The Week That Was: Jan. 23 – Jan. 29

A lot of things happen each and every week that sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything. If you’re somehow without internet access for a day, you could miss a big tour announcement or signing – and we don’t want that to happen. That’s why we have “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week.

This week’s highlights include:

• Anti-Flag member Chris #2’s new band White Wives is streaming a brand new track.
• Bands with recent tour announcements include Social Distortion / Chuck Ragan / Sharks, Agent Orange, Street Dogs, Have Nots, Lenny Lashley, imadethismistake, Smoking Popes, Jukebox The Ghost,and  D.O.A..
• New videos released this past week come from Margate, Bedouin Soundclash, Born To Lose, House Of Fools, and The Aggrolites.
• Manchester Orchestra dated and titled their upcoming full length.
• Old Man Markley upped a stream of their Fat Wreck Chords debut.
• Unwritten law premiered  their latest single.
• Captain, We’re Sinking posted two new 7″ vinyls for free download.
• Small Brown Bike streamed their first song from their new highly anticipated new full length.
• Seahaven found a new home on Run For Cover Records.
• Rise Against and Face To Face announced a split.
• Kid Icarus joined Creator-Destructor Records.
• And our contest to give you a chance to win the brand new Get Up Kids CD and LP, but you better hurry, the contest ends this Monday!

And don’t forget we’re also syndicated across a variety of social network sites where you can gets news delivered directly to you. So make sure to check us out on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. We also recently released our very first official compilation: It’s Like Bringing A Fort To A Gunfight – check it out.