Anti-Flag have posted an update which includes a name for their next full length. The record will be titled The Bright Lights of America and it is expected in early 2008.

Besides that., the band has added more tour dates to their recently announced schedule. The new shows include a trip to Australia and New Zealand, and a run through Europe in February/March. The band promises more European dates will be confirmed in the coming weeks. While in Australia the band will join the Big Day Out festival and provide support for Rage Against The Machine on their shows.

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Dropkick Murphys recently dropped by CNN to talk about their new album, The Meanest of Times. The interview topics include their music, their home town and, of course, the Red Sox. It features interspersed clips from live performances and the videos. The video also includes a clip of uber-director Martin Scorsese name-dropping the band at an awards ceremony.

You can check out the interview here.
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As they continue to work on the follow up to 2003’s Splinter, Offspring have posted a new video featuring what appears to be music from their forthcoming record. The yet-to-be-titled new record is expected in 2008 via Columbia Records. It will be the band’s first studio album recorded with drummer Josh Freese (he Vandals, Devo, Guns N’ Roses, Suicidal Tendencies) though the band’s touring lineup will feature Pete Parada.

The band also recently announced a tour of Australia alongside Incubus and Social Distortion.

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France has introduced legislation that will ban repeat internet pirates from the Internet. According to a Reuters report, – service providers will issue warning messages to customers downloading files illegally. If users ignore those messages, their accounts could be suspended or closed altogether.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy explained:

We run the risk of witnessing a genuine destruction of culture. The Internet must not become a high-tech Far West, a lawless zone where outlaws can pillage works with abandon or, worse, trade in them in total impunity. And on whose backs? On artists’ backs.

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The suicidal lingerie model responsible for the deaths of Silkworm drummer Michael Dahlquist, John Glick, guitarist of the Returnables and Doug Meis, drummer of Exo and the Dials has been sentence to eight years.

According to her testimony, the killer, Jeanette Sliwinski, was attempting to commit suicide — not murder — when she drove at nearly 90 mph into the back of a car stopped at a red light in 2005.

She also apologized to the families of those she killed, saying she did not mean to hurt anyone, although it is uncertain how she expected to hit an occupied car at nearly 90mph without injuring anyone aside from herself.

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Our favorite vinyl-only store Vinyl Collective has become the exclusive vinyl producer for Ferret and will be pressing vinyl for the label’s recent and new releases. First on the block, Poison the Well‘s Versions, Every Time I Die‘s Last Night in Town, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster‘s II and See You Next Tuesday’s Parasite.

The records are due in February 2008.
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In light of the tragic death of their guitarist, Hawthorne Heights has cancelled the remaining dates on their tour. Refunds should be available from the point of purchase.

Guitarist Casey Calvert suddenly passed away over the weekend from causes yet to be determined.
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Tegan and Sara will be streaming the entirety of their performance in Columbus, OH on the internet. The show will be hosted by YeboTV

The site requires registration for the stream, but you can do that here. The show begins at 7pm EST.

The duo released The Con earlier this year.
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Interpol are the latest band to join acts like Bright Eyes and Weezer to produce live albums exclusively targeted at independently owned and operated record stores. Due out November 27, 2007, the six song disc will be released through the band’s major label, Capitol, but will only arrive at indie stores in the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.

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A video has been made available documenting the recording process of a cover of “Everything’s Alright” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” by Foxy Shazam, Look What I Did, and South African pop sensation Nikki Williams.

The track has been mixed by Brian Virtue (Janes Addiction, The START) and will be released by the bands on a limited edition 7″ picture disc soon. The video features some footage of the band recording the song and can be seen here. You can also check out the original version here.
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Chotto Ghetto have announced some tour dates later this month. The band is supporting their Quote Unquote debut, Rampage.

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