It’s Sunday, November 4th, 2007. We’ll avoid my amusing anecdotes tonight and jump right into this. You don’t want to hear me muse about yard work, it’s really not that interesting. Well it is to me, but I suppose you folks want something more exciting. Not that raking the leaves and putting down some winter fertilizer is boring per se, it’s just that it would be one of those entirely personal stories that has no relevance to the article. You know what I mean. A bad opening all around.

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

This inadvertently turned into Fat Wreck Week here at the Org. We had news on the Loved Ones‘ upcoming full length Build & Burn. With the band now featuring members of the Explosion and the record produced by members of the Bouncing Souls, we can’t wait to hear the results. Russ Rankin of Good Riddance spoke out about the demise of the band and his future plans. Strike Anywhere chatted about the band’s Taco Bell promotion and plans for an upcoming acoustic EP. It was also announced that Eric Melvin would join Me First and the Gimme Gimmes for their Australian tour. Speaking of NOFX, the band will join acts like Sick of it All, Streetlight Manifesto and Hot Hot Heat at upcoming Rock for Darfur gigs.

In non-Fat news… there was word that the site of the legendary CBGB would reopen as a high-end fashion boutique. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead ripped into ripped into Interscope following their departure from the label. Epitaph Records picked up a major refugee themselves by signing Story of the Year. Pete Wentz of mainstream rockers Fall Out Boy broke his foot, but the band’s shows will go on as planned. Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day spoke out about being a middle-aged punk, the music business and more. The Armstrong interview wasn’t the only interesting thing to come from Rolling Stone this week, as the magazine assembled an “Indie Rock Universe” art project featuring a number of familiar bands. On the video front we were treated to A Wilhelm Scream‘s “Die While We’re Young” and a clip from Sex Pistols‘ appearance on The Tonight Show.

This week we talked to Tim Kasher of The Good Life and Cursive (interview). The fifteenth edition of Vinyl File featured a further look at the vinyl history of NOFX. Our Editors’ Picks of the week featured music from Dave House of the Steal, Junius and Crosstown Rivals.

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Love ’em or hate ’em, Against Me! are a touring machine, and will be stopping tomorrow in Richmond, VA at the The Canal Club with Sage Francis and World Inferno Friendship Society. You wanna go? I’ll be there, come buy me drinks. Maybe you and a friend can get in free. Our buddies at The Trigger System have graciously agreed to give two winners and a guest each free admission.

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Jailhouse has a couple of updates. First, the Moral Crux split with Teenage Rehab has been delayed for a “much later date” due to “unfortunate and unforeseen” reasons.

Moral Crux fans won’t be totally in the cold though, as the band’s first LP is receiving the re-master and re-release treatment. Moral Crux was released in 1987 and has been out of print for nearly as long. The re-release will feature additional tracks adding up to 26 songs total. Expect the double LP and CD around February.

Teenage Rehab is also gearing up for a new album, which will include tracks originally recorded for the split. The album is slated out by March and was recorded by Mass Giorgini.

Lastly, the Jailhouse! Records tour will be kicking off on January 18th at the Ottobar in Baltimore, MD and will feature bands like Teenage Rehab, the New Threat, Pink Lincolns and many more.
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Stillborn has recently signed Florida six-piece Catalepsy. The “crushing” band will be releasing their debut LP Iniquity in February and was recorded with Brian Elliot. The band is offering a limited tour EP with two cuts from the album and three demos while on tour with the Classic Struggle.

You can see Jamie Jasta, Stillborn boss and top Hatebreeder, talking about the band here.
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Set Your Goals has announced that they’ll take a break from touring after their stint with Paramore, with the exception of a few California shows, to begin writing for their next album, which they hope to release next year.

The band will only tour the United States minimally until the record is complete, but plan to head to several new countries in the late winter and spring.

Mutiny!, the band’s debut full-length, was released in 2006.
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Exclaim! has posted the second in their Exclaim! TV series. This episode features Moneen, Attack in Black and a host of other Canadian music personalities as they attempt to answer questions about the country’s native animals and geographic features.

Audiophiles can rest assured that this week’s video features much better sound than last week’s.

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Haram has embarked on a European tour in support of their forthcoming full-length, Drescher, which is due out November 20 via Lovitt.

The album is the second effort from the band, which boasts ex-members of Pg. 99, City of Caterpillar and Majority Rule. Haram was released in early 2006.
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Remember when we announced our CMJ showcase with the fine folks at Mutiny PR? Hope so. I hear it was an awesome show and was happy to have fellow MUPpet Jason Bergman go and take some pictures for us. You can see them below and check out more of his work over at Flickr.
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Two Gallants have posted the newest video from their recent eponymous album. You can see the video for “Despite What You’ve Been Told” below.

The band is over in Europe for a while.
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Oxnard veterans Dr. Know have posted a new song from their upcoming full length on Unrest Records. You can check out “Father, Son and Holy Shit” at MySpace.
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Hellcat’s re-release of Operation Ivy‘s seminal self-titled record is slated for release this coming Tuesday. In the meantime you can listen to a stream of the new, completely remastered version over at Rhapsody. To listen to the stream, point your Internet browser in this direction.
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