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Every Time I Die Announce US Summer Tour

After recently having wrapped up a month-long run with The Used, Buffalo metalcore outfit Every Time I Die are once again heading out on the road this summer, still in support of their 2014 full-length record, From Parts Unknown, and Record Store Day EP release, Salem. Set to kick off late July in Richmond, VA, […]

Brigades Announce Debut LP, Stream Lead Single, “Enemy”

South Carolina’s Brigades have teamed up with Substream Magazine to premiere the lead single off their debut full-length, Indefinite. Stream “Enemy” after the break, and let us know if you’re a fan in the replies. “’Enemy’ is a song about my personal thoughts on organized religion and how toxic it can be to everyone on […]

Brigades Stream “Under My Skin” From Acoustic EP, ‘Our Lives Unfold’

Following last year’s excellent Crocodile Tears EP, South Carolina’s Brigades are already back with another release through Pure Noise Records. The pop-punk five-piece will release an acoustic EP, titled Our Lives Unfold, on March 31 through the California label, and today they’re streaming the effort’s lead single over at Substream. For fans of the softer […]

State Champs To Headline Pure Noise Records Tour

Pop-punk sensation State Champs have been on a hot streak since the release of their 2013 record The Finer Things, last October. Fresh off the 2014 Vans Warped Tour, where the band played every single date, the guys are keen to keep things rolling. This morning, they announced a headlining month-long U.S. tour with their […]

STREAM: Brigades – “Traditions”

Last week, South Carolina’s Brigades debuted a lyric video for “Glass Casket,” which will appear on their upcoming Pure Noise Records release, Crocodile Tears. If that track showcased the post-hardcore group’s potential, then “Traditions,” released this morning on AbsolutePunk, cements them as one of the genre’s most exciting young bands. The fiery new song is […]

LYRIC VIDEO: Brigades – “Glass Casket”

Fans of pioneering post-hardcore acts like As Cities Burn, Akissforjersey, and PMToday have a new band to get excited about. South Carolina natives Brigades combine heavy drumming with melodic guitar riffs and soaring choruses in the best way possible on “Glass Casket,” and you can check out a lyric video for the new track after […]

WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 3/30-4/5

Welcome to this week’s edition of Weekly Wax! The most exciting release of the last seven days is one that nobody saw coming. Copeland might have launched a painfully long pre-order for Ixora, but the wait will certainly be worth it, and you can still pick up a copy on black or white vinyl. If […]

UTG INTERVIEW: Pure Noise Records’ Founder Jake Round Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary

In 2009, Jake Round founded Pure Noise Records in California. Although he’d had no previous experience in single-handedly operating a record label, he was still able to turn a loan from his mother into one of the driving forces in independent pop punk, rock, indie, and hardcore. In 2014, we are celebrating the five-year anniversary […]