Go Rydell and Protagonist are touring the east coast in June. Dates are in the replies.

As part of Paper + Plastick's 12 Days of Streams, you can now stream and download Protagonist's States EP for free from FreeMusicFirst.org.

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Staff Reviews

Protagonist - States EP (Dre Okorley)
Phonte - Charity Starts at Home (Ian Walker)

You can head here to preorder Protagonist's new EP, States, from Paper + Plastick Records. All who preorder will get a digital download of the record on Monday.

Today we are bringing you an exclusive stream of "Tunbridge," the second track off Protagonist's upcoming May 17 EP, States. Head to their AP.net Profile to stream the track, and hit the replies to check out album art and tour dates. Worthy of note: this is the EP that was recorded last year, when the band's gear was stolen on tour the day before recording started. They recorded the EP using Stephen Egerton's gear.

Go Rydell and Protagonist have announced an East Coast tour. Hit the replies for dates.

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Paper + Plastick have put a bunch of test pressing vinyl up on ebay to raise money for Protagonist who were robbed and lost 22K in gear. There are even test pressings from fun., The Swellers and We Are The Union.

You can stream Protagonist's latest album, The Chronicle, all weekend here.

Head to the replies to see Protagonist's new studio video where they also discuss about their equipment being stolen earlier in the week.

Yesterday morning, Protagonist's equipment was stolen while their van was parked in a Denny's parking lot. The estimated total stolen comes out around $22,700. If you have any spare cash the band would greatly appreciate it. Here is a direct link to their paypal. If you want to see the whole message from the band and the list of gear go here.

Possible headline for Monday: "Masters baits Tiger into duel with Lefty."

Staff Reviews

We Are The Union - Great Leaps Forward (Chris Fallon)
Protagonist - The Chronicle (Matthew Tsai)
You Me at Six - Hold Me Down (Chris Fallon)
Violent Soho - Violent Soho (Chris Fallon)
Various Artists - Fat Wrecktrospective (Chris Fallon)
Smoke or Fire - Prehistoric Knife Fight (7") (Chris Fallon)

In addition to all those wordy, blabbering Warped Tour updates, I've found another Walk The Line band for you. Protagonist out of South Florida, meet AbsolutePunk.net.