Chicago’s CoCoComa recently performed their song “It Won’t Be Long” from their recently released album “Things Are Not All Right” on children’s dance show Chic-A-Go-Go. The taping was for the show’s Halloween Party special that will air October 27th and 28th on local Chicago channel 19. You can check out the performance here.

The A.V. Club Chicago also recently ran an interview with Bill and Lisa Roe, the husband and wife team behind CoCoComa and founders of a new label, Trouble In Mind Records, which puts out 7-inch singles from garage-rock bands like White Wires, Fresh & Onlys, and Sonic Chicken 4. The A.V. Club sat down with Bill and Lisa to talk about their new album, starting a record label, and the birth of their now 6-month-old child; Ronnie Roe, who appears in the Chic-A-Go-Go appearance dressed like a hot dog.

“Things Are Not All Right,” the band’s second album, was released last week care of Memphis’s Goner Records, former home of Jay Reatard and currently of Box Elders, Ty Segall, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and many others. Indierockreviews.com is currently hosting a full stream of the album.

The band will be playing a couple more shows to support the album’s release before heading across the Atlantic at the end of December for a six-week trek around Europe. Dates for the European tour will be announced shortly.

11/13 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
11/14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Vault

CoCoComa previously released their “S/T” album on Goner Records in 2007. Over the past two years, they’ve also delivered five different singles; two all on their own and a trio of splits, sharing wax with The Hipshakes, The Mans, and The Turpentine Brothers.

Gainesville, Florida’s Spanish Gamble have posted the title track to their debut full length “It’s All Coming Down.” You can check out the final version of the song on the band’s MySpace page.

“It’s All Coming Down” is scheduled to be released early December via the band’s new home, Paper + Plastick Records.

Spanish Gamble originally formed under the moniker Dirty Money in 2007 after founding members Ryan and Colin left their native New Mexico. Cutting their teeth playing around Gainesville and eventually growing restless at home, they embarked on several self-booked tours, taking them across the US several times in the last two years and building their reputation as one of the most roadworthy young bands in today’s punk scene.

As Dirty Money, they self-released their first EP, “Far From Home,” as well as two split 7 inches (one with underground hip-hop artist GDP and the other with the UK’s OK Pilot on Fail Safe Records).

In late 2008, the three-piece added a fourth member and began writing for a full-length. The band and songs had evolved and taken on a new life to a point where a name change seemed necessary. They decided on Spanish Gamble as their new chosen name and drew a line between their past and the future. Their influences are eclectic, yet their sound is cohesive. While the members are not all Gainesville natives, they fit in nicely with the scene of gruff and catchy music found in the southern punk mecca. They spent a considerable amount of time demoing the songs for It’s All Coming Down with Roger Lima (Less Than Jake/Rehasher) before venturing across the desert to Oakland, CA, where they recorded the final versions for the album with Ryan Massey (American Steel) at his Sharkbite Studio.

Spanish Gamble are currently booking a tour to support “It’s All Coming Down.” Most of the dates are filled but at time of press the band is still working out the details for some of the dates. They will also be performing once again at THE FEST 8 over the coming Halloween weekend in Gainesville, FL. You can click “more” below for the dates.

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Orlando’s power punk all-stars Gatorface have leaked yet another song from their debut album, “Wasted Monuments,” which will be released later this year on No Idea Records.

You can now stream “Burning Crosses” as well as the previously leaked tracks “Wasted Monuments,” “Luxury Lost,” and “The Cleaner” on their MySpace page.

Gatorface features ex-New Mexican Disaster Squad members Richard Minino (Horsebites) and Alex Goldfarb (Alex Goldfarb). Both are also pulling double duty in the No Idea super-group No Friends.

The band has been described as having a wide range of influences, drawing on the simplicity of The Ramones, the darkness of The Adolescents and the quirky, technical hooks of Descendents.

Gatorface will be performing a pre-FEST show in their hometown at Will’s Pub on Oct 27th and a crucial set at The Fest 8 this Halloween weekend in Gainesville, FL.

They released a 10” entitled “Sick and Stupid” on Paper + Plastick Records earlier this year.

Richmond, VA’s The Riot Before have recorded an acoustic EP version of their critically acclaimed album “Fists Buried in Pockets,” released last year on Say-10 Records. The acoustic EP is entitled “Fists… Out of Sockets.” The seven song EP is available for FREE download via the band’s recently announced new home, Paper + Plastick.

Check out the FREE download here.

Singer Brett Adams had this to say about the EP:

“Fists… Out of Sockets represents a fun departure for us. When Vinnie (Paper+Plastick) first suggested we release an acoustic version of Fists Buried in Pockets my initial idea was to just sit down in a room alone and knock it all out first take, but then I got to thinking and realized that we have a lot of really talented friends, and decided it would be fun to bring them into the recording process. With that in mind, we recruited our friend Patrick Ball to engineer and produce, and got to work re-recording 7 of the songs from Fists Buried in Pockets in his basement. We convinced some incredible musicians we knew to contribute horns and cello on a few songs and we’re all really excited how it turned out. These recordings are not at all intended to be a hint at things to come for us, rather, they represent a fun time spent recording with friends, seeing what else could be done with songs that we as a band are all still very proud of. Sometimes that led to a major reconstruction, while other times it meant removing a lot of what had been there. What we ended up with came out better than I had imagined, which had a lot less to do with us and more to do with everyone else involved, especially Patrick. We hope you enjoy it. See you on tour!”

The band is also heading out on tour with A Wilhelm Scream, including a performance at this year’s THE FEST 8 over Halloween weekend in Gainesville, FL. The band recently announced their plans to hit the studio this winter to record a new full length for their new label, Paper + Plastick.

You can click “more” below for their tour date with A Wilhelm Scream.

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The A.V. Club Chicago has posted an exclusive stream of “Things Are Not All Right,” the new album from their hometown garage-pop masterminds, CoCoComa. You can check out the early leak of the entire album right here.

“Things Are Not All Right,” the band’s second full-length, will by released October 20th care of Memphis’s Goner Records, former home of Jay Reatard and currently of Box Elders, Ty Segall, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, and many others.

The band will be playing a string of shows to support the album’s release, including a performance at this year’s Scion Garage Fest in Portland, Oregon alongside Roky Erickson, Black Lips, Jay Reatard, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Dirtbombs, The Spits, and many more.

CoCoComa Tour Dates:
10/17 – Portland, OR @ Scion Garage Fest
10/21 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11/13 – Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
11/14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Vault

CoCoComa previously released their “S/T” album on Goner in 2007. Over the past two years, they’ve also delivered five different singles; two all on their own and a trio of splits, sharing wax with The Hipshakes, The Mans, and The Turpentine Brothers.

With the roar of an engine and a billowing cloud of smoke, Denver’s stoner/sludge freaks Git Some will be blowing town and stinking up the van for long run with Prize Country including a performance at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL. After a quick smoke break, they’ll be heading out for a week of shows opening for Russian Circles.

The band features Planes Mistaken For Stars alumni Chuck French on guitar and Neil Keener on bass, and has garnered comparisons to Drive Like Jehu, later-era Black Flag, and The Jesus Lizard. They released their debut LP, “Cosmic Rock,” last year via 1-2-3-4-GO Records.

You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Michigan’s Small Brown Bike have made an official announcement that the band is back with original line up and have been working on new material. The band posted the following statement about reforming and writing.

“Hi friends. First off, thanks for the good words over the last month. It’s awesome to know that there are still people out there listening. You all rule. We just wanted to add some more details about what’s happening. To make a long story short, the original lineup (Mike, Ben, Travis, Dan) is back together and working on new music. Over the last few months we’ve been writing a ton of new stuff and currently have about ten new songs finished plus a bunch more in various stages. We’re all really excited about how it’s going. So far, so good! The bottom line for us is to have fun, write music, and play a few shows here and there. Just like we did when we started the band. Keep it simple.
So that’s what’s happening. Thanks again for listening. See you at the shows!”

The band has a few special shows planned for the rest of the year, including a performance at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL over Halloween weekend.

Small Brown Bike shows:
10/10- Kalamazoo, MI @ State Theater
10/30- Gainesville, FL @ THE FEST 8
12/4- Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
12/5- Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar

Small Brown Bike had releases on Second Nature, Smallman, and were part of the No Idea Records family, releasing several groundbreaking albums before leaving the label to release their final swan song for Lookout! Records and ultimately break up in 2004.

The band played a few reunion shows in September 2007 to benefit a dear friend of the band who was battling leukemia, including a final reunion show at THE FEST 6. You can check video and download MP3s of the entire set from THE FEST 6 at National Underground.

Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have launched a stream of their sophomore album, “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick. You can the album in its entirety on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

The LP will be available for pre-order through Paper + Plastick on October 16th. If you can’t wait that long, you can purchase a digital copy now on the label’s site.

The download version of the album also contains bonus tracks, including a cover of “Downbound Train” by Bruce Springsteen, “Sleeping Weather” by Cheap Girls and an acoustic version of their own “The New Walk Home.”

The band describes themselves as a mid-90’s influenced indie rock band, and has gained comparisons to The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices, The Pixies, and Counting Crows. Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail.

They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. Their previous album, “Sinker,” was released on One Percent Press in 2007. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled You Know Who and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Seattle’s garage-punk miscreants The Spits are leaving their fortified compound for a week’s worth of shows along the left coast. They’ll kick things into gear with an appearance at Portland’s Vice / Scion Garage Fest alongside Roky Erickson, The Black Lips, The Dirtbombs, Jay Reatard, and a host of others before heading down the coast on their own, including a two-night residence at San Francisco’s famed Thee Parkside.

Last month, the band released their fourth self-titled album, officially titled “The Spits” but better known amongst record geeks and collector nerds as “IV” or the “School’s Out” LP. CD and digital formats were delivered by Recess Records, and vinyl was handled by the band’s own Thriftstore Records.

10/17 – Portland, OR @ Vice / Scion Garage Fest
10/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
10/23 – San Jose, CA @ Voodoo Lounge
10/24 – Anaheim, CA @ The Juke Joint
10/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ Five Star Bar
10/26 – San Diego, CA @ The Kensington Club

If you missed the boat the first time around, a full album stream of The Spits is still available courtesy of the fiendish audio technicians at Punknews.org.

Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just leaked another new song from their forthcoming album, entitled “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick. You can stream “Glasses” on the band’s MySpace page.

The band previously leaked three other new songs from the album. You can also listen to “The Fall Man,” “Cubist Camo,” and “Comb” right here.

The band’s history coincidentally mirrors the Mel Gibson feature film “Forever Young.” Band members Tony, Jason, and Eric hosted a college radio show together on WUOG (Athens, GA) in the fall semester of 1993. Over Christmas break, a tragic military incident resulted in the trio getting cryogenically frozen for eleven years. Luckily, a duo of lovable pranksters released them from their icy prisons while horsing around in an abandoned missile silo. After thawing, they immediately formed a band together, describing themselves as “cutting-edge indie rock” and drawing influence from “the hippest bands around today;” The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, REM, The Pixies, Guided By Voices, and Counting Crows.

Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail. They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. One Percent Press released their previous album, Sinker, in 2007. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled You Know Who and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

You can check out some live footage of them from this past March here.

The digital download version of the album will also contain bonus tracks, including a cover of “Downbound Train” by Bruce Springsteen, “Sleeping Weather” by Cheap Girls, and an acoustic version of their own “The New Walk Home”.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with dates including stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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