Alkaline Trio recently stopped by Spinner and talked to them about Marilyn Manson and performed with Tegan Quinn (Tegan and Sara).

“Marilyn Manson is a hero of ours,” Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba told Spinner when the band stopped by the Interface. “We’ve asked him to do videos with us and stuff, which he’s also agreed to do. He was very nice about it and then we blew it somehow.”

“Being too frightening,” drummer Derek Grant chimed.

“He heard we did way too much drugs and never slept,” Skiba said, ” which isn’t true. So he didn’t want to do it.”

You can see the band covering Tegan and Sara’s track “Wake Up Exhausted” at Spinner’s Interface. The Trio is slated to head out on tour with Rise Against, Thrice and the Gaslight Anthem in support of their recent release Agony & Irony.
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Bad Brains frontman Paul “HR” Hudson will return with a new solo album this September titled Hey Wella. The reggae recording features music written by Grant “OG” Garretson (drums and guitar) and production work by three time Grammy winner, David Darlington. The record hits stores on September 30th via DC Hardcore Records. Two songs from the work can be previewed now on HR’s MySpace page.

Bad Brains most recently released Build a Nation in 2007. The album was produced by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.
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Iron Chic, which features former Lattermen Phil Douglas and Brian Crozier alongside members of Small Arms Dealer and the Agent, sent us a note about a few things in the works. For starters Dead Broke Records will be releasing their demo on tape in the near future. Additionally, the label will be putting out a four song 7″ – the recording of which is nearly done.

The band will also be performing at this years FEST and touring down with Jonesin. Expect tour dates soon.

The Chic’s demo was featured recently as an Editor’s Pick.
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Red Note Beats, the people responsible for many recent Clash releases including the Joe Strummer / Johnny Cash “Redemption Song” 12″, is distributing The Clash – The Boston Tapes. The LP captures a live show at the Orpheum Theater in Boston USA, recorded over the nights of 7th and 8th September 1982. It is available on both standard black and very limited edition translucent red vinyl via Viva Zapata!. You can find more information here.
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Philadelphia’s Mischief Brew has two new releases on tap. The first is a split with Joe Jack Talcum (The Low Budgets, Dead Milkmen). On the split LP, the Brew offers up six new tracks and Talcum seven, with both artists turning in renditions of Dead Milkmen songs.

Up next is the Jobs in Steeltown 7″ which features two “gritty, bluesy, somber ditties” about the usual: “the ups and downs of decay.” The cover will feature a picture by Erik Petersen.
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Congratulations! You’re the lucky reader of the 45th 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.

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With the release of Controller, the third album from Misery Signals, the band further solidifies themselves as longtime players in the metalcore scene.

Punknews interviewer Sarah El-Hamzawi had a chance to talk with the band’s bassist, Kyle Johnson.
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The beleaguered Dead Kennedys have decided to hang up their touring boots. With both bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro sidelined with health issues, the band is putting themselves on a self-described “indefinite touring hiatus.” Flouride spoke on his departure earlier this week. Guitarist East Bay Ray will form a new band with the Wynona Riders’ Skip, who was singing for the Kennedys on their last two tours. While the band has not announced a formal breakup the did phrase their recent years in a retrospective light:

“Earlier this year, in May 2008, Dead Kennedys were awarded a Gold Record in both the United States and the United Kingdom for “Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death.” “In God We Trust Inc. EP.” was also certified Gold in the United Kingdom. This is significant achievement because the recordings were all released on independent labels.

On Dead Kennedys’ recent UK and Californian tours, the audience reception was enthusiastic and genuine (including two new songs performed by the band). Thanks to those that came to those shows and for their encouragement.”

Following the messy legal battles of the late 90s, the Dead Kennedys reunited in 2001 without vocalist and songwriter Jello Biafra. Ray, Peligro, and Fluoride performed with Dr. Know frontman (and former child star) Brandon Cruz singing. Cruz left the band in May of 2003 and was replaced by Jeff Penalty (a punk filmmaker known for documentaries on the Bouncing Souls, Youth Brigade and most recently NOFX’s “Backstage Passport”). Penalty split with the band in March of 2008 and now moonlights as the vocalist to Black Fag. With Penalty and Peligro both leaving the band in this period, the group most recently featured Wynona Riders singer Skip and Translator drummer Dave Scheff.
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Copeland has landed at Tooth and Nail after parting ways with their major label last year. The band’s next record is titled You Are My Sunshine and is due out October 14, 2008.

The band released the b-sides/rarities collection, Dressed Up & in Line, last year.
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Equal Vision has announced the signing of Boston, MA-based Therefore I Am. The five-piece is set to record their debut full length later this year at Strangeways Recording studio in Providence, RI with producer and ex-Hot Rod Circuit drummer Michael Poorman (Piebald, Tsunami Bomb, Paulson) for a Spring 2009 release. Poorman also produced the band’s 2007 EP, Escape.

All six songs from the EP can be streamed on their myspace page.
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The seemingly endless tour for Lemuria keeps rolling on. The band has updated it’s October and November schedule, including their stops at the Fest. You can see the dates below.

The band is touring in support of Get Better and The First Collection, a collection of their early releases.
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Rx Bandits have posted two acoustic tracks for streaming. The songs, “To Our Unborn Daughters” and “1980” can be streamed on their myspace page.

The band released …And the Battle Begun in 2006.
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What happens when members of influential hardcore bands like City Of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, malady and pg.99 get together? Well, something very different than you might expect, and that something is Pygmy Lush.

Their first record, Bitter River (Robotic Empire), was noise-punk tracks mixed in with some of the quieter songs. Those more restrained songs, which had at first been an aside, began to over take the set: “Still filled to the brim with a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for introspection, traded their aggression for a slow grit. ”

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
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