Art Brut and The Hold Steady have announced a tour together set to kick off in October. The two bands are supporting recent releases, with the Hold Steady’s Vagrant debut, Boys and Girls in America and Art Brut’s sophomore full length, It’s a Bit Complicated.

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On the eve of their 30th anniversary, Joy Division will be releasing a series of special releases. Among the plans are an an expanded reissue program, a special vinyl boxed set, download and ringtone releases and the soundtrack to “Control,” Anton Corbijn’s critically lauded Curtis biopic.

Rhino Records, who were also responsible for deluxe packages from the likes of The Ramones, are overseeing the reissue project and are promising double-CD deluxe editions of those albums, expanded with rare and unreleased music, in physical and digital formats. The first disc of each set features the original album remastered, while the second disc contains unreleased live performances.

Both Closer, Unknown Pleasures and Still will be released on October 30th.
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No Doubt recently spoke to NME about their long-awaited new album and what people can expect from the multi-platinum ska/pop act. According to frontwoman Gwen Stefani:

I’m coming to the end of a chapter, doing my own dance records. In the fall, I’ll record with No Doubt. I don’t want to say for sure that it’ll be ska but that it is where we started.

The popular ska/pop act has been on hiatus since 2002 after the release of 2001’s Rock Steady.
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Even though their upcoming album is barely in the can, Jimmy Eat World is back in the studio recording some more material. The band made the announcement on their blog:

We now have to hunker down into our studio once again (it seems we can’t escape it) to record some more goodies. As I type, we are recording a new version of “Your House” that we did on the last U.S. run. drums, bass and acoustic guitar are all laid down and it sounds really cool so far. It’s kind of fun to bring back an older song and re-imagine it to a certain extent. we are racking our brains for good cover ideas [too].

The band’s new record, Chase This Light, is due out October 16, 2007
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Exclaim recently caught up with Bad Religion‘s Jay Bentley who discussed the current state of the Warped Tour as well as the “newer” bands who may not have as much of a connection to the original punk rock ideals.

At one point, Jay addresses one common complaint about the Warped Tour:

Where the fuck are all the Bad Religion’s of the world? People don’t start bands like Bad Religion because we’re not popular. They start bands like Fall Out Boy because they make millions of dollars.

If you don’t like [The Warped Tour] because of the bands, start a fucking band. If you don’t like what is being given to you, make what you want.

The band continues to support New Maps of Hell and will be appearing on Conan O’Brien tonight.

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Street punks The Casualties have detailed their upcoming CD+DVD album as well as posted a new trailer featuring the DVD portion of the release. The set is titled Made in NYC and is due out September 25, 2007. It is the follow-up to Under Attack which was released in 2006. It features a live homecoming show recording in New York City at the Knitting Factory.

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Long-running Canadian pop-punk act Gob have announced plans to return with their first album since 2003’s Foot In Mouth Disease.

The band, which formed in 1994, most recently lent their co-vocalist/guitarist Tom Thacker to Sum 41. The new record is titled Muertos Vivos and is due out October 16, 2007.

The first two songs from the album, “Prescription” and “We’re All Dying” are streaming on their myspace page.
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In The Red, which features former Gunmoller Mike Hale, will be releasing their debut CD on Rat Patrol Records in Mid-October. The album is titled Volume 1 and will feature 8 tracks. You can hear some previews and preorder the album here. The band is leaving next week for some dates on the Planes Mistaken For Stars farewell tour and then gearing up for touring out to The Fest.

The band recently dropped a split 7” with Git Some on 1234 Go! Records and has another split 7” being released on Halloween through Pirates Press Records, with San Francisco’s the Excuse.

In related news, frontman Mike Hale has just released his split 7” with Chris Wollard(the Draft, Hot Water Music) on Asian Man Records, with a full length to follow shortly.
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Last of the Believers, which features former and current members of Reach the Sky, Rise Against and Ignite, have booked a few shows with Sick of it All, Madball, and Viva Hate, promising more to come. The band released Paper Ships Under a Burning Bridge in July.

You can see the first three dates below.
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Returning from a 6 month hiatus, during which the band moved their headquarters into Chicago, Scouts Honor has announced a short tour with San Francisco’s Low Red Land.

The band will enter the studio later this month to record a cover of Floor’s “Return to Zero”. Scouts Honor released a 7″ on Smith 7 Records back in April of htis year as well as the full-length I Am the Dust on No Idea Records in 2006.
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