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Grizzly Bear announce fall tour

Laila Hanson on 7/13/09 @ 9:18 AM

Grizzly Bear are fresh off their tour that kicked off earlier this summer and they're already announcing a fall tour with Baltimore indie rockers Beach House. Check out the full listing of dates below.

Grizzly Bear and Beach House:

08-30 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Waterfront (Jelly Pool Party)
09-26 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater
09-27 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-28 Chicago, IL - Metro
09-30 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-01 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
10-05 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
10-06 Norfolk, VA - The NorVA
10-07 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10-08 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
10-20 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
10-21 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

Grizzly Bear:

07-19 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08-07 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-09 Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic
08-13 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-14 Goteborg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
08-15 Rees-Haldern, Germany - Haldern Pop
08-16 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock Festival
08-18 London, England - Koko
08-20 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-21 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Paradise
08-22 Glanusk, Wales - Green Man Festival
10-03 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
10-15 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
10-16 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
10-18 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
11-01 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
11-02 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
11-04 Manchester, England - Cathedral
11-05 Leeds, England - Leeds Metropolitan University
11-06 Bristol, England - Anson Rooms
11-08 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royal
11-09 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11-10 Hamburg, Germany - Grunspan
11-11 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
11-12 Munich, Germany - Theaterfabrik
11-15 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
11-16 Vienna, Austria - WuK
11-17 Basel, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11-19 Koln, Germany - Kulturkirche
11-21 Paris, France - La Cigale
11-24 Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega

Beach House:

08-07 Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
09-19 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan #
09-20 Seattle, WA - Neumos
09-22 Anacortes, WA - Dept. of Safety
09-23 Bellingham, WA - The Nightlife
09-24 Victoria, British Columbia - Rifflandia

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The Matches respond to hiatus reactions

Laila Hanson on 7/13/09 @ 9:10 AM

In lieu of an official statement regarding the future of the band, The Matches have responded to fan comments about their hiatus with a song. Check it out below and let us know what you think.

Valencia post new song

Laila Hanson on 7/13/09 @ 8:59 AM

Head over to Valencia's MySpace to hear a new song entitled "Carry On." The band has also revamped their layout and posted a tour video.

Honor Bright sign to Triple Crown

Tim Karan on 7/12/09 @ 2:43 PM

Upstate New York pop-punk outfit, Honor Bright, have signed a deal with Triple Crown Records. The band were recently featured as an unsigned band in AP's AP&R section, and fans voted them onto the Ernie Ball stage at the Cleveland date of this summer's Warped Tour through our AP&R/Ernie Ball contest. Guitarist Tim Paige said, "We couldn't be happier to be joining the Triple Crown family. Fred [Feldman, owner] has put out some of our favorite records and we share the same goals for our band." Honor Bright will record their debut full-length later this year with Tom Denney and Jason Lancaster. Check out video of them during their final days as an unsigned band below.

AP&R Winners Cleveland: Honor Bright from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

Fake Problems cancel remainder of headlining tour

Scott Heisel on 7/11/09 @ 2:22 AM

Florida-based folk-punks Fake Problems have announced via their Twitter that they will be canceling the remainder of their current headlining tour after tonight's show in Chicago due to "a death in a member's family." The band had been on the road since June 25 and had headlining dates scheduled through August 6. Ticket refunds should be available at the point of purchase.

The band were touring in support of this year's SideOneDummy-released It's Great To Be Alive, which spawned "The Dream Team" single. You can view the video for that below:

Fall of Troy complete new record, drop off European tour

Chris French on 7/10/09 @ 8:30 PM

Equal Vision Record's trio the Fall of Troy have completed their new, still-untitled record, which is scheduled to hit stores this fall. In related news, the band has canceled their stint on an upcoming European tour. You can check out what the progressive rock unit had to say on their MySpace below:

What's Up Everyone,

I hope you have been enjoying your summer. We've put the final touches on what will be our 3rd full length for EVR this week. We're very excited about the record and can't wait to share it all with you, which will be sometime this fall. We do have a little bit of bad news though it looks as though we will no longer be able to take part in the Eastpak tour this fall. It pains us to have to disappoint all our European fans, but we promise we will get back there as soon as possible. We hope you all understand and as always appreciate all the support you have given us over the years. We're very much looking forward to putting out this record! More news on that to come soon.

Love, The Fall of Troy

The Eastpak Antidote Tour, which features Anti-Flag, Alexisonfire and Ghost of a Thousand will continue as scheduled. You can check out all those dates HERE.