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The Fall of Troy to release new album, tour with Deftones

Equal Vision Records is proud to announce the release of The Fall of Troy’s new album, Manipulator. The follow-up to their 2005 Equal Vision debut, Doppelganger, which Outburn praised for its “beautifully odd melodies and hooks couched in discordant, shimmering walls of sound,” will be released May 1 2007. To support the album, The Fall of Troy will be kicking off a nationwide tour with the Deftones and Dir en Grey May 11, 2007.

Manipulator is the third full-length album from the three-piece, who grew up together in the suburbs of Seattle and recorded their first album at age 17, in one take. Vocalist/guitarist Thomas Erak was exposed to music at a young age – his father was a […]

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Submit your Hot Cross questions to Fearless Music TV

Hot Cross will be appearing on nationally syndicated Fox TV program “Fearless Music” this spring. The show will be taped in early May and in addition to our live performance, there will be a short interview segment. The show will ask questions that are sent in by you to our myspace page, so please fire away your burning questions for us to: questions@fearlessmusic.tv and you may be able to put us on the spot, make one of us cry on camera or learn the answer to “if we were a tree, what kind of tree would we be?”

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The Snake The Cross The Crown’s Cotton Teeth in stores now

Today marks the release of The Snake The Cross The Crown’s 10-song new album, Cotton Teeth.

Cotton Teeth is the culmination of a year and a half of introspection, experimentation, and discovery for the four talented young men known as The Snake The Cross The Crown. At a time when bands are exhausting every resource to get to the top, The Snake The Cross The Crown have poured their energy into finding and developing their sound. Honest and unassuming folk inspired rock, stripped of all gimmicks.

Order Cotton Teeth online from MerchNow.com and receive a free, limited edition t-shirt from TSTCTC. Or download the album from iTunes for only $9.99 and throw it on your iPod.

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New Equal Vision Records website launched

Feast your eyes on the new Equal Vision Records website! Finally, we have a brand new website full of new content and features. Plus we have a lot more in the works to be launched over the coming weeks, so keep checking back!

We’d like to thanks Thomas at THS.NU for his design work, Ryan McKern (tech extraordinaire), and the folks at nterface, for their countless hours spent on coding this bad boy. Hope you like it.

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Circa Survive on the cover of Alternative Press!

Circa Survive are on the cover of the current issue of Alternative Press Magazine! Head out to your local bookstore to pick it up and read a very informative article on the band.

Circa Survive will be co-headlining The Alternative Press Tour with Cute Is What We Aim For, As Tall As Lions, and Envy on the Coast. The tour starts March 16th in Texas.

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Olympia to release Emergencies on April 3rd

Washington DC’s Olympia, which is comprised of former members of Fairweather and Brand New Disaster, have announced April 3rd as the release date for their Hope Division/Equal Vision Records debut, Emergencies.

Click here to preorder Emergencies and get a free limited edition Olympia t-shirt that will be the envy of all your friends.

This month, Olympia will be on tour with Dance Gavin Dance as they make their way down to The SXSW Music Conference in Austin, TX where they’ll be hanging on beautiful 6th Street for a few days. On March 15th, they’ll perform at Equal Vision Records SXSW showcase at Sprio’s, and on March 17th, they’ll play Alternative Press Magazine’s annual show/party/funfest at Emo’s.

In other AP news, Olympia is […]

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Equal Vision Records SXSW showcase March 15th

At this year’s SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, Equal Vision Records will be sharing a showcase with The Shirts For A Cure Project, Photo Finish Records, and Purevolume.com!

Equal Vision artists playing this year include Bane, Circa Survive, Dear and the Headlights, Goodbye Tomorrow, Olympia, and more. Also performing at the show will be Against Me!, Casket Salesmen, Days Away, Enter Shikari, Envy on the Coast, Keating, Limbeck, Pierce The Veil, Rediscover, Scenes From A Movie, The Dear Hunter, The Draft, The Spill Canvas and We Are The Fury. Plus a very special surprise acoustic performance!

This FREE event will be held at Spiros Amphitheatre, 611 Red River St. (between 6th and 7th) in Austin, TX on Thursday March 15th, doors […]

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New album from Hot Cross in stores now

One of Alternative Press Magazines 100 Bands To Know in 2007

The blistering new album from HOT CROSS entitled Risk Revival is available in stores today! Head out to your local record store to buy the album, or you can always order it from MerchNow.com.

Listen to “Fatefully” from Risk Revival at the Hot Cross MySpace Page.

Hot Cross will be playing shows throughout March in support of Risk Revival. Check the dates below for more information.

Tour Dates
03/13 – Columbus OH @ Carabar
03/14 – Louisville KY @ Keswick Democratic Center
03/15 – Birmingham AL @ Cave 9
03/17 – Austin TX @ Emo’s (603 Red River) 12pm SXSW showcase
03/17 – Austin TX @ Monkeywrench Books
03/18 – Houston TX @ The White Swan
03/19 – St. Louis […]

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