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Rise Records sign Defeat The Low

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Defeat The Low

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Defeat The Low have officially signed with Rise Records and will release their début album via the label later this year.

To celebrate the signing, Defeat The Low’s ‘Turn To Hate‘ has now been made available for streaming on YouTube. ‘Turn To Hate‘ has been self-produced by the band, and they did in fact self-record their forthcoming album at Rain City Studios in Portland, Oregon with lead guitarist Ryan Furlott at the helm.

Defeat The Low’s Chris Huaraque had the following to say about signing to Rise Records:

Defeat The Low is extremely excited to announce our signing with Rise Records! We couldn’t be more stoked to release our début album with such tremendous support behind us. This collection of our first songs written together as a group is emotionally charged and straight to the point. Defeat The Low aims to be as enthralling as it is familiar.

You can take a listen to Defeat The Low’s ‘Turn To Hate‘ below:

Sinner Sinners – Modern Man Video

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Official video for Sinner Sinners’ latest single ‘Modern Man‘, directed by Jeremy Jettho Thomas. ‘Modern Man‘ is taken from Sinner Sinners’ most recent studio album, ‘XI‘.

Crazy Arm touring the UK this month

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Crazy Arm

Crazy Arm will be touring the UK this month, initially alongside Oregon punks Larry And His Flask, and then with a couple of shows at the end of the month in London/Bristol.

You can take a look at Crazy Arm’s full list of tour dates for May below:

7th May – Borderline, London
8th May – Unit, Southampton
9th May – Le Pub, Newport
10th May – The Square, Harlow
11th May – Cluny 2, Newcastle
12th May – Star & Garter, Manchester
13th May – Prince Albert, Brighton
30th May – The Exchange, Bristol (w/Joe Tilston + Jake & The Jellyfish)
31st May – Camden Rocks, Black Heart, London (w/Apologies I Have None + more)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah announce European Living Room Tour

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Only Run

With new studio album ‘Only Run‘ due for release on June 2nd, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be touring Europe this month as they officially embark upon their ‘Living Room’ tour.

The ‘Living Room’ tour will kick off in London on May 6th, and will see the band take in several other major European cities including Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam.

A full list of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s European ‘Living Room’ tour dates can be found below:

Tuesday, May 6 – London
Wednesday, May 7 – Paris
Thursday, May 8 – Cologne
Friday, May 9 – Berlin
Saturday, May 10 – Berlin
Sunday, May 11 – Rotterdam
Monday May 12 – Amsterdam
Tuesday, May 13 – Brussels
Thursday, May 15 – Manchester
Friday, May 16 – London

Star Wars: Force Collection celebrating Star Wars Day

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Star Wars Force Collection

Digital card battle game Star Wars: Force Collection will be celebrating Star Wars Day this year by gifting all accounts created before May 5th, 2014, at 9:00 am with a special in-game 5-Star character card.

Players of the game will receive their 5-Star character card simply by logging in to the game on, or after May 4th.

The Family Rain launch competition to design Bad Weather Tour t-shirt

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The Family Rain

The Family Rain will be heading out on a tour of the UK in June and are inviting fans to make their own mark on the tour by designing the exclusive tour t-shirt.

The winning design will be sold as an official tour t-shirt, with the winner receiving five t-shirts of the winning design plus tickets to any date on the tour.

With the winner set to be announced on May 23rd, fans can upload their designs online with the #thefamilyrain and #badweathertshirt hashtags in order to get involved. Fans have creative freedom with the designs to an extent, but they must include the words “The Family Rain” and “Bad Weather Tour”.

You can check out the tour dates for The Family Rain’s Bad Weather Tour below:

04/06/2014 Birmingham, Hare and Hounds
05/06/2014 Leeds, Cockpit
09/06/2014 Manchester, Night and Day
10/06/2014 Glasgow, King Tuts
11/06/2014 Bath, Komedia
12/06/2014 London, Dingwalls

Issues – Never Lose Your Flames Video

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Official video for the Issues single ‘Never Lose Your Flames‘, taken from the band’s début album which is out now on Rise Records. The band have just recently been in the UK supporting their label mates Of Mice & Men and are due back in the UK later this year for the Reading & Leeds Festivals.

Crazytown coming to Europe in June

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Crazytown

Crazytown are back, and the band are hitting Europe this June as they take in a number of festivals as well as performing a few headline shows of their own.

With a full record release in the works for 2014, Crazytown have a busy year ahead as they take in several U.S. tour dates in addition to the tour of Europe.

You can take a look at Crazytown’s full European tour plans below:

JUNE 2014
7th – Solothurn, Switzerland @ Kofmehl
8th – Nürburg, Germany @ Rock AM Ring
9th – Nürnberg, Germany @ Rock I’m Park Festival
10th – Hamburg, Germany @ Knust
11th – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
13th – Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Novarock Festival
15th – Donington Park, UK @ Download Festival
16th – Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
17th – London, UK @ The Garage

Beastmilk to begin tour with Doomriders and Herder

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Beastmilk

Beastmilk will be heading out on tour with Doomriders and Herder as of tomorrow, starting out in France and then hitting the UK before heading back again to mainland Europe for the remainder of the tour.

The Finnish post-punk act have had a good year so far, getting nominated for best underground at at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods Awards, and in June they’ll follow this up with numerous festival dates including playing alongside Metallica at Sonisphere.

You can take a look at Beastmilk’s tour plans for the next few months below:

Tour with Doomriders and Herder:

02.05. France, Paris @ Glazart
03.05. UK Leeds @ Live at Leeds
04.05. UK Bristol @ Temples Fest
05.05. UK London @ Underworld
06.05. Germany Cologne @ Underground
07.05. Germany Berlin @ Lido
08.05. Czech Rep Prague @ 007
09.05. Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island
10.05. Germany Munich @ Backstage
11.05. Austria Vienna @ Arena

Festival dates:

06.06. UK Knebworth @ Sonisphere
08.06. Germany Leipzig @ Wave Gotik Treffen
28.06. Finland Helsinki @ Tuska Festival
09.06. Germany Pössneck @ Hell’s Pleasure
19.07 Norway Tonsberg @ Slottsfjell Festival

Pokémon announces 2014 International Challenge May

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Pokémon International Challenge May

From today Pokémon fans from around the world can begin limbering-up for the International Challenge May, ready for registration on May 8th.

The 2014 International Challenge May is open to all Pokémon X and Pokémon Y video game players around the world, with registration beginning at 3:00 p.m. BST on May 8th 2014, and going on until 2:59 p.m. BST on May 15th 2014, unless the player cap is reached before then.

The tournament starts at 3:00 p.m. BST on Friday May 16th 2014 and full details can be found on the Pokémon website.