Fear Before the March of Flames have unveiled the newest video from their latest full length, The Always Open Mouth.

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Influential metal/hardcore act Earth Crisis have announced the first of a series of reunion shows set for early 2008.

The shows will be supported by a number of acts including Terror, Sworn Enemy, Shai Hulud, Down To Nothing, and Recon. Formed in 1992, the band was notable for their militant stance towards animal rights issues and the straight edge lifestyle. Though the band split up in 2001, members remained active in a number of projects, and frontman Karl Buechner even surfaced last year to defend straight edge in an alarmist piece about the movement helmed by Geraldo Rivera.

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Sum 41 and Tenacious D have recorded a special Christmas song together.

Titled “Things I Want” the song can be streamed on their myspace page.
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The nominees have been announced for the 2007 edition of the Shortlist Music Prize. The prizes will be handed out early next year and recognizes albums released between January and November 2007 that have yet to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 units.

Highlights in the 2007 list include albums from Bad Religion, LCD Soundsystem, Against Me!, Gogol Bordello, The Hives, Les Savy Fav, Blonde Redhead, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Grinderman, Iron & Wine, Parts & Labor, Spoon, Serj Tankian and more.

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Boston’s Meltdown are currently in the studio recording a new EP for release in 2008 via Malfunction/Deathwish. Immediately after they wrap up recording, the band will be hitting the road for a three week tour in anticipation of the release.

Support for the run will be provided by Reign Supreme.
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Hydrahead has announced plans to release a new record from Seattle’s Helms Alee. The female-fronted three piece includes Ben Verellen of Harkonen/These Arms Are Snakes.

You can check out some music from the band on their myspace page.
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Miami, Florida’s Capsule have posted another track from their forthcoming Blue album, which will be released as a vinyl 12″ and CD of the same material packaged together. Comprised of ten tracks total, the song “Going Home” has been posted on the band’s myspace page. You can check it out right here.

Telestai, featuring former members of I Am Ghost have posted a new song from their debut EP. The record is titled Start The Revolution and is due out January 01, 2008. You can find “Armed Resistance” on their myspace page.

Oneonta’s own Casting Curses have put their debut EP, Fat City up for free download on Myspace. The two-song EP is likened to albums by hardcore ala Hope Conspiracy. You can check out the EP on their myspace page.
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It’s Sunday, December 23rd, 2007. Welcome to Navel Gazing, your look back at this week in Punknews. In fact, as is the season we’re consumed by such retrospectives. Make sure to check out our most popular stories, most popular reviews and the onslaught of year end lists from the collective music press. Our own are on their way this New Years.

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

This week had its share of grim news, from the results of the autopsy of Hawthorne Hights guitarist Casey Calvert to the news of two killed in a fatal crash on All Shall Perish and Red Shore’s Australian tour. We saw a minor controversy erupt over the Pogues‘ classic “Fairytale of New York,” which features a word you now apparently can’t say anymore on British radio. Fucked Up and Xiu Xiu launched a class action lawsuit against Camel Cigarettes and Rolling Stone over that recent “Indie Rock Universe” feature. Rancid has completed writing their next album, which is sure to drum up more than its fair share of press here in `08. On the tour front we saw the full Taste of Chaos 2008 schedule unveiled. It will feature Avenged Sevenfold. Atreyu and Bullet For My Valentine among others. The Loved Ones and the Gaslight Anthem announced dates for `08 featuring bands like the Ergs! and New Mexican Disaster Squad. We also had word that System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian will join the much ballyhooed Foo Fighters / Against Me! tour.

Did you miss the Lemonheads show in Lancaster, PA? Then you missed Milo Aukerman sharing the stage with a few fellow Descendents members. Too bad. The Lawrence Arms posted an acoustic version of their “Warped Summer Extravaganza” tune while Angels & Airwaves chatted up legendary rock journalist Larry King. MTV mused that 2007 was the “Year The Music Industry Broke” while Def Jam CEO Jay-Z talked 360 deals and Radiohead‘s free-for-all digital release. Finally this week we looked fondly back on Elvis Costello‘s legendary Saturday Night Live stunt.

This week we spoke with London, England’s Enter Shikari (interview). The twenty first edition of Vinyl File featured a conversation with Mike Park of Asian Man Records. Our Editors’ Picks of the week featured a look back at Rain.
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Brian: Not to be confused with a Japanese instrumental rock act of the same name, Rain was a short-lived follower of the Revolution Summer of hardcore in the late 1980s. After a mere two recording sessions, the band would eventually release the La Vache Qui Rit 12″ EP via Guy Piciotto’s Vanderbilt label in 1990. But one listen to any of the band’s affected, pitch-perfect, wandering narratives and it’s clear that their inspiration doesn’t need to be spelled out. Perhaps due to their late arrival on the scene, or bare discography, Rain has never quite gotten the accolades their pioneers (Rites of Spring, Embrace) or peers (Moss Icon, Gray Matter) have gotten, and that’s a pity. Luckily, Dischord recently reissued the EP on compact disc format, with all the tracks remastered. The best one, “Rivers,” can be found streaming at the release info page, but be assured, the whole, specially handmade disc is solid. Members of Rain went onto form a plethora of acts, by the by, the most notable being Girls Against Boys.
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Look What I Did have posted a new song from the band’s follow up to 2005’s Minuteman for the Moment.

The song, The song, “My Girlfriend, Leo Strauss” can be found on their myspace page.
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Vultures United, formerly known as Grave for the Fireflies, have announced that they will be supporting all the West Coast dates on the recently unveiled Gallows headlining tour. The band will be performing from January 19th through the 26th.

The band has also announced plans to self-release their new EP, Dirt Hearts via their own Pirate Record Company. Due out January 15, 2008, the EP will feature six songs on the CD version and eight on the 7-inch vinyl version which will be limited to 500 copies.

The bonus tracks are cover’s of Minor Threat‘s “Out Of Step (With The World)” and “Bottled Violence”. You can check out two of their new songs on their myspace page.
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The Black Heart Procession have announced some rare live appearances in support of their latest Touch & Go Records album, The Spell.

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the first three bands have been confirmed for the second annual Alternative Press tour. The prior edition included Circa Survive, Cute Is What We Aim For, As Tall As Lions and Envy On The Coast and this tour will include The Matches, Sonny – the new project from the former singer of From First To Last and Forever the Sickest Kids.

The tour is also promising that two co-headliners will be announced in the coming days. The jaunt will kick off in Spring 2008.
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