The Week That Was: Jan. 30 – Feb. 5

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:

• Learn to cook on the road with Against Me!.
• Bands with recent tour announcements include We Are The Union, The Forethrights, Leftover Crack Travis Barker, Dave Hause, The Dangerous Summer / Sparks The Rescure / The Graduate / The Scenic..
• New videos released this past week come from Off With Their Heads, Authority Zero, American Pinup, , Madball, The Gay Blades, Rancid, DOA, and Pulley.
• Teenage Bottlerocket announced a brand new 7″.
• Protest The Hero debuted a brand new song, as did Bayside.
• The White Stripes officially broke up.
• The Frustrators announced their first new material in nine years.
• Agnostic Front released information about a new 7″ set to drop before their next full length.
• The Dropkick Murphys revealed a brand new track.
• Thursday released details about a new album, and streamed the first single.
• Reaganomics streamed their upcoming full length.
• Civet streamed their first single from their upcoming full length.
• The Dwarves finally announced a follow up to 2004’s full length.
• Bright Eyes launched a stream for their new album.
• And Anchorless Records added How Dare You to their growing roster.

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