Morrissey has announced the dates for a Spring tour through the United States. The singer is supporting his most recently solo release, Ringleader of the Tormentors.

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One of Rolling Stone‘s reporters decided to look into the FSU and the murder of James Morrison which took place in January of this year. In the ensuing weeks, rumours of FSU involvement and speculation about racial undercurrents caused much speculation about the nature of the crime and the motivations of the perpetrators. Most notably, it drew national attention to the infamous hardcore “crew,” the FSU.

The article, titled Punk Rock Fight Club: The Gang Behind the Mosh-Pit Killings was written by Mark Binelli and runs nine pages in the magazine. Unfortunately, the article itself is not available online, but a 3 minute, narrated “slideshow” does discuss some of the more pertinent issues. Also mentioned are some of the other crews as well as the controversial Boston Beatdown series.

You can find that here.
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It seems some people really love Against Me!‘s major label debut, New Wave. One fan was so impressed with the album that he recorded an acoustic version of the entire album. Now, this particular fan was Australian acoustic troubadour Ben Lee (That Ben Lee) and he explained why he would take on such an unusual project:

A couple of weeks ago I downloaded the new “Against Me!” album “New Wave”. I didnt really know too much about this band but had been reading lots of good things about it, and my friend Tegan sings on it.

fell in love with the album. Really. Like, couldn’t stop listening to it. As heavy and gnarly as it sounds at times, it is unmistakably a pop masterpiece. Listening to it on the way to Australia, I wondered to myself how these songs would sound acoustically.

A couple of days later I was on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and had the thought “I’d love to cover this album.” The whole thing. Beginning to end. So I did. Anyway, here are the results. If you already know the original album, I hope these recordings shed a different light on it. I

A stream of each cover can be found here or you can download the entire thing right here.
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Avenged Sevenfold have posted the first single from their upcoming record. The song, “Critical Acclaim” is expected via iTunes on August 28th. The record itself is titled Avenged Sevenfold and is due out October 16, 2007. It is the follow-up to City Of Evil which was released in 2005

You can find the song on their myspace page.
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Polar Bear Club have posted the first song from their upcoming record. The album i called Sometimes Things Just Disappear and expected soon via Red Leader Records. The album is the follow up to the band’s debut, The Redder, The Better which was released last year.

You can find “Burned Out in a Jar” on their myspace page.
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Dillinger Escape Plan have begun announcing dates for their upcoming headlining tour. The jaunt is in support of Ire Works which is due out November 13, 2007. It is the follow-up to Miss Machine which was released in 2004.

After the US dates, the band will be headed to Europe for a two month tour with Meshuggah.

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Australian metalcore act Parkway Drive has posted the first track from their upcoming album. The record is titled Horizons and is due out October 09, 2007. The album was produced by Killswitch Engage’s Adam Dutkiewicz (Underoath, Autumn to Ashes, Every Time I Die) and recorded at Zing Studios in Boston. The album is the follow-up to Killing With a Smile which was released in 2006.

You can find “Boneyards” on their myspace page.
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Members of The Blood Brothers, Acceptance and Gatsbys American Dream have announced the formation of a new band called Wild Orchid Children.

The band has posted the first fruits of the collaboration, called “Ahead of Us the Secret” on their myspace page.
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Ambulette has split up. The band cancelled a recent tour due to a personal emergency in the life vocalist of Maura Davis (formerly of Denali, currently also in Glös) which saw the remaining members will begin performing as drummer Ryan Rapsys’ other project, Euphone:

We are sad today to announce that we will no longer continue on as Ambulette. At least for now. We have faced many obstacles as a band and have just decided that it’s time to move on to other endeavors. It has not been easy for us to get anything done based on our label situations and it just isn’t much fun anymore.

When your band is 90% business and 10% music it’s time to try something else. When and if we ever actually fully get the rights to the record we made, we will find a way to make it available to the handful of you that have been waiting for so long. If that takes too long we’ll just put it up somewhere and you can take it.

Ambulette released The Lottery EP.
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