More details have been revealed about Pennywise‘s recently announced collaboration with MySpace Records.

The as-yet untitled album will be released simultaneously on CD+DVD and MySpace on March 25, 2008. To download the album for free beginning March 25, 2008, users simply have to add promotional partner “Textango” as a friend. Guitarist Fletcher Dragge added:

We know that this will piss off a lot of people in the music industry and what do we say to that? ‘Who cares?’ We’ve been pissing people off for 18 years. Why stop now? We have been telling people to get our records by any mean necessary for 17 years. As a band, we decided that it was time to come to terms with the facts. There are a lot of people out there who want their music for free, so we got proactive and with the help of MySpace Records and Textango we found away to make it happen…we couldn’t be more stoked…

The retail version will include a DVD and some exclusive tracks will also be made available on the vinyl edition of the record. The album is Pennywise’s ninth and first since The Fuse which was released in 2005
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London, England’s Enter Shikari recently wrapped up their first proper tour on North American soil after releasing their debut album Take to the Skies.

We recently had the opportunity to talk with the group’s bassist and vocalist Chris Batten about the group’s efforts in self-releasing their record and trying to make a name for themselves in North America.

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Seven years deep into their career, but less than 12 months since signing to Victory Records, Sioux Falls, South Dakota act, Nodes of Ranvier have announced they are breaking up.

The band’s final effort was 2007’s Defined by Struggle.

Nodes of Ranvier will be playing two final shows on December 29 in Rapid City, South Dakota and on December 31 in Sioux Falls.
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Seven years deep into their career, but less than 12 months since signing to Victory Records, Sioux Falls, South Dakota act, Nodes of Ranvier have announced they are breaking up.

The band’s final effort was 2007’s Defined by Struggle.

Nodes of Ranvier will be playing two final shows on December 29 in Rapid City, South Dakota and on December 31 in Sioux Falls.
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Although long-running Boston band Piebald broke up this past summer, it looks like fans will have one more opportunity to catch them in a live setting. Piebald will be playing downstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 18, 2008.

Piebald’s last album was 2007’s Accidental Gentlemen.
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Montreal’s The Flatliners are the latest band to be interviewed for Exclaim TV. The band spoke with Exclaim about a variety of subjects, some of which are a little NSFW.

The Flatliners released their Fat Wreck Chords debut, The Great Awake earlier this year.

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New Brunswick, NJ indie rock act Scream! Hello have provided details on their upcoming two releases for 2008. The band posted the following blog at their Myspace:

We will be releasing TWO new records, an EP and an LP this spring. The records will be available in all major and minor online stores, selected old fashioned hard-copy stores and through emusic.com, itunes.com, etc… Here’s the info: Smart & Stupid – due out March of ’08 and Everything is Always Still Happening – due out May of ’08

A song from Smart & Stupid will be up on the space later this week.

The band released their last record, The Infinite Son.
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The neo-luddites over at Red Scare have posted the latest episode of their “AIMcast.” The chat features label founder Toby and his partner in crime Brendan (of The Lawrence Arms)

The biggest bit of news is some more details about the new record from The Falcon:

I’m writing a concept record… it’s about a young man who’s car breaks down in Hurley and spends a year, one strip club per day (this is in an alternate universe where there are 8 days in a week). Songs are from the perspectives of the strippers, the club owners, the young man, and a cat that speaks only french for some reason.

You can check out some more details here.
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Goldfinger has set a April 29, 2008 release date for their long-awaited SideOneDummy debut.

To hold over fans until the release, the band is looking to produce a iTunes-exclusive EP in advance of the album. The band released their last studio album, Disconnection Notice, in 2005 followed by a “hits” package The Best Of Goldfinger [CD/DVD] the same year.
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Another new remixed and remastered track from the long awaited reissue of Alkaline Trio‘s beloved album, Goddamnit has been posted online. You can also find the artwork on the album’s release detail page.

Originally released in 1998, the album will be reissued in a remixed and remastered format and will include the band’s first demo. The CD will be packaged with a new DVD titled Original Sin: The Story of Goddamnit. It is expected in 2008, ten years after the original release. The DVD also includes a live performance from the band, and includes liner notes from Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Mike Park of Asian Man Records.

You can check out the newly refurbished version of “Weak Week” from the band’s first demo on the album’s myspace page.
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Set Your Goals guitarist Dave Yoha has announced his departure from the melodic hardcore act. The band explained:

So the time has finally come to announce Dave’s departure from the band. He’s expressed to us that the full-time touring lifestyle is no longer right for him, at least not at this point in his life. We support him and there are no hard feelings.

Dave gave us notice he would be leaving SYG about a month ago but up until now, we had kept things mostly under wraps and only a few close friends of the band were notified of the unfortunate news. We did this because we do not want our inbox, emails, and voicemails flooded with people asking us to try out. We already have some friends in mind who we’re going to try out for lead guitarist so PLEASE do not contact us asking to try out.

The band’s upcoming tour with Gallows will go on as scheduled with a temporarily replacement.
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Angels and Airwaves made a second trip to the Larry King Show to discuss their new album, I-Empire.

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In anticipation of their imminent final show, Planes Mistaken for Stars recently sat down with Canada’s Exclaim Magazine for a video interview.

You can check out the interview here.
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