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.

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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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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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.

Gainesville’s Coffee Project has leaked a stream of their upcoming Paper + Plastick album Moved On that will be released on LP/Digital download on June 8th .
You can listen to the album in it’s entirety on the band’s Punknews.org band profile page.

Coffee Project is the brainchild of good friends Buddy Schaub (Less Than Jake) and Jake Crown (Rehasher). Moved On was self-produced in Schaub’s home studio with guest appearances from Kim Helm (Whiskey & Co.), Jon Gaunt (Chuck Ragan’s fiddle man), and Michael Claytor (Umoja Orchestra).

Coffee Project is currently finishing up a tour to support the release of Moved On with labelmates Blacklist Royals and Greenland Is Melting.

The band recently posted a video tour update on their MySpace page.

Moved On is the follow-up to their previously released 10″ EP Easy Does It and their digital-only EP Pickle, both released by Paper + Plastick.

You can check out footage of Coffee Project performing “A.M. P.M.” at THE FEST 8 via Alternative Press.

You can click “more” below for the remaining tour dates!
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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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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 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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