Pennywise has announced an Australian tour in support of their upcoming MySpace Records album which will be released both as a feature-packed CD and as a free music download. The record is due out March 20, 2008.

The band will be joined by a number of bands including Sum 41, The Vandals and Bowling for Soup.

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The Loved Ones continue their leadup to February’s release of Build & Burn. The band has posted their fifth studio video which promises “ Dave Hause and Dave Walsh nerding out over some beautiful guitars, be warned, it gets geeky”

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Canadian duo Tegan And Sara have unveiled plans for a Spring tour of the United States. The band’s 2007 album, The Con, earned significant acclaim from our reviews staff who placed it at Number 20 in the 20 best albums of 2007.

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Buck-O-Nine have posted a new video from their 2007 album, Sustain. The record was their first release in a decade, with the preceding album, 28 Teeth, issued in 1997.

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Thurston Moore, co-vocalist of Sonic Youth and solo artist has apparently recorded the score for a new Adult film to be released by MVD. Titled Richard Kern: Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore), the film is described as 60 minutes of “amateur” incidents, set to Moore’s original score.

According to the Wikipedia entry for Richard Kern, this isn’t his first collaboration with musicians, having previously produced films with the likes of Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. He also directed the Sonic Youth video for “Death Valley 69.”

To check out the cover art and some other details, you can visit this page (somewhat NSFW).
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Wooo! Friday! Wooo! Midnight update!

• The Spill Canvas insists on their major label debut, No Really, I’m Fine
• The Color Fred (Mascherino)’s Bend to Break, the debut album from a Taking Back Sunday ex-patriate
• Post-screamo supergroup Ghastly City Sleep’s self-titled full-length
• Massachusetts hardcore act Defiant Hearts with their proper debut, Arlington
• More at the reviews page

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Deathcore outfit Job For A Cowboy have posted the new video from their Genesis.

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Vancouver’s The Black Halos have recruited bassist Jahmeel “J.R.” Russell, formerly of G7 act Malefaction, as well as Swallowing Shit, Kittens, Projektor, Mico, and KEN mode.

The band released Alive Without Control in 2005.
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Fearless Records act, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s The Morning Light have announced their studio plans as they work on their debut for the label.

The band will be entering the studio Feburary 4, 2008 to begin recording their new album with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, Copeland, Cartel)

The five piece recently released an EP titled The Sounds Of Love. You can check some of it out via MySpace.
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