It’s Sunday, September 16th, 2007. We’re really dipping into the surreal with the names of our massive killing machines lately. MOAB and FOAB are really only a step away from MODOK. Anyways…

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

This week landed a few familiar faces in hospital beds. Weatherbox guitarist Lowell Heflin was assaulted by two men in Nashville, while Mastodon vocalist/guitarist Brent Hinds suffered a head injury following an altercation in Vegas. Both men are expected to make full recoveries. We had more censorship in Disney owned venues, as a second Machine Head / Throwdown show was banned in Orlando. Frank Carter, frontman of the popular UK-based Gallows, had a rather grim outlook on his future in music, even though the act shows no signs of quitting anytime soon. Given the gravity of the songwriters in Bad Religion, it’s a refreshing change to see a loose, informal chat with someone like Jay Bentley. The bassist sounded off this week on the evolution of Warped, punk rock and more. The end of the road for Chicago’s Spitalfield is in view, as the Victory act embarks on their final tour this fall.

I don’t really want to keep making fun of your new band, Tom, but the art for the new Angels and Airwaves record looks like the movie poster to some 80s space opera, with you in the role of the galactic chosen one. A Wilhelm Scream had a bit less of a star-messiah vibe with the cover to Career Suicide. We had hints from No Doubt about their upcoming record, which may just turn out to be more ska and less BANANAS. it also seems that Panic! At the Disco have scrapped their new LP. They’re trying again though, which is good or bad news depending on how you look at. On the video front we had footage of the Foo Fighters and Serj from System of a Down performing “Holiday in Cambodia”, Bad Religion performing live on Conan O’Brien and Fall Out Boy‘s new clip for “I’m Like a Lawyer…”. Looking for a show? This week we had news of Pansy Division‘s October tour and Against Me!‘s upcoming November trek with Sage Francis, World Inferno Friendship Society, and Cobra Skulls.

Our Video of the Week featured part two of our video countdown to the Fest 6. This week we checked out the some footage of Org favourites the Lawrence Arms. The eighth edition of Vinyl File featured a look at the ultimate in early punk collectables from the Sex Pistols and previewed lots of upcoming wax. Our Editors Picks featured audio from Cleveland’s Sidekicks and Cincinnati’s 500 Miles to Memphis. We also streamed new music from former Marathon frontman Aaron Scott’s new act Attica! Attica!, the new full length Doublecross from Vancouver’s Riff Randells, and the entirety of Andrew Jackson Jihad‘s new folk-punk debut for Asian Man.

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The Toasters have hired Planet Smashers drummer Scott Russell to fill the drums slot for their up coming Canadian tour featuring support from the Flatliners, Saint Alvia Cartel and the Peacocks. He has also been signed on for the rest of the year to cover the band’s next European Tour featuring dates with Fandangle, the Hub City Stompers and the Pietasters.

You can see the Canadian dates here. The band is supporting their most recently release, One More Bullet.
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Hour of the Wolf has posted their tour route for the next few months. The band will share the stage with Cloak/Dagger, Modern Life Is War, and Shook Ones, among others.

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Intro5pect recently finished up the recording and mixing of a new album. The album will feature fan-favorite “The War At Home,” which features vocals from Stza of Leftöver Crack, as well as “a cover that we all know and love” alongside the new tracks. The band was shooting for an October release date, but none has been set. Brad Logan’s (Leftover Crack, F-minus, etc) Blacknoise Records will be releasing it. It’s the first since 2003’s Intro5pect on A-F records.

The band will be playing this year’s Cracktober Fest alongside Leftover Crack, Toxic Narcotic and I Object.
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Floridians Torche have posted a new track from their upcoming EP In Return. The track is called “Tarpit Carnivore” and according to their label “features a repeated assault of the patented ‘bomb string’ tuning and the gruffest vocals Steve Brooks has recorded in years.” You can find it at their MySpace page.

To celebrate, the band will be heading out on tour with Capsule and Jesu, on independent legs. You can see the Jesu dates here and the Capsule dates below.

Torche will spend the time between the tours with Capsule and Jesu recording their sophomore album at Godcity Studios with Kurt Ballou. A spring 2008 release is expected and Alex Pastepunk is moshing.
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400 Blows have shifted members a bit. Following their efforts to assist their drummer Ferdie with medical assistance, he has decided to exit the band, focusing on non-music related ventures. Replacing him will be Kevin Fitzgerald of the legendary Circle Jerks.

You can see the new lineup on Friday October 5th at Safari Sam’s in Hollywood alongside New Collapge, Tweak Bird and Longmont Potion Castle.
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Capital has posted a new track from their upcoming full length, Homefront. You can hear “Dead Children” at the band’s MySpace page.

Homefront is due out October 30, 2007. It is the follow-up to Signal Corps which was released in 2006 via Iron Pier.
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Public Serpents keep posting new tracks. The newest is “The Killing Jar.” You can hear the track, along with all the others, at the group’s MySpace page.

As we’ve been telling you, the Serpents are the newest project from NYC squatscian Skwert. 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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Off with Their Heads just posted a new blog saying that they’ve finished work on a full-length. The band will have the same lineup as their Hospitals EP and is due out next year on No Idea.

This is the second announcement from the band recently regarding new releases, the first being the All Things Move Toward Their End compilation of 7″‘s and splits that the band announced recently.

Of course, they’ll be at the Fest and are touring down there with Four Letter Word. Check out those dates here.
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Seattle’s folk-punk accordion performer Jason Webley has self-released a collaborative 7″ with Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls. Under the moniker Evelyn Evelyn, the Elephant Elephant EP is limited to 1,111 copies, comprising of two original tracks and a cover of Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Each record comes with a CD of bonus tracks and outtakes.

Webley is accepting pre-orders on his website, and has some songs streaming on this myspace profile.

Webley is also completing work on a new full length album to released on October 11th, with a west coast tour to immediately follow.
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Harlots have posted two new songs from their upcoming Lifeforce Records debut. The new record is titled Betrayer and is due out October 16, 2007. It follows This Is the Second Death which our reviewer described as “the best metal record of 2006”

You can check out both songs on their myspace page.
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