Kingston, Ontario’s Bedouin Soundclash have a new video from their 2007 album, Street Gospels.

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Ska/punk outfit The Fad have called it a day. According to a blog entry written by vocalist Jimmy Doyle, contributing factors include the destruction of their van and trailer, as well as the varying goals of the members.

The band released Kill Punk Rock Stars this year.
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Louisville, KY’s Hark the Herald has posted a fall tour video montage. Check it out on their MySpace page or on their YouTube Channel.

Red Sound Records (formerly Red Star Records) has posted the release of Jason Shevchuk’s OnGuard album, “This Has It’s Price and That Price Has Been Paid.” You can download the album for free by visiting the label’s website.

Pittsburgh, PA’s The Composure (ex Punchline) has announced that Mark Trombino will be mixing the band’s first recordings, done by Mark McClusky. The band says the Trombino mixes will be posted to their MySpace page soon.
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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…

We could really launch an entire Against Me! sub-site given the volume of news they generate. The band was involved in a bus crash earlier this week, but walked away with no serious injuries. Frontman Tom Gabel commented on the accident, and also streamed his new solo LP Heart Burns. The band itself will begin to work on their next album soon, and has laid out plans for writing early next year. Popular act Fall Out Boy is aiming to set a record for the most radio interviews in a day on Halloween. The group is doing the press in support of their upcoming album Folie à Deux. The massively influential band Jawbreaker is planning a reissue of their Unfun album. They’ll also be the subject of an upcoming documentary. To top it all off, Frontman Blake Schwarzenbach also revealed that he’s making music again with an as-yet-unnamed group.

3rd wave ska survivors Reel Big Fish are planning a covers album. A tribute to Kid Dynamite is set for release in the spring and will feature interpretations of the band’s work from acts like the Ergs, This Is Hell, and Broadway Calls. There’ll be plenty of punk bands in upcoming video games. Looks for the Clash, TSOL, Teenage Bottlerocket and One Man Army in Skate 2 while Between the Buried and Me, Underoath, and Authority Zero will head to Rock Band 2. This week we checked out MxPx‘s version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and an acoustic session from the Gaslight Anthem. Look for Bomb The Music Industry on tour this fall with bands like Shinobu and Mustard Plug. We end the week with some videos, including Simple Plan‘s “Save You” and the Offspring‘s “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid.”

This week we spoke with Brett Adams of Richmond, Virginia’s the Riot Before (interview) and artist Heather Gabel, who’s done artwork for the Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, AFI and the Lawrence Arms (interview). Our Video of the Week featured New Brunswick, NJ’s Let Me Run. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the song “Six Days a Week” from the Bronx, the new album from Israeli punk outfit Useless ID, the new charity-benefiting compilation All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash, the new solo album from Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape, Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage, and the new full length from Los Angeles-based Roll the Tanks.

So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Chiodos, Dead To Me, Deerhunter, Fear Before the Damned, the Tossers and Tom Gabel with tours kicking off from Rancid (UK), No Use For A Name / Pulley (US West Coast), Pelican / Kayo Dot / Stove Bredsky / Zozobra (US), Beastie Boys (Get Out And Vote tour, Slayer / Mastodon / Trivium (Europe), and The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) (US).
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A last minute show has been announced at the Red Seven in Austin, TX with Alkaline Trio, Rise Against and The Gaslight Anthem. The three bands have been touring with Rise Against, however; two shows in Texas (Austin and Houston) were recently canceled.

Doors will open tonight at 6:30 (CST), with an admission charge of $18. This show is not connected to the Rise Against tour, so tickets for the canceled show will not be honored. Contact your original point of purchase for refund details. You can find more information about tonight’s show here.
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No Idea, Imprint Indie Printing, Southern Lovin’ PR and The Fest 7 have produced a free 34 track compilation with a ton of unreleased songs by bands such as: Stressface, Hometeam, Assholeparade, Dear Landlord, Jammy Dodgers, Grabass Charlestons, Religious as Fuck, Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves, North Lincoln, The Holy Mountain, Scouts Honor, American Cheeseburger, Hawks and Doves, Tiltwheel, Apeshit, Gatorface, Worlds, The Tim Version, Bridge and Tunnel, Young Livers, The Measure (SA), Cheap Tragedies, Cutman, Paul Baribeau, LaSalle, Ready the Jet, Worn in Red, Towers of Hanoi, Liquid Limbs and Saw Wheel.

You can download the entire comp along with artwork here.
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The Gay Blades recently visited Daytrotter to record some tracks.

The set features songs from the band’s new album, Ghosts including “O, Shot,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Mean Muses” and “Puppy Mills Presents.” You can check out the tracks here.
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The Almost, the rock-focused side project which features Aaron Gillespie of Underoath, have announced plans to release a new EP, No Gift to Bring. The five-track EP will featue one brand new song, “Awful Direction,” a cover, two “radically different” reworkings of tracks from the brand’s debut, Southern Weather and a “Christmas surprise.”

No Gift To Bring was produced by Tim McTague, lead guitarist for Gillespie’s other band, Underoath. Aaron’s other band Underoath issued Lost In The Sound Of Separation this year.

The EP is due out November 25, 2008.
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Moral Crux have revealed some details about their forthcoming album. The band had been on a five year hiatus after their departure from Lookout Records. the album will contain 12-14 tracks, none of which have been leaked or released as of yet. A split release containing two of the new tracks is expected to be released sometime in March, with touring to follow, in May.

Moral Crux’s current lineup consist of all original members with the exception of Scott Rozell (Scatterbox) who joined the band following their Pop Culture album. The album will be released via Jailhouse! Records, with whom they signed with in 2007 and will be available early on their Spring tour with label mates The Nerve Scheme and will be released retail a couple weeks after tour kickoff.
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Rise Against have been forced to cancel their show tonight and tomorrow night due to illness. The cancellations are due to illness which caused frontman Tim McIlrath to lose his voice.

Refunds are available at point of purchase. The band hopes to return to the Austin and Houston next year.

The bill features Alkaline Trio, Thrice and Gaslight Anthem.
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Syracuse, NY hardcore act Another Breath have announced via their official Myspace blog that they will soon be going into the studio to record their upcoming full-length release, The God Complex. The blog also states that the band does not plan to release it via their previous label, Rivalry Records:

Come hell of high water we are recording “God Complex” this winter so we can hit the road again this spring and summer. This is by far the most potent and indepth stuff we’ve done so far and all of the demo recordings we’ve finished make the hair on our arms stand on end. More catchy, more rocking, and heavier than anything we’ve done yet. We’re going to be splitting up the recording, drums at MoreSound here in Syracuse, then doing guitars and bass with Kurt at GodCity. The mix between the two should be the best sounding recording yet!

Here’s the catch, Rivalry is slowing down and can’t really help us out anymore so we’re in the market for a new label. e’re looking for a new home, so we want someone who is as serious about what they do as we are about what we do.

The band released Mill City in 2006 to considerable acclaim.
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Thrash-metal kingpins Slayer recently entered the studio to begin work on their forthcoming album. The band is working on a new album due out next summer. One track, “Psychopathy Red” applies Slayer’s sound to the story of f Andrei Chikatilo, a notorious Russian serial killer. You can check out some video of the song being recorded here.

The band will be headed to Europe tomorrow to begin the Unholy Alliance, Chapter III tour which kicks off this Monday, October 27 in Manchester, England, and wraps in Helsinki, Finland on November 27. The band plans to return to the studio early next year to finish recording the new album.

The band released Christ Illusion in 2006.
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An All-American Rejects fan has put together a controversial and potentially funny little video for the band’s new single, “Give You Hell,” which features a Robot Chicken-style parody of the Highschool Musical crew. The video is somewhat NSFW.

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