Uprising Records hardcore act I Am The Ocean have announced their first block of tour dates with their new vocalist, Dreu Hudson of Her Candane.
The band has also posted a new recording with Dreu’s vocals. You can find “Icy Freshness” on their myspace page.
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Milwaukee, WI’s indie/folk act New York Taxi have posted two new songs on their MySpace account, titled “Hello 8’s” and “CanIGetAnotherShotofSolitude.”
Portland, OR’s Blue Skies For Black Hearts has released their first video their single “Siouxsie Please Come Home” off their recent release Serenades and Hand Grenades. You can watch the video here
Brooklyn, NY’s Young Hearts will be heading out on a tour with some dates Bridge and Tunnel and Nakitomi Plaza. The band has also released a digital EP titled The Fight, and have made it available to download for free or with a donation here.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking…
Jason Shevchuk stole the show this week with the seemingly tumultuous demise of his band LaGrecia and the resurrection of his earlier act None More Black. With the announcement that the former Kid Dynamite frontman would be playing shows again with None More Black, disappointed members of LaGrecia confirmed that they were done. Jason later responded. Jello Biafra may be gearing up to celebrate his big five-O, but before that had to address a controversial use of the Dead Kennedys‘ music by conservative radio mouthpiece Michael Savage. Savage used “California Über Alles” to insult to Senator Ted Kennedy, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Across the pond fans of My Chemical Romance marched against the Daily Mail newspaper, which had earlier blamed the band for a teenage suicide. Canadian hardcore act Cursed threw in the towel this week following a robbery in Europe which cost the band their equipment, money and passports. This lively week of Punknews also saw Victory act Aiden lose a guitarist, Paint It Black rail against “punk rock conservatism”, and digital music store Napster go DRM-free.
We had word on a number of upcoming releases this week. Rise Against spoke about their plans for a new record with KROQ. Underoath discussed their “proggy” new material that reportedly carries some Nine Inch Nials influences. Sonic Youth also detailed their celebrity curated hits compilation. This week saw a full album stream of the new H2O record and the first release of music from The Hold Steady‘s next record. Weezer paid tribute to the YouTube phenomenon with a viral video influenced clip for “Pork & Beans.” New Found Glory unveiled a new video as well. On the touring front look for a North American tour from MxPx, Lagwagon, TAT and Only Crime. Finally, for the punk who has everything: Bad Brains shoes and apparel.
This week we spoke with Mike Sullivan of Russian Circles, who are in the midst of a busy year supporting Station (interview). This week’s Vinyl File featured an interview and contest with Toronto’s Fucked Up. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Vicenza, Italy’s Sun Eats Hours.
So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from H2O, Shai Hulud and Underoath with tours kicking off from Alkaline Trio (US), The Weakerthans (Europe), The Swellers (Canada) and shoegaze act Swervedriver (US).
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The Offspring have announced another European date to their recently announced upcoming tour. The band will be playing on June 10 in Paris, France at Le Trabendo.
The group has previously offered a new track, “Hammerhead,” from the album, which is also the subject of a new video contest.
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Manchester, UK’s Pendleton have updated their MySpace with some videos in the studio with John Naclario (My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Bayside). The band’s album has been completed and should be released soon.
Winnipeg, MB’s Making Waves have finished recording a five song EP with John Paul (Comeback Kid). The have posted a new song on their Making Waves.
Detroit, MI’s Forty Lashes have posted a new song “Secrets in Double Meanings” on their MySpace page. The song is the first new track off of the band’s first (independently released) full-length Lets Get This Done Before We Die available June 6th.
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Broken Gold, which features current and former members of Riverboat Gamblers have entered Bubble Studios with Grammy-nominated producer Chris “Frenchy” Smith (Dandy Warhols, Trail of Dead, Lemmy.)
The band is working on their debut EP which will be released on a label to be announced soon.
The first two products of the session can be found on their myspace page.
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Cincinnati-based pop-punk outfit The Dopamines have announced plans to release their full length debut on It’s Alive Records. The band has no confirmed release date, but promises that it will be in-time for their upcoming appearance at Insubordination Fest 2008.
You can check out four songs on their myspace page.
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Wire have posted the first song from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Object 47 and is due out July 07, 2008.
You can find “One of Us” on the official Wire site.
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Popular Christian metalcore outfit Underoath have previewed some of their new material for a MTV reporter who discussed the band’s new material:
The six songs we heard were, for the most part, furiously paced, with lots of layers and almost Nine Inch Nails-esque spooky electronic effects. Several of the songs were anthemic, feedback-filled numbers that build slowly to their thunderous, ear-splitting crescendos, and there were breakdowns aplenty.
Chamberlain’s vocals are intense, passionate and sounding better than ever over the shredding guitars. Aaron Gillespie’s adroit drum-pummeling adds even more fury and force to the tracks, which are sprinkled with blistering, steely guitar solos. The songs – which, at times, stop and start on a dime effortlessly – sounded huge and unpredictable, never really heading in those directions you might expect. It’s also clear that the band wanted to experiment this time around, injecting almost prog-like elements here and there.
You can check out the rest of the report here.
The album is due out this fall and follows Define the Great Line.
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Santa Cruz based Russ Rankin, vocalist of the now defunct Good Riddance has posted a previously unreleased song from his former band on his personal website. The song is available by clicking on the music tab on the top of the screen. The news was posted on a MySpace bulletin, where Russ said:
“Well – new to anyone but me and my former Good Riddance band mates. The song is called “Great Experiment” and I should have it up on my profile today sometime. It’s already up on my website if you want to check it out! www.russrankin.com I plan to include a new recording of it on my upcoming project. ~ Russ”
The song has also been promised to appear on Russ’ MySpace page in the near future.
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Sources are reporting that Long Island, NY’s Up the Fury will be calling it quits after their show this weekend with This Is Hell, Soldiers and Incendiary. The band has not yet made an official statement.
They released Behind Every Mind in 2007.
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No Use for a Name have released the new video from their 2008 full length, The Feel Good Record of the Year.
You can check out the video via Fuse here.
Source Continue reading No Use for a Name: “The Biggest Lie”
Weezer has put together a new video (and YouTube reunion show) for the new single, “Pork & Beans.” The record is titled Weezer and is due out June 03, 2008