For their spring tour, Circa Survive is partnering with the non-profit organization Invisible Children to raise awareness about the war in Uganda - a region in East Africa that has suffered from civil unrest since the early 1980’s.

Circa Survive will join tourmates Thrice and Pelican in donating prizes to The Invisible Children Spring Music Raffle, which will include an autographed Masters of Maple Snare Drum and a hand-painted First Act guitar from Circa Survive. In addition, the band will be releasing an exclusive, unreleased song during the tour with profits going to Invisible Children.

“We don’t want to just raise money with this,” said Brendan Ekstrom from Circa Survive. “We want to raise awareness so people really know where this money is going. It means a lot to us to be able to use our art to be involved with something so important.”

For more on Invisible Children, visit their official website.

The full-U.S. tour featuring Thrice, Circa Survive, and Pelican begins April 16th and ends May 30th. For tickets and information, visit Circa Survive’s official website.

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For the last couple weeks, Modern Life Is War have been tearing through the country on their farewell tour.

(From Equal Vison Records Website) “The culmination of Modern Life Is War’s recording & touring career will be on April 26th in their hometown of Marshalltown, Iowa at The Moose Lodge. Join the band one last time as they celebrate their six-year tenure as an ambitious, powerful, true American hardcore band.”

Final Tour Dates

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STATIC RADIO NJ - Tour / New Album Updates
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* Eight West Coast shows with The Bouncing Souls starting today
* Debut Full-Length An Evening of Bad Decisions out on Black Numbers this Summer
* Get access to exclusive online content from the new record

Beginning today, Static Radio NJ (New Brunswick, N.J.) is joining The Bouncing Souls for eight days worth of West Coast shows. Dead To Me will also be playing most dates.

The good news for anyone in attendance - other than the fact that they’ll see three awesome bands tearing it up on stage - is that they can grab free digital dropcards from the Static Radio boys at the shows. These cards will offer exclusive online content - including two free songs and album art - from their upcoming debut full-length, An Evening of Bad Decisions. The record, which is due out this summer from Black Numbers, was recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey with acclaimed production company The Machine Shop (Armor For Sleep, Boys Night Out, Every Time I Die).

Static Radio NJ’s debut EP One for the Good Guys was released in August of 2007 and is also available through Black Numbers. Listen to a free mp3 for the title track here.

An invigorating, obliterating blast of hardcore righteousness. - Wonkavision
Wow. This f*cking rules…the best hardcore band I’ve heard in quite a while. - AMP Magazine
I am seriously considering calling “One For the Good Guys” the record of the year! Go get this! - Mutiny Zine
Melodic punk rock, throat-tearing vocals and hardcore ferocity that is full of heart and guts and gets you pumped. - Late Night Wallflower

TOUR with The Bouncing Souls

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SLINGSHOT DAKOTA - U.S. Tour (Mar 14 - May 03)
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* 6 week tour in support of Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost

Brooklyn, N.Y. / Easton, P.A. duo Slingshot Dakota begins a six-week trek across the U.S. today.

The tour - which covers both coasts and just about everything in between - is in support of the band’s latest self-released record, Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost. The Slingshot kids are currently streaming five tracks from the album on their myspace page, so check em out here.

Ten irresistible songs recorded by Latterman’s Phil Douglas, you can order a copy of Golden Ghost directly from Slingshot Dakota via their myspace page or pick up a copy directly from Carly and Tom at a show.

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11 Mar 2008 Lujo Records doesn’t stop. Here is info on some notable new releases as well as current releases you should check out. (Also, note these artists’ tour schedules & catch them live!)

POMEGRANATES Everything Is Alive - Available Now!

Pomegranates’ Everything Is Alive is available now exclusively from Lujorecords.com! Go get it, go get it! It’s really amazing!! Here is some info:
After self-releasing critically acclaimed EP Two Eyes, the boys put together a record..and a highly anticipated record at that. Everything Is Alive is the band’s debut full length and is pure pop ecstasy from start to finish. Drawing from influences like The Beach Boys and The Kinks, Everything Is Alive is as timeless as it is Modern. Melodic guitar lines, gusto vocals, unorthodox song structures.. and comparisons to early Modest Mouse. This is what KEXP’s blog had to say about the boys: “The comparisons to early Modest Mouse are pretty spot-on so long as that’s not the last word. Pomegranates’ sonic template is much wider, their pop, poppier.”

And be sure to check out their brand new video for “Whom/Who”:

AND the sample track for “Thunder Meadow” here!

NEW ALBUMS – In Stores! Head on down to your fave mom and pop record shop to pick up your very own copies of the new records from THE OUT_CIRCUIT, DEATH HOUSE CHAPLAIN, and LOOK MEXICO! Audio teasers are available for your listening pleasure in the media section of Lujorecords.com. For more on these new records, see below!

LOOK MEXICO - New release and new video!

As the title suggests, The Crucial Collection is a compilation of just about everything that the band has released…save for their recent debut full-length This Is Animal Music (also available from Lujo). Fourteen songs to round out your LOOK MEXICO catalog, including the remixed and remastered The Crucial EP, the remastered So Byzantine EP, two tracks from the Japanese release of Animal Music, cover songs and exclusive b-sides you won’t find anywhere else. Pick up your copy here and watch out for for a split 7-inch (on Suburban Home Records) with bosom buddies Fake Problems and a vinyl version of This is Animal Music (on Good Friends Records) both of which will be available from our webstore soon! Click here to hear the song “Guys I Need A Helicopter” from The Crucial Collection!

OH! And be positively sure to check out their new animated video for “You Come Into My House While I Sleep” off their full length This Is Animal Music illustrated by our very own Joshua Mikel of Look Mexico! It will blow your mind, promise!

THE OUT_CIRCUIT Pierce the Empire With a Sound

The Out_Circuit makes music in reference to a state of mind. On their debut record, Burn Your Scripts, Boys, that state of mind was mellow, moody and atmospheric. For the band’s sophomore effort, Pierce the Empire With A Sound, Nathan Burke holds to the bracing-yet-beautiful instrumental melodies that Burn Your Scripts was noted for, but builds on those, positioning them opposite a heavier sound actualized by occasionally screamy vocals and a driving rhythm section. Collaborations with Dustin Kensrue (Thrice), Sean Ingram (Coalesce), Rachel Burke (Beauty Pill), as well as members of Roadside Monument, The Epochs, Haram, and more are only appropriate here. Pierce the Empire With A Sound was mixed by Teppei from Thrice and offers you that rare space where darkness and beauty collide.

Click here to hear “Across the Light” from the album.

DEATH HOUSE CHAPLAIN Of Asthma

Like a good slap in the face comes the sophomore effort and Lujo debut record from Los Angeles trio, DEATH HOUSE CHAPLAIN. Front man Matt Holl pounds out the guitar licks and unrefined vocals in a way that’ll make you wonder what that crap on the radio is you’ve been listening to. Available exclusively for pre-order before it’s March release date, Of Asthma, is an absolute must for fans of US Maple, The Cure and -dare I say- The White Stripes? Oh yes I do! I dare!

Click here to hear the song “Until No Carp” from the album.

TOUR DATES

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FEB 21 2008 – Equal Vision Record’s DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS have been hand picked as the sole opener of the highly anticipated Paramore/Jimmy Eat World co-headlining spring tour. The tour kicks off April 1^st in San Antonio, TX and wraps up May 2^nd in Atlantic City, NJ. The tour also makes a stop at Bamboozle Left in Irvine, CA on April 5^th.

The Arizona natives were at home writing and recording the follow up to 2007’s SMALL STEPS HEAVY HOOVES when they received the offer to join the tour. They couldn’t refuse the chance to tour with one of the most influential bands of the last decade, and a talented young band who in just a few years have broken into superstardom.

In January, Alternative Press listed the forthcoming DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS release one of the Most Anticipated Albums in 2008. While the April tour does put a slight delay on the writing, the record is still set for a Fall/Winter 2008 release.

Before the tour begins, DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS will be playing one last local show on February 29th in Tempe, AZ with Equal Vision Record’s latest signee’s Alive In Wild Paint. Arizona locals should buy tickets for this show quickly – It may be your last opportunity to see DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS for a long time to come.

DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS on tour in the following cities:

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With his new live album Leavin’ the Game on Luckie Street, Butch Walker and his management team are letting you decide if you want to pay for it or not. It is offered as a free download, or you can purchase is for a LOW price of $5.99. This is a 2 disc set (23 songs) and the live recording is impeccable.

Go to www.therecordindustryisfucked.com and please drop the cash for the album. It’s great to see artists willing to take a chance and try new business models. This goes to show all you up and coming bands . . . do you really need a record label to get your music out there? Instead of spinning your wheels trying to get signed, just get your music out there! It’s a great time for the DIY band. Get your music to the masses, bust your ass with your live show, tour like crazy. The rest will fall into place.

Basically, the record business is fucked, but not for bands. Only for themselves. It’s the most exciting, positive time for music, as rockandroll and indie have gone completely back underground.

 

It’s exciting, and to see artists be able to release albums whenever they want, for whatever they want, and not have to fear sending in their cover art, only to have the art dep airbrush off the singers mustache (in fear of not selling to a certain demographic of fucking statistic) is wonderful.

 

Essentially, everything they have or haven’t done in the past, I will purposefully do the opposite . . . and probably make my first paycheck for once.

 

Viva la freedom from cubicle music! [Butch Walker, www.butchwalker.com]

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LOOK MEXICO - Touring in Support of New Record
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* The Crucial Collection out February 12 on Lujo Records
* U.S. tour (Feb 14 - Apr 05) - shows with Bear Colony, Band Marino, more

Road junkies Look Mexico (Tallahassee, F.L.) will be leaving tomorrow for a six-week tour of the U.S. in support of their latest release, The Crucial Collection, which is available from Lujo Records as of yesterday.

As the title suggests, The Crucial Collection is a compilation of just about everything that the band has released…save for their recent debut full-length This Is Animal Music (also available from Lujo). Fourteen songs to round out your Look Mexico catalog, including the remixed and remastered Crucial EP, the remastered So Byzantine EP, two tracks from the Japanese release of Animal Music, cover songs and exclusive b-sides you won’t find anywhere else. Pick up your copy here.

In other news, the boys are preparing to record a track for a split 7-inch with bosom buddies Fake Problems. The vinyl will be the first offering from Suburban Home’s Under the Influence 7-inch series.

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Pierce the Veil is one of my favorite Equal Vision Artists. They’ve been busy & a lot of great things have been happening to them. Check it all out below!

JAN 21 2008 – PIERCE THE VEIL wrapped up a year of constant touring in 2007 and show no signs of slowing down as they kick off 2008 with tour plans that extend through the end of the summer. With a workload like this, it’s easy to see why Alternative Press has recently named PIERCE THE VEIL one of the 100 Bands To Know In ‘08.

Before taking to the road, the band will shoot a video for their single – as chosen by their fans in an online poll – “YEAH BOY AND DOLL FACE”, in Los Angeles with director Nate Weaver (Static-X “Dirthouse”, Jealous Sound “The Fold Out”, Russell Simmons “I’m Not A Model”).

On the road, the band find themselves in the coveted support slot for Emery’s national headlining tour which kicks off January 29^th in Nashville, TN and wraps up March 22^nd in Greenville, SC. As Cities Burn and Mayday Parade will also be supporting the tour.

Shortly after, PIERCE THE VEIL will be appearing at Bamboozle Left on April 6^th in Irvine, CA – not too far from the band’s hometown of San Diego, CA. Other confirmed performers include My Chemical Romance, All American Rejects, and Paramore.

The band will be packing up the RV again – with lots of sunscreen – as they take to the Hurley Stage on this summer’s entire Vans Warped Tour.

PIERCE THE VEIL will be continuing to support their 2007 debut, A FLAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC, recorded with producer Casey Bates (Chiodos, Gatsby’s American Dream) and written/recorded entirely by brothers VIC FUENTES (vocals, guitar) and MIKE FUENTES (drums). The album has received an abundance of praise since its release; says Outburn, “We’ve been there, done that with the screamo thing… Yet, Pierce The Veil manages to take their influences and fondness for screamo’s vocal styling and hardcore’s hurried rhythms and tones it down with more melodic harmonies.” Alternative Press advises the band, in regards to the song title “I’D RATHER DIE THAN BE FAMOUS”: “Be careful what you wish for… especially if you keep writing songs this good.”

http://www.myspace.com/piercetheveil
http://equalvision.com/artist/Pierce_The_Veil

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RED LEADER RECORDS CMJ Showcase
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* Oct 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
* featuring Polar Bear Club, Dear Tonight, The New Dress, Nakatomi Plaza, Scream Hello and Fire When Ready

Red Leader Records Showcase
October 20 @ Bowery Poetry Club - 5:30pm

A ridiculously amazing showcase for Red Leader featuring some of the label’s most amazing bands.

Polar Bear Club - 9:20pm
Nakatomi Plaza - 8:40pm
Dear Tonight - 8:00pm
Scream Hello - 7:30pm
The New Dress - 6:40pm
Fire When Ready - 6:00pm

$10 or Free with CMJ badge

LOOK MEXICO Show
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* Oct 18 @ Puck Building - Day Stage, 295 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10012, 12pm
* with Wild Light, Eagle*Seagull

The Look Mexico kids will also be playing tomorrow, October 18th on the Day Stage at the Puck Building. High Noon. Be there.

Look Mexico are at the beginning of yet another tour (it never stops, really) in support of This Is Animal Music which finds the band traveling up and down the East Coast. They’ll eventually end up at FEST 6 in Gainesville and you can expect more Nov / Dec dates with Chase Pagan!

Look Mexico TOUR
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OCT 18 - New York @ CMJ / Day Stage - Puck Building
OCT 19 - Greenwood, DE @ The Wood Stage
OCT 21 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Blend w/ Mowgli
OCT 22 - Roanoke, VA @ Martin’s w/ The Wading Girl
OCT 23 - Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn w/ Georgie James, Le Loup
OCT 24 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar w/ Summerbirds in the Cellar
OCT 26 - Orlando, FL @ The Back Booth w/ Summerbirds in the Cellar
OCT 27 - Gainesville, FL @ FEST 6 / Market Street Pub w/ Bridge and Tunnel, Fake Problems, Gaslight Anthem, Lumuria
NOV 02 - Merritt Island, FL @ Pizza Di Rock w/ One Small Step For Landmines

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