Face to Face have posted two songs from their recent Bamboozle Left set. The performances include “I Won’t Lie Down” and “It’s Not Over” from the set.

In related news, the band has also been confirmed for Virgin Festival in Edmonton, AB on June 8th.

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Post-hardcore act Rival Schools (Civ, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today, Iceburn) will be reuniting for Norway’s Hove Festival. The event takes place from June 23rd – June 27th). Rival Schools will play on Wednesday, June 25th.

Other acts confirmed for the festival include Bad Religion, Flogging Molly, Converge, Les Savy Fav, Coheed & Cambria, The Raconteurs, Beck and Jay-Z
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Last night, the National Geographic Channel will be airing a documentary titled Inside Straight Edge. The film documents the 90s straight edge scene, showing different sides of the controversial movement. The film was narrated by Sonic Youth‘s Thurston Moore and will be re-airing on Sunday, April 13th, at 4pm. The channel notes:

Youth can be a minefield: drugs, sex, violence, and peer pressure. One group has an extreme way of dealing with it. They call themselves Straight Edge, and while they are being classified as a violent gang in areas such as Salt Lake City and Reno, they aren’t like any other gang you know: they reject drugs, drinking, smoking, and even casual sex. They’re rebels against a society in which everything goes. National Geographic goes inside this growing youth movement caught between being a refuge for Americas kids and a dangerous gang wanted by authorities.

There is also an article about the feature here.

The documentary also examines the formation of the controversial and still infamous gang, FSU. You can find a clip of that part here.
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Hatebreed has lined up a new deal with Koch Records. The deal will see the label releasing three upcoming projects from the influential hardcore-metal act. Among them are plans for a first-ever live DVD. The main DVD concert shoot took place at Harpo’s in Detroit on Saturday, March 29th, 2008 in front of a sold out crowd. Directed by Kevin Custer, the yet-to-be titled DVD will also feature a collection of recent live shows from various tour stops in Germany, Philadelphia, New York City and New Haven, CT.

More future projects are expected to be announced soon.
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Another new album for you today, this one is the new EP from New Brunswick, NJ-based Scream! Hello. The disc is the band’s follow up to The Infinite Son and hit retail earlier this week.

You can find the entire EP on their Punknews.org Profile.
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New Found Glory have posted the title track from their upcoming Bridge 9 EP. The record is titled Tip of the Iceberg and is due out April 29, 2008. It is the follow-up to Hits which was released in 2008.

The EP features three originals, “Tip of the Iceberg”, “Dig My Own Grave”, “If You Don’t Love Me”) and three cover songs (“No Reason Why” by Gorilla Biscuits, “Here We Go” by Shelter, and “Cut the Tension” by Lifetime

The Tip of the Iceberg EP is a split release with NFG’s alter-ego/sideproject International Superheroes of Hardcore. The ISHC bring six original songs to the mix on Takin’ it Ova, heavily influenced by their hardcore roots and tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.

You can check out “Tip of the Iceberg” on their myspace page. The ISHC contribution is available on this page.
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Rise Against has posted a track from their upcoming European release of their recent rarities EP, This Is Noise

The European release will feature seven tracks unlike the 5-song North American version. The new material includes live versions of “State of the Union” and “Like the Angel” and substitutes an acoustic “Everchanging” for Lifetime’s “Boy’s No Good” as well as dropping Black Flag’s “Fix Me” but adding Minor Threat’s eponymous song.

The release coincides with the band’s touring plans which include US Warped Tour performance dates. These dates will be preceded by shows in Europe including the Download Festival in England (with the Offspring and Motorhead among others) followed by the Greenfield Festival in Switzerland, and both the Hurricane and Southside Festivals in Germany.

You can find “But Tonight We Dance” on their myspace page.
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After considerable silence and some uncertainty regarding the band’s future, Plus 44 has revealed that work has been progressing towards their next album and follow up to 2006’s When Your Heart Stops Beating. Frontman Mark Hoppus explained:

For everyone like me who has been wondering what’s going on with the +44’s, here’s the deal. This whole time we’ve been continuing to write and demo ideas on our own. The only thing is we’ve been waiting for the label to fund the recording, and this just came through. I understand everyone wondering what’s the deal, and believe me a lot has happened that I haven’t posted the minutia of.

Do you like how I ended that last sentence in a preposition? In any case, all is good. We’re just guys writing songs. But we’re gonna flip it this time around. Now just for fun I’m going to really confuse the issue and go back to saying we’re recording an electronic album with me, Travis, and Carol. And we’re recording the album in Brazil.

But truthfully, thanks for the support and interest and know that we’re here working as always, and as always we’re creative people with a lot of ideas and energies. But nothing is closer to our hearts than recording our own music.

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The Offspring have announced completion of their long-awaited new album. The record is titled Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and is due out June 17, 2008. The band noted:

After over a year of recording, I‘m happy to announce that we are finishing up our CD this week. We‘ve worked really hard on this and I think it‘s some of the best stuff we‘ve ever done. Our first single is called ‘Hammerhead‘. Listen for it on the radio starting in early May.

The band will be touring extensively this summer, with plans to hit many European festivals over the coming months.
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These Arms Are Snakes have posted a new update on their myspace page. While much of the blog discusses Jello Biafra describing “These Arms Are Snakes” as a “a prime example of a bad emo band name,” the band also casually mentions plans to enter the studio in May to begin work on their next full length and follow up to 2006’s Easter.

You can check out the blog entry here.
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Poughkeepsie, New York / Pompano Beach, Florida’s Shai Hulud have posted a new song to their MySpace page. Sharing a title with their new album due outMay 27, 2008, “Misanthropy Pure” is also available to download off of Metal Blade’s audio page. The group last released A Comprehensive Retrospective in 2005, a rarities and demos collection.

You can download the new song here.
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This year’s Virgin Festival Calgary will see the main stage taken by many popular acts, with the Tragically Hip and Stone Temple Pilots headlining. The indie and punk crowd will want to take note of appearances by the The Flaming Lips, Constantines, New Pornographers, Face To Face, Attack In Black, City and Colour, Stars and more. The festival takes place during June 21 to 22nd at Fort Calgary in the Alberta boom town. For a full list of bands, plus details and the like, you can visit the festivals website.
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Men, Women, and Children, the electro-punk outfit formed by former Glassjaw guitarist Todd Weinstock have announced plans to release a new 7-inch/digital single. The release is the follow up to their self-titled Warner/Reprise full length, and first since parting ways with the label.

The record is titled Ultra Hot Volcano [7-inch/digital] and is due out May 06, 2008. Along with a wide release on iTunes/eMusic, the single will be pressed as a limited-edition 7” vinyl (all hand-numbered, on red vinyl.

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