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Panic Records signs I Can See Mountains
2012 has been an incredible year for new bands and has been key in the growth of Panic Records. I'm extremely excited to welcome yet another up and coming band to the Panic family, Buffalo, NY's, I Can See Mountains! Growing up on the West Coast and visiting Gilman St on a regular basis I was always seeing bands like Crimpshrine, Jawbreaker and Monsula, I Can See Mountains could have easily existed in the East Bay scene at that time, I'm happy that they exist in 2012 though, gives me a dose of yesterdays and music that I fell in love with. Maybe I'm being nostalgic, maybe I just have great taste in music (yea, I do)...either way, I Can See Mountains is right up my alley and I'm stoked to have them as a part of this thing of ours. Panic Records will be re-releasing I Can See Mountains debut EP, Hope You Never Get It, this Summer on 12" Vinyl, CD and Digital formats. While the band completes the writing process for their debut LP, Hope You Never Get It will have to tide you over. Ch...
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The Smith Street Band to record new album
In the space of two years, The Smith Street Band have have gone from playing house parties, shop fronts, storm drains and everywhere in between to being one of the most energised and talked about punk-rock bands in Australia. Driven by a fierce D.I.Y spirit, a lust for touring and armed with their revered debut 'No One Gets Lost Anymore', the Melbourne 5 piece have hardly taken a break from criss-crossing the country since mid 2011. This week we're delighted to announce that The Smith Street Band are preparing to enter the studio again, commencing tracking for album number two later in May. Their swag of new material will be recorded at Three Phase Studio and mixed at Sing Sing by Matt Voigt (Midnight Oil, The Dirty Three, Paul Kelly). The album is set for release via Poison City Records later in 2012. Following a month of sold-out residency shows at The Old Bar in Melbourne, The Smith Street Band head back out on the road this week supporting Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls (U...