My Bloody Valentine have announced some US tour dates beginning in September.

Until last year, the band had been inactive since 1995 when the band imploded during attempts to record a follow up to their classic 1991 full length, Loveless.

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Today we’ve got a full stream of the brand new full length from Kevin Seconds released this week on Asian Man Records. The project is a new group led by Kevin and backed up by his band Ghetto Moments. The record is titled Rise Up, Insomniacs! and was released on May 06, 2008

You can check out the stream on their Punknews.org Profile.

And, Asian Man Records fans? Stay tuned for another punk rock frontman and his new solo project. One guess as to who it is.
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NOFX has confirmed some East Coast tour dates for this October. Other than the four sold out shows planned this weekend in Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland, these are the only NOFX shows slated in the US for 2008. No word on whether more shows will follow.

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After their successful world tour last year, The Police have announced their last show ever. This final concert — for which ticket and venue information have yet to be announced — will be a fundraiser with proceeds benefiting the production of arts programming for public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York. Tickets will be available nationally online via the Thirteen/WNET and WLIW Web sites.

Additionally, Sting and the Police announced that they will contribute $1 million to Mayor Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC initiative — a gift the city will match — to plant trees all over New York City. During the conference, the mayor presented each member of the Police with his own key to New York City, and Sting presented the mayor with an all-access backstage pass that he said could be used at “any Police concert.”
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Cute Is What We Aim For have posted the second new song from their upcoming sophomore full length. The record is titled Rotation and is due out June 24, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch which was released in 2006.

You can find “Practice Makes Perfect” on their myspace page.
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Blogging is all the rage these days, and venerable indie/punk label Epitaph Records looks to be getting in on the action. The label has launched an official blog which promises daily updates on Epitaph band happenings and looks to be written by Brett Gurewitz and his senior staff.

You can check it out here.
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Alkaline Trio visited the popular show The Hills where they “recorded” their new track, “In Vein.”

The song appears on the band’s upcoming major label debut. The record is titled Agony and Irony and is due out July 01, 2008.

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Jackson United which features Foo Fighters and Me First and The Gimme Gimmes guitarist Chris Shiflett as well as members of Scott Shifflet from Face to Face, Doug Sangalang of Limp and Joe Gittleman of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have posted the new video from their 2008 album, Harmony and Dissonance.

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Elvis Costello and the Imposters have a full album stream of their latest album, the unusually named Momofuku. The record was released April 22, 2008, The band took an unusual approach with the record, by releasing it only on vinyl/digital. The vinyl itself will include a digital download code to enable purchasers to grab a copy of the record for their iPods. While this has become popular with indie labels like Saddle Creek, this is one of the first albums to be released this way on a major label.

You can find the stream here.

Earlier this year, Elvis reissued his landmark 1978 album, This Year’s Model.
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Dekalb, Illinois based Inspector Owl will be launching last year’s EP release as a free MP3 digital download on their website. The digital download for the EP Life Finds A Way will be available until July 1st, 2008. And of course, here’s obligatory reference to Nine Inch Nails, who have been working with album giveaways for part of last year and this year.

The band released Life Finds a Way in 2007. You can access the album download here.
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Greeley Estates have a new stream of their new full length streaming via The Daily Chorus.

You can check it out here.
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