Check out the new e-card for the upcoming A Santa Cause 2: It’s A Punk Rock Christmas album. You can buy the album exclusively on MySpace for only $9.99. The album features Christmas covers and originals from bands like Brandston, Brazil, Far-Less, It Dies Today, June, Meg & Dia, Spitalfield, and more.

John Ralston has announced he will embark on a summer tour through the U.S. beginning August 16th. The tour will kick off in Houston, TX in support of Ralston’s Vagrant Records debut Needle Bed, released June 6th, 2006.

Currently Ralston is on the road playing guitar in Dashboard Confessional, and is performing “Gone, Gone, Gone,� during the band’s set on this tour. He will be revisiting many of the cities he has been to in July and August, playing intimate sets at smaller venues, and will share the stage with The New Amsterdams, Brandtson, and New Found Glory on select dates.