Philadelphia’s The Menzingers are currently working on their new EP titled Hold On Dodge, scheduled for release on 7″ vinyl and digital download this May. The release will mark the first material for their new home, Red Scare Industries.

The band’s last release was A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology back in 2007.

Each member of the band submitted a studio journal to Punknews, and today we bring you the fourth and final installment from bassist Eric Keen.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• New Found Glory – Not Without a Fight
• MC Lars – This Gigantic Robot Kills
• dd/mm/yyyy – Black Square
• Jon Snodgrass – Visitor’s Band
• Death in the Park – Death in the Park
• The Popsters – Our Bites Bring You Back
• The Queers – live in Chicago
• Crackin – So Much For…
• Propagandhi / Paint It Black – live in Philadelphia
• Caleb Lionheart – Think Hardcore, Play Pop Punk

You can check out any of our 8149 reviews right here
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This past Tuesday, on St. Patrick’s Day, Boston’s Dropkick Murphys preformed their track Flannigan’s Ball, off of thier 2007 album The Meanest of Times, on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS.

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Today we’re happy to bring you a special contest from Windy City Soundclash, the forthcoming three day event in Chicago that will feature Toys That Kill, The Falcon, The Bomb, The Copyrights, Banner Pilot, Ryan’s Hope, The Arrivals, The Methadones, Sundowner, The Brokedowns, and many others – 33 bands in all.

The Windy City Sound Clash is an annual independent Midwestern punk rock festival held in Chicago over Memorial Day Weekend. Hundreds of punks will converge upon Reggie’s Rock Club on May 22nd-24th. Weekend passes and single tickets will be available, but 50 randomly selected people bold enough to purchase the 3-day pass will be rewarded with a special keepsake: a limited edition hand-signed, silk-screened poster. For more information on bands and tickets, please go here.

We’ve got a very special prize package to give away.
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In a recent interview with thepunksite.com, H2O bassist Adam Blake promised putting out another album for the band next year, hoping not to repeat the seven-year gaps between 2001’s GO and last year’s Nothing to Prove. He said:

We were going to go to Europe. Everyone writing. I think its time we should start looking towards a new record. I really would like to get it out summerish 2010.

Check out the interview here.
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Today we’ve got a free download of a new track from In The Red‘s forthcoming full length. The record is titled Volume 2 and is due out March 31, 2009

Download “Jet Breaker” by clicking this link.
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The Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club has released a new 7″ EP from Vic Ruggiero, front-man of The Slackers, entitled On The Rag Time. The four-song EP is described as a rag-time piano record with all original songs, and featuring Jimmy Boom of The Phenomenauts on drums. The EP has a limited pressing of 500 on red and purple wax. Silver Sprocket will be releasing a full-length follow-up album by Ruggiero this summer.

Silver Sprocket has also re-issued Filth‘s Live The Chaos 7″ EP with a pressing of 500 on green vinyl. The EP was originally released in 1990 on Lookout Records with cover art by Jesse Michaels, the East Bay band’s debut release “reminding you to keep your mohawk above water, outta the clouds, and off of the fuckin postcards.”

Further information and mail-order can be found on the Silver Sprocket website.
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According to a recent Guardian report, the fourth scariest word for parents right now is “emo.” The word is among the ten most common words that parents are blocking their children from searching for. Other words include “suicide” and “depressed” and “skinny.”

The source of the paranoia about the otherwise innocuous word likely stems from media coverage of a recent suicide and similar incidents.

As Punknews.org has mentioned before, we urge people facing depression or suicidal thoughts to consider calling 1-800-SUICIDE where they can speak to a counselor. Prevent children from searching for words like “depression” and “suicide” does absolutely nothing to prevent tragic incidents from occuring.
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Greg Attonito of Bouncing Souls and Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers have announced a short acoustic tour together on the East Coast.

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Alkaline Trio has launched a remix contest. The band explained:

The band is offering you the unique opportunity to collaborate and inject your energy on the song, “I Found Away.” This is your chance to put your personal stamp on an exciting project with an established group. The winner of the contest will have their song added to the Alk3’s discography and the track will be available for sale on the iTunes Music store!

To do so, the Trio is offering individual tracks (guitar, bass, synths and vocals) for remixers to use. Submissions will put up for a vote. You can find the details here.
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Propagandhi recently visited Australia while supporting their new album, Supporting Caste. Moshcam recorded the entire show and has made the set available for viewing online.

You can watch the whole show here.
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Bring Me the Horizon have announced some international date in Australia, Russia, Japan and Europe. The band is supporting their Epitaph Records debut, Suicide Season.

In related news, the group recently parted ways with longtime guitarist, Curtis Ward, while on the Taste of Chaos tour. The band’s management explained:

Visible Noise and Raw Power Management announce the departure of Bring Me The Horizon guitarist Curtis Ward from the band.

Currently in the US on the Taste Of Chaos, Curtis and the band have made the mutual decision to part ways based on personal differences, but remain firm friends as they have done since the band’s inception in Sheffield in 2004.

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