Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble have announced a tour in support of their debut album for Paper + Plastick, entitled “It’s All Coming Down.” After rendezvousing with longtime buds Nothington at Wilmington, NC’s Rad Fest, they’ll tour together down the East Coast, across the Southwest and on into California. The first batch of dates is behind the “more” button below, with more confirmations to come in the following weeks.

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

Punknews.org recently joined forces with Paper + Plastick for a limited time downloadable giveaway of “It’s All Coming Down.” Head over to Punknews.org or just click on the link below to download the full album.
Download “It’s All Coming Down” for FREE!

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Any day now, Kiss of Death Records will be releasing a new one-sided 12″ EP from No Friends, entitled “Traditional Failures.” The band features Tony Foresta (singer of Municipal Waste) on vocal duties and 3/4ths of the recently defunct New Mexican Disaster Squad. Their sound has been described as “80’s style hardcore in the vein of Dag Nasty, Descendents, and Gorilla Biscuits.”

In anticipation of their upcoming tour (dates below), Kiss of Death is giving away the entire EP for free download. You can dowload the album here.

“Traditional Failures” Tracklisting:

1. A Look Ahead
2. Letter of Apology
3. Permanent Black Eye
4. Armed to the Teeth
5. Control Freaks
6. Traditional Failures

NO FRIENDS TOUR DATES
4/02/10 Raleigh, NC @ The Pourhouse w/ Deep Sleep, Double Negative, Pollution
4/03/10 Harrisonburg, VA @ Macrock w/ Deep Sleep, Double Negative, Wasted Time, Valkaryie
4/04/10 Washington DC @ TBA
4/05/10 York, PA @ The Skid Row Garage w/ Deep Sleep, Common Enemy, and Olde Tiger
4/06/10 New Brunswick, NJ @ Bosnia w/ Deep Sleep, Nightbirds
4/07/10 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston w/ Deep Sleep, Ramming Speed, Hellbent Hookers, Livver
4/08/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Bruar Falls w/ Deep Sleep, The Bombettes, Nightbirds
4/09/10 Philadelphia, PA @ The Terrordome w/ Deep Sleep, Affirmative Action Jackson, John Wilkes Youth
4/10/10 Richmond, VA @ The Bikelot w/ Deep Sleep, Cloak/Dagger, Dry Spell, Freeman

NO FRIENDS previously released their S/T album July 28th on No Idea Records.
You can find the album streaming on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

Richmond’s The Riot Before have leaked an unreleased song from their forthcoming album “Rebellion.” You can currently stream “The Oregon Trail” on the band’s MySpace page.

“Rebellion” was tracked at The Magpie Cage in Washington, DC, with legendary producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Against Me!). It will be released on LP and digitally through the band’s new home, Paper + Plastick, on April 27th. To celebrate, Paper + Plastick is giving away a free MP3 of “The Oregon Trail.” To get the free MP3, just email paperandplastickfreemusic@gmail.com and put TRB in the subject. The label will email you the free track.

The Riot Before is currently preparing to ship out for their first tour of 2010, which will include legs with Leatherface, Yesterday’s Ring, and Cheap Girls, as well as appearances at Harvest of Hope Fest and Rad Fest. You can check out the dates by clicking “more” below.

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Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just announced an extensive update disclosing their plans to promote their sophomore album “In What Way,” released this past December by Paper + Plastick.

In April, the band will bring their mid-90’s-influenced indie rock stylings to the UK for a two-week tour alongside Wales’ Bedford Falls. To commemorate the tour, the two bands will release a split 7”, with each contributing an original and a cover of the other band. The 7” will be available just in time for the tour, courtesy of Failures’ Union’s own as-yet-unnamed label. Most of the dates can be seen below, with the rest to come shortly.

Failures Union & Bedford Falls – UK Tour 2010
3/30 – Exeter, UK @ The Cavern
3/31 – Bristol, UK @ The Croft
4/2 – Sunderland, UK @ The White Room
4/3 – Glasgow, UK @ Captain’s Rest
4/4 – Manchester, UK @ Retro Bar
4/6 – Cambridge, UK @ The Portland Arms
4/7 – Southsea, UK @ The Edge of the Wedge
4/8 – London, UK @ The Monarch
4/9 – Newport, UK @ Le Pub
4/10 – Swansea, UK @ Bar Sigma
4/11 – Kingston, UK @ The Fighting Cocks

The band has just launched a Kickstarter webpage to raise money to release their debut album “Sinker” on vinyl. For those unfamiliar, Kickstarter.com hosts donation-based fundraisers for all manner of artistic endeavors, although Failures’ Union are one of the first bands to utilize its services. Sinker was originally released in 2007 on One Percent Press.

The band had this to say about the move to raise money to fund their own release and what interesting incentives they are offing donators:

“Kickstarter.com is a great website for musicians, artists, or anyone who has an idea for a project, but little capital to get it started. Basically, people pledge a donation towards your project, and in return they get something back. For our project the lower level donations are pretty much just pre-orders. The more people pledge, the more they get in return. If someone pledges us $50, we will screen-print them any one color shirt of their choice/design. If someone pledges $75, they will get a test press of the LP. If anyone has the money to pledge $100, Tony will write and record a song specifically for/about them. There are also other pledge levels, so check out the page to see what they are.”

To donate, check out the page on Kickstarter.com.

In more news, the band recently unearthed footage from a video they shot nearly two years ago for the song “West Coast, NY,” shot by friends Eric Ayotte and Super Bobby. You can check out the video over at Ifyoumakeit.com. The band is also giving away a free download sampler featuring a collection of music from their releases. You can download the 9 songs on the band’s website.

The band also recently welcomed a new member to their ranks. Former drummer Eric Ellman has moved to second guitar duties and left the stool to be filled by his brother Blake.

In case you missed it, you can stream their sophomore album, In What Way, released this fall on Paper + Plastick on the band’s Punknews.org profile page

No Idea Records and Distro have released the second installment of their Pretend Record series. The absolutely free downloadable comp features some sneak peaks on future No Idea Records releases from the likes of Gatorface, Assholeparade, FIYA, Tubers, and Worn in Red as well as some of the new and upcoming releases from various labels that No Idea Records exclusively distributes.

No Idea Overlord Var had this to say about Pretend Record #2:

“Welcome away from Volume Two of our SUMMERTIME WATERMELON festival of DOWNLOAD MANIA!! Limited edition and first-come, first served (shoes and shirt optional)… Nothing to trade, nothing to sell, in fact it’s all a big PRETEND RECORD!! You can’t watch it spin, you can’t hand number it, you can’t auction it. “Well, heck, what CAN you do with it?” You may LISTEN to it. With your ear bones!”

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD!

V/A – Pretend Record #2 Track Listing:
GATORFACE “The Cleaner” (From “Wasted Monuments” on NO IDEA)
ASSHOLEPARADE “Big Death” (From “Welcome Fucking Home” on NO IDEA)
THE DOPAMINES “October 24th” (From THE COPYRIGHTS split on IT’S ALIVE)
WORN IN RED “Piled Like Bricks” (From “In the Offing” on NO IDEA)
FIYA “King” (From “Magic Words” on NO IDEA)
THE BANANAS “Radio Action” (From “New Animals” on RECESS)
PSYCHED TO DIE “Conditioned to Fail” (From “Year One” on DIRTNAP)
DEAR LANDLORD “Heartbroken Handshakes” (From “Dream Homes” first-press LP on NO IDEA)
TUBERS “Pale Sunbather” (From “Anachronous” on NO IDEA / BAKERY OUTLET / ECHO CANYON)
HELLO SHITTY PEOPLE “The Doppelganger of Chris Elliott” (From “Hello Shitty People” on 1-2-3-4 GO!)
SHANG-A-LANG “Best Intentions” (From “Sad Magic” on FAST CROWD)
WHISKEY TRENCH “Break Me Down” (From “Television” on KISS OF DEATH)
CITY OF SHIPS “March of the Slaves” (From “Look What God Did to Us” on SOUND STUDY)
STREET EATERS “Useless Eyes” (From “We See Monsters” on BAKERY OUTLET)
P.S. ELIOT “Augustus” (From “Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds” on SALINAS)

Suburban Home Records has just posted several live videos from a recent performance from Montreal’s Yesterday’s Ring.

The label is also giving away downloadable mp3s of live versions of “Scrabble Strip Club” and “Moving Back to Florida.” Both songs come from their recent album “Diamonds in the Ditch,” which Suburban Home released on double LP/CD this past April.

You can view the videos and download the mp3s here.

Suburban Home is the US label for Canada’s Yesterday’s Ring. The band features the vocal stylings of Hugo Mudie from Fat Wreck Chord’s The Sainte Catherines.

Yesterday’s Ring is also doing a Canadian tour to support the album, check out the dates by clicking “more.”
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To celebrate the upcoming release of “Taker Easy,” the debut album from Gainesville’s newest outlaw country band The Takers, Suburban Home Records is giving away a free mp3 from the album right now. Click on over to their site to download the title track, “Taker Easy.”

The record will be officially released on CD/LP on July 21st.