Lansing-based Cheap Girls have announced a two week tour beginning at the end of May. The band just released Find Me a Drink Home.

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Canadian progressive hardcore act Buried Inside have posted an update after a lengthy period of relative silence. They explained:

Despite what may seem like complete inactivity, BURIED INSIDE are not broken up. Not even close. The writing for the followup to CHRONOCLAST is nearing completion and pre-production has been underway for the last couple of months. Arrangements are being ironed out for the upcoming recording, and barring any obstacles, a release date is expected for January 2009 through Relapse Records.

The band issued Chronoclast in 2005.
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The Number Twelve Looks Like You have launched a trailer for their upcoming CD+DVD. The record is titled Here At The Ends of All Things and is due out June 17, 2008.

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Underoath have posted the new video from 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.

You can check it out here.
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Pelican have posted the new video from their 2007 full length, City of Echoes. Of course, Europeans and Canadians can’t watch the video because its hosted by MTV and well, if you aren’t American, you don’t deserve to see this video. So stop trying, ya commie.

Anyway, guitarist Larent Schroeder-Lebectalks a bit about the video and you can read his description of the experience shooting Pelican’s first video here.

You can find the video here.
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Today we’ve got the brand new, debut full length from Richmond’s Mouthbreather. The band includes former members of The SetUp and Wow, Owls!. The record is titled Thank You for Your Patience and is due out June 16, 2008.

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Brand New‘s Jesse Lacey and Kevin Devine will be hitting the road together for another tour together in what is becoming an annual event.

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Minneapolis-based power pop act Sing It Loud have parted ways with their drummer:

irst off, we have parted ways with our drummer Dane Schmidt. Dane’s heart is in other places and he has decided to pursue other things in life that will not allow him to continue his position in Sing It Loud. We are all on good terms and we support him in whatever he decides to do from here on out. On that note… we currently DO have a drummer who has swooped in on magical wings to save our asses and we are having a great time with him… we plan on announcing his arrival into Sing It Loud when the time is right

The group recently entered the studio with producer and labelmate Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack to begin work on their forthcoming debut album, which will be released in fall 2008.
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Dillinger Escape Plan and macho-metal act Disturbed are apparently developing a bit a feud. While DEP noted that:

“[They were] practicing where they were going to walk and when they were going to put their leg up on the monitor and pose, That was weird for us. There are times [during live gigs] where I don’t even know where I am.

which led to a bit of defensiveness from Disturbed:

When we do a bigger production, there may be certain lighting cues for certain highlights of the show, but I wouldn’t call it ‘posing,’ just a cue for our lighting guy, so he can add more drama to the set. If [Dillinger] sold some records, and were at the level we’re at, maybe they’d see that, for bands like Kiss and Metallica, there are certain highlight points during a set that you want to focus on.

If they’re saying it because they’re haters, why? Because we sell millions of records and lots of tickets? It sounds more like jealousy to me.

DEP released Ire Works last year.
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After their upcoming record release show in Chicago, Smoking Popes will be headed out on a short US tour. The tour marks the debut of drummer Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms who joined the band in April

The trek is in support of their new record Stay Down and is due out June 17, 2008 via Appeal Records. Speaking of that new record, the band has posted a studio version of the track “If You Don’t Care” on their myspace page.

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TV Smith, frontman of `77 era UK punks The Adverts, has a new solo effort on set for release on May 27th via Boss Tuneage. The 11 song record is titled In The Arms Of My Enemy and follows up 2006’s Misinformation Overload. You can stream the song “Together Alone” online at MySpace .
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The Briefs‘ Chris Brief has an art show coming up in Seattle. The drummer will exhibit a series of paintings at the Lava Lounge at an event titled “Paranoid Times.”

The Briefs last released Steal Yer Heart in 2005, since then taking a break while the members pursue various side projects. Chris has spent time in Berlin since then, with other members of the band performing as Steve E. Nix and the Cute Lepers and Modern Action.
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Bridge and Tunnel have posted two new songs from their upcoming full-length, due out July 22, 2008 on No Idea Records. The band includes former members of Latterman and Slingshot Dakota.

You can check out “Night Owls” and “Call to the Call to the Comptroller’s Office” as well as tentative cover art and some upcoming tour dates on their MySpace page.
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