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36 things you need to know that happened this week

A lot happens in our scene each week. In an attempt to capture what you might've missed, we gather up noteworthy moments and package them in one convenient post every weekend. Check out this week's roundup below!

Read more: 20 things you need to know that happened last week (10/24-10/30)

1. Anthony Green joined YouTube channel A Red Trolley Show to perform “Better Half” acoustically while riding the trolley in San Diego. Watch his enchanting performance below:

2. AFI's Davey Havok and Jade Puget side project Blaqk Audio released a cover of Dead Or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)” following the loss of Pete Burns last week:

3. Emarosa debuted a music video for their track, “Porcelain,” from their latest album 131 released this past summer. Watch:

Plus, their fall headlining tour with Anarbor and Cold Collective started this week! Check out the dates here.

4. LA-based Hey Violet released a new video for their new single “Guys My Age,” following their EP Brand New Moves, via Caroline Recordings. Check out the video below.

The group will also be making their U.S. television debut performing the new song on The Late Late Show With James Corden Nov. 10 on CBS.

5. Daisyhead (No Sleep Records), Capstan (one of our 12 bands you need to know) and watermedown (Equal Vision) will be heading out on tour this winter. Dates and tour poster below. Tickets went on sale this Friday!

12/2 St. Petersburg, FL @ Local 662
12/3 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
12/4 Ocala, FL @ Courtyard
12/6 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
12/8 Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar
12/10 Staten Island, NY @ Fenix Studios
12/11 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
12/12 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk*
12/13 Akron, OH @ Fool Mansion*
12/14 Detroit, MI @ The Loving Touch*
12/15 Berwyn, IL @ The Wire*
*no watermedown

6. Rival Tides premiered a new music video for their track, “Child”—full of angst and cinematic awesomeness. You’ll want to watch it:

”Child” comes from the band’s latest EP Rituals, produced by Erik Ron (Hands Like Houses, I the Mighty, New Years Day).

7. Hippo Campus released a new music video for their track “Boyish.” An awesome visual experience, watch it below:

The band also announced their debut full-length, landmark, out Feb. 24 via Grand Jury Music.

8. Underoath have further hinted that a world tour may be on the way with the announcement of a string of dates in the UK and Europe—their first time returning there since reuniting. Check out the dates through the Facebook post below, and let us know your Underoath hopes and dreams in the comments.

9. You Me At Six dropped a new track from their forthcoming album Night People—set for a January 2017 release. Listen to “Give” below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments!

10. Ahead of the announcement of their self-titled forthcoming album (out Jan. 20 via Rise Records), Palisades will be heading out on a headlining tour with Sylar, Blindwish and Artwork. Dates and statement from the band are below!

Dec 07 Fuze Box Albany, NY (headline show)
Dec 08 The Loft Poughkeepsie, NY (headline show)
Dec 09 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC (headline show)
Dec 10 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA (headline show)
Dec 11 The Syndicate Lounge Birmingham, AL (headline show)
Dec 13 The Local 662 St. Petersburg, FL (headline show)
Dec 14 The Backbooth Orlando, FL (headline show)
Dec 15 Ground Zero Spartanburg, SC (headline show)
Dec 16 Drunk Horse Fayetteville, NC (headline show)
Dec 17 Planet Trog Entertainment Complex Whitehall, PA (headline show)
Dec 20 Waiting Room Buffalo, NY (headline show)
Dec 21 Frankies Toledo, OH (headline show)
Dec 22 Williamsport, PA Ground Floor (headline show)

We’re all extremely stoked to be coming back from Europe to head out on such an awesome tour. The music from everyone is incredible and I think the fans are going to have an awesome time with us, Sylar, Blindwish and Artwork. We’ve been really great friends with Sylar and Blindwish for a while now and with the addition of Artwork, this is gonna be one hell of a tour you don’t wanna miss.

11. Britain's Alvarez Kings—tour support for our cover star Melanie Martinez—released a lyric video for their hypnotizing new track, “Cold Conscience.” Watch it below!

12. Sumerian Records’ September Mourning have announced a big new tour. Check out the announcement video and the dates below. Be sure to let us know which date you’ll be hitting in the comments!

10/28 – Lubbock, TX – Jakes
10/29 – Tyler, TX – Clicks
10/30 – San Antonio, TX – Fitzgeralds
10/31 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
11/2 – Oklahoma City, OK – Thunder Alley
11/4 – Merriam, KS – Aftershock
11/5 – Janesville, WI – Back Bar
11/6 – Ft. Wayne, IN – The Hub
11/8 – Sioux Falls, SD – Bigs Bar
11/9 – Omaha, NE – Sokol Underground
11/10 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
11/11- Battle Creek, MI – Music Factory
11/12 – South Bend, IN – Cheers Pub
11/13 – Toledo, OH – Realm
11/14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Diesel
11/16 – Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival
11/17 – Braidwood, IL – Top Fuel Saloon
11/18 – Chesterfield, MI – Diesel
11/20 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
11/21 – Quebec City, QC – L'Anti
11/22 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
11/23 – Stanhope, NJ – Stanhope House
11/25 – Poughkeepsie, NY – The Loft
11/26 – Hickory, NC – Wizard Saloon
11/27 – Fayetteville, NC – Drunk Horse Pub
11/28 – Winter Park, FL – Haven Lounge
11/29 – St. Petersburg, FL – Local 662
11/30 – Jacksonville, FL – Nighthawks
12/2 – St. Louis, MO – Firebird
12/3 – Danville, IL – Vintage Villains
12/5 – Springfield, IL – Outland Ballroom
12/6 – Dubuque, IA – The Venue
12/7 – Stevens Point, WI – Live On Main
12/8 – Chippewa Falls, WI – Every Buddy's Bar
12/9 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
12/10 – Rochester, MN – Wicked Moose
12/11 – St. Cloud, MN – Red Carpet
12/12 – Duluth, MN – Red Herring Lounge
12/13 – Moorhead, MN – Garage Bar
12/15 – Jerome, ID – Diamondz Event Center
12/16 – Spokane, WA – The Big Dipper
12/17 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
12/18 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
12/19 – Vancouver, BC – Red Room
12/21 – San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
12/22 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
12/23 – Long Beach, CA – Blacklight District Lounge

13. Against Me’s Laura Jane Grace is raising money for LGBT Books to Prisoners.

With the release of her memoir, Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, Grace has teamed up with Gender is Over! (If You Want It), a not-for-profit project to raise money for LGBT Books to Prisoners.

From November 4 to 18 fans can donate to LGBT Books to Prisoners and be eligible to win one of five signed copies of Grace's book. All funds will be donated November 20, which is Transgender Day of Remembrance.

14. Exclusive: Warped Tour alum Beebs released a music video for “Eye Shine” feat. B.Lay.

Beebs had the following message to say about the song:
In these times when our world is so hectic, it is important to remember that our real power and joy comes from within. We can focus on the craziness that is happening but when we keep a positive outlook on our lives we create our reality. This is the title track off “Eye Shine” featuring b.LaY

Check out the song and video below.

15. UK alt-rockers Deaf Havana announced that their new record, All These Countless Nights, is set to drop Jan. 27 via SO Recordings/Caroline. The album is available for pre-order here, and they have three tracks, “Sing,” “Cassiopeia” and “Trigger,” available for download and streaming immediately. Check out the tracklisting for All These Countless Nights below:

1) Ashes, Ashes
2) Trigger
3) L.O.V.E
4) Happiness
5) Fever
6) Like a Ghost
7) Pretty Low
8) England
9) Seattle
10) St. Paul's
11) Sing
12) Pensacola, 2013

16. The Japanese House released another new single this week, called “Good Side In.” Amber Bain, the mastermind behind the project, works with the 1975 to produce tracks. Have a listen:

17. Stranger Things fans rejoice—Funko! has created pop vinyl figures of characters from the beloved Netflix series. Now, many versions of Eleven, Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Will (and Upside Down Will), the Demogorgon and, of course, Barb can sit on your desk. Hurrah!

Check out photos of each character here.

18. Currently on tour with Evanescence, Veridia has released a creepy-cool video for their track “Still Breathing,” filmed in a haunted house in their hometown Nashville. Their full-length is scheduled for 2017.

19. Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, future-pop project Digisaurus—masterminded by artist and producer James Allison—released a new track, “I Don’t Feel Alright”—and it’s quite groovy. The act integrates art and music with technology and collaboration. Have a listen to “I Don’t Feel Alright,” featuring Fran Litterski, vocalist for Columbia Records' Magic Man:

20. Cherry Glazerr announced their awesomely-titled new album “Apocalipstick” with the release of a horror movie music video, directed by Roxanne Benjamin, who is also responsible for horror cult classics Southbound and V/H/S. Watch “Nurse Ratched,” inspired by Ken Kesey's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest:

21. UK post-hardcore act Wars have signed to Spinefarm Records, part of Universal Music Group. Their new single, “That By Discord Things Increase,” is streaming below, and their Spinefarm debut, We Are Islands, After All, is set to release Jan. 27.

22. To fund their documentary, Bleeding Audio, the Matches are hosting a music showcase, which will feature Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s and other local acts playing stripped down versions of their own songs, along with a cover of a song by the Matches. The showcase is to be held on Nov. 15 in San Francisco, and all funds from ticket sales will go to post-production costs.

Check out the Eventbrite here and the Facebook event here.

23. Here’s something pretty interesting: The Lights Out will be the first band to release a record on a beer. As if that wasn’t enough, the band also wear synchronized LED light gear on stage. Yes, it’s real. Check out the details below.

Aeronaut Brewing Co. partnered with the band to drop the album T.R.I.P., which is about traveling through parallel dimensions, on an “Imperial Session IPA.” Instructions to get the album are on the beer can.

24. As if you needed another reason to try out a new beer, the Descendents have created a new 7.3% Coffee IPA called “Feel This.” The band partnered with Mikkeller Brewery who brewed the beer with Hypercaffium Spazzinate coffee beans.

In case you didn't get the references, “Feel This” is a single from the Hypercaffium Spazzinate album. The beer makes it's debut at the San Diego Beer Fest but will also be sold in 25 states, along with a small portion being available on Mikkeller's website.

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