San Francisco’s Dead To Me has scheduled a few months of tour dates in the US and Europe. As previously reported the band will hit the road in March with Teenage Bottlerocket and the Femurs. Following those shows the group will hook up with the Bouncing Souls west coast tour to provide support along with Mercy Killers. Afterwards the band will hit Europe for a tour alongside Sweden’s Millencolin.

Dead To Me released Cuban Ballerina in July of 2006.
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Chicago favorites the Alkaline Trio are at work on their follow up to 2005’s Crimson. The band briefly commented:

Album six (6) is well underway. We have been in the studio for three weeks now and things are moving swiftly.

Members of Trio fan club “Blood Pact” will have access to a recording journal documenting the band’s progress.

In the time since their previous record the band signed to V2 Music, which shortly afterwards was shutdown, landing the act at major label Epic Records (which falls under the Sony-BMG umbrella). In the past few years the popular act released a rarities and b-sides compilation via Vagrant titled Remains and frontman Matt Skiba performed in the duo Heavens. A reissue of the Trio’s fan-favourite 1998 full length Goddamnit is due this March via Asian Man Records.
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Brand new papa and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden is expanding his repertoire. Gotta buy those diapers somehow! First he’ll be interviewed on The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon before playing a shrink on “Head Case,” a comedy that is shown on the premium channel Starz. Finally, Joel is duking it out with Pete Wentz for a role in an upcoming film that will star Diablo Cody (Juno). They’re both vying for a role as the frontman of an emo band in the film. Presumably, Madden will have a leg up since he actually is the frontman of his band, and not just the bass player.
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Coeur D”Alene, Idaho’s Scatterbox as posted a new song titled “Scenester Do’s” from their upcoming 2008 full length release on Clickpop Records/SpinArt Records release Enemies. A tour will commence in May to support the record.

You can find the song on their myspace page.
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Ensign is currently at work finishing their forthcoming release, Lost Message on a Fading Frequency.

The band is also working on material for a split release with Hour of the Wolf.
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Do you think you have what it takes to pound the skins for an instrumental rock/indie group? Well, you just may be in luck. Alvin, Texas’ By the End of Tonight announced via MySpace that they are actively seeking someone to take over drums. They urge anyone interested to get in touch with them.

The band released a split with Tera Melos titled Complex Full Of Phantoms last year.

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It’s Sunday, February 10th, 2008. Congratulations go out to our friend Jordan Baker of Pastepunk.com and his wife Barbara on the birth of their son Andrew Louis Baker this past Saturday. Everyone here at the `Org wishes the new family all the best.

Welcome to Navel Gazing, your look back at this week in Punknews.

Ska luminaries the Slackers return this April with a new full length, their first for the Pietasters founded Indication label. Sweden’s Millencolin has a new full length on the way titled Machine 15, we saw were provided with a track listing and release dates this week. Decaydance Records has added Four Year Strong to their roster. On the touring front we had details on the Smartpunk stage at Warped which will feature acts like Set Your Goals, the Higher and the Human Abstract. The UK’s Download Festival will feature bands like Rise Against, Motorhead and headliners the Offspring. Bad Religion has expanded their residency in California and Nevada and we had new announcements from the Bouncing Souls (dates), Whole Wheat Bread‘s tour with Authority Zero (dates) and the Weakerthans (dates).

This week saw the breakup of both Folly (1997-2008) and the Format (2003-2008). The Loved Ones are streaming their new full length Build & Burn. New music also arrived from Anti-Flag with the song “Good and Ready.” On the video front we saw Dillinger Escape Plan perform “Black Bubblegum” on Conan and Teenage Bottlerocket‘s clip of “In The Basement.” MTV (remember them) also announced that they’ll feature punk legends Bad Brains on their 52/52 Campaign.

This week ended with news of a tragedy at a metal concert in Indonesia. Our deepest condolences to the friends and family of the deceased.

The twenty seventh edition of Vinyl File featured an interview with Andy Nelson of Paint it Black. This week also saw a return of our Editors Picks feature with recommendations for Kate Nash and Social Circkle.
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10 people were killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out at a metal concert in Bandung, Indonesia. The show took place Saturday night and featured local band Beside. Doctors are reporting that most of the deceased were teenagers who were trampled during the stampede at a club which some say was filled over capacity, although no official reports have been made.

Our deepest condolences to the friends and family of the deceased.
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