With his band on hiatus, Kenneth Vasoli of The Starting Line has unveiled his new project, Person L. The band describes its influences as Radiohead, Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Jim O’Rourke, Battles, Kill Sadie, Owen, Broken Social Scene, Cursive, Sunny Day Real Estate, At the Drive-In and many more.

The band will release its debut album, Initial, on August 5th via Vasoli’s own imprint, Human Interest. The band – which features Vasoli on lead guitar and vocals, Ryan Zimmaro and Brian Medlin on drums and percussion, Charles Schnieder on bass and Nathaniel Vaeth on Rhodes piano and guitar – will be the direct support for Anthony Green (Circa Survive) on his upcoming tour.

Several songs from the album are streaming on their myspace page.
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With his band on hiatus, Kenneth Vasoli of The Starting Line has unveiled his new project, Person L. The band describes its influences as Radiohead, Drive Like Jehu, Fugazi, Jim O’Rourke, Battles, Kill Sadie, Owen, Broken Social Scene, Cursive, Sunny Day Real Estate, At the Drive-In and many more.

The band will release its debut album, Initial, on August 5th via Vasoli’s own imprint, Human Interest. The band – which features Vasoli on lead guitar and vocals, Ryan Zimmaro and Brian Medlin on drums and percussion, Charles Schnieder on bass and Nathaniel Vaeth on Rhodes piano and guitar – will be the direct support for Anthony Green (Circa Survive) on his upcoming tour.

Several songs from the album are streaming on their myspace page.
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There seemed to be a consensus that it was only a matter of time before Hot Water Music fans would be able to see the Gainesville-born band playing together again. Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the band broke their hiatus and started playing small strings of shows. They’ve been keeping things going at a rather relaxed pace while keeping busy with side projects (The Draft as well as solo output from Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard).

Both guitarist/vocalist Chuck Ragan and bassist Jason Black recently took some time to answer questions from Punknews interview staffer Michael Dauphin

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To celebrate the release of the new Enemy UK record “We’ll Live and Die In These Towns”, Punknews.org and Warner Brothers Records are happy to team up to offer a two tickets to see The Enemy UK at the Osheaga Festival in Montreal, QC on August 4th. Other artists performing include MGMT, The Weakerthans, and Gogol Bordello just to name a few.

Along with the tickets for a grand prize winner, three runner ups will receive a copy of the band’s new album.
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We’ve got a quick mini-contest today. Sacramento’s MC Rut has some shows coming up this week with Burning Brides. We’ve got a pair of tickets for the July 18 show in Seattle, WA, another set for July 22 in San Francisco, CA and July 24th in Los Angeles, CA.

You can check out some music from the band’s new EP right here.

All you need to do to enter the contest is send your preferred city to [email protected] as soon as possible. The contest is just for the tickets, so transportation is up to you.
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Shipwreck A.D. have announced another tour in support of their latest album, the four-star rated Abyss.

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The first round of Riot Fest 2008 confirmations have come out. The bill will be headlining by “The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, ALL, The Casualties and feature Leftover Crack, TSOL, Municipal Waste, Anti-Nowhere League, Teenage Bottlerocket, Mustard Plug, Big Drill Car, Paint It Black, Valiant Thorr, Reagan Youth and many more.

Bear in mind that this is the first batch and many, many more bands are expected to be confirmed soon. The promoters have promised some high profile additions are expected very soon. The event is set for October 10-12 in Chicago, Illinois. The three-day event will take place in several venues across Chicago, including the Congress Theatre (October 12), House of Blues (October 10), Double Door and Cobra Lounge (October 10 and 11).

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Rocky Votolato is kicking off his summer tour today. The Seattle-based singer-songwriter is touring in support of his second Barsuk release, The Brag and Cuss.

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Today we’ve got some new songs from Montreal-based skate punks, The Real Deal. The band recently released their full length, Hungover But Still Sober in the United States.

The band has toured with the likes of A Wilhelm Scream, Set Your Goals, Belvedere and more and plays what they describe as “party punk and ska.”

You can check out the tracks on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Dropkick Murphys have posted the previously unreleased track, “The Chosen Few.” The band most recently reissued their latest album, The Meanest of Times. The song includes guest vocals from Dicky Barrett (MMB), Danny Gallagher and Michelle Darosa.

You can find “The Chosen Few” on their myspace page.

You can find lyrics for the song here.
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Gym Class Heroes have launched the new video from their upcoming 2008 full length, The Quilt. The band is currently on the Warped Tour supporting their 2006 album As Cruel as School Children and their upcoming 2008 full length, The Quilt.

You can find the video here.
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