2014 promises to be a big year with tons of new music and tour dates to look forward to.

Mike Mains & The Branches will be releasing Calm Down, Everything Is Fine on February 18th. Other albums set to release in 2014 include Switchfoot’s Fading West on January 14th, Nine Lashes’ From Water To War and Kye Kye’s Fantasize on January 21st and For Today’s Fight The Silence on February 4th. We’re still waiting to find out release dates for new stuff from Wolves At The Gate, The Classic Crime, Family Force 5, Abandon Kansas, The Overseer, Lights and a bunch of others.

The Devil Wears Prada announced that they’ll be heading overseas for the Progression Tour in 2014, which will make its way through Germany, Italy, the UK, and more. Other tours set to kick off in 2014 are Winter Jam featuring Thousand Foot Krutch and Lecrae, the Shine A Light Tour featuring Silverline, For Today’s Fight The Silence Tour, Switchfoot’s Fading West Tour, and we’re just gonna go out on a limb and say that just about every other band we play will be doing some live shows in 2014 as well.