Whole Wheat Bread have announced summer touring plans including shows with Voodoo Glow Skulls, Rancid and GBH plus a slot at this summer’s Afropunk Festival in Brooklyn. Check out their video announcement: HERE.
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The Hold Steady have launched a full album stream of their upcoming full length. The record is titled Stay Positive and is due out July 15, 2008. It is the follow-up to Boys and Girls in America which was released in 2006.
You can check out the album on their myspace page.
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Toronto punks and music industry mischief makers Fucked Up recently announced the completion of their new album, entitled The Chemistry of Common Life, on their blog. Though their post did not specify a label or a release date, guitarist 10,000 Marbles (Mike Haliechuk) stated in a recent interview with Don’t Panic Magazine that the record will be released sometime in October on Matador Records.
The band also announced most of their summer tour plans. The band will spend the majority of the summer months in Europe though they did promise some yet-to-be-determined U.S West Coast dates. The band’s last output was the David Christmas 7″.
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A Wilhelm Scream have confirmed a busy summer touring schedule which includes US dates with The Swellers, Canadian shows with Living with Lions and a bunch of festival shows throughout Europe.
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Underoath have announced five shows in South Africa in September shortly after the expect release of their upcoming album.
Toronto’s Constantines and Vancouver’s Ladyhawk are headed out on the road, traveling south into the United States in support of their respective new full lengths Kensington Heights and Shots. The Constantines will also appear at a handful of festivals over the summer, playing Calgary’s Virgin Festival with Face to Face and the New Pornographers, Dublin’s Electric Picnic with the Sex Pistols and My Bloody Valentine, then Toronto’s V-Fest with the Foo Fighters and Spiritualized.
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Texas punk band Born to Lose has signed to Altercation Records. The band will follow up their 2006 Sailor’s Grave released album Sweet Misery this July. The new record is titled Saints Gone Wrong and will hit stores in the US this September.
Born To Lose will head to Europe this July for a two month tour.
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Check out this new demo for Aces of the Galaxy, a space combat rail-shooter reminiscent of classic StarFox games, but with high-def gra…
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This is the newly released free playable two track demo for GRID exclusively provided by eBay Motors featuring the eBay Motors Muscle S…
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Producer Mark Hoppus has posted some updates on progress towards the next full length from New Found Glory:
Here in the studio with New Found Glory. Two weeks into it now. finished all the drums in a few days, and now getting into the main rhythm guitars. The record is coming together really well. we’re all stoked. the songs they wrote are great. i think everyone will be pleased. Photos and updates as soon as I stop being lazy.
New Found Glory parted ways with their major label last year. Since then, they’ve released the Tip of the Iceberg / Takin’ It Ova! EPs on Bridge 9 Records. No word yet on who will be releasing the full length.
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Red Scare act Cobra Skulls have a new EP due out this summer. The label made the announcement:
Cobra Skulls have finished up a new 7″ EP and we at Red Scare are busting tail to get it out to the RS faithful. Look for them to have it on tour this Summer and it’ll also be available online ASAP. 3 new songs. As of now, it’s the “Never Be A Machine” single, and those reptilians will be out playing shows to weirdos like us for the remainder of the year, so be warned. Tours include the West Coast, Europe, and all things in between.
You can check out the first track from the 7-inch on the band’s myspace page.
In related news, the label is hinting at a Red Scare tour in Canada this August with Teenage Bottlerocket, Riptides, and The Sidekicks. More on that as it comes in.
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Fear Before The March Of Flames spent the better part of the last two years on the road in support of their third album The Always Open Mouth. Today the band finds themselves back in the studio recording its follow-up. Fear Before guitarist Adam Fisher took some time to talk to Punknews.org’s Jason Gardiner about how the band is approaching the new recording.
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Municipal Waste have posted the video for their track “Sadistic Magician.” The clip was directed by Jeff Speed from The Vault LA (Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying). The track comes from their 2007 album, The Art of Partying.
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