Better Lovers announced an expansive headlining tour in celebration of their upcoming debut LP Highly Irresponsible. The forthcoming record features the recent single “A White Horse Covered in Blood” and is due out on October 25 via SharpTone Records. Lead vocalist Greg Puciato (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan) shares of Highly Irresponsible, “Everyone really brought their best to the album, and brought out the best in each other, and that goes for everyone behind-the-scenes too. I’m honestly just over here happy that I fit the word ‘buddy’ into a song.” The tour kicks off November 3 at Asheville, North Carolina’s The Orange Peel and… Read more »
Hawthorne Heights may have dubbed Ohio For Lovers in 2004, but they’ve been spreading the love far and wide ever since. Especially with their annual Is For Lovers Festival each summer! Today, the seven-date festival series has been announced, including stops at Lake Tahoe, CA, Manteo, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Cincinnati, OH, and more. The festival series will include headline performances from The All-American Rejects, Underoath, Motion City Soundtrack, Hawthorne Heights, and Yellowcard. Additionally, fans will get the chance to see Movements, The Starting Line, State Champs, Saosin, Hot Mulligan, and more. “We are happy to be back in 2024,… Read more »
Meeting your heroes can change your life. And that’s what’s happening to the upcoming act, New Aesthetic. The San Diego, CA-based band received a message from frontman J.T. Woodruff of Hawthorne Heights to work together. “There’s a kid holding a sign that says, ‘Let me play guitar on ‘Ohio Is For Lovers,’” the emo vocalist explains in an Instagram Reel. He continues that he met a fan during one of their stops on the 2017 Warped Tour run. “Flash forward, that kid’s name is Dylan he’s now an adult. He now has his own band called New Aesthetic.” He then… Read more »
We all know that Ohio is for lovers, but Hawthorne Heights has set out to prove that it’s not just Ohio. After three editions of the festival hitting emo fans hard in 2022, Hawthorne Heights is bringing the “Is For Lovers Festival” to eight cities in 2023. This year’s event will visit Hawaii, Lake Tahoe, NV; Denver, CO; Manteo, NC; Council Bluffs, IA; Cincinnati, OH; Pelham, TN; and Mansfield, MA. Similarly to their 2022 festival stops, the lineups will vary by date and include the likes of Thrice, Silverstein, Thursday, Saosin, and more. Tickets for the events are currently on… Read more »
With the drop of two Fantasy Camp remixes for “Killing Time” and “Lead Pipe,” Movements announced the upcoming release of the deluxe version of RUCKUS! This isn’t your standard deluxe album drop. Movements have much more in store for their fans than that. To start, RUCKUS! (The Remixes) feature 11 remixes of the album’s ten original tracks from six producers. That album will only be available digitally and will feature mixes from Psychic Babble, Taylor Morgan, and Darcy Baylis, among others. The vinyl pressings will include all tracks from the original LP and feature a new song, “Afraid To Die.”… Read more »
Real Friends has announced their massive Forever And Ever And Ever And Ever And Ever And Ever And Ever Tour tour. The “Midwest Trash” punks are ready to release their new album Blue Hour on October 11 with singles “Waiting Room,” “When You Were Here,” and “Our Love Was Like A Sad Song.” Then, they’re spending the rest of the fall headlining venues across the U.S. The tour kicks off on October 21 at Madison, Wisconsin’s High Noon Saloon and wraps up on December 1 at Cleveland, Ohio’s The Roxy. Plus, Real Friends is bringing along Can’t Swim, Carly Cosgrove,… Read more »
Real Friends has revealed a new single and accompanying music video for “Our Love Was Like A Sad Song.” Preceded by “Waiting Room” and “When You Were Here,” the track will be featured on the band’s recently-announced upcoming record Blue Hour, due out on October 11. While on Sad Summer Fest, Real Friends gave attendees the inside scoop on the record before its initial announcement. In a pamphlet, they shared, “Thank you for spending time with us today at Sad Summer Fest. We appreciate the energy you give us as well as the opportunity to play our songs for you.We… Read more »
Chicago pop-punk stalwarts Real Friends have kicked off the summer with their latest release and first new music of the year, the heart-wrenching “Waiting Room.” Opening with vocalist Cody Muraro singing, “After I knew there was only bad news,” his stirring ballad works to navigate and grapple with loss and grief. Following the November 2023 release of “When You Were Here,” “Waiting Room” is likely the second preview of their forthcoming, currently-untitled full-length album scheduled to arrive this fall. “Today, the saddest and most important song we’ve ever written is out. This is for anyone who’s lost a loved one.… Read more »
Following the success of their recently released full-length RUCKUS! in late 2023, Movements have unveiled their new candid single, “Afraid To Die.” The new track arrives with an accompanying music video in which the band are seen running away from death through a series of dreams. “With “Afraid to Die,’ we were able to take the energy that was in RUCKUS! and fine-tune it by exploring different realms of what this band can be and what our music can sound like, and I think we did a good job of that with this song,” vocalist Patrick Miranda shares. “Sonically, it’s… Read more »
Following the release of their chaotic single “Stickers Of Brian,” which arrived via Wax Bodega Records earlier this year, Hot Mulligan has issued their latest offering, “End Eric Sparrow And The Life Of Him,” along with an accompanying music video. Clocking in at just shy of 3 minutes, “End Eric Sparrow And The Life Of Him” shares the intensity and brevity of “Stickers Of Brian.” The track’s foundation opens with a groovy guitar riff that sets the stage for the building frustration conveyed through both the vocal delivery and the increasingly urgent instrumentation. As the song progresses, the layered vocals… Read more »
