On this week’s BBC 1 Punk Rock Radio show Mike Ness and Jonny 2Bags will be stopping by the studio to talk about the new Social Distortion best of album and they’ll be playing three acoustic tracks. Also Bedouin Soundclash will be coming in to world premiere two songs from their forthcoming album Street Gospel.The show will also feature music from The Bronx, The Unseen, Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, Smoke or Fire, Nekromantix, Gogol Bordello, Turbonegro, the Clash, the Damned, Snuff and many more.

The show just started on Sirius channel 11 on satellite radio. You can also check it out online tomorrow here.
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As Blood Runs Black has announced that they’ve parted ways with their drummer and replaced him with Brett Batdorf (ex-the Faceless):

Unfortunately, we had a series of situations that occurred resulting in the letting go of a certain band member. There is by far no “glitz” and no “glamour” involved in this band. Any fan/friend who has come out to a show knows this for a fact. You all know how much of a humble band we are and how appreciative we are to have all of you as fans and friends. The Lech that fans know and the Lech that we as a band know are two completely different people. There were endless amounts of problems regarding the way the band was being handled. On several accounts we, the band, were looked at as “employees” and not as a band, as if this were a dictatorship. There was very little effort put into the “grunt” work of the band and there were several personality conflicts, on numerous levels, creating unnecessary tension, angst, and stress within the band. We feel as a band that we handled the situation on a professional level and feel it’s what’s best for the future of As Blood Runs Black.

The band is currently on the Summer Slaughter tour with Necrophagist.
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Los Angeles new wave revivalists theSTART are headed out on the road soon in support of their Metropolis Records full length Ciao, Baby. The former Nitro Records act released their debut for the industrial powerhouse on June 5th. You can download the track “Wartime” now.
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Thrice has announced that they have parted ways with Island Records. The band explains:

Over the past couple of years, we’ve realized that we have different visions for the band’s future and we both agree that we’d be better off going our separate ways at this point. We’re very grateful for all the help and support they’ve given us for the past four years. Thankfully, they’ve been generous enough to let us keep the record we’re currently recording, and we’re hopeful that this change in plans won’t delay its release. We’re currently in the process of finding a new home, and will let you all know once we do so.

The band’s last Island release was 2006’s Red Sky.
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Against Me! will release their new album, New Wave, on July 10th. The follow-up to 2005’s Searching For A Former Clarity was produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). New Wave will be available on CD, a Special Edition CD/DVD, 180 gram yellow vinyl and digital download.

To celebrate the release, PunkNews.org is giving one lucky winner an Against Me! autographed Gibson guitar. 5 runners-up will score an autographed copy of the vinyl 7″ for “White People For Peace.”

To enter the contest and thereby substantially increase your chances of winning, click here.
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As of this past weekend Build A Nation, the new album from hardcore pioneers Bad Brains is streaming in its entirety via MySpace. The long-awaited album finally hits stores tomorrow on Megaforce Records.
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Revived San Diego ska-punk act Buck-O-Nine has posted a song from their upcoming record. You can check out “Cook Me into the Bowl” via MySpace.

The band’s new record Sustain will arrive on August 7th via Asian Man Records. It’s the band’s first proper full length since 1999’s Libido.
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Long Island, NY-based melodic hardcore act Crime In Stereo has posted the dates for their month-long tour with Attitude.

The band recently finished recording their latest full-length with Mike Sapone. The album will be the band’s Bridge Nine debut.
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I recently chatted with one of pop-punk’s finest bands, the Copyrights about everything from stealing cable, to harmonicas, to the difference between good and bad pop punk. Oh, yeah, we also discussed their new album, Make Sound, out now on Red Scare Industries.

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Ryan’s Hope have posted a video of the new song “Go To Hell” recorded live from their practice space deep in the catacombs under Joliet, IL. You can watch the three-piece demoing the song over at YouTube.

The band has in fact all sorts of video hijinks recently unleashed online. Head to HopeVids for the whole collection. We’ll post some gems below as well.

Following a show with Fat Wreck’s Flatliners the band will head north for a set of Canadian shows with Jump Start act Giving Chase. Ryan’s Hope released Apocalypse in Increments in 2006 via Punknews Records.
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Here's the top 15 for the past week.  Not much to add to this today but that Happy Campers song certainly does kick some ass. 

1. Happy Campers – Wave The Flags
2. Dropkick Murphys – Barroom Hero
3. The Lawrence Arms – Beyond The Embarassing Style
4. The Bouncing Souls – The Gold Song
5. NOFX – Seeing Double At The Triple Rock
6. Fugazi – Waiting Room
7. Subhumans – Religious Wars
8. Fear – I Love Livin' In The City
9. Bouncing Souls – True Believers
10. Operation Ivy – Caution
11. NOFX – Kill All the White Man
12. Tiger Army – Annabel Lee
13. The Bad Rackets – Couple Million Miles
14. Sick of It All – Borstal Breakout
15. The Falcon – The La-Z-Boy 500

Minneapolis’ popular Motion City Soundtrack will digitally release their new single “Broken Heart” next Tuesday via the major digital outlets. The song will appear on the band’s forthcoming album Even If It Kills Me, produced by the Cars’ Ric Ocasek (Weezer, No Doubt, Guided By Voices), Fountains Of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger and Girls Against Boys’ Eli Janney. The full length arrives on September 18th.

A video for the song is online now at YouTube.

Motion City Soundtrack will appear at this year’s Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans this October. The band will share the stage with Rage Against The Machine, the Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco and many others. Prior to that they’ll headline a tour with Sherwood, The Higher and The Forecast.
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Capital has posted a song from their upcoming split EP with fellow Long Islanders Crime in Stereo. You can check out the song “Blind Faith” via MySpace. The record will be released by State of Mind Recordings.

The band will also be releasing their second full-length and first for Revelation, entitled Homefront, later this year, as well as making an appearance on an upcoming Seaweed tribute.
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