A Lot Like Birds will be heading out in January/February with Just Like Vinyl and Decoder. Head over to the band’s facebook page to check out the dates, and stay tuned for a few more.

Grown Ups’ are hitting the road in support of their recently released Hand Holder EP for a series of East Coast dates. The tour starts July 28th in Akron, OH and finishes up back in Ohio on August 7th at Columbus’ 15th House. Joining them on select dates will be Monument, Hostage Calm, PS Eliot, and more.

Hand Holder was released last month via Doghouse Records. Pick it up on 7-inch (both black and green vinyl are available), cassette or on iTunes:

Green vinyl: http://new.merchnow.com/products/129439

Black vinyl: http://new.merchnow.com/products/129408

Cassette: http://new.merchnow.com/products/128727 (Sold Out!)

iTunes: http://bit.ly/mTCUDh

Here is a video of the guys doing a cover of Saves The Day’s “At Your Funeral” for AlertThePress.com. Scroll down to the last video to check it out: http://bit.ly/cjvNv3

All tour dates below.

July 28th - Akron, OH @ It’s a Kling Thing House

July 29th - Harrisonburg, VA @ Blue Nile

July 30th - Richmond, VA @ Hospital

July 31st - Alexandria, VA @ 1125 Priscilla Lane 22308 *

Aug 1 - Baltimore,  MD @ Big House

Aug 2 - Bethlehem, PA @ The Burners #

Aug 3 - Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron # ^

Aug 4 - Connecticut @ The Space $ %

Aug 5 - Boston, MA @ Whacky Castle $ %

Aug 6 - Amherst, MA @ Dad City $ %

Aug 7 - Columbus, OH @ 15th House

* - w/ Monument

# - w/ Hostage Calm

^ - w/ PS Eliot

$ - w/ The World is a Beautiful Place & I am no Longer Afraid To Die

% - w/ Deer Leap

Links

http://ihategrownups.tumblr.com

http://www.facebook.com/ihategrownups

http://www.twitter.com/#!/ihategrownups

A Lot Like Birds have announced a string of West Coast tour dates for July. Joining them on these dates will be I The Mighty (Equal Vision Records). All tour dates are listed below.

07/15 Fresno, CA @ Club Retro *
07/16 San Diego, CA @ Epicentre *
07/17 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction *
07/18 Tucson, AZ @ The Noise *
07/19 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile *
07/21 Los Gatos, CA @ The Venue *
07/22 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
07/23 Sacramento, CA @ Luigi’s Fungarden *
* with I The Mighty

The band is currently working on their new full-length, the first to feature vocalist Kurt Travis (ex Dance Gavin Dance). The album is scheduled to be released in the fall and is being produced by Kris Crummet (Breathe Carolina, Decoder, Alesana) in California.

John Nolan is currently on tour with Person L and Brian Bonz. If he’s coming through your town, we hope you can make it out to see him.

For all you Chicago people, John is playing a free in-store tonight at Record Breakers (2105 S State St). Show is at 4 P.M. CST and there will be free food. So go to that and then head on over to his show tonight at Schuba’s Tavern.

The rest of the tour dates can be seen below.

11/19 Chicago, IL In-Store @ Record Breakers In-Store acoustic set
11/19 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
11/20 Columbus, OH The Basement
11/21 Jermyn, PA Eleanor Rigby’s
11/22 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
12/2 Cambridge, MA T.T. The Bears
12/3 Durham, NH MUB Stafford Room
12/4 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
12/5 Vienna, VA Jammin Java
12/6 Greensboro, NC Greene Street Club
12/8 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn
12/9 Nashville, TN Rocketown
12/11 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
12/12 Philadelphia, PA The Khyber