Norma Jean have released the track listing for their new album. The record is titled The Anti-Mother and is due out August 05, 2008. It is the follow-up to Redeemer which was released in 2006.
The band has also posted a new song from the record, “Robots: 3, Humans: 0” and you can check it out on their Myspace page.
As previously reported, the album features songwriting contributions from Page Hamilton of Helmet and production from Ross Robinson.
Sakes Alive!! have posted three new songs from their upcoming 7-inch, Act I. The disc follows the band’s self-released debut, ‘Presents’. It i due out on Barrett Records and limited to 500 copies.
You can check out the songs on their myspace page.
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Tomorrow Saint Alvia Cartel will be releasing 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 two songs from the album and you can check them out on their Punknews.org Profile.
We’ll also be giving away some stuff from the band tomorrow so keep an eye out for that.
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Christopher Johnson of Useless Wooden Toys was stabbed to death Saturday morning after his band played a house show in Bloomington, Indiana on Friday night. Johnson was taken to Bloomington Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Christopher Johnson was 32 years old.
The altercation began when the two got into a fist fight after Brian P. White grabbed a woman’s buttocks at a house party at the Arlington Road residence. A short time later, White came out of the house and stabbed Johnson in the chest, according to the news release.
Johnson was then transported to Bloomington Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was scheduled for 3 p.m. at Hendricks Region Hospital in Danville, Ind. However, the preliminary cause of death is a stab wound to the chest, said Monroe County Coroner David Toumey.
The local news coverage of the incident is here.
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Fresh from wrapping up an Eastern Canadian tour with The Artist Life, Michigan’s The Swellers have posted a video chronicling their time on the road.
The Swellers released My Everest last year and have been touring heavily in its support since. In July they’ll be doing a number of dates with A Wilhelm Scream.
The Hold Steady have unveiled some bonus material for the upcoming physical release of their new album. The record is titled Stay Positive and is due out July 15, 2008.
The band apparently pushed out a digital release quickly to counter a leak, and so the physical releases will include bonus tracks. The vinyl version will include “Ask Her for Adderall” and the CD version will include “Adderall” in addition to two other tracks, “Cheyenne Sunrise” and “Two Handed Handshake.”
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A number of you wrote in with the recent Associated Press story covering the effects of high fuel prices on touring bands.
The story looks at independent touring bands in particular, noting that few bands expected to make a profit on a tour even under good gas prices, but the $4.00 per gallon price is making touring prohibitively expensive for many musicians.
The problem is particularly acute on the West Coast where most cities can involve seven hour drives between them, meaning that a single show can cost substantial amounts just to play, and many bands face the prospect of not recouping on those kinds of shows.
The article talks to Dirtnap Records’ Ken Cheppaikode who notes that smaller bands can’t ask for guarantees and must depend heavily on merch sales to cover costs.
You can check out the article here.
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Tiger Army have announced upcoming tour dates which include a number of festivals in Europe and the UK as well as shows with Said Radio.
Lagwagon‘s Chris “Leon” Rest recently recorded a guest guitar spot for the New Jersey-based band, I Know The Struggle. The song, entitled “Stroudsburg” has just been posted on the band’s Myspace page.
I Know the Struggle are presently finishing up work on their new album. They recently shot a video for its first single, “It Looks Good on Paper. Meanwhile, Lagwagon will release a new EP, I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon, on August 19.
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Comedian George Carlin died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday. He was 71. Carlin was celebrated as a counter-culture icon for his provocative anti-establishment material in the 70s, particularly the routine “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television.” A live performance of the obscenity laden bit saw him arrested in Milwaukee in 1972 for disturbing the peace, and a radio broadcast of the routine in 1973 brought the ire of the FCC upon a New York City radio station. The resulting legal battle went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978. Amid the controversy Carlin’s became the first person to host television comedy institution Saturday Night Live.
Carlin’s humor and commentary remained consistently critical of modern American life, taking a nihilistic slant that resonated to this day. In a 2001 Reuters interview he commented “I don’t have any beliefs or allegiances. I don’t believe in this country, I don’t believe in religion, or a god, and I don’t believe in all these man-made institutional ideas.” Carlin’s career spawned 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, and numerous TV and movie appearances. He was slated to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor later this year.
Carlin is survived by his wife Sally Wade, and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.
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This is the first hi-def trailer to the fifth installment of the popular CoD series, published by Activision Blizzard.
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Not too long ago the UTF captured an old space station on a moon. After a few days the NGM could regain strength to establish another a…
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This is the newly released patch for the popular Half-Life 2 mod Eternal Silence that will bring your game client from version 3.0 to v…
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