Yeah Yeah Yeahs have detailed their forthcoming album. The record is titled It’s Blitz and is due out April 14, 2009. It is the follow up to 2006’s Show Your Bones. According to a report from Spin, the band is largely ditching guitars for synths.

The band has also posted a cover of the Ramones classic, “Sheena is a Punk Rocker.” You can find that on their myspace page. The cover is their contribution to the War Child: Heroes compilation which also features covers of the Clash and others.

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In what is perhaps the most unusual compilation seen so far this year, a number of Anime (Japanese Animation) voice actresses have collaborated on a new album where these actresses perform classic punk rock songs by the likes of The Clash, Sex Pistols, Blondie, The Offspring, Green Day, Rancid, The Exploited, Ramones. The Stooges and more.

The Anime News Network had the scoop. The record is titled Legendary Punk Songs Collection and is due out February 25, 2009. Sadly, we could not find samples of these songs.

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Due to the cancellation of Langerado last week, the Harvest of Hope Festival has been forced to revise the lineup. While some bands like Broken Social Scene, Devotchka, The Faint and Virgins were forced to drop off the fest, a number of acts have now signed on as a result. The additions include The Mountain Goats, Black Kids, Gaslight Anthem, Tilly And The Wall, Sundowner, Keith Murray and others.

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After fourteen years of the Ozzy Osbourne curated music tour/festival, it was announced yesterday that 2009 would be the year without Ozzfest, reason being that Ozzy is currently in the studio working on his tenth album and doesn’t want to tour until he has a new album to support.

In 2007, the Ozzfest tour was free to all fans to attend, and in 2008, Ozzfest was a one day event near Dallas, Texas. Also, in a bizarre throwback to the 70’s, it seems that the Osbournes will be starring in a full family variety comedy show titled Osbournes: Reloaded. More news is available here.
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The Orange County register is reporting that on May 1 filmmaker York Shackleton will release a documentary about the Cuckoo’s Nest – birthplace of slam-dancing and scene of legendary battles with police. In June, Shackleton will begin filming a feature-length movie on the club.

The documentary will center around the Orange County club’s infamous owner, Jerry Roach, and the court battle in 1981 involving the Cuckoo’s Nest and the community of Costa Mesa.

In the article, Roach offers his view of punk at the time:

When punk got here, I didn’t like it, There was no melody, no groove, just noise, screaming and hollering. Then I realized: I’m not supposed to like it. I’m old. It was the exuberance of youth. I forgave them because I respect youth and their need to rebel. I would’ve been a punk if I was a kid.

The article includes more details and you can find it here.
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Hit The Switch have posted an update concerning their follow up to 2006’s Domestic Tranquility and Social Justice:

The record is finally finished. I wanna just fuckin drop this shit as soon as possible, but we gotz ourselves a plan. Double record release, 20 songs, 10 of them will be released digitally, and the other 10 on a CD. The shit goes down this spring.

The band were originally planning to release a digital-only EP and a full-length entitled How the West Was Won .
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Fireworks have posted the first new song from forthcoming album. The record is titled All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion and is due out March 24, 2009.

Check out “Detroit” on their myspace page.

Punknews.org spoke to the band earlier this year.
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Members of Rise Against, Ignite, Death By Stereo and Reach The Sky have announced the formation of Nations Afire. The band includes by Chris Chasse – who also formed Last of the Believers – and Brett Rasmussen (Ignite), Todd Hennig (ex-Death By Stereo), Nik Hill (Ignite) and vocalist Steve Ludwig.

According to their Myspace page, their first show will be Bamboozle Left (California) followed shortly by the Groezrock Festival in Belgium, and a European tour. The band is currently finishing the song writing process and hitting the studio this month. They plan on releasing an album in March/April.

You can find more details – but no music yet – on their myspace page.
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Casey Jones, Hour of the Wolf and Fallen From The Sky will be touring together in April.

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Fat Mike of NOFX recently visited children’s program, Pancake Mountain to record a segment. The wildly popular Washington D.C. cable access children’s show was created by Scott Stucky and Monkey Boy Studios and has featured collaborations, performances and appearances by a wide range of artists including: The Evens, Henry Rollins, Anti-Flag, Ted Leo, Thievery Corporation, The Arcade Fire, MIA and many more.

Mike talks a little, and plays an acoustic song with Rufus.
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Fake Problems continue to provide us with a series of Dispatches as they tour with Murder By Death through the United States. The band is also preparing to release their new album It’s Great to be Alive on February 17 through Side One Dummy Records. The video for “The Dream Team,” the album’s first single can be viewed here.

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Bomb the Music Industry! just finished their first every tour of the UK. If you’ve been following along with their Dispatches, you’d know that it was quite the adventure. Today, Jeff Rosenstock drops in with his latest contribution.

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Winnipeg campus/community radio station, CKUW 95.9FM, asked local bands to cover other local band’s material to commemorate their 10th year of FM broadcasting. Propagandhi covered Global Genocide’s “Fucking Rich Fuck The Poor” and will be included on the CD (which also features Nathan, Novillero, Pip Skid, John K. Samson, Greg MacPherson and others) that is soon to be released. This track will not appear on their upcoming LP, Supporting Cast(e).

Check out the song (and support the radio station) here.
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