LA’s the Danny Sling have followed the new trend of releasing for free online. You can grab their new EP Raw Safety at their Reverb Nation page.

Belgium’s Die Out! have uploaded a new demo song destined for a 7″ split with Our Time Down Here from Southampton (UK). You can hear “Whatever It Takes” at their MySpace page. They are currently on tour in Belgium, France and Germany, and will focus on composing new songs later this year.

Brooklyn’s Firewater has posted a stream of their new album the Golden Hour on their MySpace page. The band features members of Gogol Bordello and Balkan Beat Box had been in hiatus while frontman Tod A (Cop Shoot Cop) spent three years in exile as a response to the 2004 elections, traveling to and collecting material from musicians in the Middle East and South Asia. The album will be officially released as soon as the band’s collapsed independent label Jetset Records is replaced with another.
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Whole Wheat Bread has parted ways with bassist C.J. Randolph. The band will still be on tour later this month with Big D & The Kids Table and The AKAs. They have lined up a replacement bassist for the tour who will be announced shortly. Anyone interested in the full time position should email [email protected] for more info on upcoming auditions.

The band has been posting tracks from their forthcoming album online at their MySpace page.
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You’re the lucky reader of the 12th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed with upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite band’s own collections and labels with an history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.

This week’s Vinyl File Spotlight features a a look at what is perhaps the rarest NOFX related vinyl release in existence. We’ve also got news on upcoming vinyl releases from Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Say Anything and more.

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With a forthcoming double album, Say Anything have had no shortage of material to preview online. The latest song from In Defense of the Genre is now available online. The record is due out October 23, 2007.

You can find “About Falling” here.
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Joe McMahon, frontman of Smoke or Fire has put together an acoustic benefit to help raise money for bassist Karl Alvarez. Karl recently suffered a heart attack. He is the veteran musician of notable acts including All, The Descendents and The Lemonheads.

Joe explained:

“When I heard about Karl Alvarez’s heart attack, and the amount of medical bills he is facing, I called the Middle East Club in Cambridge, MA to see if they would let me do a night of acoustic Descendents covers to raise money to help Karl out. The booking agent at the Middle East is a friend of Karl’s and scheduled the benefit for Friday, November 9^th.

Since I started asking bands to be a part of this show, many different shows for Karl have popped up around the country (in California, Texas, Michigan, Alabama, Washington), and many on the same night as the Middle East show. I encourage anyone else who is interested to take part and help out a man who has inspired many of us musically.

I don’t know Karl personally, but I know that being in a band usually means having no health care. This is an opportunity for us to give back to someone who has given the music scene a lot over the years. I’ll be posting all of the info for the Middle East show when I have it, as well as the other shows going on around the country. Thanks to everyone taking part in this.

The show takes place November 9th at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA. Besides Joe’s acoustic performance, the show will include Tomorrow the Gallows, Bread & Roses and King Everything.
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Nightmare Of You (ex-The Movielife) have begun work on their next album. The had this to say:

Yes, we have begun working on what will be our 2nd full length album entitled…..well, we haven’t gotten THAT far yet. Naturally, we are very thrilled with the result thus far. It won’t sound like the first record and it won’t sound like the “Bang EP.” Change is always good, unless it’s bad. Once this record is complete, we promise to actually tour. We will keep you posted as the tidings develop.

The band released Nightmare Of You in 2006.
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Post-punk laptop rapper MC Lars has put together a neat litte featurette about the Dead Kennedys. Lars applies his trademark style to the history of the band, showing some of the band’s influences and spotlighting some of the “classic” Jello Biafra moves.

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Canadian pop-punk outfit Chixdiggit have re-recorded and re-released their self-titled debut album, adding two “new” tracks. Lead singer KJ Jansen had the following to say on the band’s site:

Just finished recording, mixing and mastering a new record in a blistering ten days!

First I should explain what I mean by “new” record. We’ve re-recorded our first self titled record and added a couple of tracks that we used to play back in the day but never got around to “laying down” (“laying down” – that’s music industry talk for “recording”).

Interesting to compare the first record and the new one (we’re calling it “II”) some things have changed but most really haven’t. It [was] released on October 5th at the Rotterdam Rumble festival.

The record, Chixdiggit! was originally released in 1996 on Sub Pop Records. It was their sole release for the label before heading to Honest Don’s and then Fat Wreck Chords.
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Philadelphia, PA-based hardcore act Blacklisted will be entering the studio in late October to begin work on the follow up to their 2005 studio album, …The Beat Goes On.

The band will again be working at at Godcity in Massachusetts with Kurt Ballou and the record will be released next year.
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