Virginia’s Worn In Red have just announced an extensive 43-date US tour to support their new album “In The Offing,” recently released by No Idea Records. The tour will find the band playing dates with Strike Anywhere, Dead to Me, Thank God, Tubers, The Fucking Wrath, Git Some, and a slot on their year’s Harvest of Hope Fest. You can check out a full listing of dates by clicking “more” below.

To celebrate, No Idea Records has launched a media player where you can stream “In The Offing” in its entirety. You can check out the album stream on their website.

Worn In Red hail from Charlottesville and Richmond, VA, and have garnered comparisons to Planes Mistaken for Stars, Four Hundred Years, City of Caterpillar, Glass and Ashes, and Sleepytime Trio. The band recently toured down to THE FEST 8. Two videos of their performance have since popped up. You can check out the video for “When People Have Something To Say” captured by Thinker Thought Records here. You can check out the video for “As Best We Can” shot and posted by Alternative Press here.
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Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just announced an extensive update disclosing their plans to promote their sophomore album “In What Way,” released this past December by Paper + Plastick.

In April, the band will bring their mid-90’s-influenced indie rock stylings to the UK for a two-week tour alongside Wales’ Bedford Falls. To commemorate the tour, the two bands will release a split 7”, with each contributing an original and a cover of the other band. The 7” will be available just in time for the tour, courtesy of Failures’ Union’s own as-yet-unnamed label. Most of the dates can be seen below, with the rest to come shortly.

Failures Union & Bedford Falls – UK Tour 2010
3/30 - Exeter, UK @ The Cavern
3/31 - Bristol, UK @ The Croft
4/2 - Sunderland, UK @ The White Room
4/3 - Glasgow, UK @ Captain’s Rest
4/4 - Manchester, UK @ Retro Bar
4/6 - Cambridge, UK @ The Portland Arms
4/7 - Southsea, UK @ The Edge of the Wedge
4/8 - London, UK @ The Monarch
4/9 - Newport, UK @ Le Pub
4/10 - Swansea, UK @ Bar Sigma
4/11 - Kingston, UK @ The Fighting Cocks

The band has just launched a Kickstarter webpage to raise money to release their debut album “Sinker” on vinyl. For those unfamiliar, Kickstarter.com hosts donation-based fundraisers for all manner of artistic endeavors, although Failures’ Union are one of the first bands to utilize its services. Sinker was originally released in 2007 on One Percent Press.

The band had this to say about the move to raise money to fund their own release and what interesting incentives they are offing donators:

“Kickstarter.com is a great website for musicians, artists, or anyone who has an idea for a project, but little capital to get it started. Basically, people pledge a donation towards your project, and in return they get something back. For our project the lower level donations are pretty much just pre-orders. The more people pledge, the more they get in return. If someone pledges us $50, we will screen-print them any one color shirt of their choice/design. If someone pledges $75, they will get a test press of the LP. If anyone has the money to pledge $100, Tony will write and record a song specifically for/about them. There are also other pledge levels, so check out the page to see what they are.”

To donate, check out the page on Kickstarter.com.

In more news, the band recently unearthed footage from a video they shot nearly two years ago for the song “West Coast, NY,” shot by friends Eric Ayotte and Super Bobby. You can check out the video over at Ifyoumakeit.com. The band is also giving away a free download sampler featuring a collection of music from their releases. You can download the 9 songs on the band’s website.

The band also recently welcomed a new member to their ranks. Former drummer Eric Ellman has moved to second guitar duties and left the stool to be filled by his brother Blake.

In case you missed it, you can stream their sophomore album, In What Way, released this fall on Paper + Plastick on the band’s Punknews.org profile page

The second annual Harvest of Hope Fest (HOH Fest) has announced another round of bands confirmed for their multiple-stage music festival that will take place March 12th – 14th in sunny St. Augustine, FL. Added to the already impressive lineup will be 7 Seconds, Matt Pond PA, Broadway Calls, Japanther, Smoke or Fire, Crime in Stereo, and Yesterday’s Ring.

Harvest of Hope Fest recently announced a diverse roster of national and international acts confirmed including Billy Bragg, Dr. Dog, The Mountain Goats, Leatherface, Rogue Wave, Delta Spirit, Senses Fail, Anti-Flag, Dead Prez, Kimya Dawson, Samiam, Torche, Strike Anywhere, Anvil, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dr. Octagon AKA Kool Keith, Small Brown Bike, Portugal. the Man, Black Sheep, Danielson, Coalesce, Man Man, forgetters, and over 150 more artists joining together to raise awareness to the plight of migrant farm workers! Harvest of Hope Fest is the only festival of its kind that has such a large group of musicians donating their time and performances to charity.

Three-day tickets are on sale now and will rise in price as the festival draws closer. Now through February 11th, tickets will be available at the early-bird price of $39.50. From February 12th to March 11th, they will jump to $49.50. Walk-up 3-day tickets will be $60.00. Single day tickets will be available for $25.00/day in advance and $35.00/day weekend of. Three-day camping passes are also now available at $19.50/person. Tickets can be purchased here.

Michigan’s Small Brown Bike have officially announced more select shows in the months to come. The band will be playing Gainesville and Orlando while in Florida, performing at the second annual Harvest of Hope Fest (HOH FEST) March 12th-14th in St. Augustine, FL. Then in May, the Bike will do a string of shows in the northeast, their first since the Fall of 2003! All dates and support acts are listed below. Note: the only all ages shows are Harvest of Hope Fest and Philadelphia, PA.

3/10- Orlando, FL @ the Social w/ O Pioneers and Young Brother - Tickets

3/11- Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/ O Pioneers, Cheap Girls, The Measure (sa), and Grabass Charlestons - Tickets

3/12-14- St. Augustine, FL @ Harvest of Hope Fest 2010 w/ 150 other bands - Tickets

5/13- Allston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Bridge And Tunnel. Your Skull My Closet, and Wallcreeper - Tickets

5/14- New York, NY @ Cake Shop w/ Bridge And Tunnel, Your Skull My Closet - Tickets

5/15- Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary w/ Bridge And Tunnel, Your Skull My Closet, and Des Ark - Tickets

5/16- Washington, DC @ DC9 w/ Bridge And Tunnel, Your Skull My Closet - Tickets

Small Brown Bike announced this past summer that they would be reforming to play a few shows with original line up and had been working on new material. Since then, they have played a few shows in the Midwest and appeared at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL, Halloween weekend 2009.

You can check out from their performance at THE FEST 8 via Alternative Press Magazine.
Video for “See You In Hell” here.
Video for “When We Run” here.
Video for “Hourglass” here.

They also recently released Composite Vol. 1, a 7” on No Idea Records. The 7” featured two new songs recorded in 2009, “When We Run” and “Hourglass.” The 7” was limited to 1,100 copies. No Idea has approximately 70 left for sale. Once they are gone, you will still be able to purchase the songs via iTUNES. You can currently stream the two new tracks here.

Orlando’s VIRGINS will be entering the studio on February 11th to start work on their second LP, the follow-up to 2008’s “Miscarriage,” released by Kiss of Death Records. The sophomore album is tentatively titled “Animals” and will find the band once again headed to Louisville, KY to record at Headbanging Kill Your Mama Music with Lords’ Chris Owens. Virgins have already sealed a blood pact with Tampa’s Kiss of Death Records to release the album, as well as a teaser 7” in the months prior to the album’s release. Afterwards, they’re also planning a split 7” with NY’s Stolen Parts on No Idea Records.

Virgins will make appearances at Harvest of Hope Fest 2010, from March 12-14th, and at Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC, May 14th-15th. Plans are currently in the works for runs up the East and West Coast, as well as a European tour, later in 2010.

The second annual Harvest of Hope Fest has announced the initial lineup for their multiple-stage music festival that will take place March 12th – 14th in sunny St. Augustine, FL. The festival serves to raise awareness and provide financial support for the Harvest of Hope Foundation, a charity organization that aids migrant farm workers across the country.

HOH Fest is the first multi-day concert of the 2010 festival season and uniquely different than many other festivals that will be happening this year. Last year, over 17,000 attendees took in over 100 punk, indie-rock, hip-hop, alt-country, folk, and blues bands.

This year’s line up showcases a diverse roster once again with national and international acts including Billy Bragg, Dr Dog, The Mountain Goats, Leatherface, Rogue Wave, Delta Spirit, Senses Fail, Anti-Flag, Dead Prez, Kimya Dawson, Samiam, Torche, Strike Anywhere, High on Fire, Anvil, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Dr. Octagon AKA Kool Keith, Small Brown Bike, Portugal. the Man, Black Sheep, Danielson, Coalesce, Man Man, forgetters (Ex-Jawbreaker/ Against Me!), plus over 150 more artists joining together to raise awareness to the plight of migrant farm workers! Harvest of Hope Fest is the only festival of its kind that has such a large group of musicians donating their time and performances to charity. A full list of first round confirmations can be seen below.

Right in time for spring break, the 2010 Harvest of Hope Festival is conveniently located on the St. John’s County Fairgrounds – which offers 90 acres of shaded grassy pasture for plenty of fantastic rustic camping. The festival is an ideal destination to spend spring break and support an amazing and blossoming charity organization. Harvest of Hope Fest is located just a short distance from historic St. Augustine and its beaches, and is within an easy drive of Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, Orlando, and Gainesville.

Three-day tickets are on sale now and will rise in price as the festival draws closer. From January 14th through February 11th, tickets will be available at the early-bird price of $39.50. From February 12th to March 11th, they will jump to $49.50. Walk-up 3-day tickets will be $60.00. Single day tickets will be available for $25.00/day in advance and $35.00/day weekend of. Three-day camping passes are also now available at $19.50/person.

A small number of VIP passes are available at $99.50 per person. The VIP pass includes access to the VIP camping area, a three-day festival pass, and extra goodies to be revealed at a later date!

Proceeds from the charity fundraiser festival will benefit the Harvest of Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides emergency and educational aid to some of the hardest working and often overlooked people keeping our agricultural economy moving - migrant farm workers. Harvest of Hope distributes funds to migrant farm workers and their families to help pay for food, medical services, clothing, rent, educational scholarships, and more.

A donation-based application process for bands interested in performing at the 2010 Harvest of Hope Fest was created to raise funds and awareness for the Harvest of Hope Foundation. Over 250 artists from all over the country made a donation of $5 to the Harvest of Hope Foundation and were granted access to fill out the 2010 Band Application which included a section that asked what migrant workers’ struggles meant to them. The application process has now ended and on January 21st, HOH Fest will announce the winners chosen to perform.

Confirmed Harvest of Hope Fest 2010 lineup as of 1/14/10:
Billy Bragg, Dr. Dog, The Mountain Goats, Rogue Wave, Delta Spirit, Senses Fail, Anti-Flag, Man Man, Dead Prez, Kimya Dawson, Torche, Strike Anywhere, High on Fire, Anvil, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Sea Wolf, Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith, Dead Confederate, A Wilhelm Scream, Portugal. the Man, Samiam, Leatherface, Dead to Me, Fruit Bats, Bear in Heaven, Freelance Whales, Cobra Skulls, Small Brown Bike, Glint, Stars of Track and Field, Danielson, Twin Tigers, Black Sheep, Coalesce, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, James Husband (of Of Montreal), Signals (ex-The Mae Shi), Ortolan, Mercury Program, Off With Their Heads, The Loved Ones, Past Lives, forgetters (ex-Jawbreaker & Against Me!), Andrew Jackson Jihad, Assholeparade, Defiance Ohio, Chris Wollard & the Ship Thieves, Bomb the Music Industry!, Dear Landlord, Young Livers, David Rovics, The Riot Before, This Bike is a Pipebomb, Des Ark, Ben Davis & The Jett$, Shellshag, Weatherbox, Holopaw, Hawks & Doves, Angelo Spencer, The Blacklist Royals, Lemuria, The Measure [sa], Paul Baribeau, Algernon Cadwallader, Your Heart Breaks, Fin Fang Foom, Yula Beeri, The Future Virgins, Good Luck, The Mezingers, Capsule, Ben + Vesper, Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Mike Hale, Street Eaters, O Pioneers!, Army of Ponch, Virgins, Gatorface, Protagonist, American Cheeseburger, Savage Brewtality, Brainworms, New Bruises, Tubers, Cory Branan, Look Mexico, Whiskey & Co., Worn in Red, Ninja Gun, Grabass Charlestons, FIYA, Spanish Gamble, Anchor Arms, How Dare You, Slow Claw, Heads Held High, The Casting Out, Low Red Land, The Itchy Hearts, Yardwork, Panthro UK United 13, Mumpsy, The Beauvilles, The Tim Version, Tiltwheel, Dan Padilla, The Future Now, D.P., City of Ships, Only Thunder, Sloane Peterson, Too Many Daves, Pretty Boy Thorson, Lost Hands Found Fingers, Nut Nut, Ornate Escape, and Mike Bernos.

For more information on the Harvest of Hope Festival, including ticket information, camping info, and the most up-to-date line-up, please visit http://www.harvestofhopefest.com.

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Off With Their Heads have announced plans to release two new split releases on No Idea Records. The first will be a split 6” record with labelmates No Friends. Off With Their Heads will be covering “Field of Darkness” by Pegboy. No Friends will be covering “Another Wrong” by Dag Nasty.

The second will be a split 7” with New Jersey’s Detournement. Each band will contribute an original acoustic song as well as one cover song. Off With Their Heads will be covering “Princess” by recently reformed Gainesville punk legends and labelmates Panthro UK United 13, while Detournement will be taking on “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” by Tracy Chapman.

Until then, the band continues their tireless conquest of the road in support of their critically acclaimed album “From the Bottom,” released on No Idea Records, which found its way onto many writers top picks of 2008!

On this run, the band will be sharing the stage with The Queers, Dear Landlord, The Slow Death, and Cobra Skulls, as well as an appearance at Harvest of Hope Fest 2010 in St. Augustine, FL.

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St. Augustine/Gainesville, FL’s Tubers have posted a stream of their new album “Anachronous.” You can currently stream the entire album on the No Idea Records website. “Anachronous” was recently co-released by No Idea Records, Bakery Outlet Records, and France’s Echo Canyon Records.

Tubers consists of current and ex-members of Twelve Hour Turn, Alligator, Vicious Fishes, Strikeforce Diablo, Assholeparade, Stressface, The South, and many others.

Rich Diem from Tubers also runs Bakery Outlet Records, which has released records from Holopaw, Street Eaters, Old Growth, Des Ark, Erin Tobey, and many more.

Tubers previously released two albums on Bakery Outlet, entitled “Shell Out” and “Self-titled,” as well as a split 7” with Richmond’s Brainworms on Rorschach Records. The band is currently planning a handful of tours for 2010, to take them across the United States and into several foreign territories.