In preparation for an upcoming tour, and debut LP release on Paper & Plastick, Richmond, VA’s Landmines recently played a hometown show to test the new material. I worked with the band for a DIY live music video (translation: they paid for my “services” in beer”) using a multi camcorder setup, something I’ve never done for my normal Video of the Week segment. Considering my inexperience, the final product didn’t come out too bad. You can judge for yourself and flame away below.

The featured track is titled “Shadows and Ashes” and will be on the band’s upcoming S/T record.
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Goldfinger and Less Than Jake have announced a tour together kicking off in June.

Less Than Jake recently delivered reissues of their older albums and Goldfinger will be releasing Hello Destiny on April 22, 2008.

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Vagrant has signed Little Rock, Arkansas-based School Boy Humor. The band formed in 2005 and self-released their first EP, To Make Hearts Reluctant, in 2006. The band’s music has received over 3 million plays on MySpace and their latest demos posted are exceeding 10,000 plays per day.

You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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Altercation will kick off their punk standup tour tonight in Austin, TX. The event will be headlined by JT Habersaat, who has performed on Comedy Central, Troma’s ‘Toxic Avenger 4’ and on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour alongside Bad Religion and Flogging Molly.

He in touring in support of a new DVD, bringing along national comics including Chris Cubas, Ruby Collins, Duncan Wilder and Ritchie Stratton for all dates as well. Habersaat was recently hailed by Amp Magazine as “one of the most talented underground comics performing today.”

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Bloomfield, NJ’s Endgame has broken up. The band posted the following message on their MySpace page:

We’ve had a lot of fun times and amazing experiences over the last 4 years but it’s time to move on and we are calling it a day. We really appreciate everyone who has supported us… we really were amazed at how many people actually bought our EP, came to our shows and sent us letters. Thank you so much!

The band just fell short of releasing a full-length in their four-year span as they managed two compilation appearances (2004’s Punk the Clock, 2008’s Wrong Side of the Trax Vol. 1) and four EPs: 2004 Demo (self-released); 2005’s Live on WFMU (self-released); 2006’s split with Movement (Think Tank); and 2008’s Distracted (Get Outta Town). The latter two received favorable reviews from our staff members.
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The latest in the long-running series of string quartet tributes assembles material from a variety of artists to make Strung Out on Indie Rock Vol. 1: The String Quartet Tribute. Opening with The Pixies, “Debaser” and including material from Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Sonic Youth, Arcade Fire and others, the disc was released yesterday via Vitamin Records.

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On April 08, 2008, Ventura, CA’s Glass And Ashes will be releasing their sophomore full length and follow up to 2004’s Aesthetic Arrest. But today, we’ve got the whole thing for you to listen to.

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Though the band gave us much of the details in a recent video interview, the band’s new label SideOneDummy has released the final scheduled release date, title and other information.

As promised, the record is titled The ’59 Sound and is due out August 19, 2008. The band is currently in the studio with producer Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly, Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs) working on the album. It follows the band’s 2008 EP, Señor and the Queen and their last full length, Sink or Swim.
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