Sabot Productions has announced that sometime during the Spring of 2007 they will be releasing None More Black‘s final release, This Is Satire on vinyl. The album was recently regarded as a classic by one of our staff reviewers.

This is not the first time Sabot has worked with the band. They released their debut EP Loud About Loathing back in 2004.

The band broke up late last year and went on to start projects such as OnGuard and Ram & Ox.
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The first batch of confirmed bands has been announced for Engineer‘s tribute to 90s-era punk/post-punk act Seaweed. The Tacoma, Washington-based band started out releasing material on their own Leopard Gecko imprint in 1989, before moving onto a vinyl single with K Records, signing to Sub Pop a few years later for their career building albums “Despised,” “Weak,” and “Four.” Then Hollywood Records picked the band up in 1993 and released their largest album to date, 1995’s “Spanaway,” their bombastic major label offering. Lasting only 1 album on Hollywood, the band and label unhitched and Seaweed then moved back to the indies. Merge Records issued their final release in 1999, “Actions and Indications” turned into their swan song and the band split later the same year. Seaweed’s decade of existence came to an end.

A diverse range of bands has been confirmed for the disc including Thursday, Killwhitneydead, This Is Hell, Capital, I Am the Avalanche, Stephen Brodsky, Kover, and others.

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The first batch of confirmed bands has been announced for Engineer‘s tribute to 90s-era punk/post-punk act Seaweed. The Tacoma, Washington-based band started out releasing material on their own Leopard Gecko imprint in 1989, before moving onto a vinyl single with K Records, signing to Sub Pop a few years later for their career building albums “Despised,” “Weak,” and “Four.” Then Hollywood Records picked the band up in 1993 and released their largest album to date, 1995’s “Spanaway,” their bombastic major label offering. Lasting only 1 album on Hollywood, the band and label unhitched and Seaweed then moved back to the indies. Merge Records issued their final release in 1999, “Actions and Indications” turned into their swan song and the band split later the same year. Seaweed’s decade of existence came to an end.

A diverse range of bands has been confirmed for the disc including Thursday, Killwhitneydead, This Is Hell, Capitol, I Am the Avalanche, Stephen Brodsky, Kover, and others.

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HORSE the Band has announced that they will be hitting the road this summer with Black Light Burns, the new project from former Limp Bizkit/From First To Last member, Wes Borland.

HORSE is touring in support of their upcoming full length. The record is titled A Natural Death and is due out August 28, 2007.

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SideCho Records has announced the signing of four-piece “pop/indie/experiment” act Via Audio. The band’s SideCho debut Say Something, which was produced by Jim Eno of Spoon (Mates of State, Bright Eyes, Okkervil River), is scheduled for a September 25 release.

You can check out some music from the band on MySpace.
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The folks about Double Viking have put together an interesting little story for a quiet little Friday afternoon. As you gear up for a weekend of frivolity and chastity, take a moment to read this article which looks at the growing menace of “guyliner.”

A choice bit from the article:

Jared Leto used to be a name that meant something. He was in American Psycho. Requiem for a Dream. Fight Club. Leto was in numerous kickass movies, and it appeared that he might be the next rising star of quasi-independent film.

Then he started wearing guyliner. He formed the band 30 Seconds to Mars and disappeared off the Hollywood radar for a year or so. How does one go from getting the shit kicked out of them by Edward Norton to being Colin Farrell’s subservient boyfriend in a bad Oliver Stone movie?

Check it out here.
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Have Heart and Sinking Ships will head out for a few weeks of U.S. and Canadian dates together starting next month, including appearances at Ventura, CA’s Sound and Fury festival. Turning Point and/or alliteration fans rejoice by clicking Read More.

Recent Rivalry signees Soul Control will join up for most of the tour, with Deathwish‘s Rise and Fall taking their place for the last three dates.

Have Heart is out in support of last year’s Bridge 9 debut The Things We Carry and is currently writing for LP2. Sinking Ships is supporting last year’s Revelation debut Disconnecting and recently demoed for a 7″ to be released later this year.
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Sum 41 have posted artwork for their upcoming album. The record is titled Underclass Hero and is due out July 24, 2007. The album is the first from the band without founding guitarist Dave Baksh who left in May.

The band will be supporting the album on a variety of festival dates as well as some Warped Tour stops. The band released Chuck in 2004.

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Strung Out has launched a full album stream of their new album for Fat. The record is titled Blackhawks Over Los Angeles and is due out June 12, 2007. It is the follow-up to Exile In Oblivion which was released in 2004.

You can check it out on their myspace page.
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Livers from Texas to California are on notice as the Riverboat Gamblers have announced plans for a small tour with Chicago’s Arrivals in June. They’ll be joined on dates by bands such as Toys that Kill, Eagles of Death Metal, The Burning Brides and Swing Ding Amigos.

Of note is the addition of Dillinger Four‘s one and only Paddy to the Arrivals. I guess things must be going great with Civil War if he can take time off to tour. Anyways…
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So, after slacking a tad this past Tuesday, here we are again to let you know about the latest and greatest in the Punknews new reviews page. So how is your Friday? Here in Richmond, it’s gonna be insanely hot today. We’re talking 95 degrees, yet supposed to feel like 105 degrees….at 5:00pm. To quote the great Jason Lee, “No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater than central air.”

• Melodic punk upstarts the Swellers dropped their debut LP, My Everest
• Post-hardcore supergroup Holy Roman Empire‘s new album, The Longue Durée
• More post-hardcore from Signal to Noise‘s debut full-length, Kodiak
• A second opinion on None More Black‘s fairwell, This is Satire
• Several more over at the Punknews Review page
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Kevin Seconds (of 7 Seconds, funny enough) will debut his new band this Saturday, June 10th, in Sacramento. The band is called the Altruistics and will feature Brian Hanover (Hanover Saints/The Wounds), Shawn Hale (Daycare, The Jacks) and Steve Smith (ex-Army Of Trees). The band will take the stage at Old Ironsides to support long running punk band the Avengers and Sacto’s Last Chance.
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The strangely named Anchors for Arms have posted the first video from their upcoming Lobster Records debut. The record is titled Listen React and is due out June 12, 2007.

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