The Fall Of Troy, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Warship and Black Houses will be hitting the road together beginning November 28th.

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Our stream today comes from Warship. The band includes former members of From Autumn To Ashes but takes the band’s hardcore influences and fuses them with the sound of 90s-era rock like Nirvana and the Pixies.

You can check out the stream on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Narrows, which includes Dave Verellen (Botch, Roy), Rob Moran (Unbroken, Some Girls), Ryan Fredereksen (These Arms Are Snakes), Jodie Cox (Tropics, Bullet Union), and Sam Stothers (Makeout Boys, Quarantine), have completed work on their debut full length:

The album is now officially completed. It was mastered this past Friday by Matt Bayles and we are very excited for everyone to hear it. We will be posting a track from the album in a few weeks, and hope you all enjoy it. We are finalizing the album name and will begin on artwork soon. We had wanted to get this out before the end of the year, but this whole distance thing can get a bit complicated at times. It would have been nice to tour one something besides a 7″, but what can you do, it’s punk rock right? We think the record will now be released around March-ish.

The band will be hitting the road with These Arms Are Snakes and Trap Them this December.
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Run For Cover Records labelmates This Time Next Year and Fireworks will be hitting the road together for a West Coast tour beginning tonight.

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A video of Ian Mackaye’s recent visit to Saturation Art & Music Festival is now available. The legendary musician visited The Riverside Art Museum in Riverside California for a two hour spoken word/Q&A session to discuss his long experience with music, community building, and DIY Culture.

The camera angle is a little odd, but it’s worth a look.
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Popular Canadian punk band Sum 41 are apparently planning a new Greatest Hits record. The disc appears to be a Japan-only release and will feature one new song, “Steering Wheels,” as well as seventeen songs and a DVD compiling the band’s music videos.

You can check out the track listing here.
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Mickey Leigh, president of Ramones productions and brother to the late Joey Ramone and Linda Ramone, wife of the late Johnny Ramone have been in a public dispute over the imminent election. Linda has been involved with Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator McCain. Meghan is a self-professed punk rocker and has been arguing that the only way to be punk rock is to be conservative. She endorses the Ramones and speaks on Fox News right here.

On the other hand, Mickey has responded to Linda’s use of the surname “Ramone” during this, saying:

I just want it to be clear that Linda Cummings does not represent the political views of the Ramones. Surely, as for Joey Ramone, the only Ramones song he would sing at a Republican campaign event would be ‘Glad To See You Go!’

I should add that when Johnny stated ‘God Bless George Bush’ at the 2002 Rock&Roll Hall of Fame awards, I realize now that he was on to something. Because if it were not for George Bush and his handling of our country the past 8 years, I doubt so many Americans, including so many highly regarded Republicans, would now be getting behind Barack Obama. So, yes, thank God for George Bush for paving the way to Obama.

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Last week, it was announced that Christie’s, the leading art business and a fine arts auction house founded in 1766, will be hosting a punk-themed auction. Set for November 24th, the auction will feature memorabilia from Ramones, The Clash, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols, Blondie, the Cure and Patti Smith among others.

Our friends at Yuppie Punk interviewed Simeon, who explained the origins of some of the items as well as how they were appraised by the auction house as well as presenting a list of some notable items:

In this particular auction, I recruited the help of a gentleman by the name of Johan Kugelberg, who’s well-known in punk circles. In fact, for record collectors out there, he’s the guy who came up with the “Killed by Death” series which brought super-rare punk records to the masses.

As for some choice items, Simeon mentions:

There’s a poster for the Ramones at the Roundhouse, July 4th, 1976. And that’s a really famous concert because it’s known that the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned were among the audience and were influenced by the concert. It was a seminal event, certainly in British punk history.

As for why the auction house drew the line by including only 70s and 80s-era material and nothing from the 90s:

Like wine, it has to mature, and that material hasn’t matured yet. We know there’s a market right now for a lot of the punk stuff from the ’70s and early ’80s,

You can check out the rest of the interview here.
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As reported in September, Mike, Gabe, Matt, and Em of Tsunami Bomb will be reuniting to benefit their friend Liz from the band Lucky Strike. Liz was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and all proceeds from the show will go to her and her family.

The group have formally announced the show and confirmed that members’ new bands will be opening. Agent M’s new band, Action Design and Jay Northington’s act Nothington will be kicking off the show. The show will be held on January 17 at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma, Tickets go on sale today for $12 via this page.
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