This August Madison, WI’s Misery Signals will hit the road in Canada for a lengthy tour alongside Shai Hulud (they who totally failed at breaking up), LA’s The Human Abstract and Saskatchewan’s Means. On select dates the tour will feature Hamilton, Ontario’s Straight Reads the Line and west coast Canadian act Savannah.
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Brian: It’s probably more Chris’ job to tell you about the standout acts littering his hometown of Richmond, VA, but it seems he missed the boat on this one. When recent news broke of RVA ‘core kids Permanent coming out with a split 7″ with hometown bros Resonance, I checked out the band on the presumed basis they’d be solid as well. Consider those expectations surpassed: Despite taking nods from the Usual Suspects (Kid Dynamite, Hot Water Music, etc.), Resonance is playing some of the more original melodic hardcore these ears have heard in quite some time. The band also has a 12″ compilation of their pre-split material on the way from Collapse Records, and some of those songs — as well as an unmastered track from the split — are available at their abovelinked MySpace page. I highly recommend “Auctionary Blindness” and “Radiant Chains,” though.

Adam: We won’t mention the fact that Bob Burns and the Breakups has one of the greatest band names in recent memory, but instead will base this recommendation purely on the speedy punk rock goodness to be found at their MySpace page. On “Terminal Breakdown” the band just tears through the competition like D.O.A. on amphetamines. Since this is a Gearhead release you know there’s bound to be an underlying current of New Bomb Turks and Devil Dogs as well. Quite frankly, I’d be disappointed otherwise.

Chris: There’s something about Gainesville, FL that turns out some great bands. A friend recently turned me on to one of the town’s newest incarnations, Dirty Money. The band sounds exactly how’d you expect; think along the lines of Grabass Charletons, O Pioneers!!!, etc. The song “123 Fest” is quickly becoming one of my favorites of the year. You can check out four songs from their upcoming debut, Far From Home over at the band’s MySpace page.
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80s era East Bay punk band Christ On Parade is planning to reunite for two shows at the famous 924 Gilman venue in Berkley, CA. the band will play a show on July 27th supported by Final Conflict and others, following it with a second gig on the 28th with bands like Attitude Adjustment, Regan SS.

Christ On Parade formed in 1985 by ex members of Teenage Warning and Treason, comprised of vocalist Barrie Evans, guitarists Mike Scott and Noah Landis, bassist Malcolm Sherwood and drummer Todd Kramer. They released their debut Sounds of Nature that year. Members of the group lived in Easy Bay’s storied New Method Warehouse and the group played shows with bands like Social Distortion, Subhumans, Agnostic Front, the Circle Jerks and Conflict. They disbanded in 1989, with Landis going on to join Neurosis and Evans forming psychobilly group the Hellbillys.

Sounds of Nature has been re-released soon with bonus material via Neurot Recordings. The new version of the record features two songs from Thrasher’s now out-of-print Skate Rock Volume 3: Wild Riders of Boards cassette, the bands Isn’t Life A Dream EP, and a previously unreleased cover of the Avengers’ “The American in Me.”
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Fearless Records act So They Say has posted a new song online entitled “Wake Me Up.” The track will appear on the band’s upcoming album Life In Surveillance, which is due this fall. You can check out the song over at MySpace.

Life In Surveillance was produced by Matt Hyde (No Doubt, Sum 41, Hatebreed). You can catch So They Say on this summer’s Warped Tour.
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Amherst, MA’s Ampere and France’s Daïtro are teaming up for a U.S. tour set to kick off later this month in support of a split 7″ both appear on.

The aforementioned split is a picture disc being co-released by PurePainSugar and Clean Plate Records and will feature art by comic book artist / record label owner / musician Nate Powell.
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island based Syracuse Me are currently competing in a contest to win an opening slot for Aerosmith when the classic rock act visits PEI for a festival. You can check out some of the band’s music via MySpace and vote for them at radio station Magic 93‘s website.

Boston based post-hardcore outfit November 5, 1955 has posted a new song online entitled “We Are.” It will appear on their currently untitled new full length, which is due later this year. You can find the song over at MySpace.

Saginaw, Michigan’s Fade Away Jumper has posted four songs from their debut Capeside Records full length Banner Year . The band recently saw the departure of guitarist Keenan, who is currently playing bass in Fight It Out. Danny from Down Buy Not Out has stepped in to play guitar for Fade Away Jumper.
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Next Tuesday Against Me! much debated major label debut hits stories. With the date nearly upon us the band has capped off a busy month long press barrage with the holy grail, as it is, a full album stream of New Wave. You can listen to the record now via the band’s MySpace page.

The band will support the record with a summer tour featuring Gaslight Anthem and Two Gallants, as well as appearances at Seattle’s Capital Hill Block Party and Chicago’s Lollapalooza.
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Throwdown has posted another new song online. The track “S C U M” comes from their upcoming release Venom and Tears, due out August 7th on Trustkill Records. The band will be traveling the country as part of this year’s Warped Tour line-up.

You can see the band’s tour dates and hear the new track over at their MySpace page.
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Alive Records has added two new bands to their roster. The label has signed Fort Wayne, Indiana’s garage / blues / punk duo Left Lane Cruiser. The band will hit the studio in September to record a full length for a January 2008 release.

The label has also signed November 6 Street, a new band from Memphis multi-instrumentalist “musical cardshark” Ron Franklin. The band, which plays what the label describes as “a mess of alleyway songs, bottleneck manifestos and harmonica confessions” will release a full length on the label in October.
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After being cut loose from East/West, Nightmare of You have decided to self-release their next EP. They’ll be dubbing their label the Bevonshire Label and the release will feature five new tracks. The release is the first since their 2005 Self-Titled debut.

The band also will be touring with Cartel soon for 50 shows.
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Jason Shevchuk, former frontperson for None More Black and Kid Dynamite, has renamed his solo project OnGuard. The name is now Lagrecia and the ‘chuk will be assembling a new band to support him.

Dana and I have been writing and it’s going way better than I had hoped. It’s some of the coolest shit I’ve done (but then again I say that about everything new). I think we are actually gonna be a band. I thought it unfair to dictate the name of the group just because I was doing it solo.

None More Black called it a day earlier this year after a long-rumored breakup.

OnGuard joined the Suburban Home family earlier this year as well. Expect Lagrecia releases on the label.
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