Electro-punk act Dance for Destruction has debuted some music online.The band features former members of A-F record’s Pipedown and promises female-fronted, politically charged hardcore-electro-punk-fury. Their debut self released EP is available at www.interpunk.com. You can check out the music on their myspace page

PA-based hardcore/punk act Life Set Disaster has debuted some music online.The band is wrapping up work on their full length debut, Clifton Heights Punk Rock. The disc will be available on the band’s upcoming tours and also directly via their myspace page. Some early demos are available for streaming. You can check out the music on their myspace page

Cleveland’s One Reason has debuted some music online.The band most recently released a split 7-inch with the Japanese band The Because. The record is being released via Salinas Records of Detroit in the United States. The Japanese version is out on Snuffy Smile Records out of Kyoto, Japan. You can check out the music on their myspace page

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Emanuel have released a new song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Black Earth Tiger and is due out July 17, 2007. It is the follow-up to Soundtrack To A Headrush which was released in 2005

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The Spill Canvas has posted the track “Staplegunned” online. The song was featured on their recent EP and Warner debut Denial Feels So Good. You can check out the streams below:

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Portugal. The Man have announced a summer tour in support of their upcoming album. The record is titled Church Mouth and is due out July 24, 2007. It is the follow-up to Devil Say I, I Say Air which was released in 2006.

For the tour, the band has enlisted a variety of acts including The Photo Atlas, Russian Circles, This Will Destroy You, Tera Melos and many more.

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Paint It Black have announced some more details about their upcoming third album. The band had this to say in an update:

We’ve been hard at work polishing up the new songs for our next album, and we finally have all the logistics mapped out. This album will be co-produced by J. Robbins and Oktopus (aka Alap Momin). The initial tracking with be done in Baltimore at the Magpie Cage by Mr. Robbins, who in addition to recording/producing our last album, “Paradise,” and being the founding member and primary songwriter of Jawbox, has numerous production credits to his name, including the soon-to-be-released new Modern Life is War album, the Black Cross full-length, and emo-pop masterpeices such as Braid,

We’re especially excited to be joining forces with Oktopus, who for the uninitiated, is the genius behind the apocalyptic wall-of-sound that is Dalek (Ipecac Recordings). As a producer/engineer, he’s pioneered an innovative sound in independent music, forging a unique synthesis of sounds that is equal parts Swans, Public Enemy, My Bloody Valentine, and Sonic Youth.

For those of you who are getting worried that this is sounding too wierd or experimental, rest assured that the backbone of this album is still straight-ahead Hardcore Punk,

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Against Me! front man Tom Gabel has launched a tour diary documenting his experiences on the band’s ongoing tour with Mastodon. The first episode is online now, and more episodes will appear over the next few days. You can check them out via Vice.

The band’s drummer also participated in a video interview at the Phoenix night club in Toronto, Canada. Warren discussed the band’s new album, New Wave, his reactions to their increasing “fame” and when not to wear short shorts. You can check out the interview right here.

The band is gearing up for their upcoming Sire debut, titled New Wave which is due out July 10, 2007.
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Despite appearing in the movie itself, Green Day will not be appearing on the soundtrack to the Simpsons movie. Instead, the disc mostly features popular rap acts and contributions from Fall Out Boy, Panic! At the Disco and Lifehouse.

The disc is due out July 10th, 2007.

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Though bashing major labels is a raison d’etre for some members of the punk community, some particularly loud condemnations are coming from some higher profile places. First, industry pundit Bob Lefsetz recently wrote a scathing editorial criticizing major labels and arguing why bands should refrain from joining them.

Similarly, the outspoken and daring Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails recently spoke about his feelings:

It’s a very odd time to be a musician on a major label, because there’s so much resentment towards the record industry that it’s hard to position yourself in a place with the fans where you don’t look like a greedy asshole. […]

That’s also why you don’t see any label people here, ‘cos I said ‘F— you people. Stay out of my f—ing show. If you wanna come, pay the ticket like anyone else. F— you guys”. They’re thieves. I don’t blame people for stealing music if this is the kind of s— that they pull off.

I’ve have one record left that I owe a major label, then I will never be seen in a situation like this again. If I could do what I want right now, I would put out my next album, you could download it from my site at as high a bit-rate as you want, pay $4 through PayPal.

You can read Bob’s editorial here while Trent’s interview can be found here.

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