With two releases under his belt for 2007 and an upcoming tour with Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan seems to be in no danger of slowing down:

I’ve just completed a new record with some great friends. After the west coast run, Jon Gaunt and I teamed up with Austin Lucas, his father Bob Lucas, and Bass fiddle man Digger Barnes. Together we hit it off from the start and comprised a solid record of 12 numbers.

This record is considered a split collaboration between all of us involved. The songs consist of 3 Chuck Ragan originals, 3 Austin Lucas originals, 3 Ragan/Lucas originals, 1 original by Bob Lucas, and 2 old time standards called Darling Corey and Distant Land To Roam. The entire record has a very strong sense of bluegrass, folk and old time gospel with a certain feel of exactly where we were and what was going on when we layed it down.

My wife Jill and I have decided to take a leap of faith and release this record ourselves. It’s most definitely something intimidating for us but very exciting as well. Since we’ve been looking forward to doing this for quite some time we’ll be doing everything in our power to get this record distributed properly and in your hands soon.

Chuck released his studio solo debut, Feast or Famine, earlier this year.
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The Rancid-affiliated online store, Machete, has announced the release of a new rarities compilation. The record is titled B Sides and C Sides and is due out December 11, 2007.

The disc clocks in at 21 tracks.

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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have released the third episode in their video series “The Road To Throwdown”. The video series highlights music and interviews with the band leading up to their highly anticipated return to Boston at the end of 2007.

To coincide with the tour, the band is also releasing a new rarities album. The record is titled Medium Rare and is due out December 18, 2007

You can check it out here.

In related news, the band has confirmed Street Dogs and Zox as support acts for the December 31st show.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have released the third episode in their video series “The Road To Throwdown”. The video series highlights music and interviews with the band leading up to their highly anticipated return to Boston at the end of 2007.

To coincide with the tour, the band is also releasing a new rarities album. The record is titled Medium Rare and is due out December 18, 2007

You can check it out here.
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Dillinger Four fans have become a little used to small scraps of information from the band and the latest isn’t too different but it is promising. The band’s guitarist Erik Funk recently spoke to The Minneapolis Star Tribune about the record saying:

We have a lot of stuff written and are gonna take the next few months to finish an album

According to the story, Funk sounded excited about recording after the quartet recently played festivals in Florida and Chicago. Bassist Paddy Costello spent much of the year on the road with Chicago band the Arrivals.

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According to Alternative Press, eighteen bands have now been confirmed for the 2008 edition of the Warped Tour.

The list now includes The Academy Is…, The Briggs, The Bronx, The Color Fred, The Devil Wears Prada, Every Time I Die, From First to Last, Gym Class Heroes, The Lordz, Norma Jean, Katy Perry, Pierce The Veil, Reel Big Fish, Relient K, Shwayze, Street Dogs, 3Oh!3 and We The Kings.

The tour is set to kick off in the summer of 2008.
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Bob Mould has released the first song from his upcoming debut for Anti Records. The record is titled District Line and is due out February 05, 2008. It is the follow-up to Body Of Song which was released in 2005.

You can check out “The Silence Between Us” right here, courtesy of Spinner.com.
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San Diego’s Louis XIV have set a release date for their upcoming sophomore album. The record is titled Slick Dogs and Ponies and is due out January 29, 2008. It is the follow-up to the Illegal Tender EP and the The Best Little Secrets Are Kept full length. which was released in 2005.

The band has also posted the first single from the album, “Guilt By Association” and you can check out an MP3 here.
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Dead To Fall have announced a tour with Winds of Plague, Impending Doom and Belay My Last.


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Serj Tankian, frontman of System Of A Down, has posted another new video from his debut solo release. The record is titled Elect the Dead

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Fin Leavell, formerly of Against All Authority and The Summer Obsession has launched a new project, Separation is Natural.

The band has begun playing shows around North Florida and are recording their first CD at Vision Sounds (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus) in Jacksonville, FL.

You can find four songs on their myspace page.
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