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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Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble will be doing another run of dates down the East Coast with new found tour buddies Nothington. The band is still currently on tour supporting their debut album, “It’s All Coming Down” recently released by Paper + Plastick.

Having been on the road since mid May, the band decided to document their adventures with some tour videos. You can check out two installments of debauchery here and here.

Spanish Gamble recently made a music video for their song “There Is No God Tonight” from “It’s All Coming Down”. You can head over to BlankTV.com to watch the video.

You can click “more” below for the remaining national tour dates as well as their dates with Nothington!
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Cincinnati’s power pop-punk trio THE DOPAMINES have leaked their new sophomore album, “Expect The Worst”. Punknews.org will be hosting a stream of the album for the masses on the band’s profile page.

“Expect The Worst” comes out today on LP and digital download via Paper + Plastick. Head over to the label’s online store to purchase.

The album 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). .

The Dopamines just played this past weekend at Insubordination Fest in Baltimore. A good buddy Marc Gärtner was there to capture the entire set for us.
You can check it out in three parts.

Part (1), Part (2), Part (3).

The band is currently booking a month-long tour of the U.S. in July and August. They has announced a few of the dates. Expect more confirmed dates to be announced soon. This weekend the band is headed to Minneapolis for Dillinger Four’s 7th annual D4’th of July party.

You can click “more” below for the dates! Expect more confirmations to be made!
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Reaxmusic.com has launched an exclusive stream for the song “ A Lot To Do” off of the upcoming album from Bloomington, IN’s Defiance, Ohio. You can click here to hear a stream of the new song.

The album, entitled “Midwestern Minutes”, will be released on LP/CD via No Idea Records on July 6th 2010. The label recently posted a stream of the track “Hairpool” from “Midwestern Minutes”. Head on over to the band’s No Idea Records profile page to hear the track.

Earlier this month Indierockreviews.com launched a stream of the song “Flood Waters” from “Midwestern Minutes”. You can click here to check it out.

“Midwestern Minutes” was recorded this past March & April by Mike Bridavsky at Russian Recording Studio in the band’s hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. Bridavsky also produced the band’s critically acclaimed previous album “The Fear, The Fear, The Fear”, released by No Idea in late 2007.

The band will be embarking on an extensive US tour starting June 11th. Click “more” below for a all the confirmed tour dates!

Defiance, Ohio have 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 Riot Before recently shot a music video for their song “Backstage Rooms” from their new studio album “Rebellion”, released in April on Paper + Plastick. The video, directed by Lucas Krost was shot in their hometown of Richmond, VA this past May and should see the light of day later this summer.

Bassist Corry Manning had this to comment on the details of the video:

“We shot the video all day at Brett’s house. We started at about noon and went until 4 in the morning We were using smoke machines in the house and the ADT went off and about 4 fire trucks showed up. We had to explain to the firemen “its cool, we are shooting a video”.. It was one of the longest, most stressful days of my life. The worst part is, that we still have one more shot to get, but I did get to play dice, so that was cool but I lost a lot of money…not so cool. The concept of the video is the concept of the song. Once you do something enough times it starts to become routine and isn’t as cool anymore. So, the video starts out as the biggest and best raging party you have been to and ends up as the lamest worst party ever… bummer.”

You can check out some behind the scenes footage of the video being filmed here.

The band has also released a donation based download of a B-side from “Rebellion” entitled “Blank Slate.” All money raised from the download will go to support the organization These Numbers Have Faces. You can go to the charity’s website to download the song and hear a personal message from Brett Adams of The Riot Before about his involvement and support for These Numbers Have Faces.

If you haven’t heard “Rebellion”, it’s currently being streamed on the band’s Punknews.org profile.

“Rebellion” was tracked at The Magpie Cage in Washington, DC with legendary producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Against Me!).

The Riot Before will also be hitting the road to support their new album. The month-long tour will find the band sharing the stage with label mates Blacklist Royals and a run of dates with Nothington and Heartsounds. You can click “more” for the dates!

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Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble has made a music video for their song “There Is No God Tonight” from their debut album “It’s All Coming Down”. You can head over to BlankTV.com to watch the video.

The band recently posted a video update from their adventures on the road with Nothington. Footage of the debauchery is available on the Paper + Plastick site.

The band continues on their full US tour in support of their debut album for Paper + Plastick. Check out the month of dates still to come by clicking on “more” below!

National Underground recently posted a video interview with Spanish Gamble, which you can view by clicking here.

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