Topshelf Records

We’re Boston guys through and through, but boy, do we sure love Chicago. Chicago’s pretty cool, you guys. When I heard one of the city’s newest exports, Cut Teeth, I didn’t even finish the record before I was texting another Windy City mainstay, Evan Weiss, about how to get in touch with these guys. And so here we are.

The creed of Cut Teeth is a simple one: to be loud and be loud together. Dan Yingling, Kyle Johns, Matt Jordan, Dustin Currier began doing so while writing together in Chicago early 2011 when the combination of inheriting a practice space and taking a break from their other musical pursuits (The Red Knife Lottery, Monday’s Hero, The Felix Culpa, Stay Ahead of the Weather) created a perfect storm of sorts. Televandalism was the result of this time. No releases come to mind from this scene today that are more loud and unashamedly riff-heavy than this groundbreaking debut EP. It is undoubtedly the most mature effort yet in their musical careers and has been enthusiastically received as such. As far as they’re concerned, the future won’t look too different.

Televandalism — originally self-released earlier this year as a digital-only EP — will be re-released by us on July 24th of this year. The six tracks have been remastered, the vinyl version will include a bonus track and Ben Sears has cooked up something really awesome for the album art.

We’ll have more information soon. Until then, you can follow the band online on their Facebook, Tumblr & Twitter accounts.

The wait is over! We are proud to announce what I hope will be the first in many collaborations with our good friend Chris at No Sleep Records.

Topshelf Records vs No Sleep Records: 2,995 Miles Between Us is a 20-song limited compilation featuring new, unreleased, and rare songs from both roster’s families. Inside every compilation is a code for a bonus 50-song digital download for free, plus a chance to score a ~golden ticket~ which could win you such extravagant prizes as a No Sleep (or) Topshelf 2012 vinyl subscription, label merch, etc..

The record will be available May 22nd, exclusively at select Hot Topic locations (we’ll have the full list as soon as we get it from Hot Topic).

• May 18th - Allston MA @ Wacky Kastle w/ Dowsing, Brave Bird
• May 24th - Altoona, PA  @ Fort Apache VFW w/ Daylight
• May 25th - Columbus, OH  @ The Legion of Doom w/ Daylight
• May 26th - Howell, MI  @ Bled Fest w/ Early November, Wonder Years, Daylight
• May 27th - Ashtabula, OH  @ The West End Art Space, Daylight, Citizen, Such Gold
• May 28th - Pittsburgh PA @ tba w/ Laura Stevenson & The Cans, Daylight, Adventures
• May 29th - Philadelphia PA @ IHOP House w/ Wicca Phase
• July 6th - Long Island, NY @ Today’s Mixtape Fest w/ Iron Chic, Such Gold, Front Bottoms

We Were Skeletons will be hitting the road with Beau Navire in June. Dates are below.

• June 9 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Chocolate Factory
• June 10 - Willimantic, CT @ The Handsome Woman
• June 11 - Allston, MA @ Wacky Kastle
• June 12 - Montreal, QC @ Le Divan Orange
• June 13 - Toronto, ON @ Soybomb
• June 14 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Turtle Den
• June 15 - Chicago, IL @ Clint Eastwood House
• June 16 - Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome
• June 17 - Pittsburgh, PA @ The Traphouse
• June 18 - Lancaster, PA @ Lizard Lounge
• June 19 - Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Art Space
• June 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ IHOP Estate

The band will also be heading into the studio in July to record their next record with Will Killingsworth (Ampere). More news on that to come.

Suis La Lune are headed to the UK for a brief stint with Goodtime Boys and Veils. Dates are below:

• 13.07.12 UK Brighton - The Hydrant
• 15.07.12 UK Manchester - The Star And Garter
• 16.07.12 UK London - The Old Blue Last
• 17.07.12 UK Bristol - The Croft

Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) will be hitting the road with Perfect Future in July, and another stint in Canada with Warren Franklin prior to that. Here are the dates:

Canada (w/ Warren Franklin):

• MAY 27: Kitchener, ON – Echo Base
• MAY 28: Montreal, QC – BFOS Fest (w/ Xerxes): http://www.facebook.com/events/178600228917701/
• MAY 29: Ottawa, ON – Cafe Dekcuf (w/ Xerxes): http://www.facebook.com/events/272747969485232/
• MAY 30: Kingston, ON -TBA
• MAY 31: St. Catharines, ON – Mansion House
• JUNE 1: Toronto, ON – the Garage: http://www.facebook.com/events/409010332451849/
• JUNE 2: Sarnia, ON – TBA

East Coast (w/ Perfect Future):

The bands need help booking all shows that have an asterisk (*) by the date. All of these places are reference points; if you can help with a show please email perfectfutureband [at] gmail [dot] com.

• 13 – Washington DC @ Wasted Dream – 431 Kenyan Street NW – w/ Carved Our Names In Snow and more tba
• 14 – Philly, PA*
• 15 – Robbinsville, NJ @ Jake’s House – 7 Donna Street
• 16 – Willimantic, CT @ The Handsome Woman – 271 Ash Street – 6PM – $5 – Vegan Potluck – w/ tba
• 17 – Providence, RI @ tba
• 18 – Boston, MA*
• 19 – Manchester, NH*
• 20 – Bangor, Maine *
• 21 – Burlington, VT @ tba
• 22 – Albany, NY *
• 23 – Wilkes-Barre, PA*
• 24 – Pittsburgh, PA *
• 25 – Akron, OH *
• 26 – Ann Arbor, MI*

Perfect Future will play these two dates alone:

• 27 – Huntington, WV – house show – w/ tba
• 28 – Frostburg, MD @ tba

Full of Hell are kicking off their European tour today! Dates and Facebook event pages are below:

• 30.04 STOCKHOLM, SWE
• 02.05 JÖNKÖPING, SWE
• 03.05 BERLIN, DE
• 04.05 CHEMNITZ, DE
• 05.05 LANDSBERG AM LECH, DE
• 06.05 GRAZ, A
• 07.05 BUDAPEST, HU
• 08.05 LJUBLJANA, SI
• 09.05 ZAGREB, HR
• 10.05 VIENNA, A
• 11.05 ZWIESEL, DE
• 12.05 ANTWERP, BE
• 13.05 LONDON, UK
• 14.05 BRIGHTON, UK
• 15.05 LEEDS, UK
• 16.05 EDINBURGH, UK
• 17.05 HASSELT, BE
• 18.05 VENLO, NL
• 19.05 LÜDENSCHEID, DE
• 20.05 LUND, SWE

Photo by Zac Suskevich

Please welcome My Fictions to the Topshelf family! This one’s a long time coming and just made sense. We see half of this band just about every day and it’s been awesome hearing and seeing them grow in the greater Boston area and beyond. The band is hitting the road for some quick dates with Achilles, Xerxes and Like Wolves in support of their most recent output, I Want Nothing released by Flannel Gurl Records (which you can stream directly below, or purchase in the Topshelf store).

Here’re the dates with Achilles & Like Wolves:

• Friday, May 18th: AS220 in Providence, RI w/ Verse
• Saturday, May 19th: Democracy Center in Cambridge, MA w/ The Saddest Landscape
• Sunday, May 20th: The Funeral Home in Buffalo, NY

Here’re the dates with Xerxes:

• Wednesday, May 30th Burlington, VT 
• Thursday, May 31st Lowell, MA
• Friday, June 1st Providence, RI
• Saturday, June 2nd New Britain

We’ll have more updates on the band, future releases and plans soon — for now be sure to follow them on Facebook, Twitter & Tumblr!

AbsolutePunk.net is exclusively streaming the premiere of You Blew It!’s new record “Grow Up, Dude” right now! http://tpshlf.co/JpeG3r 

‎NPR’s “All Songs Considered” has the premiere of Code Orange Kids’ new video for “V (my body is a well)” off their forthcoming split with Full of Hell: http://tpshlf.co/JhhC3K

Prawn is headed over to Europe and the UK with Ape Up! from May 21 through June 29! The full list of dates is below.

• 21.05.12 – CZ – Prague – Chapeau Rouge 
• 22.05.12 – CZ – Brno – Fléda
• 23.05.12 – DE – Menden - Autonum Zentrum
• 24.05.12 – DE – Hamburg – Komet
• 25.05.12 – DK – Copenhagen – KB18
• 26.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Revolver 
• 27.05.12 – NO – Trondheim – Lobbyen 
• 28.05.12 – NO – Oslo – Secret show 
• 29.05.12 – SW – Stockholm – Kafe 44
• 30.05.12 – SW/DK - TBA
• 01.06.12 – DE – Berlin – Schokoladen 
• 02.06.12 – DE – Aachen – AZ 
• 03.06.12 – FR – Lille – L’Imposture 
• 05.06.12 – DE – Trier – Ex-Haus
• 06.06.12 – SW – Porrentruy – Gallerie du Sauvage 
• 07.06.12 – IT – Milan – Leo
• 08.06.12 – IT – Bolzano – Rock’n roll Club
• 09.06.12 – DE – Dresden – AZ Conni 
• 10.06.12 – AU – Vienna – Rhiz 
• 11.06.12 – PL – Lodz – Klub Dom
• 13.06.12 – DE – Mainz – Haus Mainusch
• 14.06.12 – UK – Southampton – Bargate Castle
• 15.06.12 – UK – Folkestone – The View 
• 16.06.12 – UK – Sheffield – Redhouse (all dayer)
• 17.06.12 – UK – York – Stereo (matinee show)
• 17.06.12 – UK – Manchester – Tiger Lounge
• 18.06.12 – UK – Cornwall – Live Bar 
• 19.06.12 – UK – Cardiff – Undertone 
• 20.06.12 – UK – Brighton – Green Door Store (matinee show)
• 21.06.12 – UK – Derby – The Old Bell
• 22.06.12 – UK – Kingston (London) – The Hippodrome
• 23.06.12 – UK – Milton Keynes – The Craufurd Arms 
• 23.06.12 – UK – Basingstoke – Bang Bar 
• 24.06.12 – BE – Antwerpen – Kavka 
• 25.06.12 – FR – Paris – La Miroiterie 
• 26.06.12 – FR – Bordeaux – Les lectures Aléatoires 
• 27.06.12 – FR – Toulouse – Connexion 
• 28.06.12 – SP – Barcelona – Jazz Cava 
• 29.06.12 – FR – Tarbes – Celtic Pub

The Facebook event page for the tour is here.

Hello! We’re excited to announce something that feels like it’s been in the works foooorevvvverrrr (pretty accurate, actually). We’ll be releasing Duck. Little Brother, Duck!’s first physically available [on vinyl] full length and follow up to their stellar 2010 self-released digital full length “Survival Is Not a Workout”. The new record was self-recorded,  mastered by Carl Saff and will be available this July.

The band will be headed out on tour this summer (you can check out the dates for that here.) While you’re there, you should follow them on tumblr too! We’ll have more details on the new record (pre-orders, album art, track listing, etc.) soon, but for now go download their stuff on bandcamp (pay whatever / free) or check out the extensive Youtube playlist we put together of the band playing out live.

Hi. Today we are pumped to announce that we’ll be releasing a new record with Sirs this July! It will mark the band’s first full length record and will follow up their 2011 split release with the UK’s run,WALK!. The record was recorded by Mike Ditrio in Purchase, NY and will be mastered by Carl Saff. It’ll come out in early July 2012 and we’ll have more info (tracklisting / pre-orders / album art & name) soon!