Paint it Black has been allowing copies of their upcoming album The New Lexicon to trickle out slowly leading up to a February 19 release on Jade Tree. This coming Tuesday, people will have an opportunity purchase it early at Generation Records in New York.The first 50 people to do so will be placed a guest-list for a March 1 in-store performance The store says that those wanting to attend must bring some form of ID with them when purchasing the album
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Deathwish Inc. has announced that they have acquired the back catalogue and unreleased albums from the now defunct Perfect Victim Recordings. The label states

Our old pal Mike from Stab & Kill/Perfect Victim, decided to cease operations of the label some time ago. Since then, some killer releases from Slumlords (members of Breakdown, Pulling Teeth), Forward To Death, S.O.S., and Blue Monday have been hiding on shelves and in boxes.

Well, we are here to fix that. Deathwish has officially acquired the Perfect Victim Records existing catalog. Deathwish now carries all of these titles exclusively in the DW Estore. You can also find Perfect Victim titles in retail stores through our friends at Revelation Distribution.

So yeah, Deathwish, Malfunction, and Perfect Victim are now one label family.

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Streetlight Manifesto have announced tour dates that run from today through May in support of their latest record Somewhere in the Between. The band is currently in Europe with Reel Big Fish, after which they hit the road in the US with Dan Potthast and Zox.
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Houston’s O Pioneers!!! have posted a rather lengthly update on what is going on with the band. In the statement, vocalist Eric Solomon explains the departure of drummer Chris Ryan as well as the band’s recording and touring plans for the rest of the year.

O Pioneers!!! have been busy, having recorded a split 10″ with Bomb the Music Industry and will soon release a 7″ on Asian Man Records as well as a split 7″ with The Announcement.

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Bellingham, WA’s Shook Ones have announced that their previous full lengths Facetious Folly Feat and Sixteen are available for free online. This information was announced in a MySpace bulletin.

You can find Facetious Folly Feat here, while Sixteen is available here.
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New Jersey’s Bigwig have announced plans to tour the US, Canada, Japan and Europe over the course of the year. New material is also reportedly in the works. From the band:

Fuckin right!! Hello all… Looks like we will be heading out (with some killer bands TBA) starting late may and june for east coast U.S.A. and canadian dates. We will be taking of july and august off to record some new jams. Europe, U.K., Japan,and west coast U.S.A. is in the works for september, october,and november. No dates confirmed yet so we will keep ya posted as soon as we know.

There’s no news yet on who is filling the spot left vacant by former drummer Keith Yosco, who departed nearly a year ago. The band is still supporting 2006’s Fearless Records release Reclamation.
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San Francisco’s Set Your Goals have posted a cover of The Police‘s “Message In A Bottle” online. You can check it out over at MySpace. The song was recorded last year with Joe Clements at Compound Recordings in Santa Cruz.

The Eulogy act is currently working on new songs for the followup to Mutiny!. In the meantime they’ll play a number of shows on the Gallows / Fucked Up tour of the UK. We posted those dates previously.
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Ari Up, Tessa Pollitt and company will be taking The Slits out on the road in the US this March. Like so many other bands their plans will centre on the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, so if you’re on the road to or from there you’re in luck. The first wave London punk act has four appearances scheduled at the conference.
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Tom Rankine (ex As Friends Rust / Salem / Bird Of Ill Omen), Joe Simmons (ex As Friends Rust / Salem / Morning Again) and Matt Finch have started a new label titled Sound Study Recordings. The label’s first signing is Gainesville’s Liquid Limbs. The band is entering the studio with Derron Nehfur and Ryan Williams to begin their debut full length. You can check some demos on the band’s MySpace page. The record is set for release in early summer as both a digital download and in a 12″ vinyl/CD combo package.
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UN:ART:IG, the videographer who recently brought you footage of Hot Water Music‘s reunion performance in Sayreville, NJ has a feature online looking at the last days of CBGB’s in New York. You can find all eight parts of “The Silence After” on YouTube or check out the first clip in the series, featuring Bad Brains and Avail, by clicking below. The filmmaker had this to say about the project:

Before CBGB’s doors finally closed for good on October 15th 2006 a number of farewell shows graced the legendary club for a very last time. Dinosaurs mankind had believed to be extinct found their way back home from Jurassic Punk, onto a stage they hadn’t set foot on in ages. Some of these performances were sensational, others outrageously pathetic and insulting. No matter what category one might file them under, they all had one thing in common. A sold out madhouse atmosphere with a distinct vibe of nostalgia and last supper feasting. Talk about a good time… “THE SILENCE AFTER” presents the highs and lows of these unforgettable moments.

You can find more on the film here.
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Melbourne, Australia’s Blueline Medic have joined Hobbledehoy Record Co. The band will have issue a coloured 7″ / digital release entitled Saw You Last Night coming out this autumn (we’re assuming our news submission is talking southern hemisphere autumn as well, so “soonish”). It will feature a cover of the a cover of the Frou Frou track “Let Go.” More details will be announced soon.

Blueline Medic has released three full lengths, a number of EPs and a split with Ted Leo And The Pharmacists. These full lengths include the Fueled By Ramen released The Apology Wars and Text_Bomb.
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Brian: The Editors’ Picks are a rare feature these days, so I’m bending the rules a bit and recommending two very different acts for you this weekend.

The first is Kate Nash, a 20-year-old English songstress who released the rather excellent Made of Bricks through Fiction/Polydor last year. Meg piqued my interest about her this past week with a Lily Allen comparison, and it’s totally grounded (just listen to “Pumpkin Soup”). There’s definitely a bit of Regina Spektor on the album as well though, where Nash expresses often bitter narratives through a multitude of arrangements involving piano, acoustics, horns and more. One particular track, “Mariella,” exudes a bit of a Dresden Dolls quality too. Anyway, check out her MySpace page for a few songs.

The second is Social Circkle, a band who writes lightning-fast, excellent early `80s-styled hardcore, much like their celebrated contemporaries Career Suicide. Just listen to “Canned Response” and tell me that’s not the best thing you’ve heard in months. It’s from their new 7″, I’ve Got Afflictions, set to drop this coming Tuesday via No Way Records. (If you’re aching for more, check out an MP3 from their 2007 7″, Static Eyes, or download their 8-song demo for free.)
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Facedown Records has signed Arkansas’ Take It Back!.

The band, which takes inspiration from bands like Comeback Kid, Bane, Dogwood and Stretch Arm Strong, will release their Facedown debut this summer.
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