Mayday Parade has posted another track from their upcoming debut for Fearless. The record is titled A Lesson In Romantics and is due out July 10, 2007.

You can check out “When I Get Home, You’re so Dead” on their myspace page.
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Jade Puget of AFI has contributed a new remix of Tiger Army’s track “Where the Moss Slowly Grows.” The track is the last on Tiger Army‘s new full length, Music from Regions Beyond.

Unfortunately, the track is only available when purchasing the entire album via iTunes so those of you who bought the record will have to look elsewhere. You can preview the track though, and you can do that (or buy the album) here. The extra song appears to be an iTunes exclusive as other popular digital retailers like Downloadpunk.com and eMusic.com do not have the song.
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Chiodos has set the release date for their follow-up to 2005’s All’s Well That Ends Well. The new album, Bone Palace Ballet, is currently slated for release September 04, 2007. A track from the album is currently available for streaming on the band’s MySpace.

The band will appear on the mainstage at this year’s Warped Tour.
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Looks like Mr.Iggy Pop will be returning to television on Comedy Central‘s new program, L’il Bush. Pop is no stranger to the medium having previously appeared on programs like The Adventures of Pete & Pete. He also recently popped up as a charater the Venture Bros., albeit an unsanctioned one. Joining Pop will be a number of musicians including Jeff Tweedy, Frank BLack, Colin Meloy, Dave Grohl, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and more.

Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States is a series of cartoons created by Donick Cary, a writer of The Simpsons. The show previously appeared on recently defunct mobile carrier Amp’d Mobile, and has been picked up a six episode run beginning this month. Pop will be playing Lil Rummy, and other characters include Lil’ Condi, Lil’ Cheney, Lil’ Jeb and of course, Lil Bush.

Some of the original shorts can be seen via Amp’d’s Lil Bush site. A trailer for the program is now available and might help to explain what a “painful weiner zipper snag” is.

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Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave) recently spoke to The Socialist Worker about his influences and his solo work under The Nightwatchman moniker.

Tom discusses everything from Billy Bragg, The Clash and Public Enemy with the political newspaper. He notes:

For years while I was in Rage Against the Machine, I was asked, “Why are you guys the only band?” We were all fired up about the Clinton administration! So now, it seems that every CD I’ve come across shows this, whether it’s Nine Inch Nails, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, the Coup’s new record, even Linkin Park.

I think this shows that not just artists are disgusted by what they’ve seen over the course of the last seven years or so, but everybody’s disgusted. And some of them happen to have access to recording studios. He doesn’t care that his approval rating is around 27 percent. The damage is already done. So I applaud artists and musicians stepping forward. Hopefully, it will spark and galvanize their audiences, or push them toward greater revolutionary fervor.

You can check out the interview here.
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Plus 44 and German act Wir Sind Helden have produced a new split together. Wikipedia helpfully describes the latter band as similar to Neue Deutsche Welle, which isn’t really very helpful at all if you think about it.

The four song EP features two tracks from each group and represents iTunes’ new Foreign Exchange series. Both bands provide covers of each others songs as well as their own version: “Guten Tag” and “When Your Heart Stops Beating” respectively.

You can preview or purchase all four songs here.
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Ben Weasel has posted the first song from his upcoming sophomore solo album, These Ones Are Bitter. The record is due out June 26, 2007 and is his first solo outing since 2002’s Fidatevi.

As reported, the disc will be released via Ben’s own digital-only Mendota and will be available via digital download from iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, downloadpunk.com, Napster, and many other digital retailers. That said, the site notes that a limited edition vinyl version of the album will be released later in 2007 on Edmond Records.

For the record, Weasel has recruited bassist Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio as well as two members of he All-American Rejects: Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor. Kennerty also acted as producer.

You can check out “Got My Number” on this myspace page.
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Chuck Ragan has announced a release date for his debut studio full length. The record is titled Feast or Famine and is due out August 07, 2007. It is the follow-up to the live disc, Los Feliz, which was released earlier this year.

Recorded last April, Feast or Famine includes collaborators Jolie Holland, James Fearnley (The Pogues), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) as well as others and incorporates a broad range of instrumentation including banjo, harmonica, lap steel, organ, piano and percussion.

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Last Thursday, May 31st, the DIY music community suffered a tragic loss. Ben Hutson, who had been performing acoustic folk-punk music for years under the name Mancub was killed in a senseless automobile accident while driving through West Virginia on tour returning to his home in Richmond, VA. His girlfriend Cayce and mandolin player Joe Waffles were also killed in the accident.

All three of the victims involved attended Richmond’s Virginia Commonwealth University, and were active in the local music and activism communities. Just before the tour, Mancub finished recording his debut full length album, slated to be released by Richmond’s Valiant Death record label, who Ben & Cayce actively worked for. As a tribute to their memory, and in an effort to share Mancub’s music with the world, Valiant Death has released this CD, and is donating all the profits made to various vegan based organizations which the three victims supported. A limited 300 copies are being made in hopes of raising $1000 for the donation. You can order the album here.

Anyone interested in finding out information about memorial services, or other ways to support the memory and families of the victims may contact [email protected].

This news comes just a little over a month after another Richmond musician and activist, Jonny Z, lost his life in Richmond.

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The Locust has posted the dates for an August-September European tour.

The band continue to tour in support of New Erections.
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New Jerset ska-punks Legitimate Business, who’s music was featured in the hit video game Tony Hawk’s Project 8,have completed their new four song EP If You Can’t Take The Heat…. The band has posted a two minute sampler of all four tracks on their MySpace page along with a new version of the song “It’s Not Murder (If You’re Already Dead)” for free download. The EP hits stores on June 26th.

Canadian label Harvest Earth Records has signed Gray Lines of Perfection. The Monroe, New Jersey band plans an early 2008 release on the label, and will be on tour throughout July and August. Check their MySpace page for music and tour dates.

Syracuse based dance rock outfit the Sister Lovers will soon release a new self titled debut EP via Barrett Records. The label namechecks the Arcade Fire when describing the band’s sound. Music from the release can be found via MySpace.
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