Mustard Plug has posted the first video from their upcoming full length. The record is titled In Black And White and is due out September 11, 2007. The record is the follow-up to both Masterpieces: 1991-2002 and 2002’s Yellow #5. .

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Street Dogs and Tiger Army have announced a tour together set to kick off late in September. The two bands will be heading out on what has been called the Razorblades Kiss tour.

Tiger Army released Music from Regions Beyond this year, Street Dogs issued Fading American Dream last year.

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New Found Glory has posted another track from their forthcoming release From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. The album is slated for release September 18 through Drive-Thru Records, who released From the Screen to Your Stereo in 2000.

You can check out “Kiss Me,” originally performed by Sixpence None the Richer for the She’s All That soundtrack, on MySpace.
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Today is the 25th Anniversary of the venerable compact disc. On August 17th, 1982, the world’s first CD pressing plant punched out its very first disc. According to documents, that CD was Abba’s The Visitors. (Ask your parents) More than 200 billion CDs have been sold since then.

Even you vinyl nuts probably have a few of these ubiquitous discs floating around your home. To celebrate the anniversary, we could find no better person to both explain and comment on the compact disc than Ben Weasel, and appropriately enough, he did so way back in 1998 on the Screeching Weasel EP Major Label Debut.

To that end, we asked Ben if we could stream the song in honor of the anniversary. You can check it out on Screeching Weasel’s Punknews.org Profile. Be sure to listen to it all the way through or you may miss Ben’s oh-so subtle commentary.
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Dan Yemin of Paint It Black recently discussed the band’s upcoming full length. The band is working at The Magpie Cage with producer J. Robbins on their next record.

As far as plans:

Probably the same as they’ve always been. We can get anywhere [East Coast] on the weekend so we have that covered without touring. Typically, once a year we get out to the West Coast for 20 days and we hit Europe for 2 weeks. Basically, we’ll do what we can, which is what we’ve always been able to do. Unfortunately, there are places like Colorado or New Mexico we won’t be able to get to because of the time constraints.

And the new record:

There are not gonna be any songs that sound like Joy Division, but there are parts of songs that definitely have moods that will reflect that. I think, on the last record, there was a part in the middle of that song “365” that was straight out of Joy Division. People listen to the record and they immediately hear Minor Threat, Black Flag early, and early 80’s hardcore. If you listen to it again there’s all this other stuff that isn’t typical.

You can check out the rest of the interview here.
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Epitaph has signed New Hampshire-based rock/hardcore/screamo outfit Our Last Night. The band promises: “taut thrashing riffs and intense hardcore breakdowns that meld perfectly with lush melodic landscapes and soaring, irresistibly catchy choruses. ”

The band is currently meeting with producers and writing new songs. They have plans to debut their first full length album in spring of 2008. You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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Atreyu has released the first video from their upcoming major label debut. The record is titled Lead Sails Paper Anchor and is due out August 28, 2007. It is the follow-up to A Death-Grip on Yesterday which was released in 2006.

The band will kick off a headlining tour in early September.

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Saves The Day has set a release date for their next full length. The record is titled Under The Boards and is due out October 30, 2007. The band is co-producing the 13 songs with Marc Hudson and Eric Stenman at their studio in northern California. Under The Boards continues a story about self-discovery that began with last year’s Sound The Alarm and will conclude with a third album, Daybreak, to be released next year.

The band has also announced the dates for an acoustic tour set to kick off October 1. They will be joined by Single File and recent labelmates, Dr.Manhattan.

Update: A new song from the album is now available on their myspace page.
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Saves The Day has set a release date for their next full length. The record is titled Under The Boards and is due out October 30, 2007. The band is co-producing the 13 songs with Marc Hudson and Eric Stenman at their studio in northern California. Under The Boards continues a story about self-discovery that began with last year’s Sound The Alarm and will conclude with a third album, Daybreak, to be released next year.

The band has also announced the dates for an acoustic tour set to kick off October 1. They will be joined by Single File and recent labelmates, Dr.Manhattan.

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John Reis has started a new band dubbed Speedo. The group features the Hot Snakes‘ Jason Kourkounis on drums and Gar Wood on guitar as well as Tommy Kitsos of Montreal’s CPC Gangbangs. On the Swami message board Reis commented:

The sound is a combonation of everything I’ve been a part of dating back to my prepubescent days in Pitchfork. Similar to Hot Snakes but not as sinister yet still maintaining some of the drama and subsonic boom. Akin to the rockin’ fun of RFTC but without the same kind of riffery. Like the Sultans but not as straightforward yet still maintaining the sense of melody and pop of the 2nd record. Occassional nods to the Flamin’ Groovies, Real Kids, Byrds, boogie rock era Status Quo, Bo Diddley, Chess Records in general, Wipers, Michael Yonkers and Shuggie Otis are evident to me.

Reis also spoke about a few upcoming Swami releases. In regards to posthumous Rocket From The Crypt material, he made mention of the upcoming DVD in the works, as well as a collection of songs from the Drag Racist Recordings studio. He’s uncovered 13 unreleased songs from old tapes as well as raw versions of RFTC and Group Sounds songs. Any resulting release is still a ways away however.

On top of all this, Reis has opened a bar in San Diego’s North Park district called Pink Elephant. Speedo has plans to perform there in September after their record is finished.
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I Am the Avalanche has posted the dates for a short headlining tour in September. The band will be joined by Me You and Everyone We Know and Daggermouth throughout the duration of the trek.

The band continues to tour in support of their 2005 self-titledfull-length.
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Detroit, MI’s Hifi Handgrenades have announced a few Californian shows when they record in the state in September. They’ll be working at 606 West Studio with John Lousteau (Foo Fighters, Shadows Fall, and Superdrag’s John Davis).

Hifi Handgrenades features Fags / Hoarse vocalist / guitarist John Speck, Hoarse bassist Robby Graham, former Suicide Machine Ryan Vandeberghe on drums, and vocalist / guitarist Tony Vegas of the Grand Nationals.
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Adidas has produced a new football/soccer-themed compilation featuring songs written for all thirteen Major League Soccer teams. The free compilation can be streamed or downloaded in MP3 format and includes songs from the Bad Brains (Washington DC), Blackpool Lights (Kansas City), Meg & Dia (Salt Lake City), and others. No songs from Korn though, I guess they were never forgiven for this song.

You can have your way with the songs right here.
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