Connecticut based punk band Make Do and Mend have been signed to Panic Records. The band hails from Hartford, CT and is influenced by Tragedy, Jimmy Eat World and Seaweed.
Their EP Bodies of Water will be available March 31, 2009 on MCD and digital format.
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Fat Wreck Chords has signed Laramie, WY’s Teenage Bottlerocket. The band will issue a new full length on the label later this year. No further details are available on the release at this time.
Teenage Bottlerocket last released Warning Device in 2008 on Red Scare. The four piece is currently on tour in Europe and will make an appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
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Canada’s Propagandhi have a new album coming out shortly, and our own Dante 3000 recently talked with the band’s Chris Hannah about said album as well as a plethora of other topics.
The band recently released two songs to benefit charity and will be playing Harvest of Hope before Supporting Caste is released on March 10.
Chris Farren of Fake Problems recorded a track for If You Make It.com. The song, “Heartless,” was recorded during the sessions for It’s Great to Be Alive which is due out February 17, 2009.
Check out the performance here.
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Lower Class Brats posted a comment about a shooting which took place at one of their shows:
We would like to send out their most sincere regards to the victim and the family of this terrible act of mindless violence. We don’t need this in our scene.
According to a local news report, the shooting happened after the show about 1:30 a.m. outside the Rock Bottom Tattoo Bar. The shooting was motivated by a “man upset that his girlfriend was roughed up in a “mosh pit” .
The police report notes that a man drove up outside the club to say something to the victim about pushing the girlfriend in the pit. Witnesses told police the victim apologized to the woman for the incident then walked away, but her boyfriend continued to argue about the incident. As the car was driving off, the man fired out of a car window, striking the other man, who collapsed in the street, police said.
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Kepi Ghoulie, of The Groovie Ghoulies fame, will be releasing a 7″ single later this month on Art of the Underground as volume 37 of the AOTU 7″ Subscription based Single Series. All singles are limited to 350 copies! In tandem with his release, The Measure [SA] of New Jersey will be released as volume 38.
Some of the Art of the Underground Single Series alumni include The Ergs!, Lemuria, Off With Their Heads, The Only Children (featuring 3/5 of The Anniversary), Mischief Brew, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Ghost Mice.
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Ruiner have an update on some of their plans for 2009:
Spending eight long months on the road last year, 2009 will see Ruiner shifting their focus a bit and writing, writing, writing. “This year is going to be more focused on making music”, said vocalist Rob Sullivan. He continued to say, “All of the touring we did last year pretty much laid the groundwork for us to be full-time road dogs again after we record our next album for Bridge Nine, which is already in its beginning stages.”
Additionally, Ruiner will enter the studio this month with J. Robbins to record a cover of Oasis’ “Morning Glory” for a split release with Hawks and Doves (ex-Planes Mistaken For Stars). This will be released on 7″ on Vinyl Collective’s Under the Influence.
The band released the collection, I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes., last year. They will be touring with Agnostic Front in April.
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Our stream today comes from Gainesville, FL-based Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new self-titled full length. The band features Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music, The Draft and numerous other notable projects.
You can pre-order the album through No Idea, Interpunk or iTunes.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Brand New have posted three shows for March. The band will be visiting Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Alaska.
After their upcoming tour of Europe and the UK wraps up, The Bronx will be touring the US for a month beginning March 23rd. The shows are in support of their latest album, The Bronx (2008)
Paid Content reports that Ticketmaster and Live Nation have announced plans for a merger. The deal is a tax-free, all stock merger with a combined value of approximately $2.5 billion, and the new entity will be called Live Nation Entertainment.
Together, the two firms will have significant control over live music in North America. Live Nation is a significant concert promoter and Ticket Master remains the dominant ticketing service. The deal is subject to regulatory approval and represents another difficult situation for the major record labels.
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At a show in San Francisco last week, Toronto’s Fucked Up were joined on stage by ex Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra for a rendition of the Ramones classic “Blitzkrieg Bop”. You can view a video of the performance by clicking read more below.
Fucked Up were recently nominated for a Juno award and have announced plans to release a new 12-inch single, titled The Year of the Rat on What’s Your Rupture. A stream of that song can be found here.
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