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Finch Getting Back Together?

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Finch has scheduled a show on November 23 at the Glasshouse in Pomona, California. Core members Nate Barcalo (vocals), Alex Linares (guitar) and Randy Strohmeyer (guitar/vocals) will be joined by Drew Marcogliese on drums and Daniel Wonacott on bass; Marcogliese and Wonacott are both members of Cosmonaut, Barcalow’s post-Finch project. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon through Ticketmaster. This is currently the only show the band have scheduled. The band split in February of 2006 and it is unknown if they will play more shows or record any new music.

Via: AltPress.com 

The Color Fred Acoustic In-Store Performances

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The Color Fred‘s debut album, Bend To Break will be available in stores on Tuesday, October 30th! Now is your last chance to pre-order the album and get an autographed CD, t-shirt, or poster and have it arrive on or before the release date!

To promote Bend To Break, The Color Fred will be doing a few acoustic performances & signings in record stores:

October 30th – 5:00pm
Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette St.
Fords, NJ 08863
732-225-7718

November 3rd – 1:00pm
Record and Tape Traders
Dulaney Valley Shopping Center
736 Dulaney Valley Center
Towson, MD 21204
410- 337- 0002

November 4th – 3:00pm
FYE
100 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19110-1001
215-496-8338

November 20th – 5:00pm
Angelos
1500 W. Littleton Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-798-6378

Holiday Parade Post New Song Clip

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Holiday Parade posted a clip of a brand new song titled “Make It Count” on their MySpace page. The track was produced by Zack & Kenneth (Cartel, The Fold, Mayday Parade). The band is wrapping up their tour with Asteria and The Morning Light, and then hitting the road with Cartel for about two weeks. Check out a brief statement from the band below.

“holllaaaa!
we just posted a clip of a new song titled ‘Make It Count’ on our Myspace.com profile and we would love to hear some first impression feedback. Whether it be amazing, good, bad, brutal, whatever…we’d love to hear it, so please let us know your thoughts, they mean A LOT to us, probably a lot more than you’d think. We will be announcing some pretty big news soon… stay tunedddddd.
<3 us”

Plain White T’s reissue STOP

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On November 6, 2007 Fearless Records will be re-releasing STOP, the Plain White T’s original full-length album. The reissue is fully remastered and includes three never-heard tracks from the band’s previous studio sessions and new artwork. Vocalist Tom Higgenson describes the album as more of a diary of his past life and believes some of the best song he has ever written were on STOP.

“I truly believe that some of the best songs I have ever written are on this album” Tom Higgenson, vocalist Plain White T’s

Plain White T’s STOP (Reissue)
Track Listing
1. Stop
2. Please Don’t Do This
3. What If
4. Fireworks
5. Leavin’
6. Shine
7. Your Fault
8. Happy Someday
9. A Lonely September
10. Can’t Turn Away
11. Penny (Perfect For You)
12. Radios In Heaven
Bonus Tracks:
13. Cinderella Story (Unreleased Bonus Track)
14. Bruises (Unreleased Bonus Track)
15. Lets Pretend (Unreleased Bonus Track)