PETA has announced the nominees for their third annual World’s Sexiest Vegetarian Poll. The charity had this to say:

Summer is almost upon us, and that can mean only one thing: It’s time for peta2’s third annual “World’s Sexiest Vegetarian” poll! Yes, it’s time once again to cast your vote for the celebs you think are the hottest guys and gals in Hollywood-or anywhere else celebs are hanging out these days.

Could this finally be Davey Havok’s year? Or will Jared Leto or Milo Ventimiglia run away with the prize? And what about the ladies? Is it time for Anastasia Ashley to be crowned? Will Abbie Cornish steal the glory in her first year on the list? Or is Natalie Portman so utterly hot that she’ll win again? Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

The list includes Aaron Dalbec (Bane), Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy), Ari Katz (Lifetime), Armand Majidi (Sick of It All), Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Benji Madden (Good Charlotte), Billy Hamilton (Silverstein), Billy Martin (Good Charlotte), Brandon Barnes (Rise Against), Brennan Chaulk (Haste the Day), Brian Bell (Weezer), Casey Calvert (Hawthorne Heights), Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta), Chicken (Western Addiction), Chris Hannah (Propagandhi), Chris Head (Anti-Flag), Chris McLane (Stretch Arm Strong), Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie), Colin Frangicetto (Circa Survive), Colin Kercz (Most Precious Blood), Connor Lovat-Fraser (Boys Night Out), Dan Yemin (Paint It Black/Lifetime), Dave Aguilera (Bleed the Dream), Dave Hause (The Loved Ones), Davey Havok (AFI/Blaqk Audio), Dennis Lyxzen (The (International) Noise Conspiracy), Drew Speziale (Circle Takes the Square) and many more.

You can vote on this page.
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Earlier this week, Amber Pacific released their highly anticipated new album via Hopeless Records. The record is titled Truth In Sincerity and is due out May 22, 2007.

To celebrate, the band would like to give away a full catalog and merch to one grand prize winner as well as three copies of their new CD+DVD to three runner ups.

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Proving that a label can still release music even though they’ve shut their doors, the UK’s Newest Industry have posted a rare, live and unreleased track from Black Cougar Shock Unit. The label’s chief, Dave, had the following to say:

Here for you as a final gift to anyone that cared about our failed label is a previously unreleased BLACK COUGAR SHOCK UNIT song, which they played on a few tours, but never recorded in the studio. Joel originally requested it was put up for downloading, as it’s the only BCSU recording in existence with him on drums. It was recorded live at the NEWEST INDUSTRY FEST on September 18th, 2005 in Cardiff, UK. It’s called “Chairman Meow”…

You can download the song here:
Black Cougar Shock Unit – Chairman Meow (live)
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Looks like there is an explanation for the curious omission of Green Day from the soundtrack to the Simpsons movie. Rather than slumming on the soundtrack album, the band will. in fact, be contributing what is described as a “punked up” version of the Simpsons theme, but it will instead appear on the movie’s “score” album.

On July 24, three days before the film opens in U.S. theaters, Warner Bros. Records will put out the Green Day single, Fox Music will make a digital score album available through its Web site and other outlets. And Extreme Music will release 25,000 pink doughnut cases to Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart and Barnes & Noble.

As for the band’s role in the movie, the awesome Hank Azaria, who voices numerous Simpsons characters including Moe Szyslak, adds:

I know that Moe yells out obnoxious stuff to Green Day while they’re performing. That I remember. He yells out stupid stuff to Green Day. (They don’t play) at Moe’s Tavern. They perform elsewhere in the movie; they’re outside. And the whole crowd turns on them.

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Darkest Hour have posted some details about their upcoming album. The record is titled Deliver Us and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to their rarities collection Archives and their last studio album, Undoing Ruin.

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In a recent Billboard interview, experimental rock/metal band Deftones discussed plans for their next album. Frontman Chino Moreno discussed the bands interest in a more raw songwriting and recording process, which is in contrast to the band’s last effort, Saturday Night Wrist, which saw multiple producers come and go.

We’re going in there and playing as five of us in the room with just our instruments, no other distractions. That’s how we started out, basically, when we first started the band — us in the garage, no ProTools or anything to get us ahead of ourselves. We’d just play things over and over again, until we remembered it — that’s the rawest way you can do it, and the best, I think.

In related news, Moreno’s side-project, Team Sleep, have nearly completed their second album, which is planned for release in early 2008.
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Circa Survive has launched a full album stream of their new full length. The record is titled On Letting Go and is due out May 29, 2007. It is the follow-up to Juturna which was released in 2005.

You can check out the entire thing on their myspace page.
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Our friends in Strike Anywhere recently filled us in on the band’s summer vacation plans. The melodic-hardcore outfit will be heading across the pond for a month of dates in various parts of Europe, playing a total of 31 shows in 33 days. Aside from the usual stops in countries like Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands; the band will also be playing some shows in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria and Romania. No dates have been lined up for the UK yet, but more shows could be added to the tour, which kicks off June 15th in Hultsfred, Sweden at the Hulstsfred Festival. Joining the band at select dates will A-F Records group Red Lights Flash, and recent Red Scare addition La Plebe. The band released their third proper full-length, Dead FM, last year via Fat Wreck Chords.
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Are you stuck at work on the Friday before Memorial Day? Well, why not waste company time reading some of our new reviews. As you may or may not know, we post new reviews on Punknews.org every Tuesday and Friday. Starting today, we’ll be also be posting a brief notice to fill you in on the what’s new in the reviews section.

Today we bring you reviews of Brimstone Howl‘s new release, Guts of Steel; the self-released and self-titled effort from Discover America; a review of Inquisition‘s recent weekend reunion shows; the new DVD release from the Lower Class Brats, Loud and Out of Tune: Live!!!; and a few more.

You can check out the last two review updates by heading over to the Punknews Reviews page.
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Canadian act Subb has announced a tour of Japan set to kick off in mid-July. The band continues to support their 2006 album, The Motions.

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Sick Sick Sick, a band boasting members from Augusta, GA and Jackson, SC has posted some new music on their MySpace page.

Westfield, MA metal act Within the Ruins has signed with Innerstrength Records. The label will release the band’s label debut, the Driven by Fear EP, this coming summer. The band recently recruited a new singer from Kettering, England, who plans on flying to the states this month to record the vocals for the EP. The band will then embark on a U.S. tour. You can check out some pre-production demos on the band’s MySpace page.

Michigan ska-punk band We Are the Union has posted a new song and a sampler track from their debut full-length, Who We Are, due out June 20th. You can hear “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” and said sampler track at their MySpace page.
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