Vänersborg, Sweden’s Division Of Laura Lee will release their new CD Violence Is Timeless on I Made This Records on October 29th, a limited edition vinyl release came out this past week in select European stores. The band is promoting the release with a special website at violenceistimeless.com. On the site you’ll find a video and free MP3 download of the single “Central Park.”

Division of Laura Lee last released Das Not Compute via Burning Heart/Epitaph in 2004. There’s no word yet on a North American release of this new record.
Source Continue reading Division of Laura Lee: “Central Park” →

Misfits-influenced punk act Plan 9 have posted three songs from their sophomore full length. The record is titled Manmade Monster and was released earlier this year. Originally formed in San Francisco circa 1997 as a one shot, one time Misfits tribute band. Of the years, the band mutated from a “tribute band” to a legitimate death-punk band, writing and producing their own material in the vein of the Misfits Walk Among Us-era.

You can check out the songs on their myspace page.
Source Continue reading Plan 9: “Manmade Monster” →

Paint It Black have let fans know of a YouTube’d video for the song “We Will Not” from their recent full length New Lexicon. As you can see, this clip put the budget of “Thriller” to shame.

As previously announced the band is set to embark on a European tour in September with Trash Talk. Around that trek they’ll appear at just about every fest on this side of the milky way, including Best Friends Day, This Is Hardcore, F Yeah Fest, Ill Blood Fest , Riot Fest and The Fest 7.
Source Continue reading Paint it Black: “We Will Not” →

Metal Blade Records quintet Unearth have posted a preview of the song “My Will Be Done” from their upcoming album The March. You can check the track out at the band’s website.

The March, is slated for an October 14 release. The band is following up 2006’s III: In the Eyes of Fire.
Source Continue reading Unearth: “My Will Be Done” →

Samiam and O Pioneers!!! have announced two shows together next month in Texas.

In related news, Samiam/Solea guitarist Sergei Loobkoff and Texas is the Reason/Solea vocalist Garret Klahn have formed Atlantic/Pacific which Sergei describes as a “mellow acoustic thing” and will be headed to Europe this fall. You can check out one of their songs on their myspace page.

Source Continue reading Tours: Samiam / O Pioneers!!! →

Black metal/hardcore act Bleeding Through have launched a new teaser e-card featuring cuts from their upcoming album. The record is titled Declaration and is due out September 30, 2008. It is the follow-up to The Truth which was released in 2006.

You can check it out here.
Source Continue reading Bleeding Through launch album teaser →

The Sound Of Animals Fighting has posted the title track from their new album for streaming. The band, which includes members of Rx Bandits, Circa Survive and Finch, will be releasing The Ocean And The Sun on September 09, 2008.

You can check out the track via MySpace.
Source Continue reading The Sound Of Animals Fighting: “The Ocean and the Sea” →

Legendary country musician Glen Campbell has posted a number of new tracks from his upcoming album, Meet Glen Campbell. Of particular note is the country star’s cover of Green Day‘s wildly popular 1997 track “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” from Nimrod.

You can find it on Glen Campbell’s Myspace page.
Source Continue reading Country legend, Glen Campbell, covers Green Day →

After a number of years of quiet, post-hardcore act The Jealous Sound have announced plans for a new release, titled Got Friends. The band, which includes former members of Knapsack and Jawbox, have not released any new material since 2003’s critically acclaimed album and EP, Kill Them With Kindness and The Jealous Sound.

You can check out some older material on their myspace page.
Source Continue reading The Jealous Sound plan “Got Friends” →

Bad Religion has fleshed out their recently announced Canadian run with additional dates as well as confirmed that support will be provided by The Bronx on all the Canadian shows.

Source Continue reading Bad Religion / The Bronx (Canada) →

Pittsburgh, PA’s Anti-Flag frontman Justin Sane and bassist Chris No. 2 checked in with pickRset briefly to share their thoughts on the ’emo war’ in Mexico, digital music, the US elections, and to address fans’ concerns on Justin’s recent move to England. Chris No. 2 also revealed that after their UK & Canadian tour stint, the band will “maybe write and record”, then head down to Australia in December. Chris No. 2 had this to say about the music industry:

The future of the music industry isn’t really a concern of mine. We were a band long before a music industry cared about us, we will be a band long after it does. Vinyl is the only place people are finding emotional attachment to their music, because it’s a sit down and listen piece, you have to choose that piece, it’s not at the touch of a click wheel on an iPod, or in your car. It’s a real choice to devote time to that music.

The band released The Bright Lights of America earlier this year, and plan to hold a clothing drive at some upcoming UK shows. You can read the rest of the interview here.
Source Continue reading Anti-Flag’s Justin Sane and Chris #2 talk about US elections, music industry, UK move →

Fear Before The March Of Flames have announced a headlining tour this fall. The band will be joined by Damiera and I Am The Ocean.

Source Continue reading Tours: Fear Before The March Of Flames / Damiera / I Am the Ocean →

After his recent departure from Dead Kennedys was announced, founding member Klaus Flouride gave an interview to Goldmine regarding his tenure in the band, his side projects, and the reason why he retired from Dead Kennedys. Flouride had this to say:

That was the one thing that I could, you know, say whenever I go on the road with the DKs there’s a lot of pressure to do the best show we can do every time. And that’s true with any band that I play with, but there’s, let’s say, less expectations from the audience with the other things I’m involved with because they haven’t reached the level that the Kennedys did. So, it was a hard decision certainly but one that I had to do because I have a kid and I want to watch her grow up. And just hives in general are not a dangerous thing, but the doctors are afraid because it’s in my face and subcutaneous and under the skin that it could mess up other organs, and it closes my throat down and stuff like that. You know, when you can’t breathe that’s when it becomes something to worry about.

Flouride will continue to perform regionally with bands like The American Professionals, The Go Going Gone Girls Band and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy among others but full touring is no longer possible. You can read more here.
Source Continue reading Klaus Flouride on why he left The Dead Kennedys →