You’re the lucky reader of the 40th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed with upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite bands’ own collections and labels with a history of vinyl releases worth talking about.

This week we’re announcing the winner of the Norma Jean box set courtesy of our good friends at Vinyl Collective. It includes all the band’s full-lengths, Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child, O’ God, The Aftermath and Redeemer. Keep reading to find out if it’ll be arriving on your doorstep.

As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.
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The Sound Of Animals Fighting have announced a title and release date for their Epitaph debut. The band, which includes members of Rx Bandits, Circa Survive and Finch, will be releasing The Ocean And The Sun on September 09, 2008.

The label had this to say about the record:

The Sound of Animals Fighting return with their visionary, highly conceptual third collaboration: The Ocean and the Sun. A tinkering, rewiring and experimentation with modern and traditional music forms, the endlessly inventive album tacks toward a ghostly, natural energy in both its organic production (this is the third piecemeal assembly from the Lynx, the Skunk, the Walrus, and the Nightingale) and its subject: the raw vastness of nature, the Sun, the ocean, and how we fail to recognize its power and mystery. Both a mash-up of decades of musical influences and a visceral, fine-tuned mosaic, The Ocean and the Sun further galvanizes the band’s role in the creation and rethinking of what music will and should be.

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The Academy Is… have set a title and release date for their next album. The record is titled Fast Times At Barrington High and is due out August 19, 2008.

The album was produced by Sam Hollander and Dave Katz and follow 2007’s Santi.
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Ground Control Magazine caught the “once in a lifetime” Jello Five-O Birthday Celebration at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and posted a number of photos and a review of the proceedings.

The night included performances by Jello Biafra & The Axis of Evildoers, Drunk Injuns, Los Olividados and The Melvins, with sets that included old and new cuts, and even a special guest appearance from Tool’s Adam Jones. The reviewer had this to say about the new Jello Biafra band:

As for his new band, The Axis Of Evildoers, they were quite simply amazing. Although guitarist Ralph Spight (Victims Family) and drummer John Weiss (Sharkbait) were both kicking some serious ass, it was the bass of Billy Gould (Faith No More) that really blew me away. It was pretty damn thunderous, and gave the band a bit of a “metal” sound. Together the foursome ripped through about a half a dozen or so new songs, all of which sounded just as good, if not better, than any DK song from yesteryear….”

You can find the rest of the feature here.
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Hawthorne Heights have posted the first song from their upcoming album for Victory Records. The record is titled Fragile Future and is due out August 05, 2008 (art here)

The album and band were held back for the past while due to suits and counter-suits launched by the band and label over the past twelve months. You can find “Rescue Me” on their myspace page.
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Earlier this week, Burlington, ON’s Saint Alvia Cartel released their new self-titled album in the United States for the first time. The ska/punk outfit includes members of notable Canadian acts like Boys Night Out, Grade and Jersey.

We’ve got three prize packages to give away with music, apparel and posters.

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Louisville, KY’s Lords have posted a new MySpace bulletin announcing a new tour, some hazy details about their new album, and a misunderstanding involving a urination incident and the lead singer from Daughters:

To be clear, I did not piss on any member of the audience. I pissed on my friend who gave me permission to piss on him. Alexis want’s to make sure that he gets the credit for the “so not cool” deed of throwing the piss on the audience…after all, he is the wild and crazy guy…I’m just a christian hating asshole.

You can read the full post here, where the band reveals that the album should be out in August via Blackmarket Activities. The group previouslyposted two new songs up on their MySpace page.
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Netherland’s based Antillectual have announced plans with Pennsylvania based Jump Start Records for the US release of their latest full-length Testimony. The release is set for September 23rd and is said to be “released on LP only and all copies will include a free digital download of the record.”

The label’s next release due July 29th is the vinyl version of A Wilhelm Scream‘s latest offering Career Suicide, which was released on Nitro Records last year.
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Today we’ve got a new song from Rocket who are currently on the road. The quintet is described as “the Shangri-Las crashing the stage during an early Motley Crue gig.”

You can check out “Future Ex-Boyfriend” on their Punknews.org Profile.
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