The Futureheads have announced fall and winter tour dates in Australia and Europe. On the European dates the band is promising to visit towns “previously unexplored” by the foursome.
The British group are currently supporting their self-released third album This Is Not The World. They recently released a series of high quality live performance footage via Pitchfork TV. You can check out a few of the clips below.
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Pavement has announced the latest in their series of reissues, this one of their 1997 album, Brighten the Corners. Dubbed the Nicene Creed Edition, the double disc reissue will feature the remasterd album, all b-sides and compilation appearances, and previously unreleased studio tracks and live versions.
The record is due out November 18, 2008
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Less Than Jake have announced plans to release a new 7-inch box set featuring music from the GNV FLA-era. It is due out November 11, 2008.
The set consists of live, acoustic or demo versions of album tracks as well as B-sides culled from the studio and stage, these three vinyl 7″ singles offer exclusive content not available anywhere else. Included in the box will be the full GNV FLA CD album, a poster of the band, and a DVD of in-studio footage arranged and edited by LTJ trombonist Louis “Buddy” Schaub from the GNV FLA recording sessions and live performances from concerts and in-stores.
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Derek Grant, drummer of Alkaline Trio has released a free solo album under the name The Reaper. Grant explained the project:
As I moved throughout the years, boxes of these 4 track master tapes would get shifted from state to state until I finally got around to digitizing them. I transferred a few songs to Pro-Tools to see about remixing them – what I found was some dreadfully recorded instruments, and a whole lot of poorly played music. My first instinct was to just re-record the songs, perhaps change some lyrics, and re-arrange the songs a bit. But while I am hopefully a more accomplished musician than I was 18 years ago, there’s a spirit and energy to those songs that I could never recreate. It lives in the words and the vocals. So the decision was made to re-record the music around the vocal tracks.
I set about picking my favorite of the songs, digitizing all of the vocal tracks and EQ-ing them to sound half-way intelligible. I spent two days relearning and re-recording all of the guitar parts, then I took the recordings to Sonic Iguana Studios. There Mass Giorgini and Phillip Hill helped me to record the drums. In keeping with the original spirit, everything was recorded and mixed as quickly and haphazardly as possible.
You can download the album here.
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MySpace has launched its MySpace Music initiative. The service, which debuted last night, promises to allow users to stream virtually any song ever published for free. You can can also create playlists that contain up to 100 songs and share them with others. Any song can also be downloaded MP3 format via from Amazon’s music download service.
The entire system is ad-supported, with labels receiving a per-play licensing charge. At the same time, all the major labels – as well as indie distributor The Orchard, own part of the business. No other indies were given equity in the new company, according to reports.
The service has the potential to dramatically change music online, considering that entire label catalogues will now become free for streaming, on-demand and via playlists. It is interesting that the news comes just weeks after MuxTape was shut down by the major labels (through the RIAA) for offering a similar service.
Americans can try out the system here.
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Cold War Kids has posted the first video from their new release Loyalty to Loyalty.
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Victory has announced the signings of two bands.
The first is Within the Ruins. The band is described as a progressive metal outfit and will be releasing their Victory debut in early 2009. You can check out some music on their myspace page.
The second is Corpus Christi, a Christian metal/hardcore outfit. Some music from the band’s forthcoming album can be found on their myspace page.
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Double or Nothing Records has signed Pittsburgh, PA’s Unreal City.
You can check out two tracks from the bands forthcoming full-length Ephemeral Substance on the labels splash page here.
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Hobbledehoy Record Co. has unveiled the first track from Arrows’ forthcoming debut Modern Art & Politics.
You can stream “We Only Speak on Weekends” on the label’s MySpace.
The album is slated to hit stores internationally in January.
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As the band continues their reunion tour, Face to Face have been confirmed for Australia’s Soundwave 2009 festival, which travels through five cities. Frontman Trever Keith had recently mentioned that the band may record a new album at some point. The band’s last album was How To Ruin Everything in 2002.
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The Casualties are headed out on tour this October with Municipal Waste. The bands will play a series of shows on the US east coast, hitting a few festivals along the way. Look for the street punk act at Riot Fest in Chicago and Extravaganza Fest in Allentown, PA.
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Last night’s Winnipeg stop on the Shout It Loud tour featuring Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, The Flatliners and The Real Deal marked the last of the shows in Western Canada. Today’s show in Thunder Bay has left Punknews with no cell phone reception, but we were still able to upload some video from last night including a Q&A between the band and fans and a video from the in-store appearance. Keep reading as Punknews continues to travel with the tour.
There has been a surprising amount of drama regarding the recent leak of Dillinger Four‘s highly anticipated new album, Civil War. The record is due out October 14, 2008 and is the band’s first new record in 6 years.
One of the more surprising stories comes from Mitch Clem of Nothing Nice to Say fame who has been involved in a heated discussion with one of the album’s producers regarding the leak and his comic’s take on the event. The entire exchange is visible here.
At the same time, Punknews.org alumni and current Alternative Press love slave Scott Heisel posted his thoughts here. The alledged album leaker himself came clean here. Current Punknews.org editor, Jesse Raub elaborates on the entire brouhaha on his blog here.
Punknews.org does not support or condone leaking albums. It’s not just about the commerce; there are many people who work on an album like this one, it is fair for people to at least be compensated for the time they took away from other jobs, families and friends in order to put together an album for you. The record is just a few weeks away, so just hold on and it’ll be worth it.
If you’re excited about the record, take a moment and pre-order the album now.
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