Cardiff, UK-based The Automatic Automatic recently aired some live footage recorded at SXSW and recorded for DirectTV. The popular UK band has been performing in advance of the release of their UK debut, Not Accepted Anywhere in North America. The record will be available June 26, 2007 and the release coincides with the band’s upcoming stint on the Warped Tour.

Described in the UK press as equal parts Blur, Blood Brothers and Futureheads, the album has proven wildly popular in the UK. Two singles from the album, “Monster” and “Raoul” are still available on their Punknews.org Profile.

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Pinky Ring Records has announced the signing of Brooklyn natives the Braves. The band formed in late 2004, released a mixtape entitled Random Ish I Threw Together Vol.1 in early 2005 and will release their debut full-length Reporting Live this summer through the label.

You can check out some of the band’s material on MySpace.
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The North Atlantic has posted another new demo online entitled “Lotion Party.” You can check out the new track, which according to the band was “inspired by actual tour events,” on MySpace.

The band released Wires in the Walls last year.
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You can now stream all 10 tracks of Tim Armstrong’s upcoming solo record A Poet’s Life which will be fully available to download or own in CD/DVD format Tuesday, May 22nd, on Hellcat Records. You can stream it the release on Rancid’s myspace page.

This Friday Tim will be playing this years KROQ Weenie Roast backed by The Aggrolites and then will begin working on the next full-length Rancid record.
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The first track from the Beastie Boys‘s upcoming album has surfaced in the form a new video. The record is titled The Mix-Up and is due out June 26, 2007. As originally reported, the record will be instrumental and derives it’s sound from classic punk and new-wave acts like Public Image Ltd., Gang of Four, the Slits and Killing Joke.

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Today we present you a few tracks from Portland, OR’s Clorox Girls‘ new release, and BYO Records debut, J’ aime Les Filles. The band mixes the familiar northwest rock sound with some very obvious pop-punk influence, recommended for fans of the Exploding Hearts and the Briefs alike.

You can check out the song’s by visiting the Clorox Girls’ Punknews profile.
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Dates have been unveiled for the Borderline Insanity Tour featuring the Warriors headlining and support from First Blood, Too Pure to Die and Since the Floor. The tour kicks off June 8 in California and will wrap up June 28 in New York.

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Queens of the Stone Age have posted the first official video from their upcoming record. The record is titled Era Vulgaris and is due out June 12, 2007. It follows up 2005’s Lullabies To Paralyze.

Though it is hosted via Yahoo! Music, the site has been updated to support other browsers. It will not, however, allow you to watch the video if you are in one of the “evil” countries like Canada, the UK and Mexico. That’s a roundabout way of saying that if you’re not in the USA, forget about seeing the video.

You can find the video here.
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It’s Friday night, and maybe you don’t have plans yet? Well, for all of you procrastinating kids in the Virginia Beach area, have we got a deal for you. Ska legends the Pietasters are rolling into town tonight for what should be a skankin’ good time. Maybe you and a friend would like to go for free?

Our friends over at 151 Productions are giving away free admission to two lucky Punknews readers and a friend. How do you win? Well, it’s a race against time, my friends; like 24, except no terrorists and Jack Bauer’s voice sounds cooler than yours. The first two people to email their entry win.
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The Used have launched a stream of their third full length. The record is titled Lies For The Liars and is due out On May 22, 2007, It is their first since 2004’s and is the follow-up to In Love And Death.

You can check out the stream on their myspace page.
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Rise Against are planning to return the studio to work on their fifth album as soon as they finish touring and promoting their latest album The Sufferer & the Witness. Expect it to be released sometime in the summer of 2008. Further information regarding the new album remains unknown for the time being.

The band has been touring non-stop since the release of “The Sufferer & The Witness” in 2006. The band will be heading their own tour through North America throughout this summer, which means they would not be part of this year’s Warped Tour. Tomorrow (May 19th), Rise Against will also perform live at the fifteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast, which is set to kick off at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California.

Just remember one thing: if you comment on this story, Tim will want to send you to The Hague.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba’s favourite sons, The Weakerthans has announced a very short tour in anticipation of their fourth full-length record, tentatively titled Reunion Tour.

The album was recorded in Winnipeg and Toronto with long-time producer Ian Blurton at the helm once again. The album is slated for release this fall from Epitaph/Anti-. The three shows will see the band perform in Hamilton, New York City and Asbury Park only, but a full tour is likely to be announced in the fall.

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