The Trews Announce New Album Release Date

Toronto-based rock band, The Trews, has announced their latest album, Hope & Ruin, will be released on April 12.  Tracklisting is as follows:

Misery Loves Company
One by One
People of the Deer
Stay With Me
Hope & Ruin
If You Wanna Start Again
The World, I Know
Dreaming Man
I’ll Find Someone Who Will
Love is the Real Thing
Burned
You Gotta Let Me In

Hear and download “One by One” right here:

http://tijuanagiftshop.net/mp3/02%20One%20By%20One.mp3

XRay Eyeballs Premiere Single and Announce Tour

Brooklyn pop group XRay Eyeballs has announced their debut LP, Not Nothing, will be released on April 19th.  Tracklisting is as follows:

1. Crystal
2. Nightwalkers
3. Egyptian Magician
4. Po’ Jam
5. Drums Not Dead
6. Broken Beds
7. Xray Eyeballs Theme
8. Big Toe
9. Kam Sing Knights
10. Fake  Wedding
11. Escape From That Girl

The first single will be “Crystal:”
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10307540Xray Eyeballs “Crystal” by HOZAC RECORDS

You can catch XRay Eyeballs at the following spots and dates:

2/18 – The Gutter – Brooklyn, NY
2/23 – Don Hill’s – New York, NY
  3/7 – Black Cat – Washington, DC* 
3/9 – Pinhook – Durham, NC & 
 3/10 – Little KIngs – Athens, GA 
 3/11 – 529 – Atlanta, GA 
 3/12 – Savannah Stopover Festival – Savannah, GA 
 3/13 – Siberia – New Orleans, LA 
 3/14 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX 
3/15 – 3/20 – SXSW – Austin, TX
3/22 – Valley of the Vapors Festival – Hot Springs, AK
 3/23 – Hi Tone – Memphis, TN $ 
 3/24 – Schubas Tavern – Chicago, IL %
 3/25 – Atlas Bar – Detroit, MI @
 3/26 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH 
* w/JEFF the Brotherhood
& w/Spider Bags
$ w/Surf City, PUJOL, Turbo Fruits
% w/Nones
@ w/Terrible Twos

Allo Darlin’ Announce US Tour

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Allo Darlin’ has only been a proper band since 2009 when founder and frontwoman Elizabeth Morris enlisted Paul Rains, Bill Botting and Michael Collins. All of them are also part of different bands – Elizabeth is in Tender Trap, Paul and Michael in Hexicon, Bill in Moustache of Insanity and also in Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern – but they will be playing together as Allo Darlin’ to welcome the summer in the latter half of spring across the US to support their self-titled debut which came out last October on Fortuna POP and earned them a 7.9 on Pitchfork! Check below to see if they’re coming near you.

Here are their upcoming tour dates:

24 May – Vera Project – Seattle, WA

25 May – Holocene – Portland, OR

27 May – SF Popfest – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA

28 May-  Echo – Los Angeles, CA

30 May – Casbah – San Diego, CA

31 May – Rhythm Room – Phoenix, AZ

01 June – Centre for Contemporary Arts – Santa Fe, NM

03 June – Chaos in Tejas – Austin, TX

08 June – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY

09 June – TT The Bears – Boston, MA

10 June – Il Motore – Montreal, QC

11 June – El Mocambo – Toronto, ON

13 June – Schubas – Chicago, IL

14 June – The Bishop – Bloomington, IN

16 June – Black Cat – Washington, DC

17 June – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA

 

Infantree’s Freaky New Video

Infantree definitely seems older than their ages would suggest (besides the mis-spelling of their name). Although three-forths of the band is under 21, they are already making a name for themselves musically.

The band has been booked to play in the SXSW ASCAP showcase, taking place March 18th at the Victorian Room in the Driskill Hotel. The band was also invited by Neil Young to perform at his Bridge School Benefit alongside Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris and Modest Mouse.

The group will be re-releasing their first album, Would Work later this spring. Until then, enjoy this creepy video for the song “Feet of Clay”.

Feet of Clay from Infantree on Vimeo.

Acrylics Release New Single

The duo Acrylics have just released a new single from their upcoming debut, Lives and Treasure. The song “Sparrow Song” can be heard below.


Acrylics’ first album was produced with the help of Matt Boynton (MGMT) and Britt Myers (Yeasayer) among others. Critics compare the duo favorably to other electronic-pop bands like Stars or Headlights.

Look for the band’s debut album March 1st, on Friendly Fire Records.