Ben Folds has announced some February dates in support of his 2008 album, Way To Normal. The run will feature support from Miniature Tigers.

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News of the World has posted an update on the status of the legendary Buzzcocks. After a lengthy and interesting look at their history, the article reveals some of the band’s plans for 2009:

We’re still here trying to make real music for real people. What’s the alternative? Snow Patrol and Coldplay? They’re not rock revolutionaries – they’re Blue Peter presenters with guitars. You tend to be so busy writing, recording and playing gigs that you don’t appreciate how much impact your music is having. It wasn’t until Bruce Springsteen told me how much our music meant to him that I began to think about that stuff. It’s crucial for us to keep going forward,

After a tour where the band will perform Another Music in a Different Kitchen and Love Bites in their entirety, the band will be preparing a new LP and follow up to 2006’s Flat-Pack Philosophy.
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On February 5th, 2009 Toronto punk radio program Punk-o-rama will host their first annual F-U Awards. Hosts Barry Taylor and JD will be joined by Jason Mewes of (who plays Jay in Kevin Smith’s View Askew universe of films) to host the event at Toronto’s Sound Academy. The event will feature performances by Andrew WK, the Flatliners, Die Manniquin, the Artist Life, Kingdoms and the Expos. Nominees vying for rewards at the event include Fucked Up, Protest The Hero, Cancer Bats, the Creepshow and others. You can find more details and vote at fuawards.com.
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Former Epoxies frontwoman Roxy Epoxy will return this March with a new band dubbed Roxy Epoxy And The Rebound. The group will release a new album on March 10th titled Band-Aids On Bullet Holes on Metropolis Records. In their press release Roxy described the band:

I think The Rebound are a bit more introspective than The Epoxies. The music is more intricate and is a bit more rock than pop. When the Epoxies broke up, I had a ton of material at different states of completion and finally had the time to dig into it. I had wanted to head in a slightly different direction for a while. This is the result.

The Rebound will hit the road in March. The Epoxies last released My New World in 2007.
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Warner has announced plans to have their newer artists cover their older artists for a new compilation. For example, the Flaming Lips are covering Madonna, Against Me! is handling The Replacements, Black Keys will cover Captain Beefheart, Mastodon will tackle ZZ Top and Taking Back Sunday is covering Tom Petty.

The record is titled Covered: A Revolution in Sound and is due out February 24, 2009.
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Warner has announced plans to have their newer artists cover their older artists for a new compilation. For example, the Flaming Lips are covering Madonna, Against Me! is handling The Replacements, Black Keys will cover Captain Beefheart, Mastodon will tackle ZZ Top and Taking Back Sunday is covering Tom Petty.

The record is titled Covered: A Revolution in Sound and is due out February 24, 2009.
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The 2009 inductees for the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.

They are Jeff Beck, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Metallica, Run-D.M.C. and Bobby Womack. Nominees for this round included The Stooges, singer Wanda Jackson, and disco and R&B group Chic.

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According to a Billboard report, the Time Square Virgin Megastore will be closing in April.

The decision to close the store appears related to real estate and the value connected to the location. That executive was quoted as saying that Virgin pays only $54 per square-foot when the market rent in the area is about $700 a square foot. So, while the store, which does an estimated $55 million in annual volume, is profitable to the tune of $6 million, according to sources, the space would be even more profitable for its owner with a higher rent tenant.

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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus have posted two more songs from their forthcoming album. The record is titled Lonely Road and is due out February 3, 2009. The album was produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Less Than Jake).

Check out “Pull Me Back” and “Represent” on their myspace page.
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Suicide Squeeze has announced plans to release a limited vinyl version of Minus The Bear‘s 2008 EP, Acoustics. The EP features newly recorded acoustic versions of fan favorites from the Seattle quintet’s catalog along with a new track, entitled, “Guns & Ammo.” Originally released as a tour-only CD during the band’s 2008 headlining tour this is the first time “Acoustics” will be available on vinyl, and in stores. The run is limited to 5000 copies pressed to baby-blue wax.

It is due out February 17, 2009.
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Just after announcing details of their upcoming new album Supporting Caste, Winnepeg’s Propagandhi have announced several English tour dates to coincide with the release.

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Gallows have redesigned their website and announced the title for their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Grey Britain. The album is expected in May and was produced by Garth “GGGarth” Richardson.

You can check out the announcement and video here.

The band released Orchestra of Wolves in 2006 in the UK. It was later reissued in 2007 by Epitaph Records.
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Every Time I Die have posted an update as they begin work on their debut album for Epitaph Records:

It’s been a while since we posted on the status of the Every Time I Die camp, but I’ll admit that it often gets overlooked since we have fallen into such a writing/recording/touring routine over the past ten years that we rarely take a step back to take personal note of the endeavors we’re undertaking. As of yesterday we have officially begun writing the new record.

Well, let me rephrase that: Jordan, Mike, Andy and Josh have begin writing and i have just attained a level 23 ranking on Call of Duty: World At War online. [We are] heading to the studio in California on April 1st.

The band released The Big Dirty in 2007.
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