H20 has announced a February tour with Backtrack and Code Orange Kids. Openers Code Orange Kids recently released Love Is Love//Return to Dust on Deathwish Inc.
Baptists, from Vancouver, have joined forces with Southern Lord Records for their upcoming debut Bushcraft.
The hardcore band formed in 2010, released a 7" in 2011, and has February 2013 slated for their debut full-length, recorded by Kurt Ballou.
Following a cease and desist letter from a recently reunited Chicago, IL band of the same name, Greensboro, NC's Future Ghosts have changed their name to Unifier. The band will be releasing Colorado on Autumn + Colour and Round Kid Records on February 12.
The band offered the following …
In March, Collapse Under the Empire will release a 5-song EP with Finaltune Records. The band has released a video to "The Great Silence" as a preview.
On February 5, The Bronx will release their first new album in five years, Bronx IV. The album on White Drugs/ATO Records follows a side trip as Mariachi El Bronx.
The new single "Ribcage" is streaming below.
Appleton, WI's Wartorn has signed with Southern Lord Records for the upcoming Iconic Nightmares, which will be released on January 22 by the label. Wartorn has previously released items with Profane Existence and Crimes Against Humanity and shares members with Dresden, Remission, and Words That Burn.
On Saturday January 12, 2013, Earache Records will celebrate 25 years with a showcase concert in Pomona, CA with Oceano, Vektor, Bonded by Blood, and White Wizzard set to play.
The show is sponsored by Scion A/V and access, while free, required an RSVP.
The Brokedowns have announced plans to record a new full-length later this month for Red Scare Industries, who released their last album, Species Bender, in 2010.
New Jersey's Night Birds have posted a facebook update that two new records are in the works. One, a new 14-song 12", and one 4-song 7". Recording is to start next month.
SPB caught up with singer Brian Gorsinger prior to Fest 11 here.
Letters Home, featuring David Settle (Ex-Breathers, Quiet Clouds), Scott Carr (Wavelets, Send Away Stranger) and Joshua Mikel (ex-Look Mexico) are offering their new EP for free download or stream at their bandcamp page. The band has previously released Take Your Time and is planning a spring tour.
Killing Joke and Spinefarm Records will soon release The Single Collection: 1979-2012 to mark the band's 35th anniversary, followed by a tour starting in March.
The band is also planning a new studio album later in the year. They released MMXII in 2012, also on Spinefarm.
Jeffery Drag Records has released a winter mixtape featuring clips from their upcopming releases: b-sides, demos, and regular tracks from artists such as Pujol, Bad Cop, Useless Eaters, and more.
A tracklisting is below, and the record can be streamed over here at spin.com.
Kalamazoo, MI band The Reptilian have entered the studio to work on their first full-length for Count Your Lucky Stars Records. The album, currently untitled, is slated for a spring release. Following their studio time, the band will be hitting the road of the Southeastern US with Innards.
Ilsa's latest record, Intoxications (A389 Recordings) is now streaming at Decibel. In support, the band are playing a few shows next month. For details, hit the jump.
New Jersey guitar/drum duo A Fucking Elephant has announced an upcoming 7" on Nefarious Industries. The new EP comes out on January 22, 2013 and is their first release in two years.
In late January Deafheaven will be entering Atomic Garden studios to record their second album, Sunbather. Jack Shirley, who also recorded thei debut, Roads to Judah, will be producing.
The band is aiming for a spring release.
Bridge Nine recording artists Expire have confirmed European, Australian, and Southeast Asian dates for early 2013. They will be playing in Europe with Rotting Out.
French Lovecraftian black metallers The Great Old Ones are about to hit the UK for their very first shows on these fair isles. Taking in three cities in as many days, the band play London, Manchester and Leeds with fellow Antithetic Records labelmates Terzij De Horde on a mini …