Prurient has released a limited edition new 7" on Handmade Birds titled Washed Against the Rocks, billed by the label as "a return to form." The 7" comes in white and light transparent blue (250 avail of each).
Candlelight Records will release Salvation of Innocents, the label debut for long-running hardcore band Earth Crisis. The first single, "The Morbid Glare," will released digially on Jan. 20. the record will be paired with a lyric-inspired comic book.
Earth Crisis will also perform at the Tough Love Festival …
The annual Worchester, MA New England Metal & Hardcore Festival has announced the first wave of bands to play at the April 17-19 2014 event. Now in its 16th year, the 3-day festival will include Slapshot, Nails, All the Remains, Nile, and more (listed fully below).
Vallenfyre, the death metal project featuring Gregor Mackintosh (Paradise Lost) is set to enter the studio in January to record the follow-up to A Fragile King. Convrge's Kurt Ballou will handle recording with a tentative relase date on April on Century Media Records.
Lydia Lovelace will be releasing her fourth album, Somehwere Else, on Feb. 18 via Bloodshot Records. Check out a new song, "To Love Somebody," after the jump.
Lovelace last released the Boy Crazy EP last year.
Berlin’s Harm have announced a new line-up featuring new bassist Alejandro and new guitarist Molochto to replace Fabian and Stefan, respectively, who left for personal reasons.
The band released their full-length debut, Cadaver Christi, earlier this year on FDA Rekotz.
Sheffield two-piece band Nai Harvest, who released Whatever in 2013, have announced a new 7" in March titled Hold Open My Head. The new EP will release via Topshelf/Dog Night Productions on March 4.
On Feb. 3 Ipecac Recordings will release a new album titled Piano Nights from German quartet Bohren & der Club of Gore. A track listing of the 9 songs is included below.
The Chantey Hook has premiered a video for "Underground" from their upcoming 7" on ADD/Razorcake Records. No release date is set at present, but the entire EP can be heard via ADD's bandcamp. Check out the video below.
Atlanta's The Coathangers will hrelease their fourth LP, Suck My Shirt, on March 18 via Suicide Squeeze Records. In addition, the band will be opening on a North American tour for the Black Lips.
Coathangers last released Larceny & Old Lace in 2011.
On March 8, La Dispute will release their third full-length, Rooms of the House on Better Living/Staple Records.
The record was recorded by producer Will Yip. In support, they'll be hitting the road this March joiuned by Pianos Become the Teeth and Mansions. Dates are below.
SPB caught …
Supersuckers will release Get the Hell on Jan. 14. It's the band's first new record in five years and marks their twenty-fifth anniversary. (Check out some of frontman Eddie Spaghetti's memories in SPB's Remember that one time...? series).
Get the Hell is their ninth full-length, was recorded at Wille …
The Hotelier, formerly The Hotel Year, has changed their name and announced their second LP, Home, Like No Place Is There, which will release in Feb 18 via Tiny Engines. The new album follows their 2011 debut, It Never Goes Out, available for free at the link provided.
Warpaint are streaming their self-titled second album over on NPR a week before its release on January 17 on Rough Trade. The Los Angeles four-piece released "Love is to Die", the lead single from the album, last October. A limited number of double red, etched vinyl copies of the album …
Albuquerque, NM's Stabbed in Back have finished recording a new record with Chris Fogal (the Gamits) and have a tentative release planned for later this year on a still to be determined label.
The band released the EP Wait for Light last year on Say-10.
Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music) will release a new solo record titled Till Midnight on March 25 on SideOneDummy Records. The album follows 2011's Covering Ground and was produced, engineered, and mixed by Christopher Thorn (Blind Melon). The song "Non Typical" recently debuted from the release.
Frank Turner, who released Tape Deck Heart in 2013, has announced a new EP titled Polaroid Picture for the coming year, set for release on Feb. 3. The EP is five songs long and features 3 covers, including Weakerthans.
Swedish black metal group Wan have added Draup (drums) to the band, replacing Dimman who played with the band on Enjoy the Filth, which came out last October on Carnal Records. The group hit the studio in December to begin work on its follow-up.