The Casket Lottery (No Sleep Records, pictured) and Coalesce are among two of the bands announced for the Middle Of The Map festival, taking place April 5-7 in Kansas City, MO. Check out the full lineup of bands on Facebook.

William Control (Aiden) has decided to donate 5 percent of the proceeds from his upcoming record, Silentium Amoris, to the last treatment center he lived in called Ryther, located in Lake City, which is just north of Seattle, Washington. The record is slated for release on April 2, 2012 and is titled Silentium Amoris. He hopes to raise $1000 for the treatment center. You can read his entire post here or read on:

“The Control Project & Ryther.
Dear Reader,

                  Thirteen years ago I was broke, homeless and hopelessly addicted to heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and other life destroying substances. At the ripe old age of seventeen I was already considered a career criminal. I had been locked up more times than I care to count and the four different drug treatment centers I had been kicked out of, or escaped from, had done little to alleviate my problem. Addiction is a powerful enemy. It’s a dilemma that only we, who suffer from the phenomenon of craving, will be able to understand fully. Many of us have close friends and family members, with whom we are very close, that suffer from this terrible and unflinching disease.

The reason I am expelling these thoughts from my head onto the page is simple. After 13 years of being able to live without a drink or a drug, I have decided that I want to donate a percentage of the funds I am currently raising for my new record “Silentium Amoris” to the last treatment center I lived in. The place responsible for taking a group of wayward teens out to A.A. meetings almost every night, and in turn allowing me to find a solution to the malady I had been suffering from. The place is called Ryther. It’s located in Lake City, just north of downtown Seattle. www.ryther.org. They have facilities for drug addicts and foster kids in search of a new beginning. Their vision is:

“Ryther will be the recognized leader in providing and advocating a comprehensive continuum of care and assistance for children, youth and families experiencing or at risk from neglect, mental illness, or emotional, physical, sexual and/or chemical abuse.”

I am not a rich man, in fact I am not well off at all. I live paycheck to paycheck like most Americans in this day and age. I don’t have health or dental benefits, and I don’t have money in savings. I am an artist. I create music, write essays and I paint when I can find the time. I understand that I am blue-collar citizen of this great nation and will probably never strike it rich. I am okay with that. I have a place to live and food to eat and the equipment to make art. I wouldn’t be or have any of those things if it weren’t for Ryther. They were the last house on the block. They took me in when no one else would, and for that I am eternally grateful.

My goal to reach for the creation of this record is 20 thousand dollars. I just hit 13 thousand yesterday. I am going to pledge 5% ($1000) to this treatment center in hopes that it will make a difference. It’s not a lot I know. But in the end, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this, if they hadn’t shown me that life can be found amidst the wreckage of an adolescent nightmare.

You can donate to the Control Project at www.williamcontrol.bigcartel.com or from my website www.williamcontrol.com. Just follow the SHOP link.

Thank you all for your continued support.

William Control”

Breathe Carolina are currently in the studio working on new music with Boys Like Girls frontman Martin Johnson. You can read a tweet confirmation from vocalist David Schmitt below.

Writing bangers with @martinsays @kylemoorman stoked for you guys to hear this shit! These guys rule man super super stoked

A Plea For Purging are the third band announced for this year’s Bled Fest, joining The Swellers and The Early November. The festival will be happening May 26 in Howell, Michigan.

Sharks (Rise Records) have been tapped to support Tribes on their headlining tour of the UK. Check out the tour flyer below.

Check out fan videos of You Me At Six at a recent acoustic in-store performance in Orlando, FL below.

Last winter our band was involved in a terrible van accident while on tour in Kentucky. In result our vocalist Brian Calzini was hospitalized and had to undergo surgery. When we wrecked we completely totaled our van and trailer. We lost some minor equipment but the HUGE loss was our transportation. Through out the next few months we were able to save up and buy a used van. We were unable to afford a new trailer so for the past year we have been unable to bring lots of necessities on the road with us with out having a trailer. Most of our equipment we are unable to bring with us and it gives our band lots of restrictions. We are coming to you today in desperation asking for help. We are asking for $1,500 dollars to help us buy a used trailer. Anyone who donates to help us we will be rewarding you with gifts for being amazing awesome fans!

To donate you can create a FREE profile over at PayPal.com and send your donation to BrianCalzini@gmail.com

Http://www.Facebook.com/WeAreDefiance

The Carrier (Deathwish Inc.) have announced the details of their final show. Check out the flyer below. Presale ticket information is soon to come.

The Gaslight Anthem have begun recording their forth full-length (and first for Mercury Records) in Nashville, Tennessee.

Ceremony has announced a run of tour dates on the west coast and in the UK. The band will release their new album Zoo on March 6 via Matador. Dates below.

Thursday, March 8 – Los Angeles, CA – Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock (Nails supports)
Friday, March 9 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction (Cold World, Skin Like Iron, Rank/Xerox support)
Saturday, March 10 – Berkeley, CA – 924 Gilman Street (Cold World, Old Firm Casuals, No Sir support)
Monday, March 19 – Kingston – Fighting Cocks
Tuesday, March 20 – London – XOYO
Wednesday, March 21 – Bristol – Fleece
Thursday, March 22 – Nottingham – Rock City Basement
Friday, March 23 – Manchester – Moho
Saturday, March 24 – Leeds – The Well