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AltPress Exclusive: Enter Shikari detail new album, touring plans

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 6/8/09 @ 7:00 AM - altpress.com

Dang-near unclassifiable British techno/punk/trance/screamo outfit Enter Shikari have filled us in on the specifics about their immediate future. The group will release their upcoming full-length, Common Dreads, on June 16 through Ambush Reality in partnership with DGC/Interscope. The album--produced by Andy Gray (U2, Korn) is the follow-up to the band's 2007 release, Take To The Skies. A press release on behalf of the band says that the album will touch upon hot-button topics like economic recession, state control and accelerated capitalism. Frontman Rou Reynolds says:

"Politics are unavoidable. We just can't write sappy music. Our first album was cryptic and metaphor-heavy, this one is more direct. Since we gained popularity, we realized, whether we like it or not, we have the ability to influence people--and with that is a responsibility to speak our minds."

The complete tracklisting for Common Dreads:
1) Common Dreads
2) Solidarity
3) Step Up
4) Juggernauts
5) Wall
6) Zzzonked
7) Havoc A
8) No Sleep Tonight
9) Gap In The Fence
10) Havoc B
11) Antwerpen
12) The Jester
13) Halcyon
14) Hectic
15) Fanfare For The Conscious Man
16) All Eyes On The Saint (* iTunes exclusive track)
17) Enter Shikari-Live version (*Bonus track available only via digital merch store link)

The band's summer touring plans are as follows:

Fri 6/5 Nurburgring, GER - Rock AM Ring Festival
Sat 6/6 Nurnberg, GER - Rock IM Park Festival
Sun 6/28 Glastonbury, ENG - Glastonbury Festival
Headlining U.S. Tour:
Thu 7/2 New York, NY - Blender Theatre at Gramercy
Fri 7/3 Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft
Sun 7/5 Providence, RI - Club Hell
Mon 7/6 Albany, NY - Valentines
Tue 7/7 S. Hackensack, NJ - School of Rock
Wed 7/8 Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock

U.S. tour with August Burns Red, Blessthefall, I Wrestled A Bear Once:
Fri 7/10 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
Sat 7/11 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
Sun 7/12 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom
Mon 7/13 Akron, OH - Musica
Tue 7/14 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
Wed 7/15 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
Thu 7/16 Madison, WI - The Loft
Sat 7/18 Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
Tue 7/21 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
Wed 7/22 Los Angeles, CA - Key Club
Thu 7/23 San Diego, CA - Soma
Fri 7/24 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
Sat 7/25 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
Sun 7/26 Scottsdale, AZ - Venue of Scottsdale
Mon 7/27 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater
Wed 7/29 Dallas, TX - The Max

Festivals:
Fri 8/7 Osaka, JAPAN - Summersonic
Sun 8/9 Tokyo, JAPAN - Summersonic
Fri 8/14 Saarland, Germany - Rocko Del Schlako Fest
Sat 8/15 Horb Am Neckar, Germany - Mini Rock Festival
Wed 8/19 Nyírbátor, Hungary - Azfeszt Festival
Thur 8/20 St. Pölten, Austria - Frequency Festival
Fri 8/21 Trutnov, Czech Republic - Trutnov Festival
Sat 8/22 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
Sun 8/23 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
Fri 8/28 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
Sat 8/29 Reading, England - Reading Festival

Innerpartysystem remix Beastie Boys

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 6/7/09 @ 4:03 PM - altpress.com

Dance-rock outfit Innerpartysystem have unveiled a remix of the Beastie Boys song, "B Boys In The Cut," on their MySpace page. The B-Boys song comes from their 1992 full-length, Check Your Head. The remix is available on 7-inch bundled with the reissued vinyl version of Check Your Head. Innerpartysystem will spend this summer on the Vans Warped Tour.

The Word Alive, We Came As Romans announce co-headlining tour

Alternative Press - Chris French on 6/7/09 @ 12:14 PM - altpress.com

Recent Fearless and Equal Vision Records signees, The Word Alive and We Came As Romans, respectfully, have just announced the entire schedule to their upcoming co-headlining tour. The two bands will be supported by Belle Epoque. Check out all the dates below:

7/22 Herrin, IL @ Hitts
7/23 Joplin, MO @ The Foundry
7/24 Longview, TX @ The Bridge
7/25 Waco, TX @ Art Ambush
7/27 Metairie, LA @ The High Ground
7/28 Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit (Brewster's Pub)
7/29 West Palm Beach, FL @ The Pit
7/30 Winter Park, FL @ Island Oasis
7/31 Macon, GA @ The Refuge
8/01 Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox Laundrolounge
8/02 Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club
8/04 Linthicum, MD @ St Christophers
8/05 Vineland, NJ @ Hangar 84
8/06 Lemoyne, PA @ Championship
8/07 Clifton, NJ @ Aquifer Music Venue
8/08 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft at The Chance
8/09 Manchester, NH @ Rocko's
8/10 Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Theatre
8/12 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
8/13 Toledo, OH @ Frankie's
8/14 Morris, IL @ The Korova
8/15 Dayton, OH @ The Attic Club

We Came As Romans were the featured band in issue No. 247's "Hometown Heroes" piece.

The Audition maps out three summer tours

Alternative Press - Julie Nguyen on 6/6/09 @ 9:50 PM - altpress.com

The Audition have posted dates for the "Happiness Tour", a headlining tour and "The Audition for The Higher Tour".

"Happiness Tour" with Dance Gavin Dance, Closure In Moscow and Endless Hallway
6/09/09 - Orangevale, California - Club Retro (FREE SHOW!)
6/10/09 - Reno, Nevada - Club Underground
6/11/09 - Stockton, California - Empire Theatre
6/12/09 - Modesto, California - Modesto Virtual
6/13/09 - Visalia, California - All Pro Pizza
6/14/09 - San Luis Obispo, California - Downtown Brewing Company
6/16/09 - Palmdale, California - The Crossing
6/17/09 - Victorville, California - Karma
6/18/09 - San Diego, California -SOMA
6/19/09 - Las Vegas, Nevada - The Box Office

Headline Shows 6/21/09 - Los Angeles, California - The Knitting Factory
6/23/09 - Anaheim, California - Chain Reaction
6/24/09 - St. George, Utah - The Electric Theater
6/25/09 - Salt Lake City, Utah - The SHO

"The Audition for The Higher Tour" with co-headliner The Higher, Closure In Moscow*, Runner Runner, In:Aviate^ and The Hoodies~
*, ^, ~ On select dates
6/26/09 - Colorado Springs, Colorado - The Black Sheep^
6/27/09 - Boulder, Colorado - Fox Theater^
6/28/09 - Omaha, Nebraska - The Waiting Room^
6/29/09 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - The Triple Rock*
7/01/09 - Dekalb, Illinois - The House Cafe*
7/02/09 - Chicago, Illinois - Reggie's Rock Club*
7/06/09 - Grand Rapids, Michigan - The Intersection*
7/07/09 - Pontiac, Michigan - The iLounge*
7/08/09 - Newport, Kentucky - Southgate House*
7/09/09 - Erie, Pennsylvania - Forward Hall*
7/10/09 - Wilton, Connecticut - The Trackside Teen Center*
7/12/09 - Providence, Rhode Island - Jerky's Live Music Hall*
7/13/09 - Allston, Massachusetts - Harper's Ferry*
7/14/09 - New York, New York - Highline Ballroom~
7/15/09 - Vineland, New Jersey - Hangar 84~
7/16/09 - Baltimore, Maryland - Sonar (Club Stage)~

Links to purchase tickets are available here.

Mae release(m)orning EP

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 6/6/09 @ 8:44 PM - altpress.com

Mae has teamed up with Cell Records to release the first of a three EPs titled (m)orning which is now available for purchase at their official store. The limited edition disc is "scratch and sniff" and features eight new songs.

Since their departure with Capitol Records after their 2007 release Singularity, the emo-rockers have independently released songs featured on (m)orning) EPto support Habitat for Humanity. They have raised over $35,000 from fan donations.

Mae is currently promoting the (a)fternoon EP. "Over and Over" is the first track released from the EP and profits from the song will support Donors Choose which focuses on education. Download the song and donate here.

Track List for (m)orning EP:
1. Good Morning
2. The Fisherman Song (We All Need Love)
3. The House That Fire Built
4. Boomerang
5. Two Birds
6. A Melody, The Memory
7. Night/Day
8. (M)orning Drive

Billy Corgan announces future plans

Alternative Press - Nattalie Tehrani on 6/6/09 @ 12:44 AM - altpress.com

Smashing Pumpkin's lead singer, Billy Corgan, has announced on his blog that fans should be expecting new songs by this fall, October to be exact. Jeff Schroeder and Ginger Reyes are the only band mates mentioned thus far. The new drummer to replace Jimmy Chamberlin is yet to be announced.