Iggy Pop, Gogol Bordello, The Pipettes and The Shins, are among the bands participating in the second annual Playboy Rock the Rabbit music showcase. (That link is probably not safe for work. )

Rock the Rabbit artists will also redesign the iconic Playboy Rabbit Head logo by creating limited edition t-shirt designs. Original prototypes of all t-shirt designs will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefitting Rock the Vote. (This one is probably fine, unless you work in North Korea or something where they don’t allow voting.)

Feature articles from Iggy, Gogol Bordello and others are expected to surface on the website in the coming weeks.
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You’re the lucky reader of the 24th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed with upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite band’s own collections and labels with an history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.

This week Vinyl File took some time to talk to Daniel Moncada who has one of the largest Against Me! collections you’ll ever see. We spoke to Daniel about record collecting, Against Me! and all things vinyl in general.

Not only that, but we’ve also got word on new releases and reissues from No Idea Records, None More Black, The Broadways and more.
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Prosthetic Records has signed Atlanta’s Withered, and will release their album Folie Circulaire this spring. The album will be produced by Phillip Cope (Kylesa, Baroness, Black Tusk).

Mike Thompson (guitar, vocals) had this to say regarding the signing:

We’re very excited to start this new chapter for Withered by joining the Prosthetic Records family. We’ve put a lot of time and consideration into deciding which label we wanted to work with for our next album and Prosthetic have really proven their commitment to WITHERED’s music and metal in general. It can be difficult to find a label that understands your band AND has the resources to help cultivate your music without compromising it. This is a natural step for Withered and we are quite eager to contaminate and disgrace everything Prosthetic Records has to offer.

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Gracer have posted a new song. The track looks to be a candidate for the follow up to 2006’s Voices Travel.

You can find “Telephone Lines” on their myspace page.
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Rock’n’roll/hardcore band Deathkiller have posted the new video from their 2007 full length, New England is Sinking. The band includes members of Most Precious Blood and Hatebreed but have a sound influenced by bands like The Suicide File.

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Though the album experienced some unusual hiccups, Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled the first song from his upcoming solo record. It is titled Field Manual and is due out January 29, 2008.

You can find “St.Modesto” on this page.
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No Age, whose 2007 release made one of our year end lists, have announced a title and release date for their proper full length and debut for Sub Pop.

The record is titled Nouns and is due out May 06, 2008
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Sweden’s Burst have posted an update on their next album. The band had the following update on 2008 plans:

Songs for our coming album are almost completed, and right now we are polishing and scrutinizing and paying attention to even the smallest of details. We are confident that the end result will be worth all this work and end up in an album that will feel is the absolute most accomplished effort we´ve ever been able to squeeze from our system. Recording will start in april.

The band has also announced a local show in Sweden. The first in Umea for Amplified Festival alongside Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Cult Of Luna and “a bunch of indie rock. ” They released their previous album, Origo in 2005.
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Nada Surf have announced March and April tour dates in support of their second album for Barsuk. The record is titled Lucky and is due out February 05, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Weight Is A Gift which was released in 2005.

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The Toronto based Constantines have posted two new songs online. You can check out “Hard Feelings” and “Easy Money” online now at the band’s MySpace page. Both songs will be released on a limited edition 7″ set to arrive on January 15 via Arts & Crafts. “Hard Feelings” will also be included as part of the band’s follow up to 2005’s Tournament of Hearts, due in April of 2008.
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Billy Bean from No Trigger and Smartbomb has written us with some legal woes. The woes stem from the FEST VI weekend and some drunken conduct.

4 of us from No Trigger and replacement bassist/TM fly down on the friday before the fest. Perkins, the drummer and our boy from home drove down to get there for friday. Perkins and company pick me up from the rest of the group in Orlando. We “pre-game” for the evening at one of our friends house then head to downtown Orlando. About 1am I start to feel “overserved” by the bartender and step outside to puke up all the booze from the night. It gets pretty gnarly, im almost unconcious I was so trashed. Some dude who was a paramedic stopped to help me and Perkins called my phone and this guy picks up telling Perks to come pick me up before the cops do. SO they meet up to exchange yours truly. We head back into the bar for round 2. I step outside again about an hour later. The rest of the guys come out as we are about to leave. Perkins kicks over a trash barrel on the sidewalk next to about 15 cops in polo shirts. They pursue him, Perkins yells “Bean RUN!!” Being so trashed and not able to make the right decision, I ran. They caught up to perks and just told him to clean the trash up and he was able to go home. 4 cops chased my drunk barely standing ass downtown Orlando. I finally sit down against a SaniKan. They book it right at me and yell to stop resisting, grabbed my arm, threw me on my stomach, and began to tase me repeatedly. They tased me a total of 7 times on the back and hip. I was arrested and had to spend 18 hours in jail. My bond was set at $1200. Luckily my bail cleared in time and I made the show 20 minutes before we were scheduled to go on Saturday.

Bean apparently has the option of a plea bargain of “6 months probation, 40 hours minimum community service, and anger management classes” or potentially a year in Florida prison.

Bean is filing civil suit against the Orlando PD, citing problems with the police report and excessive violence. His whole message can be found below.
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Yellowcard has released some photographs from their USO tour performing for the troops in the Persian Gulf.
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