Andrew Jackson Jihad posted a new song entitled “Candles in the Wind Bens Song” on their myspace page. The track will be on their new EP Only God Can Judge Me due out on May 01, 2008 on Plan-it-X. The band issued People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World last year.
You can find the song on their myspace page.
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Post-hardcore act Rival Schools (Civ, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today, Iceburn) have extended their previously announced reunion for Norway’s Hove Festival into a seven date tour of the UK.
Against Me! has posted a track from their early Vivida Vis incarnation. The track was presumably cut from the 1998 Misanthrope Records release, and is titled “One Pound of Flesh.”
Tom Gabel discussed that era in the band’s history in a Racket Magazine interview, saying:
So, okay, when you started out as a band, when we started out as a band… NO ONE fucking liked us. (laughs) No one! Our first year of shows was just like us showing up, me and Kevin and unloading my acoustic guitar, and Kevin unloading his drums; which was like this weird home made kit, and people were like “What the fuck is this?” and making fun of us.
No one liked us at first, and now there’s all these people saying “I’ve loved you since (Vivida Vis).” “No, you didn’t. No one liked us when (Vivida Vis) was around. I was there at the shows! There were TEN people there, what are you talking about? I know you weren’t there.”
You can check out the song on their myspace page.
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Bilingual punk/ska act La Plebe have posted the newest video from their Red Scare debut, ¡Hasta la Muerte!.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have announced their touring plans for the next few months. Along with supporting their new album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, the band will also be touring under their Grinderman moniker which includes many members of the Bad Seeds as well.
Critically acclaimed Toronto-based hardcore/rock act Cancer Bats have joined Metal Blade and will see a US release of their sophomore full length Hail Destroyer on June 24, 2008.
The record was previously released in Canada only via Distort! Entertainment on April 22, 2008.
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Australia’s Bombshell ‘Zine recently sat down with Bad Religion‘s Brooks Wackerman, who, along with playing in the legendary band, has guested with a diverse range of acts from Tenacious D to the Vandals. He is also working on several projects outside Bad Religion including The Innocent with members of No Use for a Name and Bleeding Through, and his own solo project, Kidneys.
Brooks discusses the various projects, as well as his experiences with Bad Religion. You can check out the interview here.
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Radiohead‘s now-famous donation-suggested release of In Rainbows will not be repeated with the band’s next album. The group spoke to the BBC about it, saying:
The “honesty box” idea was a one-off response to a particular situation. It was one of those things where we were in the position of everyone asking us what we were going to do. I don’t think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again.
The news may come as a disappointment to many who hoped that Radiohead’s example may usher in a new model of music distribution. Other artists like Nine Inch Nails have embraced and extended the idea with higher quality recordings and similar promotions. It remains to be seen if the method will become more popular, or would even prove useful to less well-known acts.
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Underoath has revealed details and a release date for their upcoming live CD/DVD. The record is titled Survive, Kaleidoscope and is due out May 27, 2008. It is the follow-up to Define the Great Line which was released in 2006.
Popular British post-punk outfit The Futureheads have released a free download of an exclusive remix of their single, “The Beginning of the Twist.” The song appears on their upcoming self-released album. The album will be the band’s first non-major label release in the UK via their own Nul Recordings. The record is titled This Is Not The World and is due out May 26, 2008
You can check out “The Beginning of the Twist (Atephoald Vs The Futureheads)” on their RCRD LBL page.
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Scouts Honor have announced a European tour set to kick off in early May. The bill will also feature Germany’s Mad State World.
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Long Island’s Anxious Arms have announced their summer touring plans which kick off May 23rd and keep the band on the road till August.
A first attempt at a game, this RPG is set in a world called Terren. The main Character (Tyrix) Is an Evil entity who loses his memory …
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