Southern California hardcore band Tiefighter, which features ex-members of More To Pride & Yourlastbreath have posted their cover of Blink-182‘s “Pathetic” from Dude Ranch.
You can check it out on their myspace page.
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MxPx drummer Yuri Ruley recently spoke to ThePunkSite.com about some of the band’s upcoming plans. Along with mentioning a new recording session in January, he band is planning on putting the finishing touches on a covers album. While he was unable to divulge exactly who they were covering, he did drop some hints:
I can tell the theme. I know it sounds like a very overdone theme but it’s songs that we kind of love from the 80’s. Its not necessarily chart topers from the 80’s; well some of them are but not all of them. Should be fun.
The band released Secret Weapon in 2007.
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Haste The Day have posted a new song from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Dreamer and is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to Pressure The Hinges which was released in 2007.
You can check out “Haunting” on their myspace page.
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Eulogy Records has announced US tour dates for their “This Tour Sucks” tour. The trek will feature Jacksonville’s Kids Like Us, New Jersey’s the Mongoloids, Miami’s Thick As Blood and New Jersey’s Years Spent Cold. Select dates will feature Seattle’s Furious Styles and South Florida’s Know The Score. The tour will kick off on October 19th and run through the end of November.
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The Misfits have dropped off the ongoing Volcom 2008 Tour. The tour is being headlined by legendary British heavy metal act Motörhead and features bands like Valient Thorr and Year Long Disaster. The Misfits posted:
For the sake of our loyalty and dedication to all our fiends, the Misfits have chosen to withdraw from the lineup of Volcom’s 2008 tour. The Misfits have always held an incredibly high standard of performance and quality in everything we do. Our fans expect this and deserve it. I will not compromise their expectations for any amount of money, prestige or fame. I apologize for the inconvenience and will reschedule performances wherever possible throughout our upcoming tour this Oct.
The shows were to be the first time that Motörhead and the Misfits had played together in the United States. The Misfits these days are a three piece consisting of bassist Jerry Only backed by former Black Flag members Dez Cadena and Robo.
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Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza of the Star Fucking Hipsters, Leftover Crack and Choking Victim, was arrested this past Saturday in Tompkins Square Park in New York City. Stza was performing at a protest concert in the area, which is also home to the NYPD’s 9th Precinct, and proceeded to throw donuts at officers while performing. After the set Stza was arrested, and as an update posted by the band on September 6th was awaiting a hearing and arraignment. The Star Fucking Hipsters as a result had to cancel a scheduled performance at HOWL Fest.
We’ll post updates as we get them.
The entire incident was filmed by onlookers and video of Stza’s performance and arrest can be found below.
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Denton, Texas’ Highlife were recently in the studio finishing up recording their Drink Yourself to Freedom 7″. The band still needs to track the vocals and mix. The record features 6 songs in under four minutes, and will arrive this fall on Cowabunga Records. The band will also soon record songs for a split 7″ with Spazm 151.
Louisville, KY’s Hark The Herald and Dixon, IL’s Kirkland are heading out together on the Branchout Tour from September 19th through October 17th. You can find dates and details on Hark The Herald’s website
Cincinnati by way of Nashville act Alphabet Star has released some new material. The man behind the band, Casey Weissbuch, also plays in Cincinnati’s Till Plains and the Pinstripes. Casey is planning on soon releasing an EP of between 5 to 7 songs of new material. Three of those songs can be heard at MySpace.
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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…
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for The Ergs!. The beloved South Amboy based pop punk three piece is calling it quits after this year, so see them while you can.
The Republican National Convention certainly dominated news headlines this week and it snagged a few in the musical realm to boot. Rage Against The Machine and Anti-Flag played a protest show outside the convention, with Anti-Flag able to play before the authorities pulled the plug. Rage did what they could and turned out an impromptu a cappella street performance in the crowd. Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stole the spotlight, and we heard from Wasilla, Alaska’s Portugal. the Man about the politician’s record. While their festival went off as planned last weekend the founders of Y Yeah Fest and video site Videothing.com were allegedly beaten by security guards at a Radiohead show a few days earlier.
In lighter news Ottawa’s The Riptides have entered the Hockey Night in Canada theme challenge. My Chemical Romance bassist Mikey Way is writing a story for DC Comics. Metallica‘s finally making peace with the internet and has accepted the fact that their album leaked. We heard of several in the works albums this week, with Jay Bentley commenting on plans for the next Bad Religion record. Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel is documenting the recording of his solo album. Snow Patrol has an iPhone/iPod Touch optimized album in the works, which is likely the first of its kind. Oh, and according to Travis Barker you shouldn’t hold your breath waiting for a Blink-182 reunion. Just in case you were. On the live show front we had updated tour dates in the US and UK from Rancid and further additions to The Fest 7 with bands like Army of Ponch and Tiltwheel. Fall Out Boy set our commenters up for an easy retort with their new single titled “I Don’t Care.” If you’re looking for new video content we had trailers for both a No Idea Records mini-documentary and The Clash‘s Live at Shea teaser.
This week we spoke with Matt Fox of Shai Hulud interview). Our Video of the Week featured legendary San Francisco punk group Flipper live at Amoeba Records. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including a full album stream from “femme fatale punk rock” act Civet. So what’s coming up this week? Look for releases from A Static Lullaby, Saint Alvia United Nations and Static Thought with tours kicking off from Wire (US / Canada), Street Dogs, Time Again and Flatfoot 56 (US) and Flogging Molly (US).
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Due to scheduling conflicts and manufacturing issues Dirtnap Records has pushed back the Marked Men‘s new CD / LP Ghosts to early 2009. To tide fans over, the label will be releasing a new 7″ from the band. The release will feature a song by Jeff Burke titled “Fortune” backed by an exclusive song by Mike Ryan titled “Like Robots.” “Fortune” will appear on the new LP as well. The 7″ will be available as soon as Dirtnap can press them.
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Los Angeles punk act Madcap is taking a break, but a new band has emerged from the hiatus. Frontman Johnny commented:
As you know we have not played shows in a very long time. Infact it’s very hard to get us all in the same room together. Lee is now a father with another one on the way!, Jake and Ace are still out there banging away with various bands. I’m alive and well in Los Angeles and have started a new band called Johnny Madcap and The Distractions. So as you can see we are all very busy and it doesn’t leave much time for Madcap. We can never say Madcap is broken up because we’ve always considered this a friendship before it was a band. So that’s it. We are out. Maybe for a while, maybe for good. Can’t tell and really don’t think about it. But we can tell you how much we appreciate the constant flow of new and old fans support for what we did. So hopefully now you will support again. I have not been this excited about a project in a long time. The Distractions are the fun I’ve been looking for and If you dug what I did in Madcap you will definately dig this. See for yourself…..
Johnny Madcap and The Distractions, a three piece, have songs online at MySpace.
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Successful Canadian indie rock act Metric has re-upped with label Last Gang Records and publisher Chrysalis Music for their next album, the follow up to 2005’s Live It Out. The band’s manager Mathieu Drouin spoke with Billboard about their decision to stay indie:
We’ve wrestled with our situation over the course of the last three albums, trying to find the right deal. We found ourselves in a position where the majors were interested, but we knew we had the ability to roll the dice and do it ourselves.
‘Long tail’ artists like Metric that have been able to develop a following and career without major help are in the best position to take things into their own hands right now
Following up on the Billboard article, music site Spacelab recently discussed the band’s decision and the economics of so-called “long tail” artists.
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The King Khan and BBQ Show have announced US tour dates for the fall. BBQ, also known as Mark Sultan, will tour solo through Europe.
Sultan last released The Sultanic Verses in 2007 via In The Red Records. Khan has had much recent success with his band the Shrines and their Vice released full length What Is?!. King Khan and BBQ together most recently put out What’s For Dinner? in 2006.
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Nardwuar the Human Serviette and his band The Evaporators have announced a handful of dates in Ontario and Quebec this October. They’ll appear in Montreal as part of a Mint Records showcase at the Pop Montreal festival with Pack AD, Immaculate Machine, Buttless Chaps and Wax Mannequin. The Ottawa and Toronto shows will also feature Nardwaur’s “Video Vault” of interviews he’s done musicians, politicians and celebrities like Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mikhail Gorbachev, Michael Moore, Marilyn Manson, Henry Rollins, Joan Jett, Blur, Vanilla Ice and Iggy Pop.
The Evaporators last released Gassy Jack and Other Tales in 2007. That year Nardwuar also released his Welcome to My Castle DVD.
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