Face To Face have released two tracks from their highly anticipated upcoming album, “Laugh Now, Laugh Later.” You can listen to “What You Came For” and “Under The Wreckage” for a like on their Facebook page, right here.

“Laugh Now, Laugh Later” is slated for a May 17th release.

Well, shit!  We’re totally chuffed to announce that Australian legends, The Nation Blue will be head-lining Spoonfest 2011.  The band will join the likes of the The Quickening, Local Resident Failure, Headaches and Friends With The Enemy and a bunch of other awesome bands for one massive night of Australian punk-rock.  Have a look at the full line-up here.

The show will take place on the 21st of May at The Step Inn in Brisbane, Australia.  For those of you who can’t make it, we’ll be there and we’ll be reporting back.  Get excited!

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Streetlight Manifesto and Reel Big Fish have slowly added more tour dates to their joint-headlining Summer tour, including two dates in Ohio and one in Arizona. For a full list of all of the current shows, as well as ticket purchase, click here.

In related news, both bands are planning separate tours of South America this year. Streetlight has spoken of new (original) material being released this year, but no word on that yet. Keep your fingers crossed, and we’ll let you know when the details are announced.

Rochester punk band Such Gold are releasing a 7″ split with Into It. Over It May 24th on Mightier Than Sword Records.  To give you a little taste of the album you can stream the new track “Minstrels” right here.

Such Gold released their last EP “Pedestals” last year on Mightier Than Sword.

I’ll be completely honest, when I heard Title Fight would sign with SideOneDummy I pulled the infamous “What the fuck?” face while staring at my computer screen. Though Title Fight aren’t the heaviest band out there, they have more in common with bands like Polar Bear Club and Transit than they do with Flogging Molly and Fake Problems. But regardless, the signing was made and the band started recording what would become their SideOneDummy debut Shed and the subject of this review; I gotta say, I’m loving it.

The band wastes no time quickly tearing through the first track, “Coxton Yard,” a 1-minute-and-30-second punk rock song which prominently features the talents of both of Title Fight’s vocalists. Though these dudes aren’t the most schooled of voices, they sing it like they mean it and it works for Title Fight’s melodic take on modern hardcore punk. Musically, Title Fight take from a variety of influences reminiscent of early Saves The Day and/or perhaps a more punk oriented Polar Bear Club, and it’s awesome to hear that they definitely have the chops to write this music intelligently. Everyone in the band sounds perfectly comfortable on their instrument, and songs like “Crescent-Shape Depression” and “Shed”  showcase the intricately woven bass and guitar that the foursome have stitched together with a precession not found in many bands today. That’s not to say that they hide behind their technical ability, far from it; tracks like “Flood of ’72” and “You Can’t Say That Kingston Doesn’t Love You” take a step back from the band’s impressive ear for melody and allow their equally apt rhythm section to confidently take the reigns.

Though often partnered with hardcore, Shed sees Title Fight more fit to be compared with the early post-hardcore scene. Maybe it’s just me, but I hear a whole lot of early Taking Back Sunday in their sound, maybe even some Quicksand. For the majority of the album, the band doesn’t tear through it the way a hardcore band would (though clocking in at just over 27 minutes, it does go by pretty fast) and instead they let the flawless push and pull of the album guide the listener through 12 memorable songs.  The band closes the ordeal with easily two of the strongest tracks on the album: “Stab” and “GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).” The first of these two will more likely become a classic Title Fight track, while the latter’s dark, brooding nature, lead in by a beautifully haunting bass line, closes the album on a nostalgic note that will make you want to hit that repeat button again and again.

Though one of SideOneDummy’s oddest signings, Title Fight will likely become one of the label’s favorite acts as they certainly have for this particular reviewer. But Shed isn’t the album that I expected them to write any time soon. Perhaps I don’t know the band’s back history as well as I hoped, but this album sounds much wiser than the band’s years together. An incredible label debut by a young band that I hope will keep making music for a long, long time.

Massachusetts based punk rock act Late Nite Wars have premiered a brand new track titled “Rock, Paper, Bitters” and you can stream it right here.

The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album “Who’s Going To Miss You If You Go?” which will be released on Panic Records on May 10th.

Pop-punkers Man Overboard recently had an interview with PropertyOfZack, where they discussed their signing to Rise Records, their current tour with Senses Fail, and their upcoming releases. You can read the whole interview here.

The band released their latest EP “The Absolute Worst” last February via Rise Records. They are also recording their upcoming album this June to be released in September.

San Francisco punk rockers Nothington will soon be releasing a mostly acoustic 7″ entitled More Than Obvious. More Than Obvious will contain 4 songs and will also be released digitally (for all you non vinyl people out there.) It is set to be released on Red Scare Industries in July.

Nothington’s last released Roads Bridges and Ruins in 2009 on BYO Records.

The lineup for the upcoming Black N Blue Bowl, a massive hardcore festival in NYC has officially been set, and boy will it kick you in the face. Thrown by Black N Blue Productions (an NYC hardcore production company fronted by Freddy from Madball), Black N Blue Bowl will take place on May 28th at Webster Hall in Manhattan.

Headlining the gig will be NYC hardcore legends Sick Of It All. Supporting them are more NYC legends: Agnostic Front and Gorilla Biscuits. Also on the bill: Terror, Absolution, Antidote, Maximum Penalty, Backtrack, Down To Nothing, No Turning Back, Take Offense and Bottom Out.

To whet your appetite, Black N Blue put together an official trailer. Check it out here.

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Philadelphia-based pop-punkers Valencia are staying busy this summer…

In addition to the handful of Zumiez Couch Tour dates that we told you about last week, the band announced a couple new dates for May, including one in New Hampshire (sorry…NH doesn’t get much love from touring bands, it’s kind of a big deal)! Check out the new dates here.

Valencia released a B-sides and rarities 7-inch last month through I Surrender Records.

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