Record-release roundup

Tolan Shaw chose San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas to host the April 3 release of his Chin Up EP. “The Performing Arts Center is a brand new theater at my old high school, which is extremely supportive of the arts and which helped fuel me to pursue music as a career,” says Shaw, who’ll donate all ticket proceeds to the school’s music program.

Also on April 3, at Til-Two, all-Jewish thrash rockers Christ Killer will drop their debut disc Nailed It! (Cubo De Sangre Records), recorded by former Angels & Airwaves bassist Ryan Sinn and mixed by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer).

Berkley Hart will unveil their 20-song Fleur De Lis CD over two nights at Java Joe’s, April 3 and 4. “It will be the only times that we play every song from the new album,” says Calman Hart, who also promises performances of David Crosby’s “Guinevere.”

Caskitt’s full-length This Machine Kills Sadness, on local label La Escalera Records, drops April 4 at the Soda Bar, acoustic one-man-band the Tommy Mitchell Show is premiering a new EP at the Belly Up on April 7, and Hills Like Elephants will debut Tell Tales at the Casbah on April 10.

After Triumph of the Wild release We Come with the Dust at Whiskey Circle’s Hancock Street loft on April 14, the duo will spend the next seven months touring in their motorhome to support the album.

The Silent Comedy’s 2010 SDMA Best Pop Album Common Faults will see a vinyl reissue on April 18, which they’ll promote that day with shows at M-Theory Records and the Irenic.

Speaker in Reverse will play a vinyl-release party for their new seven-inch at the Casbah on April 19.

Former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has a solo album called To the Stars: Demos, Odds and Ends due April 21. Electronic rock quartet PRGRM is releasing their album Eavesdropper (Beta Noise Records) on April 23. “We plan on making a limited run on vinyl, which seems to be more nostalgic, and distributing digitally,” says guitarist/keyboardist Tza.

When Yabutifida debuts a new 13-song album Shoulda Coulda Woulda at the Bancroft on April 25, “We’ll be giving out free flash drives with the music and artwork,” says singer/guitarist Eric Murray. “We thought we might try this approach instead of CDs and give people the option of dumping onto their music libraries or burn onto CD if they chose.”