According to confirmed reports from Morrissey fan blog, true-to-you, Morrissey is currently preparing a reissue of his 1995 album, Southpaw Grammar. The record followed his breakthrough Vauxhall & I and has proven polarizing to fans and critics for it’s departure from his previous sound. The 2008 remaster will include the entirety of the original album, new artwork and three bonus tracks rumoured to be “Honey You Know Where To Find Me”, “Laughing Anne”, and “You Should Have Been Nice To Me.”

Confirmations have come in that Morrissey’s upcoming album will be titled Years of Refusal and a release date is planned for September. The record was produced by Jerry Finn (The Offspring, Blink-182, Alkaline Trio, MxPx, Rancid, Green Day), who also produced the 2004 Morrissey album You Are The Quarry.

It is due out in July.
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Bob Mould recently visited The Interface to record an interview/in-studio performance in support of his Anti- full length, District Line.

Along with songs from his new album and Body Of Song, Bob dug into his extensive catalogue to perform songs by his former bands, Hüsker Dü and Sugar.

You can check out the video here.
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Since the breakup of Refused in 1998, frequent collaborators Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström have worked on a number of projects like The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Lost Patrol and TEXT though the duo have not formed a hardcore band since Refused split up.

Dennis and David have now unveiled their first hardcore project in a decade, dubbed AC4, the band has booked two shows in their native Sweden as well as posted a short live video to provide a taste of the band which you can find on their myspace page.

Refused has proven to be one of the most influential bands in modern hardcore, with their final 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come consistently topping critical lists.
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The Phenomenauts have launched their new video, “Infinite Frontier.” The video was created with Emmy-Award winning animation writer Rich Fogel (Justice League, Batman Beyond, Transformers: Animated) and animator Erica Henderson (Venture Brothers / Astrobase Go). The song “Infinite Frontier” was recently played aboard the International Space Station as the first “wake up call” of NASA’s STS-124 mission.

Speaking of which, the new season of the Venture Bros. began this past Sunday.

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Drummer and engineer Neil Hennessy, of The Lawrence Arms and Smoking Popes has posted an update on some of his (and his bands’ projects) this summer:

First off, the new band I’m playing in, Birds in the Air (featuring Pat Ford of Colossal, Eli Caterer, Kirk Pratt and Don Francis) put 8 songs down to tape at Atlas Studio’s this past week . The recording is a work in progress as Pat’s moving to New York this Thursday, but we should be able to finish it by fall. Expect a few shows throughout the summer.

As for the Lawrence Arms.. we’re looking to play some shows by late summer and then into the fall.

The Popes recently confirmed a headlining tour which kicks off later this month after a hometown show on the 7th in Chicago. The band he mentions, Birds in the Air, has launched a myspace page but no music has been posted yet.
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The band Gatorface, which features Alex and Richard of New Mexican Disaster Squad, has announced that their upcoming debut EP, Sick and Stupid, will be released through Vinnie of Less Than Jake‘s digital and vinyl only record label, Paper and Plastick.

The vinyl version will be released as a 10″ and will include a digital download code to get all 6 songs (including a cover of D.I.’s “Hang Ten in East Berlin”). It will be a 1 sided record with the b-side being an etching drawn by the band’s drummer. There is also talk of having a very limited amount of the etchings being painted over

You can check out four songs from the band on their myspace page.
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Hardcore acts Dead Hearts and Fallen From The Sky have booked a short tour beginning at the end of the month.

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Long-running ska/punk/rock act Reel Big Fish are currently in the studio working on a new, vaguely described project. Prior to their upcoming run on the Warped Tour, the band is recording what they are calling:

A hush-hush, top secret project of epic proportions.

The band released their last album, Monkeys for Nothin’ and the Chimps for Free, last year. The album was the band’s first non-major label studio album in more than a decade.
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Chicago’s Suicide Note have announced plans to release a new full length on Hawthorne Street Records. The record is titled Empty Rooms and is due out August 05, 2008.

The album was produced and mixed by Converge’s Kurt Ballou and two songs from the album are currently streaming on the band’s myspace page.
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Elysia has posted the title track from their forthcoming, June 10 Ferret Records release Lion of Judas.

You can check out the song here.
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