Today we’ve got an exclusive stream of the debut full length from pop-punk outfit Lipona. The record is titled Atlas and is due out May 20, 2008. It is the follow-up to Urbi et Orbi which was released in 2007 and earned comparisons to “a less technical and ferocious A Wilhelm Scream and a less poppy Set Your Goals. Oh, and there’s added touches of At the Drive-In, Ignite and Rise Against to complete the equation.” in our review.

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Bridge 9 has signed melodic hardcore/punk act Energy. The band will be recording their debut full length for the label after releasing their debut EP, Punch the Clock in 2007.

According to their new label, the band is influenced by acts like The Misfits, Rancid, Weezer, AFI, 7 Seconds and many more. You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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A Static Lullaby and Dance Gavin Dance will be co-headlining a tour this summer.

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Like clockwork, Brian has posted the newest batch of reviews which includes a bunch of interesting stuff. He actually posted this yesterday, but I’m posting this now. I know it’s not Tuesday any more, but I’m a rebel. Anyway, If you’re counting, we’re now up to 7,288 which, frankly speaking, is a lot of reviews.

• Face to Face‘s posthumous DVD, Shoot the Moon: The Essential Collection DVD
• Young Hearts‘s brand new (and free) EP, The Fight
• Jeremy Enigk of Sunny Day Real Estate‘s newest solo effort, World Waits.
• A detailed look at Bamboozle, Day 2
• More at the reviews page

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Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte have announced a summer tour.

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Mike Park‘s charity, Plea for Peace, has been nominated for a MySpace Impact Award. The $10,000 award honors those who make a positive impact on the community at large.

The Plea for Peace Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes the ideas of peace through the power of music. We believe that all individuals are created equal and through our efforts we hope to create a scene of positive minded people to help bring forth action and education in the process of sharing ideas of peace and practical uses of peace in everyday life.

You can vote for the group here.
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The Chicago promoter law that would have made DIY shows very difficult has been shelved. The bill, discussed last week was designed to rid the city of shady promoters but the strict rules would have had the side effect of making costs prohibitively high for legitimate independent promoters as well.

According to this SunTimes report, a “unprecedented outpouring of concern from the Chicago music community and a meeting with activists and some of the top concert promoters and venue owners in Chicago” led the City Council to not present the bill for a vote. The committee will go back to work on fine-tuning the law.
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Last of the Believers have posted the new video from their debut, Paper Ships Under a Burning Bridge. The band features current and former members of Rise Against, Ignite, Reach the Sky and others.

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Portland, Oregon’s The Hunches have announced plans for this year. The garage punk band, which has been in the process of “breaking up” for more than a year now, is planning for a 14 song full length to be released this summer, followed by a tour of the US west coast. A seperate vinyl exclusive release with unreleased songs and cuts from their Peel Sessions performance will follow.

If we’re going on past history look for In The Red Records to be involved in these releaes, however nothing has been confirmed yet.
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Jack Terricloth of World/Inferno Friendship Society is kicking off a month-long European tour this week. The tour is in support of his anthology, The Collected Cloth which promises story, satire and song.

World/Inferno released Addicted to Bad Ideas last year.

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Men, Women, and Children, the electro-punk outfit formed by former Glassjaw guitarist Todd Weinstock have posted the two songs from their 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.

You can check out the songs here.
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Portland, Oregon’s Unrestrained will begin recording their new seven inch on May 17th, to be released on SA MOB! after a recording session at Camp David Studios. You can check out songs from their demo on their MySpace page

Nashville, Tennesee’s Dolarhyde have posted a link on their MySpace page to download their eleveon song album, Somewhere Across Distant Shores. You can find the album here

Los Angeles, California’s Phil “Gorgeous” Reardon (From First To Last, The New Tragic) has posted a few new hip-hop/rap demo tracks to his MySpace page. The former screamo frontman will be working with Highhouse/Fly Society and Tyga to complete the album for a summer release.
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