Dikembe - Debut New Song / Tracking Sophomore Album for Fall Release on Tiny Engines

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Gainesville, FL's Dikembe will begin tracking for their sophomore full-length this weekend. The LP is tentatively scheduled for a Fall 2013 release on Tiny Engines. The band has released a 360° panoramic video of one of the new songs which you can view HERE. The video was directed by Jeremy Silveira.

In other band news, the 2nd pressing of the band's highly acclaimed debut full-length, Broad Shoulders, is available for Pre-Order and will be shipping in a matter of weeks. The second pressing is limited to 500 copies on four colorways (105 Red / Yellow Starburst (Splatter effect), 120 Opaque Sunflower Yellow, 130 Opaque River Blue, 145 Opaque Pomegranate Red). To stream Broad Shoulders in its entirety, go to Tiny Engines' Bandcamp or Soundcloud.

The band recently teamed up with Alternative Press to premiere the video for "We Could Become River Rats" from Broad Shoulders. The video was also directed by Jeremy Silveira.

And last but certainly not least, Dikembe's debut release, Chicago Bowls, is about to be released on vinyl for the very first time. Tiny Engines will release a remastered version of the 4-song EP on 7" vinyl (rolling papers not included). Pre-orders coming this month. Everbody get spliffed!

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Tiny Engines To Release New 7" From Frontier(s)

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Tiny Engines (Dikembe, Restorations, Tigers Jaw) is excited to welcome Louisville, KY's Frontier(s) to the family. The band will be recording 3-4 songs next week for a new 7", to be released later this year on the Carolina-based label.

Frontier(s) features former Elliott / Falling Forward front man Chris Higdon and Matt Wieder (guitar) of Mouthpiece / The Enkindels. The new 7" will follow up the band's debut LP, There Will Be No Miracles Here, issued on Arena Rock and No Sleep in 2010. The band is set to record once again with Elliott / Wax Fang drummer Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, Young Widows, Coliseum) at La La Land Studios in the band's hometown of Louisville, KY.

Much like the city it calls home, Frontier(s) is hopelessly Midwestern. Louisville never accepted east or west coast definitions of post-anything, and the quartet is no different. Serrating guitars, tightly wound bass, and dime-stop drums are the brick to Higdon's mortar as he switches between airy tones and boot-shaking roar. The band channels enough hardcore angst and Husker Du-style buzzsaw guitar to make even the most jaded scenester flip their wig, while featuring pounding rhythms and a swirling wall of sound that land the listener somewhere smack in the middle of post-punk England and Washington D.C.'s Revolution Summer.

LITTLE BIG LEAGUE Joins Tiny Engines / Song Premiere On Absolute Punk

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Tiny Engines (Dikembe, Restorations, Tigers Jaw) is proud to welcome Philadelphia's Little Big League to their expanding roster. The band recently recorded their debut full-length which the label will release in the Summer of 2013. You can stream the first single, "My Very Own You", from the album, These Are Good People, at Absolute Punk.

As well, you can stream and/or purchase Little Big League's debut 7" single directly from Tiny Engines. The 7" A-Side features an early recorded version of the track, "Tokyo Drift", which will also appear on These Are Good People. Every 7" purchase from Tiny Engines will receive an instant download for the first single from the LP, "My Very Own You," along with the 7" tracks as well. Artwork, tracklisting and more song premieres from the upcoming LP will be coming soon.

You can also check out live videos for "Tokyo Drift" as well as another album track, "Never Have I Ever Walked Away When The Time Was Right."

In the Fall of 2011, Michelle Zauner and Kevin O'Halloran (previously of Post Post) joined forces with Ian Dykstra (Titus Andronicus) and Deven Craige (Strand of Oaks) to form Little Big League. Shortly thereafter the band recorded their debut 7". Released in April of 2012, the two songs offered a glimpse into the band's promising future, which after months of writing and playing live took solid form in their debut LP These Are Good People.

The band's debt to 90s indie guitar rock is respectfully paid while Zauner's gorgeously unique vocal stylings and striking lyrical imagery add to the album's dark atmosphere. There is a level of tension and impending danger built, both lyrically and musically, that revels in the vulnerability of us all. These Are Good People is an album about coming of age, loss, and the overwhelming acceptance of reality over a failed romanticism. Due out this Summer on Tiny Engines, the album is a stunning indie rock debut from the Philadelphia quartet.

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SIGNALS MIDWEST - Recording New Album for Summer Release on Tiny Engines

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Cleveland, OH's Signals Midwest is set to begin recording their new LP this weekend. The band will once again record at Bad Racket in Cleveland. The new album is expected to be released this Summer on Tiny Engines (Tigers Jaw, Dikembe, Restorations, Run, Forever). This will be the follow up to Signals Midwest's highly-acclaimed sophomore album, Latitudes And Longitudes, which came out in the Fall of 2011. The 2nd pressing is now available for Pre-Order.

Frontman Max Stern had this to say about the new record:

I like making records because they're both a reflection of where a band has been and where they're at in that particular moment. Geographically, musically, mentally, - the setting and experience come through one way or another. I wrote these songs in a living room in Portland, in a basement in Brooklyn, at a bus station in Tel Aviv, in an attic in Cleveland, and in the back of a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan that may have been pretty much anywhere in the continental United States. Two years to the day after making our last record, we're going back into the same studio to create something new. Contained within those two years have been incredible highs, crushing lows, long tours, practices, arguments, inside jokes, spectacular views, friends and lovers lost and found, and everything else that life seems to accumulate regardless of whatever the "plan" seems to be. I hope some of that experience shines through on this record, if only just to see where we're at and where we might end up.

Rarely do you come across a young band that startles you with such inherent quality. While Cleveland, Ohio’s Signals Midwest might be rooted in the ethos of punk rock the band quickly transcends the tag both musically and lyrically on their sophomore album, Latitudes And Longitudes. Paying tribute to the continual growth of legends like Small Brown Bike and Fairweather while echoing the emotional tones of modern bands such as The Menzingers, Signals Midwest provide a unique perspective that resides firmly outside the punk-by-the-numbers formula. Call it post-pop/punk if you will.

Signals Midwest will be playing a few shows in March and April including Stay Sweet Fest in Richmond, VA. The band will hit the road hard this Summer in support of the upcoming LP.

Upcoming Shows
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MAR 24 - Akron, OH @ It’s A Kling Thing House w/ Modern Baseball, Runaway Brother 
MAR 30 - Erie, PA @ Basement Transmissions w/ Shady Ave. 
APR 13 - Richmond, VA @ Stay Sweet Fest w/ Adventures, Captain We're Sinking, Code Orange Kids, Joie De Vivre, Luther, Mixtapes, You Blew It! and more
APR 24 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class w/ Luther, Glocca Morra, Two Hand Fools

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