Our friend Mike Hale of Gunmoll, In The Red and his column at Punknews.org, has announced his new solo record. The record is titled Lives LIke Mine and is due out April 28, 2009. The label is planning a variety of configurations for the record, including a limited LP, a deluxe set (with CD, LP, coffee mug, poster, t-shirt, coozie and button as well as some variants on the vinyl.

Three songs from the album can be found on Mike’s myspace page.

Check out the art here. You can find the pre-order info here.
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Screeching Weasel have apparently begun planning more shows this summer. According to the latest Asian Man Records newsletter:

Talked to Ben Weasel last night and he tells me that SCREECHING WEASEL are playing shows. Damn.. Didn’t think that was gonna happen, but ya know…. good for him. I’m glad he’s enjoying playing live music again and hopefully this will mean more shows throughout the United States. But for now, he’s announced August 19th in Austin, Texas at EMOS. And I’m sure more shows will follow.

This year, Ben has several releases due. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die [Live] on May 5, 2009, These Ones Are Bitter [Reissue] on April 7, 2009, Phase 3 on April 7, 2009 and Invasion U.S.A on July 14, 2009
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Converge have unveiled plans to hit the studio in May to begin work on their next full length for Epitaph Records. CONVERGE New album out soon on Epitaph/Deathwish. The album will be their first since No Heroes in 2006.

Prior to recording, the group will be playing a handful of shows with Ceremony, Coliseum, The Hope Conspiracy, Pulling Teeth and others. They’ve also posted some rehearsel footage which you can find here.

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Bridge Nine Records have signed Soul Control. The Providence, RI-based band formed in 2005 and released a series of EPs. The band began as more straight forward mid-90’s influenced hardcore, the quartet has emerged with a noisier, looser influence from Amrep bands like early Helmet and Jesus Lizard while still staying rooted in their hardcore roots.

The band added:

Writing has been underway since we got home from tour, we’re hoping to have a lot of material to record in May. Head to the Myspace and come check out those shows with 108 and I Rise. We’ll be on tour a lot this year and will hopefully be hitting as many places as possible. As of now we can confirm that we’ll playing on at least 3 continents.

The band has released several 7-inches in the past few months: Flux, Fundamental Forces, Like Spiders and Playing Coward. You can find some music on their myspace page.
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Set Your Goals have posted an update announcing the completion of their new album:

We’re still waiting on a couple guest spots to be finished and a few finishing touches before we send it off to be mixed and mastered but that will be done by the end of next week. It was a long (6 weeks) and difficult journey but we made it.

It’s been 3 years since we recorded our last full length and this record is without a doubt ten times the record “Mutiny!” was for a variety of reasons. It’s faster, less goofy, more complex both musically and lyrically, plus we’ve all gotten way better at our instruments and we had a lot more time in the studio to work on things until we were happy with them.

The band is aiming for a release date of July 21, 2009.
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The Gaslight Anthem‘s Brian Fallon has posted another new solo track. The latest, “Tin Pan Alley” is available at his MySpace page.

Brian’s band is currently in the midst of a headlining tour.
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Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 has revealed the songs that he will be practising through his Twitter account. The songlist can be found here and includes favorites like “M&Ms,” “Apple Shampoo,” “Man Overboard,” “Anthem, Pt.2,” “Dammit,” “Down” and many others.

Hoppus asserts that this will not necessarily be the setlist for the upcoming Blink-182 reunion tour.
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Burlington, Ontario’s Silverstein have posted a clip of their new song “American Dream” on their MySpace page. You can preview the track at the band’s MySpace page.

The track appears on the band’s upcoming album A Shipwreck in the Sand, due out March 31th. It’s the follow-up to 2007’s Arrivals & Departures.
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311 has announced 2009 dates for their annual Unity Tour. The 25-city trek kicks off June 5th and will feature support from Ziggy Marley. The band recently announced plans for a new album, Uplifter, due out June 2, 2009.

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Poison The Well have announced the third in their vinyl series. The record is titled III/III and is due out May 19, 2009. The disc will feature “A#No.1” and “Run Dry Gone Clean.”

The band is also planning to compile the songs from I/III, II/III and III/III on a CD due out in April.
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Death Cab For Cutie has posted some details about their recently announced EP. The record is titled The Open Door and is due out (digitally) on March 31, 2009.

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