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Less Than Jake Announce Spring Tour Dates

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Less Than Jake have announced the East Coast leg of their Spring 2009 tour (tickets for select dates on sale Saturday, November 22nd). Touring in support of their latest album GNV FLA and its recently released Deluxe 7inch Box Set (both on Sleep It Off Records), the ska/punk/pop pioneers will be adding more dates in the next few weeks that will stretch out to the West Coast.

The confirmed dates with tourmates The Expendables are:

Mar 7 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mar 8 House of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
Mar 10 Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, FL
Mar 11 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Mar 13 Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
Mar 15 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Mar 16 Toad’s Place New Haven, CT
Mar 18 The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza New York, NY
Mar 19 The Stone Pony Asbury Park, NJ
Mar 20 House of Blues Cleveland, OH

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Set Release Date

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have set February 3rd as the release date for their sophomore album, Lonely Road. The first single “You Better Pray” is out now. Check out the track listing for the album below.

Lonely Road tracklisting

1. You Better Pray
2. No Spell
3. Pen and Paper
4. Represent
5. Pull Me Back
6. Step Right Up
7. Believe
8. Pleads and Postcards
9. Lonely Road
10. Senioritis
11. Godspeed

Blink 182 Talking Again; No Reunion In Sight

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Mark Hoppus has wrote a new blog post talking about the last couple of months. Hoppus talks about the recent plane crash as well as the death of producer Jerry Finn. Hoppus also goes on to talk about Tom Delong (Angels & Airwaves, Blink 182), Travis Barker and himself talking again. 

Don’t expect a Blink 182 reunion anytime soon or at all as the former band mates are just catching up with each other after four years of not talking.

Equal Vision Signs This Time Next Year

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Equal Vision Records is proud to welcome THIS TIME NEXT YEAR to its roster. The band – vocalist Pete Dowdalls, guitarist/vocalist Brad Wiseman, guitarist Denis Cohen, bassist Tony Allio, and drummer Aaron Seminoff – is set to record their debut full length with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Senses Fail, Thrice) at the top of 2009.

Listing Saves The Day, New Found Glory, and The Movielife as major influences, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR has released two EPs – A Place For You in 2007, The Longest Way Home in 2008 – on indie DIY labels Escapist Records and Run For Cover Records (respectively). With several full US tours under their belt, the five-piece has shared the stage with many of the scene’s current pop-punk heavyweights including Cartel, Set Your Goals, and Four Year Strong.

On the decision to sign with Equal Vision Records, Wiseman explained “EVR believes in us as much as we believe in ourselves and that’s all we can ask for. Since day one they have shown a strong sense of belief in this band and have welcomed us with open arms into what we are proud to call our new home. We are extremely grateful of all they have done so far and all that’s to come in the new year.”

The band has prepared a video regarding the announcement available for viewing below.

Tour Dates

12/05 – Livermore, CA @ Burnin Burro w/Fight Fair, First To Leave, Hear The Sirens
12/06 – Oakland, CA @ The Metro w/Set Your Goals, Trash Talk, Comadre & Among The Living
12/07 – Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project w/Hear The Sirens, Among The Living
12/20 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean w/2*Sweet

Mae To Release Three EP’s in 2009; Free Song Available Now

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Every month in 2009 Mae will be bringing you a new song that is part of a bigger story.

These songs are like the hours that make up the day. These songs are like the months that make up the year. These songs are like years that make up a life. They are about the tiny choices we make that lead to large results. Sometimes these results are wonderful; sometimes they are terrible. We learn from both.

Three times during 2009 Mae will put these songs together and give you an EP.

As we search to understand the meaning of our own stories we can shift our perspectives to see things under a different light. We expand our understanding in these moments. This is like finishing one chapter and moving to the next part of the story. These EPs represent the broad chapters of our life.

They will be called:

(M)orning
(A)fternoon
(E)vening

(M)orning represents the beginning of the day, the beginning of the year, and the beginning of a life. It is our childhood. It is our fresh start. It is our new hope. It is the empty canvas of our minds and the beginning of our story.

(A)fternoon represents the middle of the day, summer turning into autumn, adulthood, parenthood, and the time in life to take control and write the story we want to leave behind.

(E)vening represents the end of the day, the return of winter, looking back at the end of our life, and preparing for death. This is the one time in our lives where our perspective is clearest and we see the arc of our story as a whole.

Mae currently has a new song titled “Somewhere,” up for download by simply going here and use the password: thankyou.