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Surrogate Finish Album

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Surrogate has finished their new album, Love is for the Rich, which should be out in August via Tooth & Nail Records. You can read a full update from the band below.

Last week we received the mixed and mastered version of our recording. We’re really happy with the way it came and can’t wait to play it for you all.

The title we’ve chosen for the record, “Love is for the Rich”, is actually the name of a song that we wrote and didn’t like enough to put on the finished product.

We’re expecting to put the record out sometime in August, and it should be reasonably well distributed, so it will be at a Best Buy (fantastic establishment) near you. Should you not have a Best Buy near you (unfortunate), you will be able to download it at a reasonable price from iTunes (redemption) with a bonus song that won’t be on the store bought version entitled “Popular Mechanics”.

Jimmy Eat World Tour Update

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Jimmy Eat World has posted an update about their upcoming tour. Check their tour page for the latest dates.

hey everyone, thanks for the interest in the upcoming dates. we can’t wait to get out there and play some proper, headlining shows for you guys. there are a few questions as to what these upcoming dates will be like and I’d like to clarify a little bit so everyone knows what’s up. these summer U.S. dates are going to be different than the shows we’ve played in the past. these shows will include mostly acoustic and mellow material from our past 5 albums and also some rarities. the material won’t be exclusively acoustic, but it also won’t be full on rock. we wanted to do a short run in the U.S. that gives us a chance to play some songs we’ve never played and also take a more musical approach to the songs we’ve just normally blasted rock style. we will also be playing a few selections from our upcoming release, “Chase This Light”.

Per-Order Ruth’s Secondhand Dreaming

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Pre-order your copy of Ruth‘s debut album, Secondhand Dreaming, and you’ll receive an autographed copy of the album and an exclusive CD Sampler with songs from three new Tooth & Nail artists – Ruth, The Send, and The Glorious Unseen. Order today to ensure your copy and get your exclusive CD and autographed copy now here!

Motion City Soundtrack Announce New Dates For The UK

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Motion City Soundtrack has announced new tour dates for the UK. The band will be going overseas for September and October. You can get the full update and dates below.

Dear UK Fans,

Thank you for your patience these past couple of days. We have sorted out the new dates for September and October. We are happy to announce that we are now able to add new shows to the tour to include Sheffield, Exeter, Norwich, Portsmouth, Leeds, and for the first time ever, Dublin. Hopefully we can see some of you that were not able to make it to the originally scheduled shows.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning, Friday June 15 for all shows. You can purchase tickets via 24hr CC hotline — 0871 2200 260, or buy online at www.gigsandtours.com. All tickets purchased for the June dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and London will be honored for the new dates in September/October. If you need a refund you can do so at point of purchase.

DATE CITY VENUE

TUE 25 SEP MANCHESTER MDH
WED 26 SEP SHEFFIELD LEADMILL
THU 27 SEP BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY
SAT 29 SEP GLASGOW GARAGE
SUN 30 SEP DUBLIN, IRE TEMPLE MUSIC BAR CENTRE
TUE 02 OCT EXETER LEMON GROVE
THU 04 OCT NORWICH WATERFRONT
FRI 05 OCT LONDON ASTORIA
SAT 06 OCT PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
SUN 07 OCT LEEDS MET. UNIVERSITY

Set Your Goals Needs Your Help; Save The Music

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Set Your Goals are looking to raise money so they can film a music video for their song Echoes. The group has teamed up with VH1 Save the Music Foundation and together they are offering exclusive merchandise currently available here. Proceeds will go to both the video project and the non-for-profit organization. Cool merch, a good band, and a great cause, is all I can say.

Cue The Doves Post Fourth Studio Video

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Cue The Doves (Jon Berndtson, ex-The Beautiful Mistake) have posted their fourth studio update which you can find below. Previous episodes can be seen here. The band is currently recording their sophomore effort, Stabilizing Vitals, which has a yet-to-be-determined release date. The album will also feature guest vocals and instrumentation from Kaddisfly’s Chris Ruff.