The Used are set to begin work on their next full length in January. They explained:

For our future plans we’re going to start writing and recording in January-March, we will be playing a few shows during that time as well so keep your ears and eyes open. After that we will do a full U.S. and Canada tour that will start late March. Also, we have big news regarding unreleased music that we will announce in the near future.

The band issued Lies for the Liars in 2007.
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Oxnard veterans Dr. Know will hit the road in February and March of 2008 in support of their upcoming record Killing For God. The band will play alongside their Unrest Records label mates Inhaste and they’ll be joined in Texas by So Unloved.
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The Numbers Twist will reconvene to play their first show since a year long hiatus on December 22nd in Dallas, TX at the DOublewide. The band shares members with a number of others, notably featuring three members of Red Animal War, but also listing Sabopteur, the Light Fantastic, Gammacide, Flickerstick and Record Hop on their resume. The show will also be a reunion of sorts for Deep Elm act Slowride, who have also started playing shows again after a hiatus.
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Sam Johnson of New Mexican Disaster Squad has started a side project dubbed Virgins. The band features drummer Eric of Polluted Youth and bassist Phil Longo of Country Slashers. You can check out some of the band’s demo recordings via MySpace or hit up their very first show on December 26th at the Social in Orlando. They’ll be joined by Grabass Charlestons and Monikers at the gig along with special guests.
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Quote Unquote Records has posted a song from the upcoming Cheeky EP Choke On A Cheeseburger. The Brooklyn / Long Island pop-punk band’s six song collection was mastered by Latterman’s Phil Douglas and will be available from the donation-based record label on Christmas Day. You can check out the song “Get Out Of Here” now at MySpace.
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Descendents fans in Lancaster, PA were recently treated to a surprise mini-reunion as front man Milo Aukerman took the stage with The Lemonheads at the Chameleon Club and performed an Angry Samoans cover. Aukerman’s band mates Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez are currently on tour backing Lemonheads principal Evan Dando and performing songs from the self-titled record which they recorded together.

Thanks to all the people who sent this in. Even the smallest bit of Descendents news gets everyone around here excited.
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The dates have been announced four the fourth annual Taste of Chaos tour. The tour will feature Avenged Sevenfold. Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine, Blessthefall and “JRock Invades America” performances by MUCC, D’Espairsray and the Underneath. Idiot Pilot will play two sets each night in each venue concourse.

Festival co-producer Kevin Lyman commented on the contingent of Japanese bands joining the tour:

After having a chance to be involved with introducing DIR EN GREY to American audiences and working on the successful JROCK Revolution Festival with Yoshiki last May in Los Angeles, I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing and is rarely captured at shows in America these days and this is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance.

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Bedouin Soundclash have posted their new video “St. Andrews” to YouTube. The song comes from their recent full length Street Gospels.

As previously announced the band will hit the road early next year with Hellcat act Westbound Train and the UK’s Beat Union.
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Seattle’s The Presidents of the United States of America will return next year with their fifth studio album, entitled These Are The Good Times People. The follow up to 2004’s Love Everybody hits stores on March 11th. The 14 song album will also be the band’s first to feature Andrew McKeag on “guitbass,” taking the spot previously occupied by Dave Dederer. It was recorded with the Fastbacks’ and Young Fresh Fellows’ Kurt Bloch (Robyn Hitchcock, Mudhoney, Les Thugs) and mixed by Martin Feveyear (Screaming Trees, The Epoxies, Amber Pacific).
Click below for the band’s upcoming tour dates and the full track listing.
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The Famine, which festures former members of Embodyment, have completed recording their Solid State debut with producer Andreas Magnusson (The Black Dahlia Murder, The Agony Scene). The effort will see a release early next year with more details to be announced in the coming weeks. You can check out some of the band’s past work via MySpace.

Massachusetts act Transit have a new song online titled “Rule of Nines.” You can find it, of course, over at MySpace.

Buffalo, NY’s Sounds of Goodbye have solidified their lineup. The band now features new bassist Ryan Kozlowski, and guitarist Hank Belding. In addition, lead singer Al Halas is also finally off crutches (he broke his foot playing a show in July). With the band back in shape, a spring tour is being booked with plans to record an EP set for March. You can check out some of the band’s work at MySpace.
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To go along with yesterday’s post covering the most popular stories of the year, we now have the most popular reviews of 2007. Again, these are based on page views, not comments and represent traffic coming from within the site and also from other places.

You’ll see many expected names on the list and possibly a few surprises. The lesson you can get from all this is that many of you love music, whether independent or major label; whether mainstream or underground, whether raging hardcore or affectionate pop-punk. As Shakira sorta said: “numbers don’t lie.”

Next week, we’ll be posting your 20 favorite albums and bands of 2007 based on your ratings.

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