Richmond/Orlando based hardcore band NO FRIENDS will be heading out on their first European run this April! They will be finishing the tour with a performance at GROZEROCK festival in Belgium alongside Descendents, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Madball, Dead to Me & many more!

Click on “more” below for a list of confirmed dates with more to be announced soon!

Earlier this year, Kiss of Death Records released a new one-sided 12″, “Traditional Failures”. You can download the EP for FREE here.

The band also released a music video for the song “Traditional Failures”. You can view the video here.

NO FRIENDS previously released their S/T album on No Idea Records. You can still find the album streaming on the band’s punknews.org profile.

NO FRIENDS features Tony Foresta (singer of Municipal Waste) on vocal duties and 3/4ths of defunct New Mexican Disaster Squad, who now play in Dead to Me, None More Black, Gatorface, and VRGNS.

Their sound has been described as “80’s style hardcore in the vein of Dag Nasty, Descendents, and Gorilla Biscuits.

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[SinglePic not found] Shores have made a video for “One Palm Sunday” from their debut LP, “Coup de Grace”, released earlier this month on No Idea Records!

You can check out the video here.

If you have not heard “Coup de Grace” yet, you can stream the album in its entirety on the band’s Punknews.org profile.

Shores is a two piece project composed of Brian Przybylski on guitar, vocals, bass & John Massel (of North Lincoln fame) on drums and have been compared to the slowcore movement of the mid-90s, i.e. Bedhead, Codeine, Low, and June of 44.

“Coup de Grace” was recorded late 2008 by Matt Younker, Christian Kremo, and Josh Stacey at The White Lodge in Wayland, MI; mixed 2009 by the same Christian Kremo and mastered in 2010 by Derron Nuhfer at Sarlacc Mastering.

The band has already recorded a follow up album entitled “To Volstead”. Expect No Idea Records to release this LP in the spring of 2011!

The band recently performed three shows at FEST 9 over Halloween weekend. You can check out a live version of the song “Meanwhile” from their surprise set at the No Idea BBQ/ Record sale. Click here to check out the video.

The Riot Before is currently finishing up a tour of Europe to support their most recent release, “Rebellion”. To celebrate the end of a long journey, the band has released a music video for the song “Backstage Rooms” from the album.

The video was shot in their hometown of Richmond, VA and directed by Lucus Krost.

You can view the video here.

“Rebellion” was tracked at The Magpie Cage in Washington, DC with ultra-mega-legendary producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Against Me!) and released in April on Paper + Plastick.

If you still haven’t heard “Rebellion”, it has been streaming on the band’s Punknews.org profile.

Remaining European Tour Dates:
12/1 – Regensburg, Germany@ Zimmer
12/2 – Braunschweig, Germany@ Nexus
12/3 – Gottingen, Germany@ Theaterkeller Gottingen
12/4- Monchengladbach, Germany@ Sonnendeck

Berkeley, California’s Samiam recently returned from an extensive European tour to support the release of their double LP/ CD collection entitled “Orphan Works” out now on No Idea Records!

While on the journey they played the Westend Indoor in Dortmund, Germany. Local TV Show, Rockpalast, filmed some quality video of their 16 song set.

You can watch the video of the entire show here, and also enjoy an interview with the band here!

Samiam will be closing out the year with two shows in California:
12/29 – Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
12/31 – San Diego, CA @ Club Kensington
Tickets available!

If you have not heard the 18 track “Orphan Works” collection you can head over to AMP Magazine to stream the release in its entirety.

The 18 tracks consist 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.

Samiam formed in late 1988 after the break of up of Gilman’s Isocracy. Samiam released seven albums during their life on several labels including “Hopeless”, “Burning Heart”, “Atlantic”, “New Red Archive”, and ”
“Igition/Tommy Boy”.

Gainesville’s Coffee Project has debuted a video for their song “This is Me Getting Over You in Two Chords or Less”! You can check out the video over at BlankTV.com!

The track comes from the band’s album, “Moved On”, which was released on LP/Digital download this past June on Paper + Plastick.

You can listen to the album in its 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). .

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.

Coffee Project is planning a US tour in March of 2011. Dates should start being confirmed and posted soon. Until then, the guys will be playing THE FEST 9 on Saturday Oct 30th at the CMC.

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

Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble recently posted the third video update from their eight-week tour earlier this summer! The latest installment captures some soon-to-be classic road-trip moments: a band vs. band 7 pound burrito eating contest, banishment from a town and other examples of questionable youthful debauchery.

You can check the two previous videos on their MySpace page. Expect the fourth and final chapter soon!

In the meantime, you can also watch their music video for the song “There Is No God Tonight” off of “It’s All Coming Down” over on BlankTV.com.

“It’s All Coming Down” is Spanish Gamble’s debut full-length on Paper + Plastick. You can order the LP/CD here.

Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble will be doing another run of dates down the East Coast with new found tour buddies Nothington. The band is still currently on tour supporting their debut album, “It’s All Coming Down” recently released by Paper + Plastick.

Having been on the road since mid May, the band decided to document their adventures with some tour videos. You can check out two installments of debauchery here and here.

Spanish Gamble recently made a music video for their song “There Is No God Tonight” from “It’s All Coming Down”. You can head over to BlankTV.com to watch the video.

You can click “more” below for the remaining national tour dates as well as their dates with Nothington!
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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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Gainesville’s Spanish Gamble have posted a video update from their adventures on the road with Nothington. You can check out the debauchery on the Paper + Plastick site.

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

The band continues on their full US tour in support of their debut album for Paper + Plastick, entitled “It’s All Coming Down.” Check out the month of dates still to come by clicking on “more” below!

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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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