Hardcore/punk act No Harm Done have joined Think Fast!. The band is compared to Lifetime, Strike Anywhere, and early Saves The Day and released two albums on Anchorless Records, 2007’s The Start of Something New and 2006’s Our Day of Days.

The band’s Think Fast! debut is titled Escape and is due out August 19, 2008 on CD and digital formats. It was produced by Jim Siegel at The Outpost (Dropkick Murphy’s, The Unseen, Give Up The Ghost). You can check out a song, “One Thirty-Six AM,” on the label’s myspace page.
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Static Thought have set a release date and finalized the details for their upcoming album. The record is titled The Motive For Movement and is due out September 09, 2008. It is the follow-up to In the Trenches which was released in 2007.

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The Number Twelve Looks Like You have posted a live video from their upcoming CD+DVD. The set is titled Here At The Ends of All Things and is due out June 17, 2008.

You can find “Jay Walking Backwards” here.
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In an interview with fansite Glassjaw.net, Glassjaw guitarist Justin Beck revealed some information about the band’s long awaited new album:

There will be a release well before the end of the year. There is no good reason why we shouldn’t release something. The album is being produced at my house with us and my good friend Jonny Flo.

Based on previous reports, the album will have thirteen tracks.

You can check out the interview here.
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Lagwagon have announced plans to release a new 7-song EP in time for their upcoming tour with MxPx, TAT and Only Crime.

The record is titled I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon and is due out August 19, 2008. It is the follow-up to Resolve which was released in 2005.
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Our friend John B.Moore recently spoke with prolific musician Mark Lind of The Ducky Boys and his own eponymous solo projects. Mark discussed his new album, The Truth Can Be Brutal which is due out on June 24, 2008 and features his band The Unlocked which includes Jay Messina (Ducky Boys, Dirty Water) on drums, Jeff Morris (the Bruisers, Death and Taxes) on guitar and Mike Savitkas (Death and Taxes) on bass.

The record promises to “walk the line between the raw emotion of punk rock and classic rock’s pop sensibility in a way very few have since Paul Westerberg left the Replacements. ”

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Funeral For A Friend have posted the first single from their upcoming self-released new full length. The as-yet untitled album is due out on their own Just Us Records later this year. For those unaware, the Wales-based band takes their name from the song by defunct hardcore act Planes Mistaken For Stars.

You can check out “Waterfront Danceclub” on their myspace page.
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The Onion AV Club has obtained some photographs of the upcoming Joy Division-themed The Zune to be released by Microsoft.

As expected the Zune features an adaptation of the cover art from the band’s 1979 debut, Unknown Pleasures, which artist Peter Saville created using a graph of one hundred pulses from pulsar CP 1919 (apparently the first radio pulsar ever discovered).

The branded MP3 player coincides with the release of the band’s new documentary, Joy Divison which is due out June 17, 2008 via The Miriam Collection.

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Michelle Nolan, the female co-singer of Straylight Run has taken a hiatus from the band to work on her solo project. She explained:

I wanted to let you know that after a lot of thought and discussion with the band, i have decided that i am going to take some time off from Straylight Run to work on a solo record. It was a difficult decision to make and please know that i have enjoyed all my time in Straylight Run and i loved meeting all of you through the years and hope to continue to see you in the future! John, Will, Shaun and i are all still close friends and we look forward to playing together again some day. Straylight Run is not breaking up.

The guys will be continuing on without me and this month they are recording some new songs for you all! In the mean time i will be working on my new project and i will keep you informed as things start to come together. Thank you so much for your support and your understanding.

The band released The Needles The Space last year.

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Established punk label Recess Records has announced the formation of Recess Japan. From the label’s website:

I am excited as all hell to announce the fetal beginnings of Recess Japan! The whole idea was to offer downloads only of the many great bands that we have crossed paths with while touring Japan. But the label , Underground Government , ended up putting The Underground Railroad to Candyland – Bird Roughs CD/DVD out in Japan with the Recess Japan logo on it. So we might as well try to get some physical media out too here & there. Still, the focus remains on downloads…

The label is currently working on the re-issue of Screaching Weasel‘s Boogada Boogada Boogada.
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