Smartpunk Presents: The Lead In

October 3, 2018: - Architects drop "Royal Beggars" and UK tour dates with Beartooth. - Bearings release a video for "Blue in the Dark", off the album of the same name. Catch them on the Hopeless Noise tour! - Sunsleeper drop "Soften Up" and will be on tour this fall with Homesafe, All Get Out, and Household. Don't (Sun)sleep on this band! - Titus Andronicus secretly release a 3-song EP called Home Alone on Halloween and also have a limited edition orange 12" to go along. - All Get Out release "God Damn" off No Bouquet. Also on the tour mentioned above. - Stand Atlantic put out "Lost My Cool", the 2nd single from Skinny Dipping. The band is on tour with Neck Deep. Also Hopeless Records just announced this really cool 25th anniversary show! - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness announced a new album (Upside Down Flowers), a new song ("Teenage Rockstars"), and a new tour (with Grizfolk and flor). - Geoff Rickly (from Thursday and United Nations) has a new podcast called Dark Blue. Check it out! $4.99 domestic flat rate shipping (or free shipping if you spend over $100) on all your favorite records at SmartpunkShop.com. AND save 10% by using the discount code "TheLeadIn" at checkout! Sweet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

October 1, 2018: - Harm's Way had their trailer stolen. Help them out, will ya?! Also, catch them on tour. - Silverstein release an acoustic EP. Some copies of the #SmartpunkExclusive of Dead Reflection still available. - The Fever 333 are going on tour with Bring Me The Horizon. Hell yea! - Dashboard Confessional drops off remaining dates of the Summer Ever After tour. All Time Low and Gnash will still appear. - Expert Timing release a video for "Never See Me Again". Pre-order Glare from Death Protector Collective. Aaaaaaaand shop all your favorite records at SmartpunkShop.com and save 10% by using the discount code "TheLeadIn" at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 21, 2018: - New albums by The Story So Far and Joyce Manor are killer. Also, Debt Neglector's "New White Roses" is available for streaming everywhere! - Restorations are streaming their new record LP5000 at NPR. The album comes out 9/28 on Tiny Engines. - Microwave have released a new EP called keeping up, featuring the title track and a cover of Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind". - No Bouquet by All Get Out will be released on Equal Vision, but watch the video for "Self Repair" now! - Afterlife have signed with Hopeless Records. Stream "Throat" now, off of Breaking Point on 1/11. The band starts their US tour with Cane Hill and Sharptooth tonight. - August Burns Red have a new holiday EP coming in November. - Ice Nine Kills released a video for "A Grave Mistake". If you haven't picked up your #SmartpunkExclusive of The Silver Scream, you might wanna do that now. - Charly Bliss releases "Heaven" before heading out on tour with Death Cab For Cutie. - The Maine have announced We The Kings will be playing their 2nd annual 81-23 Fest. Shop all your favorite records at SmartpunkShop.com and save 10% by using the discount code "TheLeadIn" at checkout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 19, 2018: - La Dispute sign to Epitaph Records. - Avenged Sevenfold release "Mad Hatter", a new song for COD: Black Ops 4, announce new EP Black Reign. - You can hear "Tilt" on Spotify from Hands Like Houses 3rd LP, Anon, out 10/12 on Hopeless Records. - Is Midtown teasing us with these pictures?! - Stream "Night Blind" from Shook Ones new record, Body Feel. - A new Debt Neglector single is streaming on Punktastic. Pre-order the CD or LP to enter to win 2 free FEST weekend passes. Contest ends 9/30. - Uhhhh Captain Marvel? Yes please! Grab all your favorite vinyl at SmartpunkShop.com and save 10% by using the discount code "TheLeadIn". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 14, 2018: - Expert Timing release "Classic Case of Narcissism" off their Death Protector Collective debut Glare. - The 1975 release their 4th single off A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships called "Sincerity is Scary". Yep, I'm stoked!!! - Pussy Riot member Peter Verzilov hospitalized and placed in toxicology ward. Freaky shit, and friends seem to think he was poisoned. - We have a new #SmartpunkExclusive! Check out Ice Nine Kills' The Silver Scream, limited to 300! **UPDATE: The album is set to be out on vinyl 11/2, not 10/5 as stated in the episode.** - The Dangerous Summer release video for "This Is Life" off their self-titled record, continue on tour with The Early November, Save Face, and Jetty Bones. - Touché Amoré will be releasing a live album titled "10 Years / 1000 Shows: Live at the Regent Theater". Pre-order now from Epitaph Records and watch the vide for "Flowers and You" here. Last weekend to enjoy your 15% off discount! Head over to SmartpunkShop.com, grab your records, and use the discount code "RiotFest2018" to save... uh... 15% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 12, 2018: - Architects release "Hereafter" off their new full length Holy Hellvia Epitaph Records. - Listen to Thrice's "The Dark" from Palms, out this Friday! - Hopeless Records announces benefit compilation Songs That Saved My Life. Listen to Neck Deep's cover of "Torn" and watch the frame-by-frame remake of the video! - Steady Hands new recordTruth in Comedy comes out November 9th on Lame-O Records. Listen to "Indifferent Belushi". - Bayside have put out "Sick Sick Sick" off their Acoustic Vol. 2 album. Get your Smartpunk Exclusive here, limited to 300! - The Distillers have dropped a brand new EP (Apple | Spotify) overnight. Hell yeah! - Become the prime minister of The Aquabats' island. Really. Save 15% off any order at SmartpunkShop.com from now until 9/17 at 11:59pm EST using discount code "RiotFest2018". Come say hi to us at RiotFest. Party on, Wayne... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 10, 2018: - Kevin Lyman responds to opioid-related deaths. - New Shook Ones record out this October! Pre-order now! - Two new Tsunami Bomb songs?!?! Sign us up!!! - Listen to (or watch) Lorna Shore's "This Is Hell" - Ex-Rick And Morty bar becomes GWAR pub! This rocks! - Beartooth release "Manipulation", the fourth song from Disease! - The 1975 put up pre-orders for their new record A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships. All orders between now and 9/17 are available for a 15% discount, so use that shit! Save on every possible order in the store. (discount code: RIOTFEST2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 7th, 2018: - blink-182 forced to cancel RiotFest and mini-tour due to Travis's health. Weezer, Run The Jewels, and Taking Back Sunday take their place. - Seaway and Trophy Eyes announce full US tour, bring along Microwave, Can't Swim, and Hot Mulligan. Tickets available here. - Every Time I Die and The Starting Line announce their (separate) holiday shows. - Single Mothers release Through a Wall on bandcamp. Physical options available on Dine Alone records on October 26th. - Listen to Antarctigo Vespucci's "White Noise" and pre-order the new album, Love in the Time of Email, via Polyvinyl. - Direct Hit! will drop Crown of Nothing on September 23rd via Fat Wreck. Listen to "Welcome to Heaven" now! - Typesetter sign to 6131 Records to release Nothing Blues. You can hear the first single "Monogamy I (Gliss Happening)" here. We'll be gone for the next week or so while we take our mobile record store up to RiotFest and back, so we're offering 15% off our entire store from today until 9/17 at 11:59pm EST. Just use the code RiotFest2018 and enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 5, 2018: - Pierce the Veil continue to tease. - Neck Deep bassist leaves the band. The band starts their full US tour tomorrow. - Stand Atlantic sign to Hopeless Records, debut "Lavender Bones" off Skinny Dipping. Holy shit, this song is catchy as hell. - Cove Reber (ex-Saosin) starts new band called Dead American. Hear "Ants and Pawns". - The Bemis Family (Max/Sherri) have announced a Kickstarter to fund FOUR new records. All info here. As always, use the discount code THELEADIN to save 10% on any purchases at SmartpunkShop.com, including these dope Keep Flying bundles! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 3, 2018: - Keep Flying has a 2nd pressing of their Walkabout/Follow Your Nightmares LP and a few of bundles to accompany it. The band leaves for their Midwest tour next week. - Good Charlotte release "Prayers", head out on the Generation Rx North American tour with Sleeping with Sirens and Knuckle Puck in mid-October. Generation Rx comes out next Friday, the 14th. - Kevin Lyman has entered the hospital for surgery on his knee replacement. - Hellogoodbye release "Mysterious You" (Apple | Spotify), head out on S'Only Natural fall tour next month. - Play fantasy football with Hawthorne Heights! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 31, 2018: - Been listening to the new Alkaline Trio record Is This Thing Cursed? and it may be my AOTY. Let us know what you think about it! - We Came As Romans have set up the Kyle Pavone Foundation. Be sure to visit www.KylePavoneFoundation.org to check it out, donate to the cause, or pick up a shirt to support. - Single Mothers have released "Switch Off", but what the hell is this song off of? Either way, it rips! - Pig Destroyer have put out a very silly video for "Mt. Skull", off Head Cage. The album comes out September 9th via Relapse Records. - Bring Me The Horizon and Post Malone collab? Possibly! - What's up with this "unfollow" feature Twitter is coming out with. They need to be releasing a "Follow Smartpunk!" feature. That's the change we want to see in the world... Have you used your discount code to save some $$$ on the Smartpunk store? If not, pick up some records (maybe the new Debt Neglector EP featuring our theme song "Go Fund Yourself" or our new Bayside exclusive?) and use the discount code THELEADIN to save 10% on your entire order! And yes, we'll have an episode coming at ya on Monday! Happy weekend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 29th, 2018: - Debt Neglector announced The Kids are Pissed. All pre-orders by 9/30 will be entered to win 2 passes to Gainesville's THE FEST. Listen to "Go Fund Yourself." - Alkaline Trio dropped "Demon and Division" off Is This Thing Cursed? - For a limited time, you can get discounted tickets to shows on the Mayday Parade "Welcome to Sunnyland" Tour using code "SUMMER". Supporting the band will be This Wild Life, William Ryan Key (formerly of Yellowcard), and Oh, Weatherly. - Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers release "Apocalypse Now (& Later)". Bought To Rot comes out November 9th on Bloodshot Records. - Gouge Away will be supporting Culture Abuse on tour on the East Coast and in the UK in October, then doing a co-headliner with Drug Church in November. Listen to "Ghost" - Valencia's "We All Need A Reason To Believe" 10-year anniversary show will be 12/28 at Union Transfer in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets on sale now. - With Confidence announce co-headlining tour with Broadside, Sleep On It, and Small Talks, with tickets on sale this Friday. Our #SmartpunkExclusive of WithCon's new record is running low! Be sure to use discount code "THELEADIN" on SmartpunkShop.com to save 10%. Talk to us on twitter @Smartpunk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 27th, 2018: - New Atreyu album In Our Wake available for pre-order. Listen to "Anger Left Behind" and "In Our Wake". - Hellogoodbye's Fancy Outfit EP is available on Spotify or Apple Music. - Valencia's We All Need a Reason To Believe is ten years old, and the band has something to say about it. - Metal supergroup The Damned Things may, "possibly", have a new record. Hear Scott Ian's take on it: - Bayside announce a full band acoustic tour. Grab the super limited #SmartpunkExclusive of Acoustic 2 here! - The passing of Kyle Parove from We Came As Romans has left us all with heavy hearts. Read the band's statement. Be sure to use discount code "THELEADIN" on SmartpunkShop.com to save 10%. Talk to us on twitter @Smartpunk! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 24, 2018: - Fall Out Boy released the Lake Effect Kid EP (Spotify | Apple), start M A N I A tour next week! - Crooked Teeth put out "Honey" on Spotify. This chorus rips! - Light Years released "Back Then" (and a video for it, too). Their new album, Afterlife, will be out 11/30/2018. - Antarctigo Vespucci sign to Polyvinyl, tour this November. - The 1975's A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships...maybe coming out 11/30/2018? - Counterparts release "Selfishly, I Sink" off their EP Private Room, coming out September 7th on Pure Noise. - The Wonder Years to tour the US and Canada with Have Mercy, Oso Oso, and Shortly. Tickets can be purchased here. - The Fever 333 put out a video for "Made An America", start touring the US in September. Hell yes! Head over to SmartpunkShop.com and use the discount code THELEADIN or click this link to shop and save 10%! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 22, 2018: - Happy 23rd birthday ...AND OUT COME THE WOLVES. Don't worry, we'll still like you now that you're 23... - boygenius - S/T pre-order. Some songs available here. Check out Julien Baker/Phoebe Bridgers/Lucy Dacus on tour this fall. - Bring Me The Horizon - Amo pre-order. Listen to "Mantra" here. Tickets for their tour available here (use code "STARTACULT"). - The Story So Far - Proper Dose pre-order. Fall tour tickets available 8/24/18 here. Listen to "Take Me as Your Please". - Mercy Union - The Quarry pre-order. Listen to "Chips And Vics". The Gaslight Anthem Smartpunk Exclusive on sale now! - Enema of the State still rocks. - blessthefall - Hard Feelings Smartpunk Exclusive on sale now! Read Matt Traynor's statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices