Minus The Bear have announced a new EP to coincide with their upcoming Fall headlining tour. The band explained:

Minus The Bear is excited to announce the release of ACOUSTICS, an exclusive seven track EP available this fall. The self-released EP via Tigre Blanco Records will be available in two formats and feature newly recorded acoustic versions of fan favorites from the Seattle quintet’s prolific career and one new track entitled “Guns & Ammo.”

Beginning October 7th, ACOUSTICS will be sold digitally via online outlets such as iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. Physical copies of the EP will be sold exclusively on the bands headlining tour beginning in Spokane, WA on October 8th.

The band released Planet of Ice in 2007.
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The recently overhauled Forgive Durden have announced their sophomore full length and also posted a new song. The record is titled Razia’s Shadow: A Musical and is due out October 28, 2008. Frontman Thomas Dutton explained the record:

The new record is a musical. […] It was co-written by my brother Paul and features 13 of my good friends.. Casey, Lizzie, Max, Chris, Danny, Brendon, Dan, Greta, Nic, Shawn, Kris, John, and Aaron, to be exact.

The record features members of Say Anything, Saves The Day, Panic At the Disco, The Matches, An Angle, The Hush Sound, Gatsbys American Dream, and many more. The entire affair is narrated by Aaron Weiss of mewithoutYou.

You can check out “Life is Looking Up” on their myspace page.

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We’ve got a new stream from Sweden’s When We Fall. The emotional hardcore band released this new album, We Untrue Our Minds earlier this year and has earned comparisons to bands like Grade and Rise Against.

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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According to a MTV report, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from the hospital. The drummer spent nine days at the center after the plane crash that took the lives of four people and seriously injured Barker and his collaborator, DJ AM. Barker underwent treatment for severe burns on his torso and lower body.

Two crew members, and two passengers on board were killed when a Lear 60 aircraft was departing an airport in Columbia, South Carolina. The jet reportedly failed to lift off, went off the runway and crashed into a nearby road. The Learjet was headed to Van Nuys, California.
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Toronto’s Career Suicide has posted three songs from their Cherry Beach EP for free download. You can download the tracks “Cherry Beach,” “Double Life,” and “Your Body, Not Your Soul” (originally by Cuby and the Blizzards) at the band’s website. The EP saw a pressing of only 300 copies on the Sewercide label, exclusively for the tour. Newly recorded versions of the songs will be available domestically this fall, with the release details to be announced.
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Former Jawbreaker and J Church drummer Adam Pfahler has resurfaced with another new project, this one is San Francisco-based three piece, A Black Light.

In early October, Adam, along with bandmates Chris Darosa and Shawn Biggs, will be heading into the studio to record an EP. Biggs spent several years at Fat Wreck Chords Motor Studios assisting on records by The Real Mckenzies, Lagwagon, NOFX, No Use For a Name and will be engineering and producing the record in his SF studio. The band plans on self releasing the record in late January.

Two demos can be found on the band’s myspace page.
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The members of Dillinger Escape Plan have posted an update on work towards their forthcoming full length:

Ben Weinman has been holed up like a mad scientist blasting out the furious Dillinger Escape Plan insanity that will eventually find it’s way onto our next release. When Ben says that the stuff he’s been writing has actually been giving HIM a headache, you know it’s gonna be pretty intense.

We have no touring plans for the immediate future, but you can be sure that we’ll take a break from writing at around the halfway point and head out for some quick runs, so that we don’t lose our minds(probably too late).

The band released Ire Works in 2007.
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Suicidal Tendencies, Whole Wheat Bread and Madball will be on the road together beginning in late November.

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According to a Rolling Stone report, Howard Stern is apparently plotting a remake of the Ramones classic, Rock’n’Roll High School.

The original 1979 film, which was about a group of punk-rock-loving students who, along with the Ramones themselves, rebel against the school’s administration. Of course, part of the appeal of the original film was that the entire Ramones lineup appeared in the film, it’s unclear how Stern would fill those roles now that the Ramones – and Darby Crash of the Germs, who also appeared- have passed away.
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Man Man have announced a tour in support of their Anti- debut, Rabbit Habits. The dates will feature support from labelmate Rabbit Habits who released Fair Ain’t Fair this year.

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Hardcore act Stick To Your Guns have posted their new video, “Enough is Enough” which comes from their upcoming Century Media debut, Comes From The Heart.

Beginning in November, the band will be hitting the road for a tour with Every Time I Die and The Bronx.
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Some of the new releases out this week.

• Ben Folds – Way to Normal
• Star Fucking Hipsters – Until We’re Dead
• Unwritten Law – Live & Lawless
• The Nightwatchman – The Fabled City
• Anberlin – New Surrender
• Bleeding Through – Declaration
• Misery Index – Traitors
• Bayside – Shudder
• Energy – Invasions of the Mind
• Polysics – We Ate the Machine

You can find the full list of releases this week (and album covers) right here
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