I recently spoke with drummer Steve Jocz about the new album from his band, Sum 41. The record is titled Underclass Hero and it dropped in late July.
We talked about the departure of longtime guitarist Dave Baksh, being on MTV and their political lyrics and the ensuing controversy.
Terror‘s forthcoming EP/MCD has been detailed by the label responsible for its European release, Reflections Records.
The release will be titled Rhythm Amongst the Chaos, feature four originals and a Breakdown cover, and be released October 30th. The disc’s North American release will be handled by Reaper Records.
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No Turning Back will be heading out on a tenth anniversary tour of Europe. Supporting on most of the dates will be Meltdown, with Strength for a Reason hopping on the last several dates in their place.
The band is supporting 2006’s Holding On (Bridge 9 in North American, Reflections in Europe). Meltdown released the Demolition EP on Malfunction earlier this year, and Strength for a Reason last released Blood Faith Loyalty on Spook City in 2005.
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Legendary folk/punk Billy Bragg recently spoke to the BBC about his latest charity endeavour. Called Jail Guitar Doors, which aims to provide musical instruments for rehabilitation work in British prisons. Clash guitarist and “Jail Guitar Doors” songwriter Mick Jones joined Bragg in dropping off the first five acoustic guitars to Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London last month.
The full audio interview can be found on the charity’s myspace page.
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No one will ever be able to accuse Tom Delonge of lacking ambition. In the latest post to Angels and Airwaves‘ official website, the band has unveiled a new trailer featuring footage from both a special documentary titled Start the Machine as well as promising a short film for their recently unveiled new single, “Everything’s Magic.”
Both are promised on the same day as the band’s upcoming album. The record is titled I-Empire and is due out October 23, 2007. It is the follow-up to We Don’t Need to Whisper which was released in 2006.
The magic happens here.
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The Black Lips have launched a full album stream of their debut studio full length for Vice Records. The record is titled Good Bad Not Evil and is due out September 11, 2007. It is the follow-up to the live album Los Valentes del Mundo Nuevo and their previous studio album, Let it Bloom.
You can check out the entire album on their myspace page.
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Time Magazine has put together a very interesting history of punk rock. The multimedia presentation celebrates the 30th Anniversary of punk rock, which many people agree really took off in 1977 with the releases of Never Mind the Bollocks, The Clash and Leave Home.
In its brief running time, it’s very thorough, taking note of most figures including the aforementioned, as well as Iggy Pop and Patti Smith. There are some potentially controversial omissions (Damned Damned Damned earns no mention despite it’s significance to that early era).
You can check out the entire video here.
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Trustkill has announced the signing of Too Pure to Die. The Des Moines-based band released their last full length, Confidence And Consequence last year via Sumerian Records, 2006.
Currently the band is holed up in the recording studio working on re-recording Confidence And Consequence with new vocals from Paul and a previously unreleased track. The label aims to release the new version at the end of November. Too Pure To Die are also working on new material for their next album to surface in Summer 2008.
You can check out some songs right here.
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The Futureheads are wrapping up work on their as-yet-untitled third album and follow up to 2006’s News and Tributes. The band recorded for three weeks in Andalusia, Spain with producer Martin “Youth” Glover. Guitarist Ross Millard commented that unlike their restrained sophomore full length “there’s much more Punk Rock spirit in the new stuff.” Furthermore:
It was our best recording experience yet because it was the first one that hasn’t involved any kind of nervous breakdown/exhaustion/bleak-yorkshire-farmhouse-in-the-middle-of-winter! The energy is back, and the songs are tighter, faster and, dare I say it, a bit more playful than before.
We’ve changed the way we write a little bit – I’ve been writing songs for Barry to sing, which he’s taken to like Ol’ Blue Eyes himself – Dave’s got some riffs in there, Jaff’s realized his dream of becoming the ultimate back-up singer – it’s all going well so far!
The new album is expected in early 2008.
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Chiodos have posted a new song from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Bone Palace Ballet and is due out September 04, 2007. It is the follow-up to All’s Well That Ends Well which was released in 2005.
You can check out “Lexington (Joey Pea-Pot with a Monkey Face)” right here.
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Buffalo, NY’s Lemuria has posted the first song from their upcoming LP Get Better. The track is called “Pants” and can be found at their MySpace page. So far they have no plans for a label, but they’ve been known to associate with labels like Art of the Underground and Whoa Oh for their large stable of 7″ records, EPs and split.
The band will be headed to Europe for five weeks this fall in support of their “First Collection” LP /CD due out on YoYo Records which will compile all their singles released in the US. The band will also be performing at The Fest in Gainesville, FL.
Speaking of which, the latest strips from Mitch Clem’s Nothing Nice to Say make mention the band. You can find that here, here and here.
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LOLA, the London, Ontario music and arts festival, is set for the weekend of September 20th of this year. Running until the 22nd, the event will “transform downtown London into a massive public art gallery and concert space” with artwork placed in prominent public locations and projections adoring high rise buildings in the city’s core. A free concert on Saturday night will feature Sub Pop / Three Gut post-punk act the Constantines along with the Hylozoists, the Melogrove Band, the Acorn, Akron/Family and others. A free Friday show will feature Grizzly Bear, Final Fantasy, the Two Minute Miracles and others. Other shows will happen over the weekend, including a DD/MM/YYYY and Holy Fuck show at the Call The Office venue.
You can see the full lineup and other details here.
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