YELLOWCARD’s third disc for Capitol Records, Paper Walls is set to see the light of day on July 17, 2007. The album, which comes as the follow-up to last year’s Lights And Sounds, will be available as a deluxe CD/DVD version featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the band, extensive photo gallery and two additional live bonus tracks. The album reunites the band with producer Neal Avron, who produced the band‚Äôs previous two albums, and also marks the recording debut of guitarist Ryan Mendez who joined the group during the Lights and Sounds tour. Look for the band to be on the Warped Tour through July 19.

1. The Takedown

2. Fighting

3. Shrink the World

4. Keeper

5. Light Up the Sky

6. Shadows and Regrets

7. Five Becomes Four

8. Afraid

9. Date Line (I Am Gone)

10. Dear Bobbie

11. You and Me and One Spotlight

12. Cut Me, Mick

13. Paper Walls

THE JUNIOR VARSITY – Cinematographic

AN ANGLE – The Truth Is That You Are Alive

THE DEAR HUNTER – Act II: The Meaning Of, And All Things Regarding Ms. Leading

SULLIVAN – Cover Your Eyes

THE STARTING LINE – Direction

- Seriously, that’s a boatload of new pop and rock music, generally speaking. Maybe I should throw in the new DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR or something…

From the inbox:

Tooth and Nail recording artists PROJECT 86 are now counting down the days to an extremely busy summer. Having just finished their sixth full-length album, Rival Factions which is slated for release on June 19th, the Orange County residents will spend the entire summer on the road.

PROJECT 86 will be heading to Chicago to join the Tooth and Nail Tour on June 5th alongside the likes of MXPX, SULLIVAN and THE CLASSIC CRIME for a handful of dates. Then, PROJECT 86 will headline their own tour with SHOWBREAD, INHALE/EXHALE and CHASING VICTORY. Kicking off at Cincinnati’s The Underground on June 16th, the Rival Factions tour will make its way as far east as Buffalo, NY, head south for two shows in North Carolina and then head back westward to close out the tour with a hometown show at Anaheim’s House of Blues on July 6th.

Jun 5 House of Blues Chicago, IL

Jun 6 People’s Des Moines, IA

Jun 7 Club 3 Degrees Minneapolis, MN

Jun 8 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, NE

Jun 9 Granada Lawrence, KS

Jun 10 Gothic Theater Englewood, CO

Jun 11 In the Venue Salt Lake City, UT

Jun 15 Ichthus Farm Wilmore, KY

Jun 16 The Underground Cincinnati, OH

Jun 17 Lime Spider Akron, OH

Jun 18 Underground Café South Bend, IN

Jun 20 Stratus Nite Club Pittsburgh, PA

Jun 21 Al Rosa Columbus, OH

Jun 22 Skelletones Grand Rapids, MI

Jun 23 Headliners Toledo, OH

Jun 25 Cornerstone Farm Bushnell, IL

Jun 27 The Icon Buffalo, NY

Jun 28 Agape Farm Mt. Union, PA

Jul 2 The Music Hall Fayetteville, AK

Jul 3 The Other Side Tulsa, OK

Jul 6 House of Blues Anaheim, CA

Jul 7 Pottstown HS Pottstown, PA

Jul 27 The Gorge George, WA

Aug 2 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, CA

Aug 4 Gunstock Mtn Resort Gilford, NH

Aug 25 Trumbull Cty Fairgrnds Cortland, OH

Aug 31 Wild Water West Park Sioux Falls, SD

Sep 2 Plumas County Fair Quincy, CA

I Surrender Records has signed New Jersey’s THE HIGH COURT. The band, self-described as holding a “special place in their heart for the debauchery of rock and roll,” will release their debut disc, Puppet Strings, on July 24. Two songs from the disc, which they will be supporting with a slot on the summer’s Warped Tour, can be heard here.

Jade Tree’s FUCKED UP will be touring the US this summer in-support of both last year’s Hidden World and their upcoming 12″ release entitled Year Of The Pig. The latter will be available at the upcoming shows with a wider release scheduled in August through What’s Your Rupture.

Saturday June 2 @ The Tanzac Club in Toronto “HIDDEN WORLD LIVE” – Fucked Up perform their album “Hidden World” in it’s entirety. With guests AIDS WOLF

Wednesday June 20 Cleveland Ohio @ Now Thats Class 11213 Detroit Ave (at W. 112th)

Thu June 21 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania @ Lawrenceville Moose 150 51st St w/ THIS IS HELL / BLACKLISTED / CAUSTIC CHRIST

Fri June 22 Brooklyn New York @ 538 Johnson w/ THE DUSTHEADS

Sat June 23 Richmond (fest after party)

Sun June 24 Nashville Tennesee @ The Muse

Mon June 25 New Orleans Louisiana @ McWilliams Hall in Tulane

Tue June 26 Austin Texas @ Emos

Wed June 27 Las Cruces New Mexico @ The Farm 500 Belen

Thu June 28 Phoenix Arizona @ The Phix 1113 NW Grand Ave. 85007 w/ THINK FAST

Fri June 29 Los Angeles California @ 1269 E 6th

Sat June 30 Berkely California @ 924 Gilman

Sun July 1 Long Beach tba

Mon July 2 Tijuana @ Salon Fiesta

Tue July 3 LA Area

Wed July 4 San Fransisco tba

Thu July 5 Portland

Fri July 6 Olympia Washington @ Manium 421 4th Ave

Sat July 7 Vancouver BC @The Ukranian Cultural Center 805 Pender Vancouver

Sun July 8 Edmonton Alberta @ Teddy’s 11361 Jasper Ave

Mon July 9 Regina Saskatchewan @ The Exchange 2431 8th Ave

Tue July 10 Winnepeg Manitoba @ The Collective Caberet 108 Osborne St

Wed July 11 Minneapolis Minnesota @ The Triple Rock

Thursday July 12 Chicago Illinois @ The Beat Kitchen

Fri July 13 Cedar Falls Iowa @ The Boathouse Corner of 1st and Center 50613 w/ MODERN LIFE IS WAR

Sat July 14 Lawrence Kansas @ The Jackpot Saloon 943 Massachusetts St

Sun July 15 St Louis Missouri @ TBA

Mon July 16 Chamblee Georgia @ The Shop 3875 Green Industrial Way

Tue July 17 Virginia Beach

Wed July 18 Washington DC @ 1017 7th St NW DC w/ GOVERNMENT WARNING

Thurs July 19 Philadelphia @ TBA w/ BATTLES

Fri July 20 NYC @ The Knitting Factory w/ LIMP WRIST (ex members of LOS CRUDOS)

Sat July 21 Brooklyn New York @ Southpaw w/ PISSED JEANS

After Steve Jobs lashed out against digital copyright protection, aka DRM, a few months ago, the iTunes Store has begun selling music that is free of the DRM restrictions. It should be noted that two of the interesting features of the revamped iTunes Store (known as iTunes Plus) is that when a user makes a DRM-free purchase, iTunes will ask the user if they want to make DRM-free downloads the default, and also, users who have purchased DRM-locked music can upgrade to the DRM-free version for a small fee.

So, while Jordan will be able to better analyze the new iTunes business model, suffice it to say, I’m sure he’s pretty stoked.

Source: Apple’s Experiment With DRM-Free Music Begins [Idolator]

I’ve come to the conclusion that EASTERN YOUTH deserves better. Certaintly from me. The jewel case for 365 Step Blues has been dropped from about 6 feet up twice, and the CD itself was bounced in a crappy jewel case over the many days it was brought to work but never listened to. But workmanlike, [...]

From the inbox:

TIM BARRY and JOSH SMALL are doing an East Coast, Midwest tour in June. On this tour, TIM BARRY will be playing BOY SETS FIRE’s final show. Tim and Josh will both be playing with Ben Nichols of LUCERO in Louisville. 6/11/07 to 6/24/07 dates include THE WADING GIRL.

6/9/2007 Philadelphia, PA, Trocadero w/ Boy Sets Fire (their final show) w/o Josh Small

6/10/2007 Trenton, NJ, Champion Bar and Grill w/o Josh Small

6/11/2007 Virinia Beach, VA, Jewish Mother

6/12/2007 Washington, DC, Black Cat Backstage

6/13/2007 Pittsburgh, PA, Garfield Artworks

6/14/2007 Cleveland Heights, OH, Grog Shop

6/15/2007 Hamtramk, MI, Smalls

6/16/2007 Chicago, IL, The Note

6/17/2007 Milwaukee, WI, Cactus Club

6/19/2007 Bloomington, IN, Uncle Fester’s

6/20/2007 Indianapolis, IN, The Melody Inn

6/21/2007 Columbus, OH, Bernies Distillery

6/22/2007 Cincinnati, OH, The Glendora House

6/23/2007 Louisville, KY, The Rudyard Kipling w/ Ben Nichols (of Lucero)

6/24/2007 Roanoke, VA, Martin’s Downtown Bar

Tall by Josh Small will be in stores on Tuesday, June 26th, but you can pre-order it directly from Suburban Home and get it around 3 weeks before street date. You can purchase the CD here. Pre-orders will ship this week.