Everyone’s favorite bathtub dwelling solo artist, James Dewees aka Reggie and The Full Effect, has posted some new music from his upcoming album.

The record was produced by Sean Beavan and is titled She Loves Me Not. A release date has not yet been set. The album is the follow up to 2005’s Songs Not To Get Married To. (Those confused by the new songs should recall that James was in this band for a spell.)

You can check out the new songs on his myspace page.
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Pelican has posted the dates for their summer tour. The tour will kick off next month in Europe.

The band is touring in support of City of Echoes, which you can stream here.
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We have another last minute contest for you. Suprise, suprise, it’s also in Virginia Beach, courtesy of our pals at 151 Productions. This time, it’s Tim Barry, and special guest Josh Small. The first two entries get in with a pal for free tonight. Plus, to sweeten the deal, the first winner also gets a copy of Tim’s solo debut, Rivanna Junction.

If you promote shows, or have friends that do, tell them to contact us for a possible “Free Shows and Schwag” contest. Trust me, we want to get as many cities involved as possible, but we gotta know who wants to help you get into which shows!
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Our friends and collaborators, Justin and Dante, have spearheaded a new team on the AIDS Walk themed on this very website. He explains:

With the blessing of Punknews guru Aubin, Punknews editor Justin has begun the first Punknews.org team for the San Francisco AIDS Walk, on July 15, 2007. Though details are currently scarce the team is looking to work with local record labels and Punknews readers.

If you’re interested in helping the team, you can register here by clicking “Join a team”, then selecting “Punknews.org – 7592” from the list of teams and filling out the required information. People not in the San Francisco vacinity can still help by making a general team donation here.
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As expected, the first Rage Against The Machine countdown completed today. The page has announced a show for June 16th, 2007 to take place at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI.

The bill will also feature Queens of the Stone Age and you can check out the show poster. While fans expecting a major tour may be disappointed, there remains another countdown which will be revealed in August. Only 74 days to go…
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Well, I never got to that update that I I thought I would do last week.  I'll try again this week.  In the meantime, enjoy the latest installment of the GR2 Top 15 for Free! Yup, you heard it right- Free!

1. NOFX – Hot Dog In A Hallway
2. Snapout (aka Fastpace) – Hope
3. Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards – S.P.D.
4. The Mad Caddies – Contraband
5. Rancid – Gunshot
6. Spoiled Rotten  – Media Frenzy
7. The Briggs – Media Control
8. Supersuckers – Pretty Fucked Up
9. Consumed – Wake Up With A Smile
10. Anti-Flag – Turncoat
11. Swingin' Utters – Pills & Smoke
12. Dropkick Murphys – Barroom Hero
13. Social Distortion – Ball and Chain
14. Rollins Band – Drive By Shooting
15. Monster Magnet – Kick Out The Jams

Though there has been no shortage of video updates from Against Me!, their label has posted the first official clip from the DVD which is set to be packaged with the album.

The band also recently participated in an interview while in Australia talking about their album and even their expectations for the upcoming presidential election:

You know what, I’m over it. He’s out in a couple of years. Goodbye. I’m kind of resigned to the fact that even though we’re replacing one major arsehole, we’ll just replace him with another one (laughs). I don’t see the American people voting in someone any worse than Bush, but it’s highly unlikely we’re gonna vote in someone fantastic, because they just don’t exist in politics,”

The highly anticipated major label debut for the band, New Wave is due out July 10, 2007.

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The Draft have revealed upcoming touring and recording plans. The band, currently on the road in Australia with Against Me!, will headline a few shows in New Zealand before heading home to the US. The band has plans to play some European festivals this summer, including the Reading and Leeds weekender and Belgium’s Pukkelpop. There will be club shows in between the festivals “if you don’t feel like shelling out $100 to get beer thrown on you by Tool fans.”

Following the European tour the band will return to the US for 3 weeks of shows ended at the Fest in Gainesville. Afterwards the band plans to hit the studio to record the follow up to 2006’s In a Million Pieces. Bassist Jason Black commented in his recent update that the new tracks at “fun as hell and definitely much more varied” than the band’s prior work.
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The lineup for this year’s No Way Fest has been finalized. The fest will run June 23 and June 24 at Alleykatz in Richmond, VA and will feature Career Suicide, Government Warning and Caustic Christ, among many others.

More information on the fest is available through No Way Records.
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SSNOVA has posted a new track online entitled “Milky Wrong Way.” The song is from their forthcoming self-titled digital EP, which will be released June 19.

You can check out the new song on MySpace.
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Bloomfield, New Jersey hardcore act Endgame, featuring Paul Colucci of Between The Wars. have posted three new tracks online at the MySpace page.

Canadian metal act Inner Surge have posted their new video for the song “Wolves” here. The video, directed by Shaun Friesen of Free Zen Design, features a multimedia collage based on the events surrounding the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The song was featured on the band’s 2006 full length Signals Screaming.

Up The Fury, featuring ex members of This Is Hell and Backup Plann, have posted a new song to their MySpace page titled “At the Hands of History,” The demo will appear on an upcoming EP the group is set to record shortly.
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