On 12th July the charming Japanese four-piece Taffy return to the UK to tour they’re new record debut ‘Lixiviate’ released on Club AC30 this summer. The tour kicks off with two dates opening for the prestigious The Wedding Present.

Nonesuch Records released Sam Amidon’s label debut Bright Sunny South on May 13 and was streamed last week through Pitchfork Advance, and is comprised of Amidon’s distinctive re-workings of existing songs.

Kent rockers IRIS released premiered their brand new video for ‘Lights At Ten’ last week on Punktastic.com.

Run From Robots have just unleashed their new video for ‘Sleepless Days, Endless Nights’ which is taken from their ‘Roads That Don’t Lead Home’ EP.

Guitarist and songwriter John Smith will play live at London Barbican alongside 4AD’s Iron & Wine on May 28 2013. John Smith returned earlier this year with his third studio album, the sparsely beautiful Great Lakes (out now).

Rubylux have released a brand new video for the anthemic mix of rock and pop that is ‘The World Goes Quiet’. The single is the first (Out May 12th) and title track from the forthcoming album.

BOYSETSFIRE can now reveal their brand new single and video for “Bled Dry” – the first new song from the hardcore pioneers will be released on 7-Inch on 20 April 2013.

Inventive, hilarious and unlike any band promo you’ve ever seen, Alice In Chains unveil their hitherto unseen talents as actors in this mini-movie. Quite possibly the most unexpected and entertaining music film you’re likely to see this year, ‘AIC 23’ shows there’s far more than meets the eye to this legendary US rock band.

Bar/None Records is proud to announce the highly anticipated album Talon of the Hawk by New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms on 3rd June 2013. For a band whose much-celebrated self-titled debut album resonated amongst a very broad audience and whose music covered equally as much territory, The Front Bottoms are gearing up to explore even more territory with a bigger and brighter new sound that’s much more realized yet very much them.

Peterborough based soulful rock/ post hardcore crew TU AMORE have unveiled a brand new video for the track ‘SPERANZA’, which features a brilliant cameo from Mikey Chapman, frontman of rising stars Mallory Knox.