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.

Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have just launched a sneak stream of their debut album for Say-10 Records. You can check out the stream of their new album, “It Is What It Is,” on the band’s Punknews.org profile page. The album starts on track 6. The first 5 tracks are from the band’s previous EP, “Gangster Stamina.”

“It Is What It Is” will be officially released on May 25th.

To celebrate their upcoming European tour, Dirty Tactics is also releasing a split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records. Both 7”s will be out to help support the band’s 30+ day European tour that starts later this month.

Before that, the band is playing a few shows on their way down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC. You can click “more” below for all the dates!
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Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have just launched a sneak stream of a new song entitled “Baltimore.” You can check out the stream and explanation behind the lyrics over at Dyingscene.com. The song comes from their debut album “It Is What It Is,” slated for release on May 25th via Say-10 Records.

The band previously leaked “The Process” over at indierockreviews.com and “When You Wake Up” over at The Punk Site. Both songs also come from “It Is What It Is.”

To celebrate their upcoming European tour, Dirty Tactics is releasing split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records. Both 7”s will be out to help support the band’s 30+ day European tour that starts next month.

Before that, the band is playing a few shows on their way down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC.

You can click “more” below for all the dates!
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Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have just launched a sneak stream of a new song entitled “When You Wake Up” over at The Punk Site. The song comes from their debut album It Is What It Is, slated for release on May 25th via Say-10 Records.

The band previously leaked “The Process” over at indierockreviews.com, also from their upcoming album.

To celebrate their upcoming European tour, Dirty Tactics is releasing split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records. Both 7”s will be out to help support the band’s 30+ day European tour that starts next month.

Before that, the band is playing a few shows on their way down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC. You can click “more” below for all the dates!
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DEAR LANDLORD is heading overseas for their first European tour. The band will be supporting their debut album, “Dream Homes,” released last year on LP/CD courtesy of No Idea Records. The first round of dates is listed beneath the “more” button below, with more confirmations expected in the coming weeks.

Summer in October (Jeremy Silveira) has also just posted video of five songs from the March 5th Dear Landlord show at The Atlantic in Gainesville, FL. You can head over to his site to check out the rowdiness.

If you still haven’t heard the mind-bogglingly infectious Dream Homes, you can still stream the entire album on the bands PUNKNEWS.ORG band profile.

Dear Landlord consists of Zack (Guitar/Vocals) and Brad (Drums), formerly of Minneapolis pop-punk legends Rivethead. Zack also plays in House Boat and Off With Their Heads, while Brad also plays in The Gateway District and The San Diego Chargers. Brett (Bass/Vocals) and Adam (Guitar/Vocals) also pull double-duty in power-pop superheroes The Copyrights.

Dear Landlord previously released a split 7” with Chinese Telephones on Recess/It’s Alive Records and a split 7” with Off With Their Heads on No Idea, both in 2007.

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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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Philadelphia’s Dirty Tactics have just launched a sneak stream for “The Process” over at indierockreviews.com. The song comes from their debut album, entitled “It Is What It Is,” slated for release on May 25th via Say-10 Records.

To celebrate their upcoming European tour, Dirty Tactics is releasing split 7” with UK’s Bangers on All In Vinyl and another 7” on Flix Records. Both 7”s will be out to help support the band’s 30+ day European tour that starts next month. Before that, the band is playing a few shows on their way down to Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC. You can click “more” below for those dates.

You can also head over to the band’s profile page on Punknews.org to listen to a stream of their previous EP, Gangster Stamina.

Alternative Press recently featured Dirty Tactics in their “100 Bands You Need to Know for 2010” issue.

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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.

You can click “more” below for the dates!
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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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