Minus The Bear have posted the art for their upcoming album. The record is titled Planet of Ice and is due out August 21, 2007. It is the follow-up to the remix album Interpretaciones del Oso which was released in 2007.

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Marking exactly one full month since our last story about the band, Fall Out Boy have posted a new video featuring professionally shot video footage from various stops on their briefly delayed Honda Civic Tour. It’s probably not too much of a presumption to expect the tour to surface in some form on DVD later this year.

You can check it out here.
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Weatherbox have have released the video “Armed to the Teeth” online. You can check it out now via Doghouse Records or YouTube. The song is from the band’s debut full length American Art.

The San Diego based band is currently finishing up a tour with the Casket Salesman.
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Jack White of the White Stripes recently reprimanded a Q101 DJ for playing an illegally leaked track. She documented the incident on her blog, saying:

At 2pm today, during my show, Q101 became the first station in the world to play the new White Stripes album, Icky Thump.

At 4pm today, Jack White called Q101’s main offices from Spain, where they’re touring, looking specifically for me, to yell at me for leaking the album.

They took the call with me in the studio, off the air. Jack asked me to take responsibility for leaking the record, and asked if I was sorry for what I’d done. S&T both jumped into the call – I was clearly flustered – and backed me 100%. We tried to explain where we were coming from – someone gave us a copy of a record that we were really excited to play, and the whole experience was an hour-long lovefest for him and his band – but he wasn’t having it. He hung up, very, very angry, and I thought I was going to cry.

I don’t think I did anything wrong, and I don’t think I am helping to ruin the music industry. I

Of course, it should be noted that many acts at the level of the White Stripes would have immediately deployed lawyers rather than simply asking for someone to admit wrongdoing. On the other hand, some are already calling the whole event a publicity stunt.

The band is gearing up for their debut release for Warner. The record is titled Icky Thump and is due out June 19, 2007
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Bomb the Music Industry! has posted three new tracks on MySpace from their forthcoming Asian Man/ Quote Unquote Records release Get Warmer. You can check out and download the finished versions of “Bike Test 123,” “493 Ruth” and “I Don’t Love You Anymore” on MySpace.

The band heads out today on tour with labelmates Chotto Ghetto.
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Recently reunited alternative/punk/new wave outfit, The Rentals have announced plans to release a new EP this August. he band regrouped last October. The record is titled The Last Life and is due out August 14, 2007.

The revitalized band includes original members Matt Sharp (ex-Weezer,) Rachel Haden (That Dog) along with new members Sara Radle (vocals/multi-inst), Ben Pringle (synth master), Lauren Chipman (viola/vocals) and Dan Joeright (drums).

A band that is often credited for opening the door for synth-punk bands like Motion City Soundtrack and Reggie and the Full Effect, The Rentals have remained dormant since shortly after their 1999 release, Seven More Minutes. At various times, it has featured members of The Decemberists, Weezer, The Special Goodness, and Saturday Night Live cast member, Maya Rudolph.

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Not that I want you to stop listening to GR2 even for a minute, but Tiger Army has launched a full album stream of their upcoming album titled Music From Regions Beyond and is due out June 05, 2007. It is the follow-up to III: Ghost Tigers Rise which was released in 2004.

You can check out the entire album on their myspace page.

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The Locust recently spoke with The Daily Chorus. The band discussed their upcoming plans, the state of music today and their decision to join Anti Records despite it’s affiliation as a “Major Indie”.

They note their skepticism about both Clear Channel and Ruper Murdoch’s MySpace and why they were forced to join the latter.

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All-American Rejects have announced plans to release their second DVD, this time documenting their recent 2006 tour. The disc will include a full live performance as well a behind-the-scenes documentary. It is due out July 10, 2007.

To coincide with the release, the Rejects have teamed with Pepsi for an extensive promotional initiative. The band designed 500 million Pepsi cans that will hit U.S. stores July 1, while Pharrell Williams has remixed the Rejects track “Dance Inside” as part of the ad campaign.

They plan to spend the summer working on their upcoming third full length. They recently said this about the record:

I don’t anticipate it being as slick as (‘Move Along’). I think it’s gonna be in-between the first and second records as far as sound goes.

The band previously released Move Along in 2005. Their first DVD Live From Oklahoma… The Too Bad For Hell was released in 2003.
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It’s Friday, and if you live anywhere in the U.S., it’s probably hotter than Satan’s sauna. It’s only June 1st, anyone still want to argue about global warming?

We’ve got a great batch of new reviews today, and hopefully the hyperbole has been kept to a minimum for those of you with more “distinguished” tastes:

• Against Me! released a 7″ single, White People For Peace
• The tribute to hardcore legends Sick Of It All, appropriately titled, Our Impact Will Be Felt: A Tribute to Sick Of It All
• Split release between Shook Ones and Japenese counterparts Easel
• Showbread‘s 2006 effort, Age of Reptiles
• Several more over at the Punknews Review page
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Saw Wheel will be recording for a new split with Idle Kids soon. RJ is expecting to be in the studio either at the end of June or beginning of July and the split will be coming out on GNP Records.

Saw Wheel recently found a home for their album End Of The Line, which you can stream in full at their band profile page.
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Defunct Ska act Inspecter 7 recently announced their plans to have a reunion show July 7, 2007 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Inspecter 7 was a ska band from New Brunswick, NJ and released a number of records via Moon Ska USA and Radical Records. The bands most well known record was 1997’s …The Infamous.

The band broke up in 2001 and had a couple of reunion shows in 2003. For the event the band will be supported by The Wretched Ones, Darkbuster, Skullaball (ex-Mephiskapheles), and many others.
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