The Starting Line have announced that they will be releasing their next record via Virgin. The record is titled Directions and is due out July 31, 2007. It is the follow-up to Based On A True Story which was released in 2005.

The album was produced by Gramm nominee Howard Benson, whose icredentials include Relient K, All-American Rejects and My Chemical Romance, among others. Benson first worked with the band on a couple of songs from the band’s previous album.

The title track from the record is currently streaming from their myspace page.
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The North Atlantic have posted a new track online, and in a recent blog, more demos are promised to be posted. Additionally, the group is requesting feedback from listeners:

We’ve been bad to you…and by bad, I don’t mean a real prick, but just a little…inattentive. So, we’ve decided that we’re gonna post new songs that we’ve been demo-ing and working on, for about a week at a time, and see what y’all think of them. The first one doesn’t have a name yet–I’m not promising anything, but send ideas.

You can check out the the untitled demo at the band’s MySpace page.

The group’s last release was 2006’s well-received Wires in the Walls.
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No Use For A Name has provided us with a nice, large version of the artwork for their upcoming retrospective/greatest hits compilation. The record has been titled All The Best Songs and is due out July 10, 2007.

Originally announced in early February, the disc is now set to contain 26 songs including 2 unreleased songs. It will include a 24-page booklet with pictures, and commentary from the band as well as ex-members, mothers, crew members and Fat Mike. The record is expected to compile favorites from all their records up to and including their last album, Keep Them Confused, in 2005.

2007 marks the 20th anniversary of their first released song. The song “Gang Way” appeared on Maximum Rock n’ Roll’s Turn It Around released 20 years ago in 1987.

Any speculation on what songs will appear?

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Ram & Ox, the new band featuring prior members of the recently departed None More Black, have announced their first set of shows.

First, on June 8th and 9th the band will head north across the border to La Ninkasi, Quebec, Canada to open for the last two shows from Fifth Hour Hero. Then, on June 20th at the Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, NJ as part of Summer Punk Nights at the Lanes with their good friends the Loved Ones.

Additionally, the Ram & Ox demo can still be downloaded for free. You can get it here.
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