Plus, Scientist announces new tour, Wolves at the Gate and Andy Hunter are cooking up new music and Andy Mineo freestyles at Rapfix 2013.

Mike Mains & The Branches have announced their album Calm Down, Everything Is Fine will finally release on February 18th. Those who backed the band on PledgeMusic will get the album two weeks early

Scientist will soon be ringing in the New Year by heading out on tour. They’ll start off with a few shows in Texas before heading out to the southwest and California.

Wolves at the Gate are still at The Machine Shop in New Jersey recording their next album. They’re documenting the process on video, so hopefully we’ll get some behind the scenes stuff soon.

If you’ve been wondering what Andy Hunter has been up to lately, he’s been in his lab cooking up some electronic beats. Check out some teasers on Instagram.

Andy Mineo recently had a chance to freestyle at the Rapfix Live 2013 Cypher Blowout. He was head and shoulders above the other 28 rappers in the competition.