{"id":32838,"date":"2012-09-28T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/weekly-us-news-round-up-2892012\/"},"modified":"2012-09-28T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:54:55","slug":"weekly-us-news-round-up-2892012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/weekly-us-news-round-up-2892012\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly US News Round-Up (28\/9\/2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" height=\"113\" src=\"http:\/\/imageshack.us\/a\/img607\/6940\/usnews150.jpg\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Even though we love our Stateside friends, our main goal here at Already Heard to showcase and\u00a0highlight\u00a0the best in established and emerging UK bands.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this, each week we bring you a concise round-up of news from America.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless we will continue to work with bands from overseas in a variety of other ways; reviews, interviews, live photos, acoustic sessions, features and more.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you have any news to contribute to future US News Round-Up\u2019s, e-mail us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@alreadyheard.com\">info@alreadyheard.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On this week&rsquo;s round-up there is new songs from likes of <strong>Coheed &amp; Cambria<\/strong>, <strong>The Swellers<\/strong>, <strong>Converge<\/strong>, <strong>Troubled Coast,<\/strong> and <strong>Direct Hit<\/strong>. Whilst <strong>As I Lay Dying<\/strong>, <strong>Handguns<\/strong> and<strong> Aficionado<\/strong> are streaming their latest releases.<\/p>\n<p>In addition there&rsquo;s new videos from <strong>Green Day<\/strong> and <strong>Balance &amp; Composure<\/strong> and details of new releases from <strong>Bad Brains<\/strong>,<strong> Alkaline Trio<\/strong> and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coheed &amp; Cambria<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/song-premiere-coheed-and-cambria-the-afterman-20120926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> the title track from their forthcoming album <em>&lsquo;The Afterman&rsquo;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Iconic Punk band <strong>Bad Brains<\/strong> will release <em>&#8216;Into the Future&rsquo;<\/em> on November 19th via\u00a0<strong>Megaforce<\/strong>. Stream the title track <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/transdreamer\/bad-brains-into-the-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Day<\/strong>&rsquo;s music video for <em>&#8216;Stay The Night&rsquo;<\/em> has been <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/DjQoWfstQUU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As I Lay Dying<\/strong> are streaming their new album <em>&#8216;Awakened&rsquo;<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/music.aol.com\/new-releases-full-cds\/#\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Swellers<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/rcrdlbl.com\/2012\/09\/24\/download_the_swellers_hands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a new song called <em>&#8216;Hands.&rsquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alkaline Trio<\/strong> have begun recording their new album with Bill Stevenson of <strong>Descendents<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Balance and Composure<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VBllNOz2rhg&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> the video for &rsquo;<em>Quake&rsquo;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Converge<\/strong> have released another track from their new album <em>&#8216;All We Love We Leave Behind<\/em>.&rsquo; <em>&#8216;Time&rsquo;s Arrow&rsquo;<\/em> can be streamed <a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/show-no-mercy\/8950-times-arrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Troubled Coast<\/strong> have previewed another track from their new album <em>&#8216;Awake and Empty&rsquo;<\/em> &rsquo;<em>1967&rsquo;<\/em> can be listened to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QBu01J94wHU&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <em>&#8216;Awake and Empty&rsquo;<\/em> is released on October 9th on <strong>Pure Noise Records.<!-- more --><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct Hit<\/strong> have <a href=\"\/\/www.altpress.com\/features\/entry\/song_premiere_direct_hit_fallout_shelter_television\">posted<\/a> a new song called <em>&#8216;Fallout Shelter Television&rsquo;<\/em>. The track will appear on their forthcoming split 7&quot; with\u00a0<strong>The Haverchucks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Angst&rsquo;<\/em> the new album from<strong> Handguns<\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLYQhPJrQIlgPL0ff39ZyB5w9n5POyJaXy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streaming online<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)\u00a0<\/strong>giving away their entire catalog away for free via <a href=\"http:\/\/empireempire.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a> for one week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aficionado<\/strong>&rsquo;s new EP <em>&#8216;Empty&rsquo;<\/em> is streaming <a href=\"http:\/\/nosleepsampler.com\/album\/empty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Paranoia,&rsquo;<\/em> a new song from <strong>Texas In July<\/strong> can be heard on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altpress.com\/features\/entry\/song_premiere_texas_in_july_paranoia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alternative Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A new song from\u00a0<strong>Run, Forever<\/strong>, <em>&#8216;Drop Out&rsquo;<\/em> can be streamed <a href=\"http:\/\/absolutepunk.net\/showthread.php?p=113487262#post113487262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. The track appears from their forthcoming album <em>&#8216;Settling&rsquo;<\/em> available soon on <strong>Tiny Engines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span>01. Good Enough\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>02. Sun Bruised\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>03. Maritime States (<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altpress.com\/features\/entry\/song_premiere_run_forever_maritime_states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stream<\/a><\/strong><span>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>04. Basement (<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rcrdlbl.com\/2012\/09\/10\/download_run_forever_basement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mp3<\/a><\/strong><span>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>05. Nothing To Say\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>06. Braddock Beach\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>07. Postcards\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>08. Close To The Sun\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>09. Drop Out (<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/absolutepunk.net\/showthread.php?p=113487262#post113487262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stream<\/a><\/strong><span>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span>10. Forget<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>West End Motel<\/strong> (Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds) will release their second album <em>&#8216;Only Time Can Tell&rsquo;<\/em> on October 30th. The first single<em> &#8216;Burn It Down&rsquo;<\/em> can be heard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/news\/song-premiere-west-end-motel-burn-it-down-20120926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deep Elm Records<\/strong> will release<em> &#8216;Caves&rsquo;<\/em> the third full-length album from Canadian <strong>The Sky Life<\/strong> on October 17th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pull Strings<\/strong>&rsquo; new EP <em>&#8216;The Upside Of Going Blind&rsquo;<\/em> is set to be released through <strong>Better Days Records<\/strong> later this year.<\/p>\n<p>01. Growing Up<br \/> 02. Getting Out<br \/> 03. Perception Is Everything<br \/> 04. Sleeping In<br \/> 05. Transparent<br \/> 06. Empty<br \/> 07. Staring At The Sun<br \/> 08. Leaving<br \/> 09. Pipe Dreams<br \/> 10. 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