Bitter End and True Colors will embark on a European tour beginning in mid-May.

Bitter End is in the process of writing a new LP which they hope to release via Deathwish before 2010.
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Victory Records act Wretched has posted a new track online. You can check out “A Preservation of Immortality” on MySpace.

The band signed to Victory in October.
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Napalm Death have announced a headlining tour with Toxic Holocaust and Trap Them supporting.

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Brody Dalle of Spinnerette has released a new single titled “Sex Bomb.” . Available digitally in MP3, FLAC and Lossless formats or physically on ‘hot pink’ vinyl, the release also contains a previously released remix by UK electronic / breakbeat artist Adam Freeland – which can be streamed at the bands MySpace page. Sex Bomb” can be purchased by following this link.

Spinnerette released Ghetto Love late last year, with a full length expected later this year.
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I Am Alaska are entering the studio with Vince Ratti of Skylight Studios this week to record 5 new songs for a digital only EP entitled “To Elude the Architect” that is due out May 19th on No Sleep Records and Attic Records.

You can find some music on their myspace page.
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This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb – who may want to consider adding “metaphorically speaking” to their merch – have sparked another incident after a pilot spotted the band’s sticker. The sticker caused the evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee airport terminal. According to a CNN report:

Terminal C ticketing and baggage claim at the airport were cleared out. A K-9 unit responded and found no explosive materials at the scene.

The owner of the bike was taken into custody by airport police but was later released because they had no reason to hold him. Bikes sporting similar stickers at college campuses in Ohio and Philadelphia led to building closures, arrests and the bikes’ destruction by bomb squads acting on the assumption the sticker was announcing a real threat. The incident in Ohio was resolved with help from school administrators
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Aye Jay, the guy behind Gangsta Rap Coloring Book and Heavy metal Fun Time Activity Book, will be releasing Punk Rock Fun Time Activity Book through ECW Press on April 1.

The 48-page book contains word searches, drawing games and these activities: helping Siouxsie Sioux apply her makeup, drawing Henry Rollins’ tattoos and coloring Iggy Pop and the members of Green Day.

More information about the book is available at ECW’s website.

Check out an example of a “punk lib” activity here.
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As they gear up for their next full length, Say Anything have launched a video blog and relaunched their official website.

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Florida’s Dirty Money have officially changed their name to Spanish Gamble and joined the Paper and Plastick label. The band will be heading to Chicago this Spring to record a full-length with producer Matt Allison at Atlas Studios.

The band recently recorded a version of the Kid Dynamite track “The Unheard Chorus” for the upcoming compilation Carry the Torch: A Tribute to Kid Dynamite.

Their last release was a recently released split with the UK’s OK Pilot via Fail Safe Records.
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The White Stripes have announced their first live appearance since 2007’s ill-fated tour. The band’s tour was cut short due to “acute anxiety” suffered by drummer Meg White.

The band is not planning a tour just yet, but has confirmed a live appearance on NBC’s Late Night With Conan O’Brien set for Friday, February 20th. In the interim years, frontman Jack White has performed with his other band, The Raconteurs.
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Rust Belt Lights, which includes members of Dead Hearts, Daggermouth and Get Back Up have completed recording their new demo at Echobase Studios in Buffalo, NY with producer John Angelo.

They have posted some material from the sessions on their myspace page.
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Tom Delonge of Angels and Airwaves and Blink 182 recently hosted a Modcam Chat and some fans extracted the most important details from the chat for this update:

Blink [is] not planning much touring. But he did say they will be touring in a big event this summer. which could be Warped Tour, but no further info was given. Blink is NOT temporary. They will be releasing their album this year, as well as touring.

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The Menzingers have posted an update:

Yes we are finally recording new songs. We’re recording a 4 song 7″ thats going to released on the best punk label ever. We’ll be recording with Jesse Cannon who did our last record. After that we’re doing a West Coast tour with one of our favorite new bands We’ll be doing some shows out there and back as well

The band released A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology in 2007.
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