Head North- Arrows

Buffalo, New York's Head North just released their stellar debut EP "Arrows". Make sure you catch them in Toronto on June 8th.

Like Pacific- This Place Hasn't Changed, It Just Made You

Toronto's Like Pacific just released a new two song EP entitled "This Place Hasn't Changed, It Just Made You'. I highly recommend that you get into this band.

Calla- Burn Too Bright

My good friend Calla just released a new video for her single "Burn Too Bright". Indie/Pop from Toronto, Ontario.

Shotgun No Blitz- Letters To Myself

Lebanon PA's Shotgun No Blitz just released their new EP "Letters To Myself".

It's Official- The Life and Times of Frank Grimes

New EP from Toronto, Ontario's It's Official.

No Chocolate Before Dinner

South Africa's No Chocolate Before Dinner just released their debut EP and a music video for their song "Literally About Us".

ATTENTION ALL BANDS

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Real Friends - Late Nights In My Car

Chicago's pop punk suburban heroes Real Friends just released a new song from their upcoming EP "Put Yourself Back Together".

illScarlett - My Money

Mississauga's Ontario's Reggae/Pop Rock band Ill Scarlett just released a new lyric video for "My Money". New Album out August 2013.

NOTIMEFOR - Long Knives

Milan, Italy's NOTIMEFOR just released their new song Long Knives. For fans of Title Fight, Basement etc.

Lay the Blame On Luck- Demo

Brooklyn, New York's Lay The Blame on Luck just released a new two song demo.

Parkview- Leap Year

Boulder Colorado's Parkview just released their new EP "Leap Year." It's available to download for free.

Sonsett- Days Wasted

Tennessee's Inide/Emo band Sonsett just released their new EP "Days Wasted". It's available to download for free.

It's Only a Story: Love Song

Orange County, CA's It's Only A Story just released a lyric video for their new song "Love Song".

Bitter Kids

Check out Bitter Kids, a brand new band from St. Catharines Ontario. You can download their debut single "Voices" for free.

Oh Josie

Oh Josie are a pop punk band from Richmond, VA. This is the first track off their EP "Fair Play & Foul Balls".

Body Doubles- Operate EP

Body Doubles are a Post-Hardcore/Rock band Hailing from Toronto, Ontario. They released their brand new EP Operate earlier today, it is available to download for free. Catch them in Toronto on June 8th with Head North, Grade School Grit and Fighting Season.

The Offseason- Pastimes

The Offseason just released their stellar new EP Pastimes. Fast, aggressive pop punk from Boston.

The Semester Review- Nowhere Boy

Two new songs from Arizona's The Semester Review. They are free to download.

Fighting Season- Here's To Starting Over

Brampton Ontario's Fighting Season recently released their debut EP Here's To Starting Over. It's currently available as a free download.

UTKF- Set The Fire

London Ontario's UTKF recently put out their brand new full length Set The Fire. Catch them on tour this summer with Like Pacific and Undesirable People.

The Story So Far- Clairvoyant

The Story So Far's new split 7" with Stick To Your Guns is being released June 18th via Pure Noise Records.

Martin- The Worst Part

Hometown Heroes - Give It To Me Straight, Doc!

Jumping Fences- Meeker (WA Pop Punk)

Ivy League - Jaded (Texas Pop Punk)

Oh, hey, you know that sweet band Ivy League out of Texas? On 6131?

You don't?

Well that sucks.

Grey Gordon - First World Blues (Acoustic Emo)

Congratulations to Grey Gordon on his signing with Chris Hansen's No Sleep Records. New album should be out soon.

States Away - Rumors (Ohio Alt Pop Punk)

Dayton Ohio alt pop punk band States Away just put out an EP last month entitled Like The Weather. This song is called Rumors:

it's a BEAR - LalalalalalalalalalalalaFUCK (NH 90's Alt Punk)

Love 'em or hate 'em, New Hampshire's it's a BEAR continue to put out new music, having just released The Eternal Neckbeard Inside Job EP in January, and an upcoming split with Get A Grip on Hooked On Records.

This is from last year's Congratulations; echoes of late 90's Bracket / Pulley:

Touche Amore album teaser

Jeremy Bolm's Touche Amore have just released a teaser for their upcoming Deathwish release. No, seriously it was only posted on their Facebook page 35 minutes ago, and now we have it.

Not much is known about the album, except that it is being produced by Brad Wood (Sunny Day Real Estate, Smashing Pumpkins, mewithoutYou, etc) and it'll be out this fall.

True North - Hopeless Endeavor (Acoustic Pop Punk)

 

Dean Holmes and Drake Cristobel play in an acoustic duo called True North, out of Southern California. 

Check out their first release, Hopeless Endeavor: 

The Bogarts - Reflections/Clarifications (Cali Noisy Pop Punk)

Nick Waite and his boys in The Bogarts put out a really strong album last year called Nothing to Call Our Own that not enough people have heard. Check out Reflections/Clarifications:

Wolfnote - Coffin Head (Chicago Power Pop)

This is Dan from http://www.straightedgeworldwide.com! I'll be taking over PPND this week, happy to start things off with a bang!

This band is made up of a few members and ex-members of Chicago band Harm's Way. They are called Wolfnote, and just put out an EP in March. Their major influences on this project are Saves The Day and Alkaline Trio.

The Maddigans - Miles Ahead

Alberta's female front pop punk band The Maddigans just released a new music video. Catch them on their current tour with Lions Lions.
May 9 Toronto Ontario / Hard Luck Bar - 7:00
May 10 Ottawa Ontario / The Montgomery Legion $10/13 - 6:30
May 11 Montreal Quebec / Cabaret Underworld $13/15 - 6:30 *18+
May 14 Thetford Mines, Ontario / Sgt. Peppers Pub
May 15 Belleville, Ontario / The Belle Pub
May 16 St. Catharines, Ontario / The Mansion House $8/10 - 6:30
May 17 Brantford, Ontario / Club NV -7:00
May 18 London, Ontario / Eastern Star - $10/15 6:00
May 19 Sudbury, Ontario / Venue TBA
May 22 Thunderbay, Ontario / Black Pirates Pub $10/7:30
May 23 Winnipeg, Manitoba / Park Theatre - $10/12 - 7:00
May 24 Regina, Saskchewan / The Exchange - $15 - 7:00
May 25 Lethbridge, Alberta / Loyal Order Of The Moose
May 26 Calgary, Alberta / The New Black Centre $12/15 - 6:30
May 27 Cranbrooke, British Columbia / The Stage Door $10/12 -7:00
May 28 Revelstoke, British Columbia / The Last Drop $Free - 9:00
May 30 Penticton, British Columbia / Voodoos Lounge
May 31 Vancouver, British Columbia / Tom Lee Music Hall $12/15 - 7:00
June 1 Kelowna, British Columbia / The Unitarian Fellowship
June 2 Prince George British Columbia/ KNOX $12/15 - 7:30
June 6 Leduc, Alberta / Venue TBA
June 7 Edmonton, Alberta / Ritchie Hall $12/15 - 8:00

The Masquerade (Erie PA Pop Punk)

Ashcreek- City Lights (Virginia Alt/Emo)

The Black Roses- (Illinois Power Pop)

Mat & Chris Kerekes 2 Song Split

Citizen's vocalist Mat Kerekes just released a two song split with his his brother Chris.

PPND On Facebook

I just set up a Facebook page for PPND. Please take a min and go Like it, thanks!

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Chris

Act As One - Feet On The Ground

Safe To Say - Bleed

Diana Meyer - WAKE UP

The Distractions- Wilshire

The Distractions new album availabe on May 14th. They currently have 3 songs streaming above.

Trash Candy- (Slovenian Pop Punk)

Trash Candy are set to release their 2nd album "Running from something, searching for anything" on may 6th (Mascom Records)