Long-running socal act Unwritten Law has posted remixes of four songs online. The remixes incorporate heavy electronic and dance elements, which are a departure from the bands pop-rock/pop-punk tendencies.
You can check out the tracks, with three of the four available for free download, at the band’s MySpace page.
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Master of media Henry Rollins has finalized the dates for his recently announced spoken word tour. The tour will be assembled under the large title Provoked: An Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling and will feature Henry’s unique assortments of anecdotes, arguments and poetry.
Chunksaah Record’s own Low Budgets have announced the debut of their new video. The song is “Wipe My A$$ With The World”, and comes from their new album, Leave Us A Loan.
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Bad Brains have announced a few more tour dates this fall in support of their new full length Build a Nation. Following their Californian dates the band will head to Europe for a number of shows.
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In Flames have entered the studio to begin work on their next full length for Ferret. The new album will be the follow up to 2006’s Come Clarity.
The band has begun documenting the process on video.
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Bad Religion‘s recent performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien is now available online. The veteran punk band performed “New Dark Ages” from their new record New Maps of Hell on the late night program.
Bad Religion‘s recent performance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien is now available online. The veteran punk band performed a track from their new record New Maps of Hell on the late night program.
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Vancouver’s Riff Randells will finally return this month with their new full length Doublecross. The 11 song CD arrives via Dirtnap Records with vinyl to follow on Germany’s Alien Snatch Records. We’re proud to bring you five tracks from the album streaming via the band’s Punknews.org profile.
I remember seeing the Randells rock out a basement bar in St. Catharines years ago alongside Chixdiggit!, and that pairing returns to the road together this October. The western Canadian acts will hit Europe this October.
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Ottawa-based singer songwriter Jim Bryson has joined the Weakertans as a touring member. He’ll be acting as what he describes as a “touring utility side person” for the remainder of the year. Aside from his solo career Bryson regularly plays in Kathleen Edwards‘ band. The Weakerthans also expanded their touring line up during the Reconstruction Site era, enlisting Toronto duo FemBots at the time.
The Weakerthans new full length Reunion Tour hits stores on September 25, 2007. Their supporting tour of Canada and the US with the Last Town Chorus kicks off later this month.
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Messhugah has posted a brief explanation about the recent cancellation of their European tour with Dillinger Escape Plan. The band made the announcement saying:
There are several reasons for this. The main one being the fact that the album recording has taken longer than what was originally planned. As an effect of that — Nuclear Blast Records has moved the album release to January/February of 2008.
In light of this we choose to not do a tour that could compromise the outcome of the album as well as possibly delaying the release even more.
Our intention was to have the album out in November and then do this as the first tour in direct support of the release. With this ‘album-promotional’ aspect of the tour gone, we feel that we should instead focus on the most important thing at hand — the album!
The band released Catch 33 in 2005. Their 2002 album, Nothing was reissued in 2005.
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Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against The Machine, The Nightwatchman and Harvard graduate, recently participated in an interview about his solo project, his influences and more.
While at the Newport Folk Festival this year, Morello met with reporters backstage to talk about channeling Woody Guthrie, the influence of Joe Strummer, political expression by artists, the contrast of solo work to his role in Rage Against the Machine, and much more.
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Gallows vocalist Frank Carter recently spoke with NME about his future with the band, commenting that his future lies in tattooing. He reportedly made this decision when tattooed live on stage at the August Reading Festival by New Found Glory‘s Chad Gilbert. He stated:
Gallows is not my life. Never has been, never will. It’s a hobby I get paid for. I’m a tattoo artist – that will always be my life and job. Being in a band is something I do for fun. I quit the band four times before we signed to a major label. Gallows won’t last five years.
The band, currently supporting their acclaimed recent release Orchestra of Wolves, will continue for the forseeable future though: “We’ll definitely write and record the next album. And I’d like to make a third. But as I said, tattooing is my life.”
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The initial lineup for the 2007 edition of Riot Fest has been announced. The bill will once again feature Naked Raygun, and other bands include Stiff Little Fingers, 7 Seconds, The Queers, The Methadones, Shot Baker, The Copyrights, Bad Brains, Casualties, Dillinger Four and many more.
A portion of the proceeds from Riot Fest 2007 ticket sales will go to benefit John Stabb and J. Robbins, both of Government Issue. Stabb was recently attacked by a group of teenagers only blocks from his home. The attack left Stabb needing facial reconstruction surgery, subsequently leaving large medical bills that were not covered by insurance.
Moreover, J. Robbins and his wife, Janet, recently gave birth to their first child Callum. Several months after his birth, Callum was diagnosed with a genetic motor neuron disease called Type 1 SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Type 1 SMA is usually fatal. Those infants who survive into childhood are in for a long road of occupational therapy, wheelchairs, and assistive devices.
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