The Menzingers: Episode 3

Philadelphia’s The Menzingers are currently working on their new EP titled Hold On Dodge. 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 will be submitting a studio journal to Punknews, and today we bring you the third installment from lead vocalist/guitarist Tom May.
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Cheap Girls: Episode 2

Cheap Girls sent us some updates from the road. The band was just out with Buffalo’s the Failures Union and are about to roll out with Chillerton.

The band released Find Me a Drink Home on Quote Unquote Records in 2008 and will see it remastered in 2009 and released via Paper and Plastick. They’ll also be spending this summer on Warped Tour.

Read More for today’s installment – expect at least one more. At least.

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Swingin’ Utters

Swingin' Utters On the initial stop of the Swingin’ Utters first Midwest Tour in six years, our own Tyler Barrett sat down with guitarist Darius Koski, also of the Filthy Thieving Bastards and the Re-Volts at Minneapolis punk dive, the Triple Rock Social Club. While the band’s last studio full-length was 2003’s Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones they released the compilation Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Bullshit last year and are planning a new full-length for release later this year.

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Fall Out Boy and 50 Cent to tour together

Rapper 50 Cent will be sharing the stage with Fall Out Boy for five dates of their ‘Believers Never Die’ tour this summer. The five shows will kick off in Denvas on April 14th and more dates may be added in the future.

According to the NME report, opinions on the pairing are… mixed with one Fall Out Boy fan noting: “I would rather eat my own crap literally than listen to 50 Cent.”

Update: The rapper spoke to MTV:

This will be a major moment in music history, oining forces with Fall Out Boy, one of the most dynamic rock bands in the industry, will be an exciting and historic event for rock and hip-hop. This is a chance for me to bring my music not only to hip-hop fans, but to a broader music audience.

Fall Out Boy also added:

We’ve been fans of 50 since we heard ‘Wanksta’ in ‘8 Mile,’ We’ve wanted to do something with him for awhile, and having him out on the tour is gonna take the show to a whole new level. It’s exciting to bring two different genres together and give the fans a new experience.

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