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With the tour quickly approaching and tickets selling fast, special supports have been announced for Unwritten Law’s ‘Swan’ tour which hits Australia in March. Playing every date on the national tour (excluding Perth) is Sydney pop punk outfit Heroes For Hire. With their debut album, Life Of The Party, Heroes For Hire have made the jump from the highways of Australia to stereos worldwide. Their first single “Bright Lights In Paradise” snagged the attention of Triple J Unearthed, who awarded the band the only Australian spot on the Sydney leg of the 2010 Soundwave Festival alongside Paramore, Faith No More, AFI and Jimmy Eat World. Constructing their own website to release the “Bright Lights In Paradise” video, the overwhelming response crashed the boys server under the weight of activity. With this growing buzz, Life Of The Party debuted on the AIR charts at #4. With Heroes For Hire unable to make it over West, kicking off the tour in Perth on March 17 is local acts The Dec...

Title Fight have posted a new song from their forthcoming debut album onto their tumblr page as a free download. The song "27" is the first song to be released from the album, "Shed", which will be released on May 3 through the band's new label Side One Dummy Records. The album was produced by Walter Schreifels (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools, Quicksand) and engineered by Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, PA. The album tracked the album in two weeks in December, 2010. The band had the following to say about the song: "We wanted to try out a song that’s a little different for everyone to hear right off the bat so here is “27”. Don’t worry, there are still plenty of fast songs on the record. This one just stuck out for us."

Adelaide rock band Day On Fire have announced a release date for their forthcoming single Emergency. The track, which is taken from an as yet untitled upcoming full length will be released worldwide on iTunes on Feb 19th.

Bayside have posted the new music video for their song "Sick, Sick, Sick". The song is taken from the band's new album "Killing Time", which will be released on February 22 through Wind-Up Records.

A Skylit Drive have launched a stream of their new album "Identity On Fire" onto their purevolume page. The album is the band's third studio album, and will be released on February 15 through Fearless Records.

Screeching Weasel have posted a new song onto the Spin website. The song "Beginningless Vacation" is taken from the band's new album "First World Manifesto", which will be released on March 15 through Fat Wreck Chords.

Swingin' Utters have announced that they will be releasing their new album "Here, Under Protest" on Aprl 26 through Fat Wreck Chords. The new album will be the band's first full-length since their 2003 album "Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones", although the band released two 7" records "Brand New Lungs" and "Taking The Long Way" in 2010.

On the eve of delivering their third studio album, Los Angeles progressive metal outfit The Human Abstract have announced the exit of guitarist Andrew Tapley.

Architects bassist Ali Dean has announced his departure from the British based hardcore outfit, outlining family matters as the reason for his exit.The band made the announcement recently on their Facebook page. Dean had previously sat out the European leg of their current tour, with the musician deciding to leave permanently due to personal issues.Architects posted the following:"We're extremely saddened to announce that Ali Dean will no longer be playing in Architects. Most of you will already know that Ali was not part of our previous European tour due to commitments he had with his family. Unfortunately, these commitments are going to extend indefinitely and as a result he simply cannot commit the time required to continue playing with us. No one will miss him more than the 4 of us. He's been a huge part of our lives and we couldn't have asked for a nicer guy to be a part of this band, so we'd like to say a huge thank you to Ali for committing the last 5 years of his life to Arc...

Jimmy Eat World have released an explantion about every song from their seventh album, 'Invented' which was released in September last year.

Amber Pacific have announced that Matt Young, the group's original vocalist, has re-joined the band. The group are currently writing new material and planning some acoustic performances.