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No Idea Records release compilation

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 6/8/09 @ 11:36 AM - altpress.com

Florida-based indie label No Idea Records have released a free downloadable album entitled, Pretend Record. The compilation features old, new and unreleased songs from Dear Landlord, The Arrivals and more. You can get your hands on the tracks right here.

Gaslight Anthem fall tour openers assigned to dates

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 6/8/09 @ 10:34 AM - altpress.com

First, we brought you rumblings of the Gaslight Anthem's fall tour. Then we brought you the exclusive unveiling of the majority of their headlining tour dates. Now, we're stoked to give you a date-by-date breakdown of what bands are opening which shows. Check it out below; remember that Murder By Death are supporting on all shows, and that more dates are still TBA:

w/Murder By Death, the Loved Ones, Ninja Gun
Sept 8: Mr. Small's @ Pittsburgh
Sept 9: Bogart's @ Cincinnati
Sept 10: Pop's @ St. Louis
Sept 11: Sokol Auditorium @ Omaha

w/Murder By Death, the Loved Ones, Frank Turner
Sept 13: Ogden Theater @ Denver
Sept 16: House of Blues @ San Diego
Sept 17: Henry Fonda Theater @ Los Angeles
Sept 20: Fillmore @ San Francisco
Sept 22: Berbati's Pan @ Portland
Sept 23: Showbox @ Seattle
Sept 24: Commodore @ Vancouver BC
Sept 26: Edmonton Arts Ctr @ Edmonton
Sept 27: MacEwan Ballroom @ Calgary
Sept 29: Riddell Centre @ Regina
Oct 1: Garrick Centre @ Winnipeg
Oct 3: Epic @ Minneapolis
Oct 4: Turner Hall @ Milwaukee
Oct 6: St. Andrew's Hall @ Detroit

w/Murder By Death, Jesse Malin, Broadway Calls
Oct 12: Town Ballroom @ Buffalo NY
Oct 13: Kool Haus @ Toronto ON

w/Murder By Death, the Loved Ones, Broadway Calls
Oct 18: Trocadero @ Philadelphia

w/Murder By Death, the Loved Ones
Oct 21: The National @ Richmond VA
Oct 22: 9:30 Club @ Washington DC
Oct 26: Newport Music Hall @ Columbus

Tickets for the majority of these shows go on sale June 13; check with your local venue for specifics.

Darkest Hour Streaming Another New Track

Alternative Press - Leah Preble on 6/8/09 @ 10:33 AM - altpress.com

Darkest Hour have uploaded "Devolution of the Flesh" from their new album The Eternal Return to their myspace player. You'll be able to hear the album in its entirety when it hits stores June 23rd.

Rancid on the Tonight Show

Rancid will perform their new single "Last One To Die" for the first time on national TV on June 10 on the Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on NBC.

"Last One To Die" is the debut single from Let The Dominoes Fall, the band's first album in six years. Rancid are currently on tour with Rise Against.

California's Creatures sign to Eulogy

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 6/8/09 @ 9:22 AM - altpress.com

Eulogy Recordings have signed their latest band. Creatures, a metal/hardcore act from Southern California, will release their deubt album on the label later this year. You can check out tracks from upcoming, I, Lucifer on their MySpace.

The Cab change EP title

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 6/8/09 @ 9:16 AM - altpress.com

The Cab is still set to tour later this month on the What Happens In Vegas Tour, but that is no longer the title of the band's upcoming EP. The disc will still hit stores June 24, but is now called The Lady Luck EP.