addressed a wide variety of topics such as conformity and emptiness. Their latest release, Wait for the Siren, was just released independently through a Kickstarter fund. We chatted with Andrew about his roots, lyrical messages, the music industry, and more.

For the record, what’s your name and what do you do in the band?

Andrew Schwab, vocals/songwriter/co-producer

Let’s talk about your roots. I’ve never been to California before. What’s it like there?

Great weather, too many people, too many people acting like they are important, lots of fun things to do!

What do you feel has contributed to your long career as a band? Bands like Haste The Day, Thrice, and Thursday have recently broken up, a band that had been at it for awhile.

It’s definitely hard to do music these days.  It is getting harder, too.  We owe the longevity to our fans, point blank.  They treat us like we are family. 

How would you guys say you’ve grown as a musician just from the time-span between your self-titled debut and Wait for The Siren?

Oh man…we were a different band completely back then!  When we started we were a post-hardcore band, but now we are a rock band.  I think we have grown infinitely since back then, and the sound has evolved, but the heart remains the same…we still want to make unique, intelligent, heavy music that is diverse and creative in lyrical approach.

When appealing to different sets of fan bases, new and old, young and old, what is the thought process when trying to write something that has an appeal to both, but also embodies what Project 86 is?

We don’t think too much about who we are going to appeal to when we are writing music. The approach has always been to make music we like first and foremost.  If you worry too much about your audience you can start making music that isn’t honest or authentic.

Are there any songs you guys are most proud of? Like one of those kind of songs that ten years ago you never could have imagined being involved in creating it?

I think Fall, Goliath, Fall from the new album Wait for the Siren is one of the best things this band has ever written. Very proud of that jam.

What are some of the particular messages you tried to get across in the lyrical content of the new record? Are there any topics that you cover on Wait for The Siren that you haven’t in the past?

Great question.  The overarching theme is that you can overcome any obstacle if you believe in your cause.  There’s a line in the first song that says, “We fight not for the hate of a tyrant but for love of what is behind us.”  I love the idea that heart can overcome talent, that the faith of an underdog can defeat a goliath.  Another big theme is that heritage does not equal destiny. In other words, it doesn’t matter what kind of family you were born into, it matters what kind of family you make for yourself as an adult.  We aren’t bound by our genetics, and even if we were born into less than fortunate circumstances, we can overcome them through character, heart, and belief.

What other bands do you see yourselves touring with in the future? What other bands do you guys recommend for your fans to check out?

We will be hitting the road with 12 Stones this October.  You can check our website for details: www.project86.com.  We will have to see about future tours.  We have played shows in the past with August Burns Red, Haste the Day, Linkin Park, Blindside, 30 Seconds to Mars, Sevendust, and POD.   Bands to check out?  Good question. I would start with this little band called The Black Keys.  They are awesome.  And Maybe the new Fiona Apple record. 

The music industry has changed significantly since you guys started out. What advice would you give upcoming bands— musically and business-wise?

Get a real job.  Ha.  No really, it’s very difficult to even make a living playing music today.  I would say the only hope is to make unique music that doesn’t sound like everyone else.  Be yourself.

Any last words for the fans?

Love you guys.  Thanks for the love and support for Wait for the Siren.