Tours: Antillectual / Static Radio NJ

The Netherlands’ Antillectual and New Jersey’s Static Radio NJ will be heading out on some European dates together next month.

Antillectual is supporting 2005’s Silencing Civilization (Angry Youth), but have some recent demos streaming on their MySpace page. Static Radio NJ recently had their 2006 7″, One for the Good Guys, issued on CD by Black Numbers.
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Mad Harris, (Damn) This Desert Air, A Plea For Purging

Trinidad and Tobago’s Mad Harris claim to combine the “spirit of Punk Rock and the pure sexuality of Caribbean music.” You can check out music from their new four song EP Rough Pumping via PureVolume or MySpace.

(Damn) This Desert Air, featuring members of Instruction, Nora, Elemae, Ex Number Five and Errortype:11, have swapped out one of their guitarists, adding Shawn Reams (ex-Merciana) to the fold. The band’s debut show is set for September 29th, 2007 at the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. A video is also planned for the song “Calling Orion” with director Michael Mead. You can preview the band’s music via MySpace.

Murfreesboro, TN based Christian metalcore act A Plea For Purging has posted a new track titled “While The Sparrow Sleeps” from their upcoming debut full length A Critique Of Mind And Thought. That record hits stores on October 2nd via Facedown. The band is set to hit the road soon with War Of Ages and Inked In Blood. Hit up their MySpace page for dates and music.
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TSOL’s “Live From Long Beach” due out September 10th

Cider City Records have updated their release schedule for TSOL’s posthumous live album Live From Long Beach. The album will be released on September 10th and will feature material recorded over the weekend of their ‘farewell shows’ in Southern California. A live video of their last show has already surfaced and this

Although the band announced their breakup last November, their status changed to hiatus this May. The band had fallen on difficult times in recent years due to a shooting that occurred while they were on stage in Hollywood in 2002. While T.S.O.L. was cleared in the court case they were left with a daunting bill from the attorney that prevented them from widespread touring. That period also resulted in the band’s latest album Divided We Stand.
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Bayside, Throwdown, Poison the Well, The Bled on Resident Evil soundtrack

The soundtrack has been announced for the upcoming third Resident Evil film, titled Extinction. The soundtrack will feature a number of familiar faces including Shadows Fall, Bayside, Aiden, Throwdown, Chimaira, Emanuel, Poison the Well and others. It is due out September 18, 2007.

The soundtrack includes a number of remixed tracks and you can check out the first five here.
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Members of Codeseven, Classic Case form Telescreen

Members of Classic Case and Codeseven have announced the formation of a new project. The band, dubbed Telescreen, includes James, Jon, Matt, and Eric from Codeseven with Jared Draughon from Classic Case on vocals. The band made the announcement on their new myspace page:

We are finally ready to announce the start of our new project which was in the process of searching for a vocalist and writing songs since last winter. We have a full albums worth of songs written and a lot of it has already been recorded in our new studio.

You can check out the first song from the band on their myspace page.
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Ramones to release double DVD live set

Rhino has announced a new double DVD set featuring punk pioneers, The Ramones. The set is titled It’s Alive: 1974-1996 and is due out October 02, 2007. This is not to be confused with the band’s 1979 live album, also titled It’s Alive.

The DVDs will feature four hours of rare and previously unreleased performances. The disc was supervised by original drummer Tommy Ramone and the sets are arrange chronologically and features more than 100 songs. The DVD also includes previously unreleased footage filmed on New Year’s Eve in 1977 during the band’s incendiary performance at The Rainbow Theatre in London. The entire concert was released in 1979 as the It’s Alive album, considered one of the best live records ever. The DVD features 14 songs in 5.1 Surround Sound taken from the show including “Pinhead,” “We’re A Happy Family,” and “Havana Affair.” Nine performances recorded in 1982 at the US Festival in San Bernardino, CA are also featured here in 5.1 Surround Sound.

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Banner Pilot to enter studio

Banner Pilot have announced plans to enter the Terrarium studio in Minneapolis next month to record their Go Kart debut and follow-up to their Pass the Poison EP and their 2007 Split with the Monikers.

The band added:

The record will be darker and more introspective as we broaden our musical horizons, incorporating electronica and ska elements in a bold attempt to shatter the restrictive shackles of punk rock. Just kidding! It’ll basically be like the EP but with better songs.

You can catch the band at The Fest VI this October in Florida.
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