Today we’ve got the first of two brand new tracks from ska/punk superstars Mustard Plug. The record is titled In Black And White and is due out September 11, 2007. We’ve got one more song coming in exactly one week.

You can check out “Time to Wake Up” on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Sources are reporting that Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel was arrested last night in Tallahassee, Florida on a charge of battery after allegedly “smashing a man’s head against the counter of a coffee shop.”

The Tallahassee Democrat is reporting that Gabel tore down an article about his band that was hanging in the coffee shop. The clipping was reportedly defaced to mock the popular punk act. This lead to an argument with a patron who had asked Gabel why he tore the article down. The Democrat reports that Gabel started yelling at 22 year old Jared Smith, who backed away from the confrontation stating “This conversation is over.” Witnesses report that Gabel replied “I don’t think it is” and knocked a cup out of Smith’s hand. Smith told police that Gabel then grabbed the back of his head by his neck and forced his head into the wooden counter. A barista reported that a third individual then “came into the cafe, put Gabel in a headlock and headbutted him.” That man left the scene soon after.

Gabel admitted to police he intentionally knocked over the cup but denied hitting Smith, who did not suffer injuries. Smith told police that he was “more upset and scared than hurt.” Gabel was taken in by the Leon County Sheriff’s office after the band’s scheduled performance that night and released this morning on $ 500 bail.

The tour will seemingly go on as scheduled as the band continues to support their major label debut, New Wave.
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Recent Vagrant signees Dr. Manhattan are headed out on tour this August. They’ll be floating around the central region of the Country, going from Michigan down to Texas and aroundabouts those parts.

Dr. Manhattan released the 6 song EP For The Lonely Lest The Wiser in January of last year. A year prior they appeared on an Aritao Records compilation of up and coming Chicago-area bands. Expect to see their as-yet untitled debut album early in 2008.
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More tracks are slithering out (hah!) from Public Serpents, the new project from Skwert. You can hear “Seeing Double” at the band’s MySpace page.

Skwert has spent time in bands such as Choking Victim, INDK and American Distress and will be releasing his new group’s album via Tent City Records.

The album promises a merger of dancehall reggae, punk and ska akin to “Choking Victim, INDK, Operation Ivy, The Specials, American Distress, The Clash, Misfits, Bucaneer and Buju Banton.”
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Nightmare of You has posted a new track from their upcoming EP Bang. You can hear “I Was Never a Normal Boy” at their MySpace page. Bang is the followup to their 2005 Self-Titled and will be the first release on their newly independent label, Bevonshire.

Also, according to a recent MySpace blog post, the band will not be joining Cartel on tour as previously planned.
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Joshua English will be releasing an EP via Engineer Records this winter. The release is being billed as a “unique companion” to his debut solo album Trouble None, released via Welcome Home Records earlier this year. The EP will be available on tour and online only.

English spent time in Six Going On Seven before going solo and will be headed to Europe with tour partners Jonah Matranga (Onelinedrawing, FAR, Gratitude) and Frank Turner (Million Dead) in September.
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Band Recordings recording artist Minutes too Far has uploaded new videos to their MySpace page, one of which includes an acoustic version of their single “Eat Your Heart Out.” You can see them at their MySpace page.

Band has also signed Italian poppunk band Melody Fall to their label. You can preview some tracks at their MySpace page.

Kingston, NY’s Slugworth has made their self-titled debut available for free via Punkbuttons Records. You can grab it here. Make sure to keep your eyes open for a “Hidden Easter Egg” within the site. It will take you to a 5 song E.P. That was recorded a few years later but never released.
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