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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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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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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Indierockreviews.com has launched a stream of the song “Flood Waters” from the upcoming album from Bloomington, IN’s Defiance, Ohio. You can click here to check it out.

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 over to the band’s No Idea Records profile page to hear the track.

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.

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.

You can click on “more” to see the tour dates!
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Florida’s alt-country darlings Whiskey & Co. have launched a full stream of their entire new studio album, Rust Colors, on Countrymusicpride.com.

The band also sat down with the site for an interview, wherein the band discusses their new album, co-existing with the Gainesville music scene, the use of the label “country,” and whiskey.

You can check out the stream of Rust Colors and the interview here.

Rust Colors will be released on June 15th on LP/CD via No Idea Records.

The band recorded Rust Colors this past summer in their hometown of Gainesville, FL at Crescendo Sound Studios (Hot Water Music, Against Me!, Leatherface, No Friends).

Whiskey & Co. previously released a split 7” with Ninja Gun for Suburban Home’s Under the Influence series as well as two albums for No Idea Records; Leaving the Nightlife and S/T.

Orlando’s power punk all-stars Gatorface have just launched a stream of their debut album “Wasted Monuments,” which was released this week by No Idea Records.

Head over to the band’s Punknews.org band profile to stream the blistering 14-track album in its entirety.

Gatorface features ex-New Mexican Disaster Squad members Richard Minino (Horsebites/None More Black) and Alex Goldfarb (Virgins). Both are also pulling double duty in the super-group No Friends.

The band has been described as having a wide range of influences, drawing on the simplicity of The Ramones, the darkness of The Adolescents and the quirky, technical hooks of Descendents.

Gatorface previously released a 10” EP entitled “Sick and Stupid” on Paper + Plastick in 2009.

DEAR LANDLORD is currently on their last leg of their first European tour and have announced a US run with Off With Their Heads including a stop at Insubordination Fest.
The band will be supporting their debut album, Dream Homes, released last year on LP/CD courtesy of No Idea Records.

Everything Sucks TV recently captured an amazing live performance of Dear Landlord playing to a ruckus crowd at The Fighting Cocks in Kingston, UK. You can check out the band performing “I Live In Hell” from their album Dream Homes here.

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 most of the set.

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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Young Livers

Gainesville’s Young Livers are headed out on a short run from Florida out to Chaos In Tejas in Austin, TX to support the band’s sophomore album, Of Misery and Toil, that was released April 27th on LP/CD courtesy of No Idea Records.

UK’s Rocksound Magazine have a stream of the entire album on their site. You can listen to Of Misery and Toil in it’s entirety here.

Alternative Press launched a premier 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.

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 page.

You can click “more” below for the tour dates!
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Bloomington, Indiana’s, GOOD LUCK will be touring to support their debut album Into Lake Griffy that was released on vinyl by No Idea Records.

The debut album was originally self-released on CD, but the fine folks from No Idea fell in love with the album and band, which quickly lead to pressing the wonderful album on a vinyl format.

The band features members of One Reason, Matty Pop Chart, K-10 Prospect, Abe Froman, Mt. Gigantic, Bodyhammer, and Los Gatos Negros.

Good Luck also have a demo of new material entitled “Demonstation 2010” that they are selling as the shows. The demo consists of three new songs and a cover of Cindy Lauper’s 80’s hit, “When You Were Mine’. You can stream all four songs and make a donation for a high-bit-rate download of the demo on their band camp site. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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No Idea Records has announced the details for the new studio album from Defiance, Ohio. The album is titled “Midwestern Minutes” and was recorded this past March and 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 Records in late 2007.

The 11-song album will be released on LP/CD via No Idea Records on July 6th 2010.

You can check out an early leak of the track “Hairpool” on the band’s No Idea Records profile page.

The band is currently booking an extensive US tour starting in June. Dates will be announced shortly.

Bassist/vocalist Ryan Woods offered a brief communiqué from the studio:

“I’m not sure what it will turn out like, but I do feel it is a bit of a change. I think we were a lot more careful in arranging the songs, for example, a lot more thought-out harmonies, some songs have lots of strings, some none at all. There is a lot more use of the piano, a Wurlitzer, and a return of the upright bass on some songs. A couple of the songs are quite theatrical in content and orchestrated musically. In contrast, I think a couple songs are also more “punk” sounding than the last record. We are very excited! I feel like we really worked as a group to make the songs and I think it will be a really good representation of where we are as a band now, for better or for worse.”

Defiance Oho 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. You can click “more” below for the album credits and track listing.
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