According to a report from the LA Times, the hot sauce launched by Dexter Holland of The Offspring has become quite a success. The sauce is being bottled at a rate of 300 gallons a month and is even being sold at Albertson’s supermarkets in Southern California and Las Vegas.

Holland attributes the success to a more DIY, grassroots approach to the sauce:

Growing up here I was always into Mexican food and culture, Day of the Dead, all of it, and one day I looked at a hot sauce bottle and wondered if I could do better, We took it to fire stations and electrical unions and gave it away. I leave it at beach bars in Huntington and Redondo. The best way is to get one person to taste it and then tell their friends. Ads don’t sell hot sauce. Friends do.

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The Loved Ones have posted a track listing for their upcoming EP. The record is titled Distractions and is due out February 3, 2009. The disc appears to include covers of songs from Bruce Springsteen (“Johnny 99”), Billy Bragg (“Lovers Town Revisited”) and Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros (“Coma Girl.”)

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Fucked Up vocalist Pink Eyes debuted a new song about feminine hygiene products for a skit for MTV.com’s newest comedy show MTV Detox. The video is region-locked, but you can check it out here if you’re in the US.

In related news, Fucked Up guitarist Ben Cook (No Warning, Marvelous Darlings) has posted some music from his newly released seven-inch as Young Governor. You can check out “Virginia Creeper” on his myspace page.
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Washington, DC soul/ska mainstays the Pietasters have announced a few upcoming east coast dates. Tonight, the band will play Is Venue in Charlottesville, VA with the Stabones. On January 30th, they’ll be at Ram’s Head Live in Baltimore, MD. February 21, the band returns to Baltimore for a show at 8×10 Club, and on March 21 they will head down to Richmond, VA for a show at Toad’s Place.

The band’s last release was All Day in 2007.
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A recording of a recent acoustic set from Blake Schwarzenbach is available online. The former Jawbreaker and Jets To Brazil singer performed in Brooklyn.

The show was a benefit for 826NYC (www.826nyc.org) and was presented by Hex Ed Journal and Word Bookstore.

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New York based indie label State Of Mind Recordings has announced the signing of Staten Island, NY punk rock band Racing Exit 13.

The label had this to say:

We are very pleased and honored to announce that we will be working with Racing Exit 13! They are from New York. If you’re a fan of early Movielife, Kid Dynamite, Face to Face, etc. Then you’ll really dig these guys.

They recently recorded 13 tracks at Exeter Recordings, which will be release by us at a date that is still TBA.

The full length is titled All We Need… and you can check out some music on their myspace page.
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Warped Tour have announced some more additions for the forthcoming 2009 edition of the tour. The latest additions include A Rocket To The Moon, Breathe Electric, Kiros, NeverShoutNever, RunnerRunner, The Goodnight Anthem and Vanna.

They join the previously confirmed lineup which features Anti-Flag, Less Than Jake, Silverstein, Senses Fail, Streetlight Manifesto, The A.K.A.s, The Ataris, Alexisonfire, Black Tide, Dance Gavin Dance, Escape the Fate, Gallows, Bad Religion, Big D and the Kids Table, Bouncing Souls, Chiodos, Flogging Molly, Lights, NOFX, P.O.S., Shooter Jennings, TAT, The Devil Wears Prada, Thrice, Underoath and Westbound Train Forever the Sickest Kids, Madina Lake and In This Moment.
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Hardcore label Think Fast! Records have announced that starting mid-2009, they will stop producing CD releases altogether and focus on digital and vinyl releases only. They explained:

Think Fast! Records is here to tell you, that the music technology that we know as CDs is, in 2009, borderline obsolete. […] Releases in mid-2009 and onward will be available on vinyl and digital download formats only, with an instant free digital download with all vinyl purchases.

With this shift in the industry, we were tossing around the idea of turning into a “digital-only label”. While we admire anyone who was forward-thinking enough to do just that, we also feel that it is very important to the artists we work with and the people who listen to these bands to not lose sight of the importance of holding a physical copy of a record in our hands. The artwork, lyrics, and substance of the physical product is essential.

The label has previously released albums from The Distance, Between the Wars, Have Heart, Ambitions, Far from Finished, Smartbomb, Wait in Vain and No Harm Done.
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Glen Rock, New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus have embarked on a tour in support of their new album, The Airing of Grievances. The band will be in the United States through mid-February before heading to Europe.

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Jello Biafra’s record label Alternative Tentacles have launched a new blog where the label’s staff will be posting about “happenings, highlights from our mailorder, and whatever else we feel like.”

Guest posts from AT band members have also been promised by the label, who’s roster includes the likes of Leftover Crack, Butthole Surfers, Pansy Division and The Yuppie Pricks.

Visit the blog by clicking here.
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Neko Case has announced the first block of tour dates in support of her upcoming album. The record is titled Middle Cyclone and is due out March 3, 2009.

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A Skylit Drive and Dance Gavin Dance will be co-headlining the Artery Foundation tour with support from Attack! Attack! UK and Lower Definition.

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Murder By Death have added more dates and venues to their previously announced headlining tour in support of 2008’s Red of Tooth and Claw. The majority of shows will feature support from Fake Problems. Fake Problems are gearing up for the release of their SideOneDummy debut, titled It’s Great to Be Alive and due out February 17, 2009.

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