Bloomington, IN’s Defiance, Ohio will be hitting the road to support the release of their new album “Midwestern Minutes”. The tour includes the band playing two shows opening for the Bouncing Souls. You can click on “more” below for a list of dates!

“Midwestern Minutes” was released this past July on CD/LP on No Idea Records. You can stream the album in its entirety or download it for free from the band on their website!
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“Midwestern Minutes” was recorded this past March & April by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording Studio in the band’s hometown of Bloomington. Bridavsky also produced the band’s critically acclaimed previous album, “The Fear, The Fear, The Fear”, released by No Idea in late 2007.

Defiance, Ohio has released three previous albums: “Share What Ya Got”, “The Great Depression” and “The Fear, The Fear, The Fear”. All can be ordered through No Idea Records.

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The Measure (sa) have leaked yet another song from their new studio album “Notes” that will be released via No Idea Records October 5th on LP/CD!

You can listen to an early exclusive stream of “Unwritten” over at Reaxmusic.com.

Ifyoumakeit.com also posted an acoustic version of “Unwritten” for their Pink Couch Sessions. You can watch and download the acoustic version here.

The band previously leaked “Be Yours” from “Notes” on the band’s MySpace page.

“Notes” was recorded in the 2nd half of 2009 by Chris Pierce at Technical Ecstasy and Brian “Buckets” Buccelato at Chumbuckets, and later mastered by Stephen Egerton.

Guitarist/ Vocalist, Lauren Denitzio did the cover artwork and layout for the album. You can see more of her art at her site http://www.blackandredeye.com/.

The Measure (sa) is currently working on a tour to surround their appearance at the FEST 9 in Gainesville, FL this coming Halloween weekend. More details on the dates are coming soon!

Gainesville’s Grabass Charlestons joined forces with long time west coast comrades Toys That Kill to release of a split LP of all new material for No Idea Records!

Thanks to the fine folks at AMP Magazine you can now stream the LP only release in its entirety here.

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

Grabass Charlestons recently returned from a two week tour where they closed out run with a performance at this year’s Best Friends Day in Richmond, VA.

The band will be taking a break until their performance at the FEST 9.

Click on “more” for the track listing!

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Orlando’s VRGNS has leaked their upcoming sophomore album entitled “Manimals” for Kiss of Death Records, to be released on LP/CD August 31st!

Head over to the band’s Punknews.org band profile to hear “Manimals” in its entirety.

Kiss of Death Records also just released a limited edition teaser 7” for “No Longer Entertainment” with a B-side cover of Born Against’s “Nine Years Later”, featuring Ryan Patterson of COLISEUM fame on vocals. The pressing will only be 300 copies so grab them while you still can!

VRGNS are scheduled to appear at THE FEST 9 in Gainesville, FL over Halloween weekend.

Click on “more” to get some more information about “Manimals”!
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Gainesville’s Young Livers are embarking on a tour today up the East Coast to do a run of Canada with Against Me! and The Flatliners. On their way, they will be playing dates with friends Mouthbreather, Bridge & Tunnel and Iron Chic.

The band will be supporting their current album, “Of Misery and Toil”, released this past spring on No Idea Records.

Click here to listen to, “Of Misery and Toil”, in its entirety.

Alternative Press recently launched a premiere of the video for the title track of the new album. You can head over to AP to check out the video for “Of Misery and Toil.” The video consists of still photos shot by their good friend Brian Keheller on the Young Livers/OK Pilot pre-FEST tour last October.

Young Livers recorded the album last year at Satellite Recordings in Ventura, CA with Armand John Anthony, also responsible for the auditory violence committed on 2008’s Glass And Ashes “S/T” album. Drums were re-tracked in December ’09 with Ryan Williams in Gainesville, FL. Williams then re-mixed the record and passed it along to New Alliance Mastering for a finished product.

“Of Misery and Toil” follows the band’s critically acclaimed debut album, “The New Drop Era”, released in 2007 by No Idea Records and Kiss of Death Records. You can still stream The New Drop Era in its entirety on the band’s Punknews.org profile pages.

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Sunderland, UK’s Leatherface will be touring Australia and Japan to support their most recent studio album, “The Stormy Petrel”, which saw a North American release earlier this year via No Idea Records. You can click “more” below for a list of tour dates.

The Stormy Petrel is the band’s ninth full-length album and was released by various labels worldwide. The North American LP/CD version was released March 23rd via No Idea Records. Their version featured entirely different cover art and overall layout than the European, Japanese, and Australian versions.

You can currently steam the entire album on Punknews.org band’s profile page.

BYO Records released the band’s last album, “Dog Disco”, in 2004.

Leatherface formed in August 1988, and their music has often been described as a bastardized cross between Hüsker Dü and Motörhead. Though never attaining much more than a cult following outside their native country, the band has been cited as an influence by higher-profile bands such as Hot Water Music, Dillinger Four, and Tiltwheel.

Jack Rabid, music critic and publisher of the music magazine Big Takeover, once listed Leatherface’s 1991 release “Mush” as one of the fifty greatest punk albums of all time.

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Orlando’s VRGNS has leaked yet another song from their upcoming sophomore album entitled “Manimals” for Kiss of Death Records, to be released on LP/CD August 31st!

Head over to Reaxmusic.com to hear “International Incident”.

The band previously streamed “No Longer Entertainment” to the masses via their MySpace page.

Kiss of Death Records just released a limited edition teaser 7” for “No Longer Entertainment” with a B-side cover of Born Against’s “Nine Years Later”, featuring Ryan Patterson of COLISEUM fame on vocals. The pressing will only be 300 copies so grab them while you still can!

Click on “more” for recent news about VRGNS & their thoughts about the new album!
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Gainesville, FL’s and No Idea Records’ best-kept hardcore secret, FIYA, has just released their new LP, “Magic Words”.

You can stream the album exclusively on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

“Magic Words” was recorded by Jeremy Scott at Civil Defense in Brooklyn, NY and is the follow up to their previous albums, “Better Days” released by No Idea Records and “Make Joy, Make Strength”, which was co-released by Obscurist Press and Dead Tank Records.

FIYA will be performing at THE FEST 9 in Gainesville, FL during this year’s Halloween weekend.

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The Measure (sa) have leaked the first song from their new studio album “Notes” on the band’s Myspace page.

The 14 track album will be released via No Idea Records October 5th on LP/CD. See the tracklist by clicking on “more”!

Ifyoumakeit.com also posted an acoustic version of the song “Unwritten” for their Pink Couch Sessions. The “rock” version of “Unwritten” will also appear on “Notes”. You can watch and download the acoustic version here.

Notes was recorded in the 2nd half of 2009 by Chris Pierce at Technical Ecstasay and Brian “Buckets” Buccelato at Chumbuckets. It was later mastered by Stephen Egerton.

Guitarist/ Vocalist, Lauren Denitzio did the cover artwork and layout for the album. You can see more of her art at her site http://www.blackandredeye.com/

The Measure (sa) are currently working on a tour to surround their appearance at the FEST 9 in Gainesville, FL this coming Halloween weekend.

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Cincinnati’s power pop-punk trio THE DOPAMINES is giving the world their video for “Public Domain” off their Paper + Plastick debut, “Expect The Worst”. You can view the video courtesy of BlankTV.com.

“Expect The Worst” was recorded this past November with Roger Lima (Less Than Jake/Rehasher) and Matt Yonker (Teen Idols/The Queers) at Roger’s Moat House Studios and mixed by Stephen Egerton (Descendents/ALL).

“Expect The Worst” was released on June 29th on LP and digital download via Paper + Plastick.

If you have not heard the infectious record, you can still listen to a stream of the entire album on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

Currently, the Dopamines are on the road! Check ‘em out at one of the stops below as well as their performances at this year’s Riot Fest and The Fest 9. Click on “more”!

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