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Deep Elm Records is pleased to announce that it will be releasing This Is My Ship from DARTZ! in North America and Japan. This Teesside, UK trio’s critically-acclaimed debut full-length was released by X-tra Mile Recordings Ltd. earlier this year.

Legend has it that DARTZ! started as a joke when a guitarist and drummer decided to switch instruments. Two years, tons of DIY touring, a few EP and split vinyl releases, and one knock-down amazing debut later…no one is laughing now. This Is My Ship keeps an animated, lively pace throughout its twelve terrific tracks. Songs like “Teaching Me To Dance” should give you an idea of which propulsive, Q AND NOT U-esque school of indie rock these boys attend, but pigeonholing DARTZ! as anything other than an extremely intelligent, complex and exciting band would be doing them an injustice.

You can check out the video for DARTZ! first single “Once, Twice, Again!” here.

WEATHERBOX – “Armed To The Teeth”

THE ORANGEBURG MASSACRE – “Brian V Darrow”

THE RED CHORD’s upcoming summer headlining tour will commence this Friday, June 1 in Philadelphia, PA. The band will be playing alongside THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, DESPISED ICON, ALL SHALL PERISH, and SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY. Look for THE RED CHORD’s follow-up to Clients this July on Metal Blade.

Jun 1 2007 The Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania w/ Genghis Tron

Jun 2 2007 The Palladium Worcester, Massachusetts w/ Genghis Tron

Jun 3 2007 Otto Bar Baltimore, Maryland w/ Genghis Tron

Jun 4 2007 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, North Carolina

Jun 5 2007 New Brooklyn Tavern Columbia, South Carolina

Jun 7 2007 Thee Imperial Jacksonville, Florida

Jun 8 2007 Ray’s Downtown Blues West Palm Beach, Florida

Jun 9 2007 State Theatre Tampa, Florida

Jun 10 2007 The Backbooth Orlando, Florida

Jun 12 2007 Meridian Red Room Houston, Texas

Jun 13 2007 White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas

Jun 14 2007 Chic’s Bar n Grill El Paso, Texas

Jun 15 2007 Clubhouse Phoenix, Arizona

Jun 16 2007 Showcase Corona, California

Jun 17 2007 House of Blues Los Angeles, California

Jun 18 2007 Boardwalk Sacramento, California

Jun 20 2007 Maquis Theatre Denver, Colorado

Jun 21 2007 Bottleneck Lawrence, Kansas

Jun 22 2007 Picador Iowa City, Iowa

Jun 23 2007 Station Four Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jun 24 2007 Metro Chicago, Illinois

Jun 25 2007 Majestic Detroit, Michigan

Jun 26 2007 Peabody’s Cleveland, Ohio

Jun 27 2007 Reverb Toronto

Jun 28 2007 Le Studio Montreal

Jun 29 2007 The Chance Poughkeepsie, New York

Jun 30 2007 The Crazy Donkey Long Island, New York

On Sunday night, Good Riddance, a band beloved by our editor Jordan and certainly by me, called it. And I was there.

They played their final show to a hometown crowd in Santa Cruz, CA, packed so tightly I’m sure the fire marshall would have wagged his finger if he could have found room for it. The normally fascistic Catalyst security let people stand on chairs in the mezzanine, allowing every Santa Cruzan to see their arguably most famous band play their last songs. The set was terribly comprehensive, showcasing songs from every album, including split EP’s and pre-Fat material.

In short, it was amazing, and I will have a more detailed write-up of it, as well as an interview with lead singer Russ Rankin, in the coming weeks.

Equal Vision may no longer be a mecca for hardcore, but whenever the label, in its current state, decides to dabble in the genre, you know that quality is going to be at 110 percent. BETRAYED formed a little more than a year ago with members from both CHAMPION and CARRY ON, two undeniably influential [...]

From the press release bin:

What do GYM CLASS HEROES‚Äô Tyler Pursel, SAY ANYTHING‚Äôs Max Bemis, and THE GET UP KIDS‚Äô Matt Pryor have in common? Well, apart from playing in a handful of this nation‚Äôs finest pop bands, those performers, along with Justin Johnson from Philly area band THE DANGER O’S and Neil Sabatino from Jersey-based band FAIRMONT, all play on LADYBIRDS’ debut LP, Regional Community Theater.

The project Рto put out a record of glitched up dance pop guested on by his friends Рwas the brainchild of Pursel’s. Everyone was excited to be involved, the songs were laid out, but then something happened; the record, initially conceived as more of mix-and-match project, found a frontwoman in New Jersey-bred fireball Teeter Sperber, former lead singer of the little known yet sort of well-liked LEY ROYAL SCAM.

The album will be out on September 4th through Creep Record. An MP3 of the song “The Brown And Red Divide” can be heard here.

LIFETIME played a “secret” basement show in New Brunswick, NJ today. Seriously? Seriously. With the combination of sweaty dudes, huge smiles from everyone in attendance, Fall Out Boy jokes, and Dan Yemin making crazy faces while playing guitar, the group tore through their back catalog while playing three new tracks from their latest self-titled album. If you missed it or simply didn’t know about the show, I’m so sorry, since you truly missed out on something special.

More photos of LIFETIME, as well as opening acts PISSCHRIST and SEASICK can be found here.

Stay tuned for a special “Photogenic” feature coming soon, simply titled, “The Many Faces of Dan Yemin”.

According to the Org, ALKALINE TRIO has signed with Epic Records after V2, the label they signed with last year but never released a record with, shut down at the beginning of this year. No word on when the band’s debut disc for Epic will see the light of day.

- Intentional or coincidence that ALKALINE TRIO news of this magnitude is announced on today’s holiday, of all holidays?