Deathwish Inc. has posted an audio player featuring two new tracks from Blacklisted‘s forthcoming full-length Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God.

You can check out “Matrimony” and “I Am Weighing Me Down” here.

The new album “carries a psychological darkness merely hinted at” throughout their 7″ Peace on Earth, War on Stage, according to the label.
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LA supergroup Black President has signed to Cobra Music. The band features Goldfinger‘s Charlie Paulson, Christian Martucci of Strychnine Babies and the Dee Dee Ramone Band, Ty Smith of Guttermouth and Pat “PK” Kim of Unwritten Law. Previous incarnations of the group have featured Greg Hetson of Bad Religion.

Interestingly the group’s name has caused somewhat of a stir given the upcoming US election. The band recently posted:

WE DO NOT ENDORSE ANY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THUS FAR…

we’re also not self-loathing whites or anti-american…we love this fucking country. having spent all of our adult lives playing for people all over america we know its cities, small towns, main streets & back alleys better than any of the puppets competing to run it. and as much as we care about america we also know that it is in dire need of a complete overhaul. when we came up with the name of the band senator obama had not yet announced his intention to run for office. it was just our way of saying america needed a change & we could think of nothing more indictative of change in a racist, soulless system than a BLACK PRESIDENT.

…if you still don’t understand there’s probably a big mac & an episode of dr. phil with your name on it.

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Manchester punk act Goldblade are gearing up to release their first new material since 2005’s Rebel Songs. A new single titled Jukebox Generation is set for release in April by Captain Oi! Records, followed by the album Mutiny in July. You can check out the song online at MySpace. The single is set to be released as a limited edition split 7″, CDs and digital download.
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Knowhere Records recently released a four way split featuring the Sedations, the Bricktops, the Hollywood Nightmares, and the Griswalds. Each band contributed four songs to the release.

Bouncing Betty Records have announced the signing of Chicago psychobilly act The Massacres. The band’s new record Redemption will feature 11 tracks and follow up their 2006 full length Season of the Scarecrow. The release is set to hit retail and iTunes on March 4th and will be featured at the release show on February 27th at the Metro with the Horrorpops, The Pink Spiders, and Steve E. Nix and the Cute Leppers. Bouncing Betty Records has the song “Love You to Death” available for free download on MySpace.

Flint, MI’s Apathy For An Enemy has posted two new songs. The band has also posted dates for two weekend trips in March after a four month hiatus. Look for the band to tour with Lansing, MI’s Cheap Girls and Chicago, IL’s FaceOff. Dates and music can be found over at MySpace.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking…

The hardcore scene let out a collective scream of anguish this week as the celebrated Modern Life is War called it quits. Jello Biafra spoke out against the RIAA, comparing the industry association to the mafia and thus offending the dons and hitmen worldwide. The Foo Fighters are taking Marvel Comics to court over the unauthorized use of their songs recent commercials. Matt Murdock will represent Mr. Grohl and with Jennifer Walters defending the House of Ideas. Speaking of funnybooks, look for popular punk webcomic Nothing Nice To Say to arrive soon in meatspace via Dark Horse.

A number of bands talked up their upcoming records this week. The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland discussed their new album, upcoming tour and new drummer. Sleepercar, featuring Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In, are planning an April release. Pulley has completed mastering their new EP and first release since 2004. The folks at Bridge Nine Records also detailed the new New Found Glory EP and H2O full length. Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba is working with Ashes Divide while Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus will be co-writing songs with All Time Low.

On the touring front Hot Water Music continues to add the occasional show here and there. Jimmy Eat World and Paramore will be co-headling a tour soon. Horse The Band also announced the routing for their absolutely ambitious and quite likely insane 40-country tour. On the media front Pennywise has put their new track “Something to Live For” up for download and Against Me! has unleashed an acoustic video for “New Wave.”

Our Video of the Week returned this week after an all too long break with the second part of a Bomb The Music Industry! feature. The big three oh edition of Vinyl File featured a chat with Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake, profiling the band’s massive vinyl catalogue. Our Editors’ Picks this week featured Philadelphia’s Capillary Action. This week also brought new Streaming Music from a number of bands, including the new EP from Worcester, MA’s Smartbomb (featuring members of No Trigger and Shock Nagasaki), the new full length from melodic pop punk act The Frantic and Warning Device, the second full length from Teenage Bottlerocket.
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Ottawa’s The Fully Down have posted a new demo online entitled “The Art Of Being Criminal.” You can check it out at MySpace. The former Fearless Records act, currently unsigned, have about 30 songs prepared for their next full length. No date has been set for recording as of yet.

The band released Don’t Get Lost in a Moment in 2005.
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Austin, Texas punk four piece the Bad Rackets have posted a number of new demos online. You can check out three new songs at MySpace. The band is currently working on the follow up to their Mortville Records released full length Full On Blown Apart.

The band will also take part in SXSW when it hits their hometown this March. On the 12th the band will play a showcase at with Naked Raygun, the Playing Favorites, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, Camp X-Ray and Dub Trio.
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