Past Lives, the new band from three members of recently defunct post-hardcore act Blood Brothers have posted three new songs.

You can check out “Beyond Gone,” “Strange Symmetry,” and “Reverse the Curse” on their myspace page.

The Blood Brothers split up earlier this year after a decade together.
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The Sainte Catherines have announced their first DVD will be released next month. The disc is titled The Soda Machine and is due out May 06, 2008 via Indica Records.

The DVD features a 90-minute documentary covering the story of six Montréalers from their beginnings back in 1999 up until their sold-out 500th show at the Cabaret La Tulipe on July 26th 2006. he movie features commentary from current and past band members, bands they’ve shared the stage with, industry people, friends, fans, in short all of those who make up the big family of The Sainte Catherines. The film includes comments from the likes of Chicken, Fat Mike, Brendan Kelly, Réjean Laplace (MusiquePlus), Olivier Robillard-Laveaux (VOIR), Against Me!,

In addition to the movie, the packaging will also include a CD with 25 previously unreleased tracks from the band.

You can check out the trailer here.
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According to reports from the Suburban Home/Vinyl Collective headquarters, Gaslight Anthem and American Steel will be recording a split 7-inch together. Along with material from the bands, the split will feature art by Mitch Clem; writer and illustrator of “Nothing Nice 2 Say” and “My Stupid Life.”

Along with the aforementioned, other contributors include Fake Problems / Look Mexico and the Teenage Bottlerocket / Ergs!
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The recent documentary Young At Heart, which features seniors performing classic punk and rock tracks in a choir format have posted their senior rendition of the Ramones‘ classic “I Wanna Be Sedated.”

Along with the Ramones, the troupe of septuagenarians also tackles music by Sonic Youth, The Clash and others.

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The ridiculously hyped fourth edition in the Grand Theft Auto series will apparently feature an all-punk/hardcore radio station to be hosted by one other than Jimmy Gestapo of Murphy’s Law fame. Along with some colourful commentary from Jimmy himself, the station promises plenty of punk and hardcore tracks. No word yet on which tracks will appear but you can preview the station by clicking Read More.

The game hits on April 29th, 2008.
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During their ongoing European tour with Terror, Strung Out, Death Before Dishonor and Burnthe8track, Ignite will be taping a new live DVD. The band explained:

We are filming a “Live Dvd” at the April 20th show in Leipzig, Germany. So, if you want to be part of Ignite’s history archived onto dvd come out to the show at Werk 2 and be part of the Ignite show.

The show will take place in Leipzig, Germany on April 20, 2008. The band has been tourign in support of their latest album, Our Darkest Days.
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The famous Bay area label, Alternative Tentacles, has officially joined Muxtape. Muxtape, for those of you who don’t know, is a website (probably some form of Internets spelling of the word “Mixtape”) that allows users to simply stream twelve tracks at a time. The label had this to say:

Alternative Tentacles has succumbed to another viral meme, this time it’s the ragin’ case of the MUXTAPE! We can’t vouch for the legality of this little guy, but it lets us put up twelve hot, streaming mp3s for your listening (but not downloading) pleasure. Some hot new titles like Triclops! and Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, along with some gems from the AT vaults. In lieu of a new batcast, this is the next best thing… Make us a favorite!

Other bands with songs posted include Amebix, Akimbo, Jello Biafra With The Melvins, I Object, Burning Image, Wesley Willis, and Disaster Strikes. Whether or not the page is updated often, the tracks from the back catalog are generally hard to find streaming online.

You can find their Muxtape page here.
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Ferret act Gwen Stacy was burglarized during their recent tour in support of The Life I Know. The band made the following statement:

While we were in LA, we stopped at grocery store to get some food, and just to get out of the van for a little bit. After being inside for close to ten minutes we came out we noticed our driver side window was busted out, so we ran to the van. We found that our cash box with close to 3000 dollars was stolen.

So, needless to say we could really use some help. The loss of this money has really set us back financially. Mainly we’d just like to ask if you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We could really use it right now. And maybe if you want to come out to a show, and maybe buy a shirt or cd or something that would be sweet too. Anything would help.

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Ferret act Gwen Stacy was robbed during their recent tour in support of The Life I Know. The band made the following statement:

While we were in LA, we stopped at grocery store to get some food, and just to get out of the van for a little bit. After being inside for close to ten minutes we came out we noticed our driver side window was busted out, so we ran to the van. We found that our cash box with close to 3000 dollars was stolen.

So, needless to say we could really use some help. The loss of this money has really set us back financially. Mainly we’d just like to ask if you could keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We could really use it right now. And maybe if you want to come out to a show, and maybe buy a shirt or cd or something that would be sweet too. Anything would help.

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Springfield, MO’s Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have posted a new video for their new song “Think I Wanna Die.” The song comes from their brand new album, Pershing, which was released April 8th, 2008. The video was directed by Grammy nominee Israel Anthem and features the ladies from the band Eisley.

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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking…

Has there even been more important music news than the Black Flag hair timeline? Hair. Timeline. I think not. Well, if you insist, I guess we could talk about that study that says 95% of people are copying music. Feargal Sharkey of The Undertones, now chief of the British Music Rights organization, had some thoughts on the matter. Did this trend have ill effect labels like the G7 Welcoming Committee? Hard to say, but either way the Propagandhi-founded label is shutting down. Speaking of uppity political punk rock, Anti-Flag have launched an activism blog in the run up to their new record. On a completely unrelated and completely unexpected note, feudin’ band and label Hawthorne Heights and Victory Records have apparently buried the hatchet. Word has it that the label will in fact release their next album.

This week had its fair share of new album news. Social Distortion will return in 2009 with an acoustic album. Post-Blink 182 act Plus 44 is set to return with a new full length soon. The Alkaline Trio continue to detail Agony and Irony, previewing the new track “Help Me.” The Offspring have completed their long-in-the-works new album, giving it the title Rise and Fall.H2O are set to hit the road in support of their indie-realm return. Less Than Jake also have upcoming tour dates, seeing the band perform alongside the Swellers, Mustard Plug, Goldfinger and Big D and the Kids Table. On the new media front we had a Washington Capitals theme song from Darkest Hour, a new track from New Found Glory‘s upcoming Bridge 9 release, and a full album stream featuring the next chapters in Thrice‘s Alchemy Index. This week also saw video of NOFX performing live at South By Southwest and PBS’ Inside Straight Edge documentary.

Our Video of the Week, and credit goes to Buddyhead for shining a light on this one, feature featured vintage footage of a delightlfully awkward Henry Rollins interview from his days with Black Flag. Vinyl File is taking a two week haitus, but we did give away a share in Vinyl Collective’s new co-operative label. This week also brought new Streaming Music from the new EP Smart and Stupid by New Brunswick, NJ-based Scream Hello, the new full length from space punks The Phenomenauts, and six songs from Carbondale, IL Red Scare act The Copyrights.
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