Congratulations! You’re the lucky reader of the 44th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed of upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite bands’ own collections and labels with a history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.

This week, we’ve got a load of stuff in store for you. First of all, we’ve got a winner of last week’s Off with Their Heads contest. We also have two brand new contests lined up for this week, in which one winner will be receiving a test pressing of the new LP from Landmines and another will get one from The Methadones, who we also interviewed for this week. Madness.
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Chicago, IL and Milwaukee, WI based Hey Mercedes will have their posthumously released EP, Unorchestrated, released as a limited edition 12inch 45RPM via Hobbledehoy Record Co and Grand Theft Autumn.

There will only be 521 pressed total with 102 on green wax and the rest black, all hand numbered. The album will ship on August 8th.
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Fuse has posted a free download for a track featured on Conor Oberst‘s forthcoming, self-titled release.

You can download the song “Danny Callahan” here.

More music from the release is available for streaming via MySpace.
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Today we’ve got a stream of the new album from Bottle Up and Go. The band plays blues-influenced punk rock steeped in garage band energy and just released their new Kill Normal album, These Bones.

You can find the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Gaslight Anthem have released a video for “The ’59 Sound,” the first single from their upcoming Side One Dummy album of the same name. The band is about to embark on an Australian tour before returning to North America to kick off some CD release shows.

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The Hold Steady have appeared in a new clip from online broadcaster VBS.TV. In the video members of the celebrated Brooklyn-based act compete with some VBS staffers in a series of bar games. The band is currently supporting their new long player Stay Positive.
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Less Than Jake has announced three upcoming free in-store acoustic performances in support of their new record GNV FLA. The band will appear at Rasputin Records in San Francisco on July 25th, at The Block At Orange in Orange, CA on July 27th, and at Encore in Austin, TX on August 2nd.

The group has plenty of tour dates in the wings in support of the record. The Gainesville ska-punk act will play with bands like Reel Big Fish, the Flatliners, The Real Deal, Rancid, Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, and Suburban Legends.
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Longstanding English punk act The Damned has announced some fall US tour dates on the west coast in October and November. Further details are forthcoming, but right now expect the shows in Anaheim and San Diego to feature the Adolescents. East coast US dates are being confirmed and should be announced shortly.

MySpace. The new record will be the band’s first since 2001’s Nitro released Grave Disorder.
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Street Dogs have announced a fall tour in support of their brand new full length, State of Grace. The bill will feature support from Time Again and Flatfoot 56.

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Hot Water Music has confirmed what is expected to be their final reunion tour dates of 2008. The band has shows coming up in Toronto, ON at Wakestock this weekend, followed by Los Angeles, CA, Pomona, CA, Portland, OR and Denver, OR. They’ll play that latter set of shows with bands like Strike Anywhere and the Bouncing Souls on select dates. The group has been performing in support of their recent b-sides compilation Til the Wheels Fall Off.
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The Phenomenauts have announced the “Large Hadron Collider” tour which will also feature members of the Epoxies, The Slackers, Groovie Ghoulies and the River City Rebels. NASA’s favourite new/wave punk band are headlining the tour to celebrate the upcoming launch of the Large Hadron Collider, a massive collider which aims to discover the origins of matter, including the elusive Higgs Boson as well as establish the nature of “dark matter.” The collider could find evidence of extra dimensions, a boon for super-string theory, which holds that quarks, the particles that make up atoms, are infinitesimal vibrating strings.

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On Monday July 14, Todd Hembrook, vocalist for Chicago ska/jamaican soul act Deal’s Gone Bad was rushed to hospital with extreme stomach pains where he underwent surgery to have his appendix removed. He is recovering well but his condition is forcing the band to cancel most of their East Coast Tour, at least up until July 29th in Cincinnati, OH. The group is hoping that Todd will be well enough to play later dates and will announce details via MySpace. Canceled dates are to be re-scheduled as soon as possible.

Deal’s Gone Bad is currently supporting their recent album The Ramblers, which was released in conjunction with Jump Up and Megalith Records. The band also recently released a 3 CD box set of their earlier work.
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Lansing, Michigan hardcore act Hold Me Back have posted two new unmastered recordings online. The songs come from a new demo which will be released sometime this fall. Check it out at MySpace.

Poughkeepsie, New York’s Slaymarker has posted two more songs from their upcoming untitled LP. Both songs are covers of Nickelodeon cartoon themes. You can find all the insanity at MySpace.

Oneonta, New York’s The Knockdown will be releasing their debut full length Test/Retest later this month on Kiss of Death Records. For the next two weeks you can stream the record at their website.
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