The Black Keys have released a new live EP for free download. The tracks were recorded during the band’s tour in support of their recent album, Magic Potion in Fall 2006.
You can check out all four songs on their myspace page.
The band has also announced a tour set to kick off next month.
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Freshly signed Canadian ska/punk act Flatliners have begun documenting the recording sessions for their Fat Wreck Chords debut. Fat will distribute the band in the US and worldwide, with the exception of Canada where the band is still signed to Stomp. The band released their debut Destroy to Create in 2005 and are planning a new record for the summer.
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Dates have surfaced for the “Lock Up Your Daugh-tour” featuring Trophy Scars and the Natalie Fight.
The two bands toured together last summer as well.
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Paulson has posted their first ever music video for the track “Calling On You.” The video was directed by guitarist Jesse Burton and features a giant tarantula attacking shoppers, picking up groceries and playing a guitar solo. Really. You can check out the video by clicking Read More.
The song is from their 2007 Doghouse Records release All At Once.
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Need a new Peavey guitar? Well, it looks like the fellows in Chasing Victory happen to have an extra one and they want to give it to one of you. While they’re probably pretty generous dudes, this particular bit of generosity comes as the band celebrates the release of their new record, Fiends. The album finds the band moving away from hardcore and metalcore and incorporating more melodic elements that have been compared to bands like the Foo Fighters.
You can check out some music on their myspace page and you can visit this form to get your name in the running for the guitar.
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Joey Cape of Lagwagon, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, Bad Astronaut and Afterburner, has launched a new solo page on myspace where he is posting rarities. He is promising home-recorded, largely acoustic material. He notes:
If you have discovered this site, you are probably wondering why there is no new music. It’s O.K. There will be soon. My plan is to randomly post anything I feel like posting, new songs, works in progress, side projects and other’s recordings I was involved in. I will even post some old demos, most likely regretful, terribly embarrassing demos. Anyway, should be fun for me and I think you will enjoy it as well.
You can check out the music on his myspace page.
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Ben Weasel has revealed some more details about his upcoming sophomore solo album, These Ones Are Bitter. The record is due out June 26, 2007 and is his first solo outing since 2002’s Fidatevi.
As reported, the disc will be released via Ben’s own digital-only Mendota and will be available via digital download from iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, downloadpunk.com, Napster, and many other digital retailers. That said, the site notes that a limited edition vinyl version of the album will be released later in 2007 on Edmond Records. (We all know how Ben feels about CDs.)
For the record, Weasel has recruited bassist Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio as well as two members of he All-American Rejects: Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor. Kennerty also acted as producer.
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Famous U.K. based footware maker Dr. Martens has fired the ad agency responsible for the recently unveiled print / poster campaign featuring deceased punks Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer. The posters, created by Saatchi & Saatchi London, depicted the iconic personalities as angels wearing the famous boots. A statement David Suddens, CEO of Airwair Ltd, reads:
Dr Martens is very sorry for any offense that has been caused by the publication of images showing dead rock icons wearing Dr Martens boots. Dr Martens did not commission the work as it runs counter to our current marketing activities based on FREEDM, which is dedicated to nurturing grass roots creativity and supporting emerging talent. As a consequence, Dr Martens has terminated its relationship with the responsible agency.
An earlier article at the Daily Swarm claimed that the images have been cleared for use in the U.K. only, in an arrangement with Corbis (the supplier of the original photographs). The images were created enhanced by photographer Dimitri Daniloff and retoucher Christophe Huet. You can view the originals here.
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Cartel‘s bubble special begins tonight at 11pm EST. The promotion was announced in April and earned a fair amount of criticism and debate. As originally reported, the band will be recording their next album in a giant transparent bubble on Pier 54 in New York City. The entire affair is being sponsored, this time by soda company Dr Pepper. The entire ordeal will air as a four-episode reality show starting May 24 on MTV, and at drpepperbubble.com, which will offer around-the-clock surveillance via 23 webcams.
The show will be available on MTV while the official site will host various videos from the recording session.
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Green Day performed their cover of John Lennon’s track “Working Class Hero” last night on American Idol. The track is available for preview or purchase via iTunes and is set to benefit Amnesty International’s campaign for Darfur.
This cover, along with others from Black Eyed Peas, The Cure, Jack Johnson and Willie Nelson will appear on Instant Karma, a new benefit for Amnesty International’s campaign to end the Darfur genocide. Though the United Nations has not been willing to describe the Darfur conflict as a genocide, it is well established that at least 400,000 people have been killed, with an addition 2.5 million displaced by the conflict between the Janjaweed and Fur, Zaghawa, and Massaleit ethnic groups.
A studio version of the song is also available for preview or purchase the song via this link.
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The White Stripes have posted the first video from their upcoming debut for Warner. The record is titled Icky Thump and is due out June 19, 2007.
You can check out the video for the title track, “Icky Thump” right here.
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An industrious (and dedicated punk zine fan) has assembled a pretty incredible archive of classic punk zines Focusing on early output from Maximum Rock’n’Roll, Flipside, HeartattaCk and Suburban Voice, the site has complete scans of issues dating back to the late 70s.
You can check it out here.
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Divider has announced a summer tour with Blues, Furnace, and Capsule on various legs. The tour comes in advance of their upcoming full -length which is set to be recorded early in 2008. Following the tour, the band will be headed out on an East Coast tour.
They are supporting their 2006 EP, At Twilight.
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