Babylon Party Machine (alternate solo project of ska-punk musician Matt Wixson) has uploaded a new song, a drum-n-bass-meets-ska version of the Toasters’ song “Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down”. The song can be heard here.

Mass Panic Kid which includes Andrew Black of Georgie James and Sam Cave of The Trouble have posted some new music from their upcoming debut album. You can check out the entire thing on their Virb profile.

Madison Bloodbath has posted two news songs. The songs are from their debut full-length, Gittin’ Loose With Madison Bloodbath on A.D.D. Records. You can check out the punk rock band on their myspace page.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking…

Doughnarchy! Confectioncore! The big newsmaker this week was Scott Sturgeon, better known to you as Stza, of Leftover Crack, Choking Victim and most recently the Star Fucking Hipsters. Ol’ Stz was doing his usual thing, playing a protest show in a New York City park, and capped it off by throwing doughnuts from the stage at nearby cops. Unsurprisingly he was arrested. Following the incident Stza sent us over a comment on the incident. It’s not a band we’d usually talk about, but the file sharing debate is always of interest. The frontman of heavy metal act Slipknot came forward and blamed the labels in a chat with Kerrang. We had word that Tsunami Bomb will soon reunite to raise money for a friend suffering from a brain tumor. Another Punknews favourite act is calling it quits, with New Mexican Disaster Squad wrapping things up at this years Fest in Gainesville. Speaking of fests, there was some uncertainty regarding California’s Liskfest. The event, that will feature bands like Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits, and Strung Out, was canceled due to low ticket sales and then revived with new backing. Geoff Rickly of Thursday and most recently United Nations wrote an interesting editorial recently that discussed political apathy in music.

Punknews readers were excited to hear that Brendan Kelly of site faves the Lawrence Arms and the Falcon is considering a solo 7-inch series. Streetlight Manifesto announced an ambitious new recording project and the return of Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution. Angels & Airwaves have plans to record their next album in January. Fear Before The March Of Flames are shortening their name to Fear Before, and are planning a self-titled full length to make it official. Epitaph Records has signed “Best British Newcomers” act Bring Me The Horizon. American Steel announced shows in New York and Chicago as well as a tour of Germany. Southern Californian hardcore act Tiefighter made some waves with a cover of Blink-182‘s “Pathetic.”

The Gaslight Anthem predictably came out on top when we tallied up the reader album rankings from August. This week we spoke with Civet frontwoman Liza Graves (interview). This week’s edition of Vinyl File featured a look at upcoming releases. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new full length from Richmond, VA’s The Riot Before. So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from Black President, Punchline The Girls and FemBots with tours kicking off from My Bloody Valentine (All Tomorrow’s Parties and more), Henry Rollins (spoken word) and The Sainte Catherines (Mexico).
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Guitarist Kris Norris confirmed rumours that he has left his longtime band, Darkest Hour. He made a statement via Blabbermouth:

Well, I’m not in the band anymore; see it how you want. Let’s do no press statements, let’s do no bullshit, let’s just leave it what it is – I’m not in the band anymore, that’s all. See you if I see you. I’m actively pursing some producing routes and any band that might want a guitarist, feel free. I haven’t off music totally, not just yet.

The band released Deliver Us in 2007.
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Influential Texas-based radio station KDGEhas announced the lineup for this year’s upcoming Edgefest. The event will feature a number of favorites including The Offspring, Pennywise, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Hawthorne Heights, Emery and Gaslight Anthem.

The event takes place at Pizza Hut Park in Dallas, Texas on October 25th.
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Children of Bodom have posted the new video from their recent album titled Blooddrunk.

Americans can check it out here: Children of Bodom – Smile Pretty For The Devil Video while non-Americans can probably find it on YouTube, eventually.
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The Academy Is… have announced October and November dates with We the Kings and Carolina Liar along for the ride.

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Colorado’s Git Some, which includes Neil M. Keener and Chuck Fresh formerly of Planes Mistaken For Stars, have posted six tracks from their forthcoming debut, Cosmic Rock. The album will be released by 1-2-3-4 Go! on LP and CD this fall.

You can find “Nice Suit”, “Chainsaw Clothesline”,” That’s Just Eczema”, “Fabric Eyes”, “Time Bomb”, and “Wish Cigarette” on their myspace page.

The band will also be on the road this fall.
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Recent Bridge Nine signing, Cruel Hand, have posted a new track from their forthcoming debut for the label. The record is titled Prying Eyes and is due out September 30, 2008. It is the follow-up to Without a Pulse which was released in 2007

Just prior to the release, . Bridge Nine Records will be pressing the Life in Shambles 7″, which will be available September 24 and feature the songs “Life in Shambles” and “House Arrest.” It will be limited to 1000 copies.

You can find “Life in Shambles” on their myspace page.
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The Loved Ones have announced plans to shoot a video for their song “Louisiana” at this Sunday’s show in New York City. The band will be supported at the Knitting Factory gig by the Pink Spiders, Franz Nicolay and Major General, and Beat Union.

The Loved Ones are currently supporting Build & Burn, released earlier this year by Fat Wreck Chords.
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Slackers tenor saxophonist Dave Hillyard is planning to hit the studio on September 20th to record new songs for his side project the Rocksteady 7. The band will spend two days at Seaside Studios in Brooklyn to track a number of covers and originals, including versions of tracks by Fela Kuti, the Hippy Boys, Hepcat’s Lino Trujillo, and Mexican composer Armando Manzanero.

Dave Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 last released United Front in 2003, followed by the 2007 live album Way out East: Live at The Kassablanca. The Slackers put out Self Medication earlier this year.
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The Escape Frame’s self-titled album is finally seeing the light of day. It was originally slated for release in 2007 on Immortal Records before the label went under. It’s now being released via End Sounds on September 30th in hte US and Canada. The synth/pop/punk band was previously featured on Fearless Records’ Punk Goes Crunk compilation.

The self titled album was produced by Andy Jackson (Death In The Park/Hot Rod Circuit), mixed By Tim O’Heir (Dinosaur Jr., All American Rejects), and mastered by Alan Douches (Run DMC, Fleetwood Mac, In Flames). You can check out some music on their MySpace page.

The label notes that Interpunk is doing a pre-order promotion where each order will receive a signed copy of the CD, an exclusive button, and sticker if you order the album here.
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Chicago, IL-based hardcore/metal act Through The Fire have signed with Hotfoot Records. The band will be entering the studio to record new material for their upcoming full-length album entitled, The World at Our Feet.

The album is tentatively scheduled for a mid January release. Some of the group’s demo’s are available here.
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The results for your votes for the best albums of August led to a number one which probably doesn’t come as a major shock, though like previous months, they rest of the list runs through a variety of genres and styles. Gaslight Anthem unsurprisingly dominated the charts, but other strong entries came from Off With Their Heads, Protest the Hero, Finch and the Living End.

Remember, all you need to do to participate is login to the site with a registered user account and click the stars under any review.
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