The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland has posted another update on the band’s follow up to 2003’s Splinter:

Hey, I‘ve read a few things out there where it has been suggested that some of the songs on our new record might be older material, like outtakes or re-recordings of old songs.

So I just wanted to let you know that the songs we‘ve recorded for our upcoming CD are all completely new. We‘re not putting any songs on the new record that were previously recorded. That would be cheating, wouldn‘t it?

The band plans to play Japan in August, appearing at the Summer Sonic Festival on the 11th and 12th alongside bands like Sum 41, Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party, Interpol, and of course Cyndi Lauper.
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Labelmates Underminded and I Am The Ocean have announced a tour together beginning later this month. After floating around in a label-free limbo since they left Kung Fu Records, Underminded found a home Uprising Records and were signed the same day as tourmates I Am The Ocean

The bands will be joined by This Moment on the trek.

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Stomp Records‘ Saint Alvia Cartel, which consists of ex-members of Grade, Jersey, and Boys Night Out, have finished their video for “I Don’t Wanna Wait Forever” which will be featured on their upcoming self-titled debut.

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Facing New York and Tera Melos have announced a June/July tour together. On the month long tour, the bands will be joined by By The End of Tonight on most dates with some other bands joining on various stops.

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Big Business have announced the dates for a tour set to kick off at the end of the month. The band most recently delivered their sophomore full length for Hydrahead, Here Come the Waterworks.

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Goodfellow Records has announced the addition of The Fucking Wrath to their extended family. The band has just finished up their debut for Goodfellow, titled Season Of Evil, and will hit the streets this August.

The band has been described as “play[ing] heavy-as-bricks, fast-as-lightning stoner punk from the deepest depths of hell“, and sounding like: “a cross between Cursed and Tragedy.”
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New York hardcore act Madball will team up with Terror and 100 Demons for a tour beginning June 12 in Michigan and wrapping up June 23 in Pittsburgh.

The band passed down their Legacy through Ferret Records in 2005.
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Australian hardcore act Miles Away has posted a new unmastered sample MP3 from their forthcoming Resist Records release Rewind Repeat online. You can check out the song “Affidavit” on the band’s MySpace.

Rewind Repeat is scheduled for a June 16 release.
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Basement Records have signed Strength Behind Tears. The label notes they have a “modern hardcore edge to them” and recommends the band for “fans of Poison the Well, Glassjaw, and Refused”.

Their new record, Bridges Betwen Us, will hit the streets on June 26th. The band has posted some media online as well. You can check out the video for the song “On Your Back Or On Your Feet” and listen to the new track “November Tenth” at the band’s MySpace page.
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Katie Ellsweig recently gave us a wonderful interview she did with Avail front man and solo artist Tim Barry. She explained:

Tim Barry doesn’t know why he writes songs. Sometimes it’s because he’s lonely, sometimes he’s angry and sometime’s he’s had one too many beers down by the river James. Whether he’s singing in seminal punk band Avail , or writing folk songs with his siblings, Barry makes sure that whatever comes out of his mouth also comes out of his heart. “Rivanna Junction,” his debut solo effort, is a collection of acoustic guitars, violins, pianos and stories about a life lived hopping trains, driving trucks, writing songs and trying to keep up. Go ahead, ask Tim Barry if he’s happy.

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Dates have posted the dates for the All Hands On Deck tour featuring Funeral For A Friend and Alexisonfire. The tour will kick off in New York City on June 12 and will wrap up in Los Angeles on June 26.

Funeral For a Friend recently launched a full album stream on MySpace for their forthcoming full-length Tales Don’t Tell Themselves.
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