Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s Sadaharu have posted a new song from their upcoming record Resist. Revolt. Reclaim. You can check out “Selective Memory” via MySpace now. The new record hits on August 21st on CI Records. It will be preceded by a 7″ this July on Impose Records titled Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot. The wax will feature two previously unreleased tracks.
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On July 19th the Mauled By Tigers Fest kicks off again in Chicago. The vent, which will run to the 22nd, features bands like Toys That Kill, the Ergs!, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, the Chinese Telephones, the Arrivals, the Bananas, Pink Razors, Ringers, and Japanther.

The fest will raise money for the Donor Choose program to promote literacy in poorly Chicago and Brooklyn area public schools. The event also supports the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
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Former Groovie Ghoulies frontman Kepi won’t let the demise of his long running band get him down. The Sacramento based musician is heading out solo performing under the name Kepi Ghoulie. A MySpace page has been setup to stream some of this solo material.

In late July Kepi is headed to Europe with longtime friend and solo performer Dan Janisch.
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The Action Design, which features former Tsunami Bomb members Matt McKenzie and Emily Whitehurst, have announced summer tour dates starting later this month. The band will be touring with Bob Brinkerhoff, formerly of Fairview and now of Kiev. He’ll be serving as keyboardist in forthcoming shows.

The band recently posted new music to their MySpace page. The tracks are from their recent EP re-release.
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Hopeless / Sub City has announced that they’ve now surpassed one million dollars in charity donations. The San Fernando Valley based indie label, which employs 10 people, will throw a celebration on August 26th at the Troubadour in Los Angeles benefitting Project MuszEd. The event will bring together fans, local politicians and business leaders for an award presentation and performances by Hopeless acts Amber Pacific and All Time Low. Students of Project MuszEd, which supports inner-city kids with a passion for music, will also perform at the show.

Hopeless launched the Sub City imprint in 1999, with its first charitable recipient the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since then the organization has raised funds for more than 50 non-profit organizations. In particular the label donated over $100,000 to south central LA drop-in center A Place Called Home from the sales of Thrice‘s 2002 breakthrough The Illusion of Safety. The annual Take Action Tour, most recently supporting the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (1-800-SUICIDE and 1-877-YOUTHLINE), have cumulated in three press conferences on Capital Hill. There the label has raised awareness on mental health issues and suicide prevention for young Americans.
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North Carolina’s Secret Lives of the Freemasons have parted ways with Astro Magnetics. The band was the first act signed to the helmed label. The reasons for the split are unspecified at this time, but regardless the band is now unsigned.

Secret Lives of the Freemasons released This Was Built To Make You Dance in 2005. A follow up titled The Weekend Warriors is in the works.
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Cleveland’s The Lovekill have posted a status update. Following their tour supporting Fifth Hour Hero in October Chris left the band and the group decided to carry on as a trio. Whether that will be as “The Lovekill” or under a new name remains to be seen. The band members are apart at the moment, with Carla in Cincinnati with her new baby, Craig in Cleveland playing for indie-pop band Bears and Jonah in Brooklyn freelance writing.

The band does have new music in the works with all intentions of releasing it, but that could take some time. The band released These Moments Are Momentum in 2006 for Geoff Rickley’s Astro Magnetics label.
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More details on Atreyu‘s debut for Hollywood Records have been announced. Lead Sails Paper Anchor will feature 11 songs and is due out on August 28th. The record was recorded this spring with Goldfinger‘s John Feldmann producing. Feldmann’s produced high profile records from bands like the Used, Mest and Story of the Year. The album was mixed by veteran engineer Andy Wallace (Nirvana, the Strokes, Rise Against, Thrice and a million others).

Atreyu‘s last studio record was A Death-Grip on Yesterday. It was followed by a retrospective of their Victory-era career simply titled The Best of Atreyu. The band will take part in the Family Values Tour this summer.
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the Briggs will make a radio appearance today on the KUCI radio show Peace and Unity and Your Mom. Between 2 and 4 PST the group will be playing acoustic versions of their songs and chatting with the host. You can listen to the show on 88.9 FM if you’re local to Irvine, CA or listen online via KUCI.org.

The Briggs most recently released Back to Higher Ground in 2006 via SideOneDummy.
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Milwaukee’s Chinese Telephones are headed out on a summer tour of the US east coast. The trek includes a stop at In a tour that includes an appearance at Insubordination Fest in Baltimore. The band will be opening the July 6th show at the Ottobar, setting the stage for the Unlovables, the Riptides and the Ergs! among others. Most of the shows on the tour will feature Dear Landlord (ex-Rivethead / Copyrights).

The band is supporting their new split 7″ with Dear Landlord on It’s Alive / Recess Records.
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Ottawa’s the Fully Down have named Justin Camarena as their new vocalist. The Detroit, MI native replaces singer Gab Bouchard, who moved on from the band for personal reasons earlier this year. The band released Don’t Get Lost in a Moment in 2005 via Fearless Records.
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Voodoo Glow Skulls are looking for horn players. They haven’t lost any players but are looking for additions “in the interest of keeping this band fresh and having a full touring line up after the new disc drops.” Interested parties can inquire via the band’s Myspace page. That new disc, by the way, is set for a September 18th release via Victory Records. It follows up 2004’s Adiccion, Tradicion y Revolucion and should run around 15 songs.

In the meantime the band has a handful of summer shows scheduled. A US tour will be scheduled for October, following which the band will return to Europe.
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Seattle’s Supersuckers are on the road this month. The Seattle band’s supporting their Paid EP with a set of dates that sees them criss cross the sourthern US then following the west coast home. The shows will be opened by frontman Eddie Spaghetti and Jordan Shapiro, playing songs from Spaghetti’s recent solo release Old No. 2.

Both Paid and Old No. 2 were recently released by the band’s own Mid-Fi label. A video for Eddie Spaghetti’s song “I Don’t Wanna Know” can be found now at YouTube.
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