Touché Amoré have booked a North American tour for next year.
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Popular skramz band Touche Amore are taking "time off" to live life off the road. I'm sure they'll be back in time to *play* Warped Tour. View their statements below
Touche Amore's “Is Survived By” is a fantastic third-album follow up to Parting The Sea Between You and Me. It’s the connecting piece between the two albums and has a lasting appeal that will keep listeners happy for a long time.
This album is just as intense, fast-paced and hardcore as previous albums, but with this record Touche Amore has created songs that actually sound more like songs. There is more structure and creative design to their hardcore-story telling style. This has made the album feel complete, while remains ever-so ambitious and dynamic in all senses. Musically, the drumming is once again very diverse and flows extremely well with each song. Drummer Elliot Babin really controls the songs and makes them his own. The guitarists have made a more diverse record and the tones they used on this album are fantastic. The music alone feels like it’s telling part of a story, and with Jeremy Bolm’s lyrics and bouncy vocal patterns the story seems complete. Though some moments feels a bit generic or “cheesy”, Bolm does a great job on this record.
His voice has points of being lifeless or monotone, but that doesn’t take away too much of the record. Is Survived By is a great album and definitely a step up from previous releases for Touché Amoré. What made people originally hooked on this band is still there and with the broader dynamics musically this album should attract some new listeners. For fans of La Dispute, and Therefore I Am. Is Survived By will be released on September 24th.
8.5/10
- Ryan
Last night in Detroit, Touche Amore's van was broken into. The band had been in town to perform at St. Andrew’s Hall. According to drummer Elliot Babin, “All of our personal belongings and band money was stolen." In other news, Detroit is still dangerous.
Touché Amoré are streaming a new song titled “Harbor” over at Rolling Stone. Their new record, Is Survived By hits stores on September 24th.
Touche Amore’s new album, IS SURVIVED BY, is now available for
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AFI will release its ninth studio album, Burials, on October 22nd. They will also be going out on a headlining tour this fall with Touché Amoré. Dates can be found below
09/12 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
09/13 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
09/15 Chicago, IL Humboldt Park/Riot Fest
09/16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
09/18 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
09/19 Lawrence, KS Granada Theater
09/21 Byers, CO May Farms, Riot Fest
10/07 Boston, MA Royale
10/08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10/13 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/11 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
10/12 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
10/14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
10/15 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
10/17 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
10/18 Austin, TX Mohawk
10/20 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
10/22 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
10/23 San Diego, CA House of Blues
10/25 Pomona, CA Fox Theater
10/26 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
10/28 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
10/29 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
10/31 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
11/01 Seattle, WA The Showbox at the Market
11/02 Vancouver, BC The Commodore Ballroom
Influential Champaign-Urbana-based indie-rock quartet Braid have teamed up with rising alternative rock act Balance and Composure to release a split EP via No Sleep Records on February 26, 2013. Beginning today, fans can pre-order the EP on limited edition vinyl 7” and digitally at https://www.nosleepstore.com/product/1115. Braid will be selling an exclusive dark maroon color via their merch store here http://www.indiemerch.com/braid.
After performing a successful front-to-back tour of its seminal 1998 full-length album, Frame & Canvas, during August of this year as well as making appearances at this year’s Fest in Gainesville, FL, and Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX, Braid are currently working on their next full-length album that is scheduled for a 2013 release. Additionally, the band will round-out 2012 with a run of dates in the Midwest with special guests Into It. Over It, Diamond Youth and Cut Teeth on December 14 in Milwaukee, Wi, December 15 in Detroit, MI, and December 16 in Chicago, IL.
Fresh off a U.S. tour with Circa Survive, Touche Amore and O’Brother, Balance and Composure will hit the road at the end of January for a headlining U.S. tour with The Jealous Sound and Daylight.
Stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/braidcentral and https://www.facebook.com/balanceandcomposure and for additional updates regarding upcoming releases.
Braid/Balance and Composure Split EP track listing:
Braid
01. Lux
02. Many Enemies
Balance and Composure
03. You Can’t Fix Me
04. Say
Braid Tour Dates:
Dec 14 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall (w/Into It. Over It.)
Dec 15 - Detroit, MI - Saint Andrews Hall (w/Into It. Over It.)
Dec 16 - Chicago, IL - The Metro (w/Into It. Over It.)
Balance and Composure Tour Dates:
Jan 31 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
Feb 01 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Feb 02 - Chicago, IL - SubTerranean
Feb 04 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
Feb 06 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
Feb 07 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
Feb 08 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
Feb 09 - Phoenix, AZ - The Nile
Feb 11 - Austin, TX - Red 7
Feb 12 - Dallas, TX - Cambridge Room
Feb 14 - Orlando, FL - Backbooth
Feb 15 - Pembroke Pines, FL - The Talent Farm
Feb 16 - Jacksonville, FL - Phoenix Taproom
Feb 18 - Nashville, TN - The End
Feb 19 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
Feb 20 - Washington, DC - DC9
Feb 21 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
Feb 22 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
Feb 23 - Hamden, CT - The Space
Feb 24 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Topshelf Records has launched a pre-order for the upcoming Full of Hell/Code Orange Kids split, out on April 24. The spilt features two new tracks from each band (see track listing below) and is without a doubt, the heaviest release in the Topshelf Records catalog to date.
The first pressing is out of 1,000 and split 200 Yellow, 300 Purple w/ Black, 500 Blue/White Marble.
To view pre-order bundles visit: http://topshelfrecords.bigcartel.com/artist/code-orange-kids
and http://topshelfrecords.bigcartel.com/artist/full-of-hell
Both Code Orange Kids (Pittsburgh) and Full of Hell (Ocean City, MD, central PA) are touring together in support of the new release this month.
Code Orange Kids will also be out with Touché Amore, Defeater and Birds in a Row starting April 17, while Full of Hell will tour Europe with Grieved, April 30-May 20. See dates below.
Code Orange Kids (w/ Touché Amore, Defeater and Birds in a Row)
www.facebook.com/codeorangekids
04/17: Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
04/18: Manchester, NH @ Rockos
04/19: Amityville, NY @ Ollie’s Point
04/20: New Brunswick, NJ @ The Loft (NJ)
04/21: Harrisonburg, VA @ Downtown 34
04/22: Nashville, TN @ The End
04/23: Indianapolis, IN @ The Hoosier Dome
04/24: Covington, KY @ Bangarang’s
04/25: Columbus, OH @ Skully’s
04/26: Lansing, MI @ The Loft (at Harem Lounge)
04/27: Iowa City, IA @ Gabe’s
04/28: Rockford, IL @ Millenium Center
Full of Hell (April/May European tour w/GRIEVED)
04/30: Stockholm, Sweden – Firestorm Festival
05/2: Örebro, Sweden – Stationen
05/3: Berlin, Germany – K19
05/4: Chemnitz, Germany – Ajz
05/5: Landsberg am Lech, Germany – Juz
05/6: Graz, Austria – Sub
05/7: Budapest, Hungary – Dürer Kert
05/8: Ljubljana, Slovenia – Menza Pri Koritu
05/9: Zagreb, Croatia – Attack
05/10: Vienna, Austria – Venster
05/11: Zwiesel, Germany – Jugend Cafe
05/12: Diest, Belgiun – JH Til
05/13: London, UK – The Black Heart
05/14: Brighton, UK – The Hydrant
05/15: Leeds, UK – The Packhorse
05/16: Edinburgh, UK – The Banshee Labyrinth
05/17: Hasselt, Belgium – Burnout Festival
05/18: Venlo, Netherlands – Slow End Festival
05/19: Lüdenscheid, Germany – Eigenart
05/20: Lund, Sweden – Hemgarden