Shorebirds has broken up. The band, which featured Matt Canino, of Latterman and Jawbreaker alum Chris Bauermeister, received considerable acclaim for their debut Self Titled 7″.

The announcement came via the label Matt co-runs:

Shorebirds broke up. It was just time for it to not be a band anymore. However, we are still releasing the LP, which is now all finished up. It will be available as soon as it is done being pressed and such.

As reported earlier, the album will be pressed on vinyl and CD but no digital release is planned.
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Many of you wrote in with the news that Gaslight Anthem, American Steel and Polar Bear Club/O Pioneers!!! would be hitting the road together this September.

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Many of you wrote in with the news that Gaslight Anthem, American Steel and Polar Bear Club would be hitting the road together this September.

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Asian Man act Lemuria will see their LP/CD collection, The First Collection re-released shortly. The record was originally released in Germany on YoYo Records and features 18 tracks from the band’s early singles and releases prior to Get Better.

Punknews.org published a review of The First Collection earlier this year.
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Members of tongue-in-cheek hardcore act Casey Jones and Anchors Away have announced their new band, Staring Daggers. The hardcore/punk act have released the first of their tracks and announced their first show on August 15th in Jacksonville Florida.

You can check out the song on their myspace page.
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Punchline have announced a release date and label for their forthcoming full length, Just Say Yes. The record is the band’s first since parting ways with Fueled By Ramen and will be released by Modern Short Stories.

The record is due out September 16, 2008 and some music from the album can be found on their myspace page.
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Seattle, WA’s Akimbo will be celebrating their 10th anniversary as well as the release of their new record Jersey Shores. They will be performing the album in its entirety for the first time on Saturday September 27th. Also performing will be Harvestman (Steve Von Till of Neurosis) and Helms Alee (Harkonen, Lozen). Stay tuned for a full US tour in October. The show will take place at King Cobra, and tickets are very limited.

More information is available here, while the poster for the show can be seen here.
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Gainesville, FL’s Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel recently checked in from their ongoing Warped stint to share his thoughts on the elections, what punk means to him, and revealed upcoming tour plans throughout the year, including Canada, France dates as well as the Revival Tour.

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Las Vegas, NV’s Panic! At the Disco recently gave an interview to the BBC, talking about their new album, and, according to the title, how they “escaped emo.” The band also commented on performing with Snoop Dogg:

We did do an MTV thing where we were both on the show. We played the music to Gin and Juice while he did his rap on it. When we were rehearsing we spent half an hour just hanging out and talking, which was kind of the most surreal thing that’s ever happened. He was really polite considering the situation we were in. He had probably maybe heard the name of the band but didn’t know anything about our music and we were all fans of the stuff having grown up with his music. It was just a really different feel, but he was totally cool. We practised the song a couple of times and just went for it. He was totally laid back, as you might think.

You can find the full text of the interview here.
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Foxy Shazam has posted a cover of “Jesus Christ Superstar” online. The track was a collaboration between Foxy Shazam, Look What I Did and South African pop singer Nikki Williams.

You can check out the track on MySpace.
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Death Cab for Cutie has posted their video for the song “Cath.” You can check out the video by clicking Read More.

“Cath” is featured on the bands Atlantic Records release Narrow Stairs.
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Greensburg, PA natives Zao has announced that they’ve written a new record which they’ll record within the next few weeks. The album will feature the return of former drummer Jeff Gretz.

The band hope to post a new song soon.
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Fleet Foxes have posted the new video from their 2008 self-titled album on Sub Pop.

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