Our stream for today comes from Dallas, Texas-based True Widow. The band is the new shoegaze-influenced project from members of Slowride and The Mag Seven. The record is titled True Widow and is due out November 11, 2008.
Check out the whole thing on their Punknews.org Profile..
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The Get Up Kids‘s beloved 1997 debut, Four Minute Mile, is headed for a vinyl reissue December 9, 2008. The LP reissue will be pressed on exclusive blue vinyl.
Check out “Don’t Hate Me” from the album here.
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Elisa Schwartz, the former keytarist of Cobra Starship has signed up for a new reality show on Fuse. Elisa is one of 11 “bad girl” female contestants on Fuse’s new Chris Jericho-hosted reality show Redemption Song. The girls, who are all singers, will compete for a chance at a record deal with Geffen Records.
Elisa’s audition tape (in which she explains that she was asked to leave Cobra Starship for stalking Gabe) can be seen here. The first seven minutes from the show can be seen here.
Cobra Starship is the new project from Gabe Saporta of Midtown. They released ¡Viva La Cobra! last year.
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The (International) Noise Conspiracy have announced some more US dates in support of their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Cross of My Calling and is due out November 25, 2008. It is the second album recorded with producer Rick Rubin for his American label. Two exclusive bonus tracks will be available on iTunes (“Lost Children” and “Heart of the Spectacle”) beginning Nov. 25 and eMusic will be making “Execution Squad Politics” available exclusively for their subscribers.
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Members of Worthless United, Lifetime, Bigwig and Ensign have unveiled their new project, Detournement. The band includes Zak Kaplan (Worthless United), Tom Petta (Bigwig), Scott Golley (Lifetime), Dan Desimoni (Plan A Project) and Nate Gluck (Ensign) and was formed this past summer.
The band has posted two songs, “Focus…Explosion!” and “Stranglehold U.S.A.,” on their myspace page and have unveiled plans for a two week tour with Off with Their Heads.
The band is currently in the process of mixing their first set of songs at guitarist Tom Petta’s studio, The Bivouac. Although no announcement of a label or release date have been made, the band promises an 8 song EP (clocking in at under 12 minutes) to be released sometime in the earlier part of next year.
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Santa Rosa, CA’s Ashtray have planned a special live album titled Operation Ashtray. The disc will feature an entire set of Operation Ivy covers recorded at Danny from The Secretions‘ “Lame Ass Birthday Bash.” The entire event was a benefit for The American Cancer Society.
The band’s label, Silver Sprocket, had the show professionally recorded, and have just released a live album of their entire set, with all profits being donated to The American Cancer Society. The album is a limited pressing of 1,000 CDs with a fold-out poster insert containing photos from the show, personal messages and lyrics, available now for $5 from the Silver Sprocket store.
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Alkaline Trio‘s performance from Jimmy Kimmel is now available online. The track comes from the band’s major label debut, Agony & Irony. The band is in the midst of a two-month tour with Rise Against, Thrice and the Gaslight Anthem.
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While there will be no new album in the near future, Circle Jerks have released two new vinyl editions of their album, Group Sex. The first version is a 12-inch picture disc, a selection of which have been autographed by the surviving original band members Keith Morris, Greg Hetson and Lucky Lehrer. The signed copies are available exclusively through Aural Exploits.
The band has also released a set of limited edition colored vinyl of the album. The run includes various colors including pink, clear and clear blue. The skinny on the blue vinyl is that it will be exclusively available through retailer Hot Topic while pink and clear will be in mom and pop stores. Red and yellow clear vinyl will be available in the new year via Porterhouse Records.
Finally, much of the band’s back catalogue is now available and you can check those out via this link.
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In between fighting with garage punks and fighting with System of a Down members, critically acclaimed outfit Mastodon put together their next album, which is titled Crack the Skye. The record was produced by Brendan O’Brien and is expected in the new year.
Terrin Durfey of Boilermaker, The Jade Shader and Pinback has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Touch & Go made this statement:
Sadly, Pinback member and friend to Touch and Go Terrin Durfey passed away early this morning. His recurring cancer returned just prior to the most recent Pinback tour and he was unable to perform with the band. Instead, he spent that time in and out of the hospital, trying all manner of treatments, remaining unfathomably positive, and being with his amazing family.
A foundation was set up in his name to help support his wife and child. You can find more information about that here.
Our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
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Long Island’s Backtrack have posted some music and launched a pre-order for their new seven inch. The band is described as hardcore for fans of No Warning, Killing Time and Leeway. You can find the songs and pre-order info on their myspace page.
May Contain Nuts of Cardiff in the UK have posted a new track from their upcoming 2009 album. The song is titled “Live Your Own Way” and you can find it on their myspace page.
Brooklyn’s The Motorcycle Industry have posted the entirety of their self-released debut full length, Electric Education. You can find it on their myspace page.
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We’re happy to bring you a unique interview today which features artists Ed Trask of Avail and Heather Gabel interviewing each other about their music, life and art. Trask, who along with drumming in the beloved Richmond-based band is a well-respected artist, who was named ““Top 40 under 40” in Richmond for his art.
Gabel is of course, the artist responsible for much of Alkaline Trio‘s striking merch and imagery and has also produced merch designs for My Chemical Romance, AFI and The Lawrence Arms. She continues to work as an artist. The two artists recently put together an art show in Chicago.
We’ve included some of both artists’ work in the interview. You can find more of Ed’s work on his site and more of Heather’s on hers.
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New York City’s Gogol Bordello have been featured in two live videos posted by SPIN.com. The performances come from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo and are featured alongside interviews with band leader Eugene Hutz and bassist Thomas Gobena.
The group released Super Taranta! last year via SideOneDummy, and also posted a slew of fall touring dates. You can view the videos here.
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