Recent Wednesday Records signing First to Leave will head out on some tour dates soon. Joining them on most of the U.S. west coast dates will be Fireworks; they’ll then support Lifetime in Japan this November.

The band had their second full-length, Forging a Future, digitally released by Lobster earlier this year. It’ll receive a physical release courtesy of Wednesday October 9th. It follows up 2006’s Change Never Lasts (Straight On).
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According to a MySpace bulletin, Government Warning‘s set at their September 26th show in Washington, D.C. will be recorded for a limited live 7″. Misfire Records will handle the eventual release.

The show will take place 6:00 P.M. at the Bobby Fisher Memorial Building at 1644 North Capitol Street, NW, and will also feature Total Fury, Pandamonium, Coke Bust, Time to Escape and Power Nap. There’s a suggested donation of $6.00.

The band last released the Arrested 7″ on Grave Mistake. It followed up 2006’s Feral Ward full-length, No Moderation.
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With their new record titled No Really, I’m Fine due out October 02, 2007, The Spill Canvas has decided to give away a new electric guitar.

The album is the follow up to One Fell Swoop and is their first release on Sire Records. You can check out the rules and enter the contest right here.
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Rise Records has signed Knoxville, TN’s A Different Breed of Killer.

The band’s previously scheduled EP has been cancelled and will be replaced by a full-length LP, recorded by Jamie King, which should see an early 2008 release.

Craig Ericson, president of Rise Records, had this to say regarding the signing:

These guys blew my mind the first time I listened. Half way through the first song I was messaging them about a record deal. I’m very excited to work with these guys and I think they will turn heads in 2008 when the debut record drops.

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NOFX has posted the artwork and a release date for their upcoming live album. The disc will be the second live album from the veteran punk act, with the previous, I Heard They Suck Live, released nearly twelve years ago. The new record is titled They’ve Actually Gotten Worse Live and is due out November 20, 2007

Though no track listing has been released, the album is culled from three nights of talking mixed with the occasional song at Slim’s in San Francisco and will not include any material from Suck Live but will include new versions of old songs and rare tracks.

They released Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing in 2006.

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Today we’ve got a nice selection of songs from the upcoming retrospective from Teddy Duchamp’s Army. The Pittsburgh, PA-based band saw members go on to form/join Anti-Flag, Don Caballero and Voice in the Wire and will be receiving the retrospective treatment from newly formed Lock and Key Collective.

You can check out the songs on their Punknews.org Profile.
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With the election coming in 2008, democratic hopeful and former vice presidential candidate John Edwards will be taking the hot seat in a webcast dialog hosted by MySpace and MTV. The candidate will be sitting down with TV News correspondents Gideon Yago and SuChin Pak and WashingtonPost.com political reporter Chris Cillizza on the University of New Hampshire campus to answer questions submitted via MySpaceIM and MTV.com.

The event will take place on September 27 at 12:00pm EST. The entire dialogue will be webcast live through both MTV.com and MySpaceTV.com, and will then be rebroadcast on mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, later in the day.
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Critically acclaimed duo Jesu have announced the release of a new 4 song EP. The record is titled Lifeline and is due out October 09, 2007. It is the follow-up to their last full length, Conqueror, as well as the Sun Down / Sun Rise EP and their recent split with Eluvium.

Like the band’s 2006 EP, Silver, the disc will contain some of the group’s shortest tracks, with only one tracking over five minutes.

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LA’s From First To Last have posted the first studio video documenting their time in the studio with producer Josh Abraham (he’s worked with Unwritten Law, Slayer, Mastodon and any nu-metal band you can think of). The record which will be mixed by Brendan O’Brien with an early 2008 release planned. The band is following up their 2006 Epitaph release Heroine.

This will be the band’s debut release for Universal affiliated Suretone Records. It will also be the first new full length since the departure of vocalist Sonny More and the vocal debut of guitarist Matt Good.
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Sex Pistols recently re-recorded their classic track, “Anarchy in the UK” to provide a new master for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Past Guitar Hero games have largely relied on cover bands to produce their music, but the third edition uses many recordings from the original artists. After Activision was unable to find the original Sex Pistols master tapes from the 1970s, they got the band back together.

Three of the four original Pistols, Johnny “Rotten” Lydon, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook, joined forces with Chris Thomas, the producer of Never Mind the Bollocks, to put together the re-recording, which was mixed on the same vintage analog desk as the original master. The band notes that Thomas actually performed bass on the record since Glen Matlock had left at that point and Sid Vicious had been in the hospital with hepatitis.

Members of the band also participated in a brief interview discussing the re-recording process, the video game and the loss of the masters. You can check out the interview here.
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September 25th seems to be a pretty decently sized release day. We managed to cover a few of its releases and a couple other treats.

• Between the Buried and Me‘s critically lauded new album, Colors
• The New Amsterdams churn out their third full-length in two years: At the Foot of Your Rival
• Whoa, Dillinger Four played a show, and it was with the Brokedowns in Chicago
• River City Rebels are off Victory and on the Springman-anchored Silver Sprocket with Keepsake of Luck
• More at the reviews page

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Parting ways with their major label hasn’t slowed down Reel Big Fish very much as the band has announced yet more tour dates this fall. Besides the previously announced trip to Australia with fellow major label refugees Less Than Jake, the band has promised to take their latest album, Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free, to many of the US cities the band missed on their last tour as well as Europe.

They note:

We’re trying to get a Fall tour of the USA planned for nNvember-ish ’07 so we can play all those cities we missed on the summer tour! We’re also working on a UK/Europe tour for Jan/Feb ’08! so we’ll be seeing you very soon.

The rest of the world??!! have your local promoter contact our booking agent!! get us in your local venue!

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Power pop outfit Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer have posted some more new music from their new full length. The record is titled Schematics and is due out today.

You can check out “Death or Radio” (as well as the previously posted) “Can’t Stand It” on their myspace page.
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