Lawrence, Kansas’ The New Amsterdams have posted a bunch of new dates to their MySpace page. The band will be hitting the West Coast in the US and then traveling off to Europe, where perhaps they will gain a new worldly perspective, and like, totally not have time for their old friends anymore or whatever. And get all annoying about what beer they drink now. Whatever.

The band released At the Foot of My Rival last year and frontman Matthew Pryor also released If You Ever See an Owl… with his other project The Terrible Twos.
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Hey, remember the Tuesday when I put Friday in the headline? Sorry for the tease. I mean it this time.

• John Darnielle and Co. release yet another gut-wrenching collection of stories with Heretic Pride
• This Will Destroy You unleash their self-titled monster
• Gallows storm their homefront(-ish) with Set Your Goals and Fucked Up supporting
• Speaking of Fucked Up, here’s a belated Christmas present: a review of their David Christmas 7″
• More at the reviews page

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Washington, DC’s Bad Brains recent appearance on MTV is now available online. The set is part of the television channel’s 52/52 campaign. Each band selected is given a week’s worth of coverage. Previous bands featured include Against Me!, Tegan And Sara, and Paramore.

The band released Build a Nation, their first studio album in a over decade in 2007. It was produced by Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys).

You can check out the video here.
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This Is Hell has released the rest of the dates for their upcoming headlining tour. The jaunt is in support of their new album, Misfortunes.

The run will be supported by Ruiner, Soldiers and Elysia.

More dates are expected.
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This Is Hell has released the rest of the dates for their upcoming headlining tour. The jaunt is in support of their upcoming album Misfortunes and is due out February 19, 2008.

The run will be supported by Ruiner, Soldiers and Elysia.

More dates are expected.
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Seattle, WA based Suicide Squeeze has announced the signing of sBach, the new project from Hella‘s Spencer Seim. Seim said he wasn’t sure what the band would sound like until he sat down to write it, but thinks it will be like his half of Church Gone Wild/Chirpin’ Hard. The record is set for an August 19th release date.
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Ashes Divide, the new side project from A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel has enlisted Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba as lyric coach and collaborator on the track “The Prey.”

While Matt will not appear directly on the album, his work with Billy will make up the track on the band’s upcoming Island Records debut, Keep Telling Myself It’s Alright.

You can check out the video clip here.
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Through careful examination of your brains, we here at Punknews.org have determined that you may not have had a chance to check out Teenage Bottlerocket‘s recently released album Warning Device. In order to rectify this, we’ve got half the songs from the album available for you to stream right now.

You can check out seven songs from Warning Device right here.
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Along with their scheduled dates with Ignite, Strung Out have announced more European dates bookending that tour.

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Hot Water Music, Dead to Me, Paint It Black, Drive By and Gaslight Anthem will headline the upcoming SXSW party hosted by Shirts for a Cure.

This will be Hot Water Music’s ONLY appearance during SXSW. This FREE event will be held at Red 7 (611 East 7th Street) on Friday March 14th, doors open at noon sharp. There will be limited space at this event, so please arrive early to be assured entry.
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Chicago’s Rise Against has confirmed their US Warped Tour performance dates. These dates will be preceded by shows in Europe including the Download Festival in England (with the Offspring and Motorhead among others) followed by the Greenfield Festival in Switzerland, and both the Hurricane and Southside Festivals in Germany.

The band may just be supporting their new record by the time these shows roll in. The follow up to 2006’s The Sufferer & the Witness is expected sometime this year.

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