Chris Murray is heading out on tour soon, taking his acoustic ska act on the road. In April he’ll be touring the UK with Satori, former RX Bandit Steve Borth’s reggae act, and then in May will be touring around mainland Europe with the Ska Mutiny Tour which features Regatta 69, Dr. Ring Ding and King Django.

Mr. Murray is also starting up a label, dubbed “Unstrictly Roots,” which will be a co-venture with his Bluebeat Lounge partner in crime Robin Strauss. The first release will be a domestic release of Slackness, an album that Murray recorded with the Slackers and features some new songs and rearrangements of past Murray tunes. The release was previously only available in Japan. The second release will be one-man-roots-blues-band Rizorkestra and is due out in April.
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O Pioneers! have apparently been slaving away in a studio somewhere recording new songs. Said studio, Pigeon Eater, has posted a new track from the band entitled “PhD.” You can hear the track at the studio’s MySpace page.

The band released Black Mambas last year, which you can coincidentally still stream at their Punknews band profile. Hot diggity.
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Sudbury, Ontario’s The Dead Sale have just finished recording 4 new demo songs, which are currently streaming on MySpace. The band is currently busy writing new material for their debut full-length which is scheduled to be recorded this summer/fall and later released on Barcode Records.

Circle of Vultures have released 2 exclusive tracks entitled “Courthouse Blues” and “Ghost Train” from their forthcoming release Murder City Limits due out on May 22nd. You can check out the tracks here.

Scottish pop punk band The Try Hards have posted a version of “Mongoloid” by 80’s new wave band Devo. The track can be downloaded for free through Last.fm. The band recently contributed 3 songs to a compilation cd out on Day Job Records
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