Jimmy Eat World is in the final stages of work on their sixth studio album and follow up to 2004’s Futures and 2005’s Stay on My Side Tonight EP.

Frontman Jim Adkins explained:

We have a mix date set for May 28th. Yes, there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. We just spent a week in Los Angeles tweaking out a few songs and stalking Tony from Sparta (we know what Starbucks you go to now, homz).

We re-cut drums and bass for a song called “Here It Goes” with producer, John Fields. We will be working on art and getting all our new stage costumes together soon. How does human size banana suits sound? People would definitely ask us less questions about emo then.

This album is being produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Against Me!)
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The Starting Line has posted another new track on online entitled “Island.” “Island” and the recently posted “Direction” will be featured on the band’s forthcoming release Direction, which is due out July 31.

You can check out the song on MySpace.

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Though the band had originally sworn off the idea of performing songs by their former band, the two members of Blink-182, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, have reconsidered and have decided that they will be performing tracks while touring as Plus 44. Mark explained:

For the past year and a half we have been saying how +44 will never play Blink-182 songs. In interviews, when people ask about it, we say it won’t happen, we think it’s lame, etc. Last week we changed our minds. And tonight during our set we played “What’s my Age Again.” You see, Travis and I love our history with blink-182, and it seems a shame to let those songs sit dormant forever because of what happened two years ago. And that song is so much fun to play. So why not? It was awesome to play that song live again. We’re having the time of our lives out here. See you at the shows.

The group is supporting their debut album, When Your Heart Stops Beating, on the 2007 Honda Civic Tour.
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We recently caught up with Thomas Barnett and Rob Huddleston of seminal melodic-hardcore group Inquisition. In our second installment, the band discusses how hardcore/punk has changed over the past 10 years and what their take on on both the positive and negative aspects of it are.

You can also check out part one here.
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New Mexican Disaster Squad is currently streaming their new EP, Peace With Nothing, which is a digital-only EP to be released on June 5th. The EP compiles three original tracks and two covers of Government Issue and 7 Seconds:

1. No Protection
2. Peace With Nothing
3. Abandoned
4. Understand
5. Here’s Your Warning

Peace with Nothing will be available from iTunes, eMusic, Yahoo! Music, and a host of other digital music services. You can check out the stream here.
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Sugarcult will headline the 2007 Bay Area Indie Music Festival on August 25, 2007 in Martinez, Ca. at the John Muir Amphitheater. Nearly 20 bands on two stages will take part in this all day event including Scissors For Lefty, Minipop, Immigrant, Poor Bailey, Push To Talk, Great Northern, National Product, Panda, Goodbye Gadget, Bel Air Academy, Fletch, 5606, Overview, stepsonday, and Good For You.

Tickets go on sale June 10th through ticketweb.com
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Love Riot Records has announced the first band added to their roster, Texas-based Enjoy the Fall. The five-piece will release their currently untitled debut this summer and plan to tour in support of it.

You can check out some new songs from the band on MySpace.
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Manchester-based the Freezing Fog has posted two songs from their forthcoming full-length titled March Forth to Victory on MySpace. The band features two members of the now defunct Beecher. The album was recorded earlier this year with Converge guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou at his Godcity Recording Studio. The album is planned for release via Roadkill Records in late July.

New Jersey act Exit Only has released the album art and the track-listing for their forthcoming EP Ripped Off, Spit Out, and Shit On… The EP will include five new songs and newly recorded versions of two older songs. The album is due out in June and the band reports that they will be touring shortly after to support the album. The artwork is available on the band’s MySpace page.

Dayton OH’s the Story Changes has posted two new songs on Myspace. The songs “Needle” and “Don’t Fall” are from their forthcoming release The Way of the Dinosaur on Future Destination Records. The album was produced by Jamie Woolford (Let Go, the Stereo, Man Alive, the Format) and includes ten new tracks recorded earlier this year. The label has set a release date of July 10, but is offering two preorder options to receive the album a month beforehand.
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Reel Big Fish‘s Myspace page has been updated with a sampler for the bands new album. The record is titled Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free and is due out July 10, 2007 on Rock Ridge Recordings.

The sampler includes snippets from “Way Back” (a discarded track from the band’s previous full-length, We’re Not Happy Til You’re Not Happy) as well as a re-recorded version of “I’m Her Man” from the band’s debut album Everything Sucks. You can see the artwork for the record on the release detail page.

The band will be supporting the record with a co-headlining tour featuring Less Than Jake.
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The first acts have been announced for the July 22nd S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival. The annual St. Catharines, Ontario based event will feature around 130 acts, including Bedouin Soundclash, Constantines, Cancer Bats, Fucked Up, Madball and Walter Schreifels (of Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits and Youth of Today).

A two CD sampler featuring more than 40 artists will be given away to the first 2500 people at S.C.E.N.E.’s Market Square headquarters on the day of the festival. Last year’s event featured 16 stages and 135 bands playing to more than 6000 people.
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Poison the Well has launched the latest video from their new full length, Versions. The band will soon hit the road for a tour with Saosin.

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Fat Wreck Chords has announced the 1.2.3. Punk Tour. The Canadian jaunt will feature Mad Caddies, The Sainte Catherines and The Real McKenzies.

It was sponsored by the punk-oriented video program of the same name which airs on Quebec-based music channel MusiquePlus. It’s similar to MTV except everyone eats poutine all the time and speaks with adorable French accents. Also, they want to separate from Canada, like yesterday. On the plus side, they named a street after your correspondant .

1.2.3. Punk will be airing 8, 30-minute special episodes along with a live performance by all three bands at the Musique Plus studios when they hit Montreal. The tour starts on July 14th in Victoria, BC and ends on August 4th in Halifax, NS.

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