A full album stream of Dashboard Confessional‘s new album is now available online. The record is titled The Shade of Poison Trees and is due out October 02, 2007. It is the promised return to the acoustic format that first brought the band to prominence and also follows Dusk and Summer which was released in 2006.
You can check it out on their myspace page.
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Anti-Flag has posted another new track from their upcoming benefit album. The record is titled A Benefit for Victims of Violent Crime and is due out October 02, 2007. The disc will provide funds to The Center for Victims of Violence and Crime and features five new Anti-Flag studio tracks along with five live songs recorded at Pittsburgh’s Mr. Smalls this past April. The band released For Blood and Empire via RCA last year. (You can find the artwork for the album here.)
You can find “Corporate Rock Still Sucks” right here.
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Asian Man Records have informed the record-buying public that they plan on releasing all three of their Lawrence Arms albums on vinyl. Titles the band has released on Asian Man include their first two albums, A Guided Tour of Chicago and Ghost Stories, as well as 2005’s Cocktails and Dreams. The records will all see the light of day by April, 2008.
In related news, the label also has plans to issue The Broadways‘ 2001 effort Broken Van on vinyl.
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Today we’ve got a good mixed bag for you. Some new releases, some `80s punk throwbacks, a few show reviews…the whole buffet. And hey, I bet you couldn’t guess five years ago that we’d have live reviews of both Bad Brains and Lifetime for you, eh?
Female-fronted goth/punk act Schoolyard Heroes has found itself on the receiving end of criticism after a collection of concerned parents reviewed the band’s website, which “horrified” them with “blood curdling lyrics” and song glorifying “death, dismemberment, murder, suicide.” The story was covered here in Spin Magazine.
The parents have started a petition which says, without a touch of irony:
We are a group of upset parents who are trying to stop a tragedy before it begins, and that tragedy is Schoolyard Heroes. It has been brought to our attention that there is a cult of young children, ONLY 13 YEARS OLD in some cases, following this band around and running away from home. This must be stopped.
They are evil! They want to corrupt our children and drive them to murder with their fascination with the dark and evil world of Satan.
The letter goes on to describe the band as “evil” and “Satanists” and makes reference to the Columbine Massacre, finally concluding that the band members are “satanic priests” who “want to kill your children.”
The band responded:
The letter’s a perfect example of why he [the author] shouldn’t be writing a letter but sitting down and understanding his kids and understanding why they’re listening to this kind of music. We as a band offer kids somewhere to go and do something positive. While some kids are out getting drunk and getting high, they can come down to a Schoolyard Heroes show and shake their ass!”
The band released Abominations earlier this year.
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Carlapalooza is back for a second year with another healthy dose of pop-punk and quality punk rock. This coming weekend (October 6th and 7th) will see two days of bands like the Ergs, Max Levine Ensemble, Short Attention, the Measure [SA], Steinways, Bridge and Tunnel and many more rocking out and donating a portion of the proceeds to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Last year the organizers raised $1400 for the organization and are hoping for an even greater amount this year.
There’ll be a “HUGE raffle” on Saturday, October 6th from which all proceeds will go towards the MS Society.
You can click see the poster and full info below.
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Coheed and Cambria have posted a trailer for their upcoming album, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow. The album, set for release on October 23, 2007 follows 2005’s epically titled Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness.
The trailer can be viewed here
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Detroit, MI’s Hifi Handgrenades have been tapped to provide support for the Foo Fighters on the October leg of their upcoming tour.
The band features Fags / Hoarse vocalist / guitarist John Speck, Hoarse bassist Robby Graham, former Suicide Machine Ryan Vandeberghe on drums, and vocalist / guitarist Tony Vegas of the Grand Nationals. They promise a sound that harkens back to “Stink”-era Replacements, Decendents, Husker Du and Naked Raygun.
You can check out some music on their myspace page or catch them on the road with the Foos.
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In anticipation of their sixth studio album, Jimmy Eat World has announced more fall dates. plans. The record will be the follow up to 2004’s Futures and 2005’s Stay on My Side Tonight EP. It is titled Chase This Light and is due out October 16, 2007
Along for the ride will be Maritime, supporting Heresy and the Hotel Choir, which is due October 16.
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Dave from Fifth Hour Hero has joined up with Max from The Awards, Phil from Narrowcast on Vocals and Guitars and Jimmy on Bass to form Driftin’ Drifters. The band has completed their first EP, titled Back On Track which features 7 home recorded tracks.
The band describes their sound as a mix of punk rock, country and folk and adds “It might reminds you of Social Distortion, Rancid and even sometimes of Bruce Springsteen. ”
You can check out two songs on their myspace page.
Fifth Hour Hero broke up this past March.
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Dogsflesh contemporaries of early punk and hardcore luminaries like the Exploited, Discharge and GBH, will be embarking on their their first US West Coast tour in at least two decades. The band reunited in 2005 after a 20 year hiatus, supporting acts like the Anti Nowhere League, The Abrasive Wheels, Broken Bones, The Cockney Rejects and The UK Subs. Their four song EP Bloody Road to Death was re-released in 2005 and followed by a live album that same year.
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A Kiss Could Be Deadly, who recently won an “unsigned band contest” with Alternative Press, have signed to Metropolis Records. They are currently in 3 months into the recording of their new album, due out in March of 2008. You can check out some tracks at their MySpace page.
The Widow Jenkins, which features former members of Emery and Underminded, have posted two new songs off of their recently released self titled EP at their MySpace page. The band will begin recording their new full length album beginning in October with a label yet to be determined.
Travis Riot, a 3-piece band from Amherst, Nova Scotia, recently released their debut 9-song EP. Some songs from the album can be heard on their MySpace page.
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The classic rally racing series series hits next-gen consoles, with powerful new technology fueling its bumper-to-bumper racing. Vehicl…
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