A ton of bands have been confirmed for the upcoming Harvest of Hope Fest 2009. The purpose of the event is to raise funding for the Harvest of Hope Foundation and bring awareness to the plait of migrant farms workers. The event take place at the St.John’s County Fairgrounds from March 6th through the 8th.

Some of the additions include Against Me!, The National, Propagandhi, Devotchka, Broken Social Scene, Bad Brains, Girl Talk, Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, Lucero, The Night Marchers, Virgins, Strike Anywhere, None More Black, Smoke Or Fire, Murs, Grand Buffet, Ra Ra Riot, Paint It Black, The Faint, Health, Dave Dondero, Holywood Holt, Tim Barry and Kevin Seconds.

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Bouncing Souls have begun announced 2008 dates. The band will kick things off with a show at the Triple Rock in Minneapolis before heading to South America for a run of dates. Following those shows, the band will be kicking off a tour featuring Dillinger Four and The A.K.A.s.

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Ontario based label You’ve Changed Records has been formed by Attack in Black‘s Dan Ramano and Ian Kehoe, Steve Lambke of the Constantines, and Jesse Stein of SS Cardiacs, the Luyas and Miracle Fortress. The label has two releases in the pipe, the first is the new solo record Still Jimme from Sackville, New Brunswick’s Shotgun Jimmie. The record, which was record in Attack In Black’s studio, will arrive as an LP and digital download on March 10th (distributed to stores by Outside Music).

This summer the label will put out a split between Attack In Black and Lambke’s solo project Baby Eagle. We previously reported on that record in October.
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Our stream today comes from Brooklyn, NY-based Lymbyc Systym. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Carved By Glaciers.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Slackers tenor saxophonist Dave Hillyard has unveiled three new songs from his side project the Rocksteady 7. The New York ska veteran commented on the tracks:

RNA is short for “Rocksteady National Anthem.” It was my opening theme music for a european tour and I worked into a full song version. Its horns around a straight binghi rhythm. Direct influences are obviously Count Ossie and Cedric Brooks.

Change of Plans is a phrase you hear all the time on the road. “We were supposed to play at 8 but there’s been a CHANGE OF PLANS.” The song is supposed to have a slightly chaotic sound. For the music nerds, yes, it is built around whole tone scales.

Greedy is a modal type tune. It has a swingi beat, that is its a swung binghi beat that is 4/4 and 6/8 depending on how you look at it. And yes to add to the indulgence I play soprano on it.

The new songs were all recorded live with no overdubs at Seaside Studio in Brooklyn. Hillyard is currently trying to find a label to release the 12 song set on. As previously reported the album will include covers of tracks by Fela Kuti, the Hippy Boys, Hepcat’s Lino Trujillo, and Mexican composer Armando Manzanero.

Dave Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 last released United Front in 2003, followed by the 2007 live album Way out East: Live at The Kassablanca. The Slackers put out Self Medication in 2008,
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Some footage from the recent benefit for Invisible Children is now available online. The show featured Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Chris Conley of Saves The Day, Jim Ward of Sparta/Sleepercar and mewithoutYou‘s Aaron Weiss.

Invisible Children started in 2005 with a documentary film about children being abducted and forced to fight as soldiers for a rebel army in northern Uganda. The film, now seen by over 3 million people worldwide, has inspired a global movement of artists, musicians, and activists committed to using their time, talent and money to help end the 22-year war.

You can check out the live videos here.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced some details about their forthcoming seven-inch. The disc was first announced last November and will preview two songs from their forthcoming full length.

The record is titled Impossible Dream/Next To Nothing and is due out January 20, 2009. Due on Big Rig Records, the album features the two songs from the title, “Impossible Dream” and “Next to Nothing.” It is the follow-up to the Medium Rare collection which was released in 2007.

You can check out the artwork here.
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Ben Weasel has announced a full slate of releases under various names this year. Most notable among them is the long-awaited album from Riverdales. According to the Weasel release schedule, the record is titled Invasion U.S.A and is due out July 14, 2009. The album will feature fourteen new songs.

Before that, Ben has announced that his 2007 LP, These Ones Are Bitter, will receive a proper CD/LP release on April 7, 2009. The album was previously available digitally and on vinyl through Ben’s own Mendota label. The same day, a reissue of the Riverdales’ Phase 3 is expected.

Finally, Ben’s solo live album, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die [Live], is set for May 5, 2009.
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Dennis Jaggard from Ten Foot Pole has revealed that the band will return from their hiatus this April to play the Riorock Festival in Belgium on the 4th. This will be the band’s first show since playing Japan in 2006.

The band last released Subliminable Messages in 2004 via Go Kart Records.
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Andrew Martinez, aka Andy DeMize of Nekromantix passed away early Sunday morning as a result of a tragic car accident in in Fullerton, California. His bandmates made this statement:

My thoughts and Condolences go out to his Family and Everybody that knew Andrew. There is no words to describe the shock…… Andrew was probably the most loveable guy I ever met and truely the only person I’ve met in my life that was loved and liked by everybody met. It’s just typical Andrew to pull off this “rockstar death” way too early. I have no idea how Newcastle Beer will be able to continue to stay in business and I encourage everybody that knew Andrew, was a fan of his work with his bands, to drink one, two or many Newcastles in his honor.

Our condolences to his friends and family.
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Toronto power-pop act the Marvelous Darlings recently announced that their first full length is in the works. The band, which lead by Fucked Up‘s Young Governor, is currently in the writing phase. Governor previously went by the name Ben Cook and performed in No Warning.

In addition the band is planning to release a singles collection CD in Japan via Tokyo’s Base Records. The album will collect songs from their first three 7″ singles and will be titled OTSUMAMI.
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Richmond, VA’s Food have announced the release date of their self-titled album on MolSook Records. The album will be released on January 21, 2009.

You can listen to a few tracks from their MySpace page.
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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…

2009’s underway and the music industry’s slowly returning from their holiday dormancy. This week saw two big singings, with Polar Bear Club hooking up with Bridge 9 and Broadway Calls moving to SideOneDummy. On the flip side of that it looks like influental melodic hardcore act Lifetime has left Fueled By Ramen. Also returning is the custom song store that Say Anything‘s Max Bemis controversially launched last year. There was more talk from the Blink-182 camp, with Mark Hoppus discussing the possibility of a reunion and his relationship with Tom Delonge. Victory and Epitaph Records sat at the top of a recently published independent label chart, while Anthony Raneri of Bayside kicked back at the reasoning behind recent “Biggest Flops of 2008” lists.

This week New Found Glory detailed their Epitaph debut, posting a single and planning a vinyl release on Bridge 9. T.S.O.L. meanwhile put an entire new album up for free download. Smoke Or Fire is planning to record and tour with NOFX soon. In other show news, Dillinger Four is making a long overdue visit to Fargo. Street Dogs are headed out with the Swingin’ Utters and Shot Baker. The Menzingers also announced upcoming tour dates. The Economist’s new spinoff magazine, More Intelligent Life, also ran a lengthy article about the reemergence of touring as the most crucial part of a band’s career. Finally, Hunter Burgan of AFI was named the “Vegan Ambassador” for Macbeth Shoes, making him one of the most powerful men in the western world.

This week we spoke with Brandon Rainer and Dan O’Day from the River City Rebels, who are on the road supporting their new album (interview). Suburban Home Records’ head Virgil Dickerson also reponded to the “Vinyl Bubble” editorial by Punknews editor Justin August. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Oakland, CA’s Nobunny and their full length Love Visions, Nashville, TN’s Engineer Records act Sound and Shape, and I Am Love, the new full length from Washington, DC based Days. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Blueline Medic, Franz Nicolay of the Hold Steady / World Inferno Friendship Society, and many others with tours kicking off from No Use For A Name / Useless ID (Europe / Isreal), Comeback Kid / Carpathian / Verse (Australia), As I Lay Dying / Protest the Hero / the Human Abstract (USA), and All That Remains / the Haunted (Europe)
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