Last month, the bay area of California played hosted to waaaaay too many shows for one person to possibly be able to attend. The most important and memorable in my opinion were the slew of Asian Man Records 15th Anniversary celebration shows, where several old bands such as Slapstick, The Broadways, The Chinkees, Slow Gherkin, and more reunited just for the weekend. I was able to catch the Slow Gherkin show in their hometown of Santa Cruz, California, and it was a night I will not soon forget. The band opened their set with “Slaughterhouse”, and rocked the crowd with other favorites like “Trapped Like Rats in Meyers Flat” and “Condor”.

Check out some pics from the set here.

For the entire set of pictures from Slow Gherkin’s amazing reunion, head here.

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Metalcore/hardcore act Counterparts has announced that the search for a drummer is now finally over as they welcome back original drummer Ryan Juntilla to their ranks. The news comes shortly after the departure of the band’s previous drummer, Chris Needham.

The band will enter the studio in August to record their Victory Records debut.

Durham, NC pop-punk act Almost People are streaming three new songs (“I’ll Mace You Good Boy!”, “Living Out Loud,” and “Beer… Now There’s a Temporary Solution”) on their bandcamp page.

The tracks come from the band’s new demo.

Yellowcard just announced the dates for their world-wide headlining tour. Some of the tour dates will include Saves The Day. You can check out all the dates here, and buy tickets here.

Yellowcard’s latest album, “When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes” came out on March 22nd via Hopeless Records. [Read more…]

Chicago’s thrashy pop-punk band So Many Ways have just signed to Mightier Than Sword Records.  The band will be releasing their debut with the label soon and in the meantime they’re heading out on the road with Major League and Carousel Kings.  Check out the dates and locations here.

If you’re curious as to what this band sounds like, give their song “37 Chambers” a listen in this lyric video.

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Texas in July have debuted the music video for their song “1000 Lies” off their latest album, “One Reality.”  Check it out here.

The band released “One Reality” in April on Equal Vision Records.

Canadian hardcore act Comeback Kid has just announced a grip of US and Canada tour dates for the Fall.  Check out the dates and locations here.

Comeback Kid released their last album, “Symptoms + Cures,” August 31st, 2010 on Victory Records. (US), Distort Records(Canada).

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Deathwish Inc, has signed Oakland hardcore act Living Eyes, and plans on releasing their debut 7-inch, “Starve For Agony” soon.  Cover art for the release can be seen here and you can stream the title track right here.

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UK pop-punks The City Calls will be releasing their new EP, “A Spark To Ignite” on August 12th via I Am Mighty Records.  Until then, you can stream a sampler of the release right here and if you’re so inclined, you can pre-order it here.

The band’s last release was an EP, “Dirty Tricks,” also released through I Am Mighty.

Paramore have premiered the music video for their new song, “Monster,” which you can check out here.

The song will be featured on the soundtrack to “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”

Click here to see the full Transformers soundtrack tracklisting. Paramore’s last release was the album “Brand New Eyes” on Fueled By Ramen in 2009.