Les Savy Fav‘s Tim Harrington recently participated in an unusual little video interview themed like a job interview. Tim discusses the band’s acclaimed new album, Let’s Stay Friends and tries to get himself a Direct of HR position.

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Toronto, Ontario’s Crush Luther has called it a day. The band announced the breakup via their MySpace blog, stating:

We’ve decided to call it a day. Crush Luther is breaking up. Our band is breaking up. Yeah. It’s really strange to say that out loud. Or type. Same diff. no foul. Matt, Luther and I have spent a lot of time together discussing our options. To be honest, a month ago, none of us expected that this would be happening. Unfortunately after much time spent, that’s where we’re at. We’re just not in love with the idea of keeping the band alive enough to continue on.

The 5 of us had tons of amazing times together – between touring, recording, rehearsing and hanging out. I don’t think any one of us would trade what we’ve been lucky enough to do for anything!

The band was signed to High 4 Records, run by Vicky and Darrin (Goldfinger) Pfeiffer. Final shows are expected to be announced in Southern Ontario this December.
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A benefit for club owner Ness Aquino will be held in San Francisco this November. Aquino is the original owner of the North Beach Filipino Supper Club, the “Mabuhay Gardens,” and former business partner of the late Fab Mab punk promoter Dirk Dirksen. Ness has suffered through multiple strokes and heart failure, requiring emergency medical and financial assistance.

Two shows have been scheduled at Club 443 (the old Mabuhay Gardens), that will raise money for both Aquino and the non-profit organization, H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers). Saturday, November 10th will feature performances by the Sheets, the Lifers, Very Special Guest, Warning SF, Embers of Euphoria, Stretus, Closer To The Real and the Nubs. Sunday will feature the Fab Mab All Stars (members of the Vktms, Mutants, Translator, the Contractions, the Symptoms, the Lewd, J Raoul Brody, Surprise Guest), Pynotics (members of Psychotic Pineapple) and No Politics (Paul Casteel of House of Wheels, Steve DePace of Negative Trend/Flipper, East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys, Bruno De Martis of Bad Posture/Slug Lords and Dave Chavez of Verbal Abuse). The show will also feature Polkacide, the Symptoms, Minus One, Kitten On Keys and Acu-Funk-ture.
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Bad Religion‘s Greg Graffin recently participated in a lengthy audio interview wherein he answers questions about, religion, punk songs, Bad Religion songs, heroes, among other things.

You can check out the interview here.

The band released New Maps of Hell this year.
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Coheed and Cambria recently recorded a live-to-air acoustic version of “The Running Free,” one of the new songs on their new album. The record is titled Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow and was released October 23, 2007.

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Washington DC’s Statehood, a new band featuring Dismemberment Plan rhythm section, Joe Easley and Eric Axelson, as well as Clark Sabine on guitar and vocals and Leigh Thompson on guitar, will be releasing their debut full length next month. The record is titled Lies & Rhetoric and is due out November 19, 2007.

You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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A Wilhelm Scream have posted a free download of a track from their brand new album, Career Suicide.

You can download a copy of “Die While We’re Young” via this fuse.tv page.
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The Matches have posted a new song which is set to appear on Punk the Clock Volume Three: Property of a Gentleman. The song is previously unreleased and was presumably cut to tape during the sessions for Decomposer.

You can check out “Their City” right here.
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With all the recent discussion about piracy and the shutdown of music downloading site OINK, someone has posted an article looking at the reasons that some artists are wary of downloading:

Someone that received the promotional copy decided to place the album on a Torrent site. Now anyone can download your album for free and you won’t see a single penny. Though you want people to hear your music, you also want to fulfill the part of your contract that requires you to sell fifteen thousand copies.

Yes, artists are given more exposure when albums hit BitTorrent sites. If the album is loved, album sales reflect this and some of the loss is recouped. Recording and marketing music isn’t free, and music consumers shouldn’t expect it to be.

You can check out the rest of the article here.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced that their upcoming Hometown Throwdown 10 reunion shows will be followed up by a New Years Eve gig. The band commented:

Thanks to everyone who helped make this year’s Throwdown the fastest selling in Bosstones history!!! (No thanks to the bottom-feeding, greedy scalpers who also pitched in). We are going to add a New England area New Year’s Eve show shortly. This show will be in a larger venue…Please stand by for more info

The band also recently confirmed that their December 26th gig will be supported by the Bouncing Souls and Everybody Out.
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San Diego’s Finch have announced a reunion show. The band will convene for a gig at the Glass House in Pomona, CA on November 23, 2007. There’s no word yet on whether this is a one-off show or a sign of a wider return to action.

The band announced an “indefinite break” last year. They released Say Hello to Sunshine in 2005 and What It Is to Burn in 2002.
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Rise Records has announced the signing of both The Hollowed and Take the Crown.

The latter band recently added Juan Pereda, drummer formerly of Taken and Name Taken.

The bands will be releasing their debuts for the label in the Spring of 2008.
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This December Montreal will play host to M.O.F.O, Mon-Oeil-Fest-One. Local label Mon Oeil is hosting the event, which will raise money for new D.I.Y. venue the Black Dot, which will also host the gigs. Friday, December 7th will feature Final Baton, Greg Cocaine, Milanku, La Maladresse and La Plaie. The following day will feature Black Ships, the Expectorated Sequence, Kraken, La Maladresse and Planet Hollywood.
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