Small Brown Bike have announced a free in-store acoustic performance at Generation Records in New York before their sold out club gig at the Cake Shop on May 14th. The band is scheduled to perform at 5:30PM, with label and tour mates Bridge & Tunnel scheduled to perform acoustic at 5:00PM.

The stop is part of a previously announced string of shows in the Northeast, their first since the Fall of 2003. All dates will feature support from Bridge & Tunnel and Your Skull My Closet. The NYC and Boston shows are sold out, while the Philadelphia show has just been moved to a larger venue, the First Unitarian Church.

Alternative Press previously posted a stream of the band’s new 7”, “Composite Vol. 2,” and hosted an exclusive premiere of their “Hourglass” video. You can stream two new songs, “Some Optimistic” and “Never Walk This Alone,” and check out the exclusive premier of their video for the song “Hourglass” from Composite Vol. 1, by clicking here.

“Composite Vol. 2″ is the second in their 7” series of new material for No Idea Records.

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Bridge & Tunnel are currently on tour in Europe with label mates Young Livers. To celebrate, Punknews.org is currently streaming the band’s new EP “Indoor Voices”. You can check out the stream of the 5-song EP on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

“Indoor Voices” will be released as a 10” very soon by No Idea Records. The band currently has a limited European edition 12” version with hand-screened covers for sale on their tour.

The artwork for “Indoor Voices” was created by drummer Pat Schramm at TwinCuts.

The EP was recorded and mixed by Ian Bryn and Phil Douglas in Long Island, NY this past winter and features the last batch of songs written with their original bass player, Tia Meilinger.

Drummer Pat Schramm had this to say about Tia’s departure and the reason for the EP’s release:

“Tia runs her own business with Vaya Bags and she just became too busy to do both her business and the band full time. Mike is our good buddy who filled in for Tia for a few other past tours and now he is playing full time. The songs on this EP are songs we wrote with Tia before she left and we decided we wanted to have them documented.”

The band previously released their “Loss Leaders” 7” on Yo-Yo Records in 2009 as well as a split 7” with Young Livers, a self-titled 7”, and their debut full length “East/West” all via No Idea Records.

You can click “more” below to view the Bridge & Tunnel / Young Livers European tour dates!
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Gainesville’s Young Livers left this morning for a European tour with buddies and labelmates Bridge & Tunnel. To celebrate, UK’s Rocksound Magazine is running an exclusive stream their new album, “Of Misery and Toil.”

Click here to listen to the band’s sophomore album, “Of Misery and Toil,” which will be released April 27th on LP/CD courtesy of No Idea Records.

Young Livers recorded the album this past June 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.

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REAXMUSIC.COM has launched an exclusive stream of a brand new track from Gainesville’s Young Livers. You can check out “The Other Side of the Pendulum” by clicking here.

“The Other Side of the Pendulum” comes from the band’s sophomore album, “Of Misery and Toil,” which will be released April 27th on LP/CD courtesy of No Idea Records.

Alternative Press recently launched a premier of the video for the title track of the new album. You can head over here 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.

The band previously leaked a few other tracks from the new album. You can check out their recent posting of “In Rapid Succession” and “A Sad State In Affairs” on the band’s MySpace page.

Young Livers will be headed to Europe this April with label mates Bridge & Tunnel following a string of dates in Florida with Miami’s Capsule. You can click “more” below for the dates.
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Alternative Press has launched a premier of the video for the title track of Young Livers’ new album, “Of Misery and Toil.” You can head over to this page on their website to check out the video. No Idea Records will release “Of Misery and Toil” April 27th on CD/LP.

The video is comprised of stop-motion stills shot by their good friend Brian Keheller on the Young Livers/OK Pilot pre-FEST tour last October.

The band previously leaked a few tracks from the album. You can check out their recent posting of “In Rapid Succession” as well as the previously leaked “A Sad State In Affairs” on the band’s MySpace page.

Young Livers recorded the album this past June 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 released by No Idea Records. 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.

Young Livers will be headed to Europe this April with label mates Bridge & Tunnel following a short run in Florida. You can click “more” below for the dates!
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Young Livers have unveiled the cover art and track listing for their long-awaited sophomore album for No Idea Records, entitled “Of Misery and Toil.”

The band has also just posted another track from the album. You can check “In Rapid Succession” as well as the previously leaked “A Sad State In Affairs” on the band’s MySpace page.

Young Livers recorded the album this past June 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 released by No Idea Records. 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” will be released on LP/CD April 27th via No Idea Records, and follows on the heels of the band’s critically acclaimed debut album, “The New Drop Era,” released in 2007 by No Idea Records and Kiss of Death Records.

“Of Misery and Toil” Track List:
1. Born in Vein
2. All the Wretched
3. Finger to the Pulse
4. Suffering From
5. A Sad State in Affairs
6. Of Misery and Toil
7. In Rapid Succession
8. The Just and the Submission
9. A Shortness of Breath
10. The Other Side of the Pendulum
11. Nothing But Teeth

Young Livers will be headed to Europe this April with label-mates Bridge & Tunnel. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Punknews.org has launched a stream of the new album from Sunderland, UK’s Leatherface. You can head over to the band’s profile page to stream “The Stormy Petrel” in its entirety.

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

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 band 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.

Leatherface recently flew over to Canada to start their Canadian/US tour, which concludes in an appearance at this year’s Harvest of Hope Fest in St. Augustine, FL. They will be joined on the road with Canada’s Yesterday’s Ring, with select shows featuring Bridge & Tunnel and The Riot Before. You can check out the dates by clicking “more” below.

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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.

Young Livers have leaked the first song from their long awaited sophomore album. You can check out “A Sad State In Affairs” on the band’s MySpace page.

Young Livers recorded the album this past June/July at Satellite Recordings in Ventura, CA in the sinister company of Armand John Anthony, also responsible for the auditory violence committed on last year’s Glass And Ashes “S/T” album released by No Idea Records.

The band had this to say about recording:

“We have a new record almost ready! We spent two weeks in sunny Ventura, CA with Armand and the residents of the 86 House. We recorded 13 songs from which we selected 11 to be on the record. The new material is different, as we have a different lineup than the first record, with Mike Carter playing bass and contributing some brutal vocals. We spent a lot of time in our practice space working on the material. Mike slept in Dave’s garage for a few months while we were writing, while the rest of us spent little to no time outside of practice or work. We locked our selves in the studio for two weeks and I think we produced something we are all proud of. Once we get this record out, we are going to get out for some serious touring and reuniting with friends! Also, we’re going to be using some leftover tracks for a split or two. We’ve already begun writing again and are throwing around the idea of recording again soon for something not quite an LP.”

You can also check out a studio montage video the band produced to get a sneak peak at some other songs from the album. The video can be viewed here.

This album is the follow up to 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 page.

Last year, the band released a split 7” with Long Island’s Bridge & Tunnel care of No Idea Records, a split 7” with UK natives Attack! Vipers! on Germany’s Yo-Yo Records, and a live split 7” with Gainesville’s Army of Ponch courtesy of Sound Study Recordings.

Young Livers are also doing a string of dates with their good friends from the United Kingdom, OK Pilot, leading up to their performances at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL this Halloween weekend. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Houston, TX’s burliest high-five dispensers O Pioneers! have announced the recent release of their album “Neon Creeps” on cassette format care of Mightier Than Sword Records. The limited-edition lime green cassettes are available now from Mightier Than Sword and the band themselves.

“Neon Creeps” was officially released on February 10, 2009 on CD by Asian Man Records and shortly thereafter on LP care of Kiss of Death Records. The record garnered much acclaim and respect from former fans and naysayers alike, receiving comparisons to Hot Water Music, Fugazi, and early-era Replacements. Evil Needles Website said of the band, “If the post-hardcore scene was to have an epileptic seizure, O Pioneers! would be the foam at it’s mouth.”

If you missed the boat the first time around, you can still stream the record over at their Punknews.org band profile.

O Pioneers! will be heading north in June for a short run through Canada with long-time tour buddies Bridge & Tunnel. They’ll also be joined by natives Yesterday’s Ring, Junior Battles, and Orphan Choir on select dates.

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