Say Anything have been a busy group of young men as of late. They’ve just released their third full-length, In Defense of the Genre, and recently re-released their breakthrough album, …Is a Real Boy. Punknews.org’s own Ronnie Raffaniello recently had a chance to talk to Say Anything drummer Coby Linder about everything the band has been up to as of late.

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Gainesville favorites Hot Water Music have added a few appearances to their ongoing period of reunion tour. The band has added a new gig in Germany following their previously announced festival dates. The band will also now take part in the Bamboozle Left festival in Irvine, California this April.

The band is together again to support their Til The Wheels Fall Off b-sides collection, which was released on January 22 by No Idea Records.
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Beloved Marshalltown, Iowa hardcore act Modern Life Is War has announced their break-up:

Modern Life Is War will be doing one final tour from March 29th to April 26th. Our last show ever will be April 26th in Marshalltown, Iowa. There is no disaster or dramatic situation behind the break-up. All past and current members of the band are still good friends and there is no bad blood. We just feel like it’s the right time and would rather end things on our own terms than let our band become a ghost of what it was in the beginning or to be ripped apart by outside forces…

The band leaves behind several full-lengths– 2003’s My Love, My Way, 2005’s Witness and most recently, their Equal Vision debut, 2007’s Midnight in America.
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Big D and the Kids Table are currently hard at work on their DVD titled Built Up From Nothing. Sean P. Rogan commented on their progress earlier in the weekend:

Dave and I are back in Knoxville, TN and have been editing non-stop, at least 12 hours a day for the past week! We’re working on the Big D DVD, “Built Up From Nothing”. We know that it’s taken a long time, but we have over 120 mini DV tapes and thousands of photographs that we’ve been collecting over the past 12 years. This will be well worth the wait…I promise.

It takes so long because we keep touring and writing records in between editing trips to Tennessee. Our goal is to have it finished by Monday night, then we still have to color correct everything, get the audio mastered, do the artwork and get them pressed. BUT, the end is in near. It sums up everything from 1996 to to entering the studio for Strictly Rude. Crazy, huh?

The band plans to have a premiere at a theatre in their hometown of Boston once the film is complete.

Big D will soon hit the road with the Dropkick Murphys. Following that they’ll tour the UK this May with Sonic Boom Six and Random Hand. The band is supporting their latest full length Strictly Rude.
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Bad Religion have announced a number of European festival appearances. The band will play the Groezrock Festival in Meerhout, Belgium, the Netherlands’ Pinkpop Festival, Nova Rock in Austria and the Hove Festivale in Norway. These dates follow the band’s previously announced March residence in Californian and Nevada.

The band will also take part in the upcoming double CD compilation Body of War: Songs that Inspired an Iraq War Veteran. The Sire Records released set was curated by Tomas Young, an Iraq war veteran shot and paralyzed from the chest down after serving in the war torn country for less than a week. The documentary Body Of War told his story to much recent acclaim. Bad Religion is included in the set along with Bright Eyes, Neil Young, Serj Tankian, the Nightwatchman, and Eddie Vedder among others. The compilation will be released on March 18th.
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Hifi Handgrenades, the Detroit four piece that counts two former members of the Suicide Machines among it’s ranks, has signed with New Romance For Kids in Canada. The band’s debut full length, titled Carry On will arrive via the Quebec label on March 11th.

The band is currently on the road with the Loved Ones and the Gaslight Anthem. They’ll soon join Bad Religion for a number of shows in California then tour Canada with the Against Me! and the Foo Fighters. Following several of the Foos shows the band will play after parties in a number of cities.
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Lots of common themes today: J. Robbins. 9s. Jesse. Hahdcaw. But most of all, new releases — we’ve got four of ’em for you, so check it out.

• Paint It Black‘s New Lexicon: everyone’s moshin
• Headlights‘s new full-length entitled Some Racing, Some Stopping
• Planes Mistaken for Stars call it a career with their final show in their hometown of Denver
• Get your `60s French pop craving filled with Monade’s Monstre Cosmic
• More at the reviews page

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Richmond, VA’s pop punks Botox Party have announced a new full length CD to be released through Raise Your Fist Records. The band will record in April or May. A European tour is also being discussed.

Austrian punks Rentokill have posted a stream of their latest album Anti-Chorus online at Big Cheese Magazine. The album was released last May via No Reason Records in collaboration with Rude Records and Broken Heart Records. The stream can be found here. The band is also working on a split with Alternative Tentacles’ Boston based Disaster Strikes

Denver’s SleeperHorse is hitting the studio soon. The band is recording a full length to be released in April on a label to be announced. A 7” split with Echoes of Harpers Ferry on Ownlife Records is due for release in April as well.
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