We have yet another pop-punk exclusive today with one of our Absolute Voices sites. AP.net and Punknews.org are proud to bring you two new Junior Battles' songs. We're streaming "Believe It Or Not, George Isn't Home" over at the band's AP.net profile, while Punknews.org is streaming "TPS Reports" here. These two news songs will be appear on Wow, That's Really Cool! and will be available on cassette at this weekend's Fest as well as digitally today (purchase them here).

In a new interview, Junior Battles announced that they have begun writing for their new album and will be releasing two brand new songs via cassette for Fest and will be available digitally after. They also talk about whether or not they'll have guest spots again on the new album.

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Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk will be available on October 1st through ECW Press. The book is written by journalist/Junior Battles member Sam Sutherland. You can watch a trailer in the replies.

Less Than Jake have added more dates to their 20th Anniversary Tour. Head to the replies to check out the new dates with support from A Wilhelm Scream and Junior Battles.

Junior Battles' short film featuring the tracks "Architecture," "With Honours" and "Living in the Future of Feelings" can be seen in the replies.

Paper + Plastick is releasing seven new records on vinyl on Black Friday. Farewell Continental's Hey, Hey Pioneers!, Junior Battles' Idle Ages, Riverboat Gamblers' Smash/Grab EP, Reverse the Curse's Hither & Yon, a split from Red City Radio and The Gamits, the Are You With the Band? female-fronted pop-punk compilation, and the Plow United Sleepwalk: A Retrospective collection will all be available for the first time on vinyl beginning tomorrow at 3 p.m., along with other sales in the label's webstore. Head to the replies to see a statement from the label thanking its fans and links to full album streams of all the new releases.

Junior Battles' Idle Ages limited Fest vinyl is available here.

Banquets and Luther will play a co-release show with Junior Battles, The Reveling and Not the Bees! on Friday, August 19th at Warren American Legion in Warren, New Jersey. Banquets will release Top Button, Bottom Shelf on August 23rd, and Luther will release Siblings and Sevens on August 16th.

I can do baby, or I can do Geezer Murder Mystery, but I can't do both!

Staff Reviews: 07.06.11

The Dangerous Summer - War Paint (Blake Solomon)
Junior Battles - Idle Ages (Drew Beringer)

Edit: The chat is now over. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Junior Battles, Red City Radio, Reverse The Curse, and a few employees from Paper + Plastick Records will be chatting in this thread at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. Stop by to ask the bands about their current releases or talk industry with the label employees!

Just a reminder that three Paper + Plastick bands will be chatting with us tonight. Junior Battles, Red City Radio and Reverse The Curse will be with us at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. In addition, Vinnie Fiorello, the owner of Paper + Plastick, and Susannah Caviness (label manager) will be available to chat as well.

You can check out Junior Battles' Idle Ages in its entirety right here. The record comes out tomorrow, and you can order it on CD from Paper + Plastick Records right here. The vinyl order will be up when it is in stock.

Tomorrow at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST, we are going to be featuring a special chat here on AP.net. We're dubbing it a Paper + Plastick "family" chat, as members of Junior Battles, Red City Radio and Reverse The Curse will be present. Junior Battles and Reverse The Curse have upcoming releases while Red City Radio released a full-length earlier this year. Also present in the chat will be label owner (and Less Than Jake drummer) Vinnie Fiorello, as well as label manager Susannah Caviness. The bands will be fielding questions about their releases this year and future plans, while the label employees will be talking industry stuff and the ins and outs of running a record label. Be sure to stop...

Today we're stoked to bring you a brand new song from Canada's Junior Battles. The group is releasing its debut full-length, Idle Ages, on June 28 via Paper + Plastick Records in the United States. The record is in my top five of 2011 so far, so I strongly encourage everyone to head on over to the AP.net Profile to stream "Birthdayparties vs. Punkroutine." The track shows the old-school pop-punk side of Junior Battles, which will please fans of early Blink 182 and Fall Out Boy, while also showcasing the noodly guitar lines that give off slight shades of some Midwestern emo, almost like Tigers Jaw. All the while, it's still very much a punk song - and a punk record overall - and it's a...

Junior Battles have finished recording and one of their songs will feature vocals by Fucked Up's Damian Abraham.

Junior Battles' music video for "Basements" can be seen in the replies, along with their upcoming tour dates.

Junior Battles, The Decay and more covered their favourite songs for a compilation released by Juicebox Recording Co. Check it out here and download their covers of everything from Brand New to Jann Arden.

O Pioneers!!! and Junior Battles' tour together begins today. Dates in the replies.

Go Bulls!

New Reviews: 05.01.09

The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below (Drew Beringer)
Junior Battles - Hotel Bibles (Chris Fallon)
James Yuill - Turning Down Water for Air(Gregory Robson)