A Wilhelm Scream have completed work on their next album. Of some note is the fact that the band remains on Nitro, a label which has been remarkably quiet for the past few months.

They announced the completion saying:

We’re finishing up the sequencing. It’s gonna be a 13 song joint this time. A few songs are over the five minute mark. They’re for the stoners. The vast majority of the record is fast. Very very fast. Actually, I think the whole thing’s fast. The other two songs we recorded will find their way to you in special ways after the record’s out. Those two songs aren’t that fast (comparatively) so they didn’t make the record. We really like them alot, so they will get released, but hey, they weren’t fuckin’ fast enough!! OK?! This one’s built for speed.

We’re gonna try to get the art done in time to make a late August release via Nitro Records and Hot Sauce. MP3s will come, we’ll let ya know when.

The band released their last record, Ruiner, in 2005.

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I’ve never been a fan of indie rock. Then again, with lines blurring more and more every day, defining a genre is next to impossible. Brooklyn’s Nakatomi Plaza are one of the best examples of this idea. The band plays a mix of punk and indie rock that any fan of Fugazi to Fifth Hour Hero would be down with.

The band recently released their debut LP, Unsettled via Red Leader Records, which speaking of, can be streamed in its entirety over the Nakatomi Plaza Punknews profile. However, this week’s clip comes from a recent performance here in Richmond of a brand new song to be featured on an upcoming compilation. You can check out the recorded version over at the band’s MySpace page.

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Fresh off their run supporting Modest Mouse, Philadelphia-based free agents Man Man have announced their own tour dates for the summer. Punknews.org reviewed the band’s debut, Six Demon Bag, last year, comparing it to a young Tom Waits and drawing attention to it’s ‘ circus music obsession and “spooky cabaret waltz”

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Sloppy Seconds have posted a new track titled “DIY Till We Die.” The song comes from what is apparently a forthcoming new record titled Endless Summer.

You can check out the song on their myspace page.
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Bedlight for Blue Eyes has posted a video for the song “Michael.” The track will be featured on the band’s forthcoming Trustkill Records release Life on Life’s Terms, which will hit stores July 10. The video serves as a memorial to Danny’s (vocals) older brother who passed away at a young age from a childhood disease.

You can check out the video on MySpace.
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Bedlight for Blue Eyes has posted a video for the song “Michael.” The track will be featured on the band’s forthcoming Trustkill Records release Life on Life’s Terms, which will hit stores July 10. The video serves as a memorial to Danny’s (vocals) older brother who passed away at a young age from a childhood disease.

You can check out the video on MySpace.
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Akimbo has posted two new tracks from their upcoming releases. They’ve finished recording two albums with Chris Owens of Lords in Louisville, Kentucky. The band will be releasing Navigating the Bronze, mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI Mastering, on Alternative Tentacles on August 21, 2007. The second album, Jersey Shores, will be released by an unnamed label at an unnamed date.

You can check out the songs on myspace.

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Our friends over at Generic Insight Radio recently released a new compilation of some of Long Island, NYC, New Jersey and Philadelphia’s best in the punk, hardcore and indie rock. Included in the compilation are rare or unreleased tracks from bands like Jena Berlin, the Gaslight Anthem, the Arsons, and many more. Additionally, the compilation will also feature an exclusive track from OnGuard, the new solo project from Jason Shevchuk.

The compilation is being released via Eternal Hope Records, and the label and Generic Insight Radio have teamed up with Punknews.org to give away five copies of the CD.
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Atreyu has released the first song from their upcoming debut for Hollywood Records. The catch is that the song itself is not going to be easily available, first you need to assemble it from 20 small clips of the song which need to be placed in the right order.

Once completed your time is entered in a competition to win a prize pack that includes an autographed guitar and a copy of the album before it hits stores. The track, “Becoming the Bull” is expected to appear on the band’s highly anticipated new record which is due out sometime in August.

You can give it a try here.

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.
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