Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have announced that they will be heading into the studio for a week starting on July 28th to record a follow up EP to their recent debut album, “It Is What It Is”, released by Say-10 Records.

At the helm will be Peter Steinkopf from the Bouncing Souls.

The band had this to say about recording and the new material:

“We had a few weeks off after we got back from Europe to face reality a little bit. The tour gave us a chance to work out the kinks on some new songs, so we are playing a couple local shows to solidify them before going into the studio with Pete Steinkopf from the Bouncing Souls to record a new EP. All of us grew up on the Souls (there might even be a couple Souls tattoos in this band… shh…), and we’ve been talking to Pete for a while about our ideas. We can’t wait to work with him. Expect some studio posts for sure.

“As far as the songs go, they each have a bit of a different vibe (Chris sings a couple; Dan sings another; we all sing on some) so we are stoked about that. We hope to get 6 songs out of it. There’ll be more information about its release in the near future, but we will definitely be playing them at our shows coming up.”

While on their massive European Tour the band posted the first in a series of video tour blogs from their adventure. You can head over to their MySpace page to check it out.

The band also wrote this entry to talk about their Euro-trip:

“We arrived in London on the first day of this seven week tour drunk as skunks thanks to the complimentary drinks from our Virgin Airlines flight. It wasn’t too soon after that when we were informed that Dan’s bass hadn’t arrived at the airport. Luckily, they had found it the next day. We had ten days in the UK ahead of us, then another six weeks of shows throughout the mainland and Eastern Europe. The fact didn’t sink into our brains for a while because we were hung-over and jetlagged.

“Early on, we met up with Bangers who would be our support for the tour, and embarked on what would become an endless trek of shows in cities big and small. Heading into the dark abyss had us all intrigued; it was an adventure. As we warmed up some new songs and got into shape after the first few shows in the UK, we were finally in our element.

“We were happy to return to Europe on our own tour, eager to play our way ‘til the end. We made it around the UK with a bunch of awesome shows—even one of them with our old buddies Cobra Skulls—plenty of good times all around. We crossed into the mainland and started to play a good mix of clubs, warehouse squats, youth centers, and even on a boat in Bremen. As we approached the middle hump of the tour, we finally caught our stride; as time trudged on, there was not a day off in Europe until after about 3 weeks – shows every night, across borders and across cultural boundaries. Stay tuned for a second installment with some more videos.”

The band will be headed out in October for a short run opening up for Dead Kennedy’s.

Dirty Tactics w/ Dead Kennedy’s
10/12-Portlando, ME @ Asylum
10/13- Boston, MA @ Paradise
10/15- New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/16- Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
10/17- Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of the Living Arts

If you have not heard Dirty Tactics’ “It Is What It Is” yet, you can check out the stream of the new album, on the band’s profile page on Punknews.org

The band also released a split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records to support their European tour.

Gainesville’s Grabass Charlestons will be hitting the road in August to support the release of a split LP with Toys That Kill for No Idea Records. They will be doing a leg with friends The Future Virgins and The Dopamines as well as a tour ender at Best Friend’s Day in Richmond, VA. You can click on “more” below for a full list of dates!

The LP will be available August 21st via No Idea Records, but the band will have them on the road for sale for their tour. You can check out the track “Dale” from the release on the band’s Myspace page. You can click on “more” below for the complete track listing!

Grabass Charlestons have previously released two 7”s on Barracuda Sound, two LPs (Ask “Mark Twain” and “The Greatest Story Every Hula’d”), a split LP with Billy Reese Peters and a split 7” with The Ergs!; all on No Idea Records.

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Cincinnati’s pop-punk trio The Dopamines confirmed the dates for their upcoming tour later this month. The U.S. tour, with a side-step into Canada, ends in August when the band plays at Best Friend’s Day in Richmond, VA. You can click “more” below for the complete list of shows!

The band is supporting their latest release “Expect the Worst” on Paper + Plastick. Punknews.org is still streaming it on the Dopamines’ profile page. You can head to P+P’s online store to purchase the album.

Over in Cincinnati’s, the band recently finished filming their music video for the track “Public Domain” with Mario Framingheddu. Continuing with the “Expect the Worst” theme, the finished work will premiere on Friday, August 13th on BlankTV.com.

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The Blacklist Royals will once again be hitting the road to support their debut album, “Semper Liberi”, for Paper + Plastick.

This next round of shows starts out with the band sharing dates with Nothington.

If you have not heard the rocking infectiousness of “Semper Liberi” you can still stream the album in it’s entirety on the band’s Punknews.org profile.

BlankTV.com launched a premier of the video for the band’s single “American Hearts.” You can check out the video here.

You can click “more” below for the dates, along with those for the subsequent legs of the tour!
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Berkeley, CA’s Samiam will be releasing a double LP/ CD collection entitled “Orphan Works” on No Idea Records on September 7th. The 18 track collection consists of studio outtakes, in-studio radio shows and live recordings from the “Clumsy” and “You Are Freaking Me Out” period of the band’s career.

To celebrate the release, the band will be touring Europe starting October 19th with Death in the Family and Former Cell Mates. Expect confirmed dates to be announced in the weeks to come.

They will be breaking in their new drummer, Charlie Walker of Chamberlain/Split Lip on this tour.

Samiam formed in late 1988 after the break of up of Gilman’s Isocracy. Samiam released seven albums in their career on several labels including “Hopeless”, “Burning Heart”, “Atlantic”, “New Red Archive”, and “Igition/Tommy Boy”.

The band performed at last year’s FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL. You can check out footage of the band performing with Hot Water Music’s Chris Wollard here. You can also check out footage of their Sao Paulo show here and of their Buenos Aires show here, taken last December.

You can click “more” below to view the track listings for each side!
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