Guitarist Dan Young of This Providence has released a statement which can be found below describing his band’s departure of famous label Fueled by Ramen, claiming that they are no longer seeing eye to eye in terms of creativity. In April they will release their new EP; a big event since the group has not released an album in three years nor been on tour in two.

“Tomorrow marks the 3 year anniversary of Who Are You Now? Also tomorrow, we’ll pile back into our big red van and head east on our first USA tour since the “Bout Damn Time Tour” almost two years ago. That was our first headlining tour. Ever. It took us two record deals, three albums and five years of steady touring just to get to that point. Hence the name of the tour.

I imagine you might be asking yourselves why everything takes so damn long when it comes to This Providence. Well I’ll be honest, I don’t have a good answer for that. I suppose I could have a cry and go on whining about how the last nine years have been an uphill battle, but I’m over that sort of nonsense. Perhaps that’s the very attitude that has held us back from fully realizing our dreams. Clinging to bitterness doesn’t seem to do anything good for anyone. Hell, we have no right to be bitter! We have been served opportunity on a shimmering silver platter, and Fueled By Ramen has been dishing up that opportunity (pun intended) since the day we began working with them.

It’s been a great run with FBR, but the time has come for us to part ways. I can’t say the decision was entirely mutual, but I can’t say it wasn’t either. After what is now verging on two years of writing, demoing, and discussing songs for our fourth record, it became evident that we just weren’t seeing eye to eye creatively.

We’re not the same band that signed to the label six years ago. Our vision is different now, and we’ve grown to see things through new perspective. Our sound is changing too, as I’m sure it always will. I don’t like doing the same thing over and over. I believe a musician should take risks. That’s what art is about, it’s about taking risks and mapping your own unique path. When I take a step back and look at the big picture, there’s a lot about this whole scenario that makes sense to me.

“Wait, what?!” Yeah, at first our confidence was shaken. But that quickly changed when we realized we had to do something fast or else the band would be in danger of falling apart. The reality of being an independent band again forced us to ask ourselves if we could handle what feels like, well, a risk. It’s comforting having a home on a record label. Honestly it made me feel validated, almost as if being signed equated to some divine stamp of approval. It struck me though, that a record label needs music in order to exist. The opposite is not true, music exists either way. All I really need is a guitar and my band to make that sweet, sweet rock ‘n roll that I am so unabashedly addicted to!

After a few sincere discussions with the boys, we collectively decided that we needed to brush ourselves off and give it everything we had. I reckon we were kidding ourselves to think we had the capacity to simply walk away.

Though it wasn’t necessarily easy being let go from the label, we haven’t allowed it taint our respect and appreciation for all the passionate music lovers at Fueled By Ramen. We owe them an enormous amount of gratitude for their hard work and far-reaching assistance in getting us to where we are today. Coincidently, as I was working on this very paragraph, our A&R guy Johnny Minardi gave me a call just to catch up and encourage us to keep at it. Love that guy! Minardi has always been a strength for me, even on a personal level. Throughout the writing process, he coached and pushed me to overcome my writer’s block, which turns out is just another symptom of anxiety. He saw me through that monster too. Today he told me he’s proud of his part in these songs. I think he damn well should be.

We’re back at it, folks! Priority number one for us was releasing new music, so last week we tracked four brand new songs for an EP that is set to be independently released in April! At this point, we have roughly 30 songs (and counting) in the bank–these four are our favorites, the best, the crème de la crème. I CAN NOT WAIT to release these gems.

We also resolved that we need to open up a little further, give our fans something to chew on. We really want to exhibit more of our personal side from now on. So in an effort to do so, we shot a short film throughout the recording process documenting the story as we lived it; we shared our perspective on being released from FBR, our theories on working as an independent band, how we approached recording, and some in-depth insight on each of the songs. This will be released alongside the EP.

Okay, so…tour? Hell yes. As I mentioned earlier, we’re jumping on one long-ass tour around the US with some new friends of ours, Go Radio. If you live in the States, chances are we’ll be playing somewhere close to you. If not, change your definition of close. I’ll be spending the next two months with four other overly sensitive musicians, in an unpretentious, American-made, 15-passenger van, driving thousands of miles all over this liberated piece of dirt! Why don’t you come out and return the favor? Show us a little enthusiasm! We’re looking to make our mark in music, things feel different. It’s exciting. Don’t wish us luck, be a part of this.

Cheers,

-Dan”

Every Avenue has released a new video of an acoustic performance of “Only Place I Call Home” off of their latest album Bad Habits. The band, currently signed onto Fearless Records is about to embark on a nationwide tour with The Audition, We Are The In Crowd, Plug In Stereo, and Simple as Surgery. The tour kicks off in February in Cleveland, Ohio.

Promoting their upcoming album, All-American Rejects have launched a new website here. The album is set to release in Spring 2012.

Below, frontman Tyson Ritter discusses his band’s impending album.

Never Shout Never’s newest video release, Time Travel.

The New York natives will be hitting the road in mid October accompanied by Mayday Parade, You Me At Six, There For Tomorrow, and The Make as part of the Noise Tour, sponsored by Journeys.

10.13.11-Crazy Donkey-Farmingdale, NY

10.14.11-Webster Theatre-Hartford, CT

10.15.11-Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ

10.16.11 – Fillmore – Washington, DC

10.17.11 – Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

10.18.11 – House of Blues – Boston, MA

10.20.11 – St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI

10.21.11 – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN

10.22.11 – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH

10.23.11 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH

10.25.11 – Skully’s – Columbus, OH

10.26.11 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL

10.27.11 – The Rave II – Milwaukee, WI

10.28.11 – The Blue Moose – Iowa City, IA

10.29.11 – The Beaumont – Kansas City, MO

10.31.11 – The Summit – Denver, CO

11.02.11 – Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

11.03.11 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA

11.04.11 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV

11.05.11 – House of Blues – Anaheim, CA

11.06.11 – The Rock – Tucson, AZ

11.08.11 – Emo’s – Austin, TX

11.09.11 – House of Blues – Houston, TX

11.10.11 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX

11.12.11 – Double Down Live – Gainesville, FL

11.13.11 – State Theatre – Tampa, FL

11.14.11 – Floyd’s – Tallahassee, FL

11.16.11 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

11.17.11 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL

11.18.11 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

11.19.11 – Freebird Live – Jacksonville, FL

The Time Travel Tour

9.22.11 – Denver, CO-The Summit Music Hall *
9.24.11 – Portland, OR-Wonder Ballroom *
9.25.11 – Puyallup, WA-Western Washington Fair w/The Maine and The Downtown Fiction
9.27.11 – San Francisco, CA-Warfield Theatre *
9.28.11 – West Hollywood, CA-House of Blues**
9.30.11 – Anaheim, CA-The Grove of Anaheim**
10.01.11 – San Diego, CA-Soma**
10.02.11 – Las Vegas, CA-House of Blues**
10.04.11 – Tucson, AZ-Rialto Theatre**
10.06.11 – Pharr, TX-Pharr Events Center**
10.07.11 – San Antonio, TX-The White Rabbit* *
10.08.11 – Dallas, TX-House of Blues**
10.09.11 – Houston, TX-House of Blues**
10.10.11 – New Orleans, LA-House of Blues**
10.12.11 – Orlando, FL-House of Blues Orlando**
10.13.11 – Atlanta, GA-The Tabernacle**
10.15.11 – North Myrtle Beach, SC-House of Blues**
10.16.11 – Charlotte, NC-Amos’ Southend Music Hall* *
10.18.11 – Norfolk, VA-The NorVa**
10.19.11 – Philadelphia, PA-Electric Factory***
10.20.11 – Silver Spring, MD-The Fillmore – Silver Spring***
10.21.11 – New York, NY-Terminal 5***
10.22.11 – Sayreville, NJ -Starland Ballroom***
10.23.11 – Rochester, NY-Water Street Music Hall**
10. 25.11 – Boston, MA-House of Blues***
10.27.11 – Toronto, ONT-Kool Haus***
10.28.11 – Columbus, OH-Newport Music Hall**
10.29.11 – Cincinnati, OH-Bogart’s**
10.30.11 – Indianapolis, IN-Egyptian Room**
11.01.11 – Royal Oak, MI-Royal Oak Music Theatre**
11.02.11 – Cleveland, OH-House of Blues Cleveland**
11.04.11 – Grand Rapids, MI-Orbit Room* *
11.05.11 – Chicago IL-Riviera Theatre**
11.06.11 – St. Louis, MO-The Pageant**

*w/A Rocket to the Moon and Carter Hulsey
**w/ A Rocket to the Moon, Fake Problems, and Carter Hulsey
*** w/ The Plain White T’s, A Rocket to the Moon, Fake Problems, and Carter Hulsey

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza music festival. In the heat with a surprising lack of overwhelming humidity, one would have found themselves in an ocean of hipsters and eight stages to choose from on August 5th. At around five o’clock Gold Motel failed to show up to their intimate performance at the Toyota tent, half an hour late and still not arrived, I ventured to the BMI stage to witness a set by Pete Wentz & Bebe Rexha in their new project Black Cards. Their show began with two dancers in tight black clothing donning wolf head masks. While Pete’s main position in the band is supposed to be the bass guitar, his time was spent as follows: 85% dancing on stage while Bebe sang, 10% doing synth, and 5% stage diving into an unsuspecting and unready crowd that struggled to catch the man. A highlight of the show included Bebe pulling a Superbad Fogel-looking boy from the crowd to serenade while she danced and sung “Summer Nights” and “Club Called Heaven”. Black Cards’s show eventually turned into a very crowd interactive performance. By that I mean they eventually had half the crowd on stage with them in a giant dance party. Following Black Cards was OK Go on the new Google+ stage where the members were dressed in coordinating suits in red, blue, green, and yellow. Other than the distracting bodily odored man in front, the set was decent and included a song featuring “bells created by God” that was a very soft song with traits of a lullaby. “Here It Goes” was played midset, followed by a massive departure of the part of the crowd that was only staying for that song being that it was the only one they’ve heard from the band. Second best known hit “This Too Shall Pass” was performed second to last. The hardest decision made at the first night of Lolla arrived when the time came to pick between Coldplay on the Bud Light stage or Muse on Music Unlimited. We chose to pull the half-Coldplay, half-Muse routine. We stayed much longer than intended in anticipation for Chris Martin & Co. to play their new song “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”. After staying for much longer than half, there was some serious hauling done in order to catch the last few minutes of Muse’s set on the opposite side of Grant Park. In comparison to other festivals, Lolla is going head to head with Kevin Lyman’s Vans Warped Tour. The crowd was surprisingly polite, and no one over the top aggressive (unless highly intoxicated and provoked). One fan stated that “it’s one thing to see Lolla on TV, but it’s another to be there in person because the energy and feel of the atmosphere gives you chills.” Having the beautiful backdrop of the sun setting on the city skyline behind the stages, Lollapalooza is the epitome of Chicago. Check out the final day of the festival on August 7th.

Gold Motel have released a new single today called “Leave You In Love” today, available on iTunes and can be heard below. The Chicago-based band has a new album coming out some time this year, but has not stated when. The quintet will be performing at this year’s Lollapalooza on August 7th at 12:15pm. You can also catch them on some dates with Company of Thieves and other dates when they start another tour in September.