The cancellation of Amy Winehouse from this year’s Coachella has enabled the festival to announce a number of replacement artists including Murder City Devils. According to Billboard, other additions include Devendra Banhart, the Orb, Chemical Brothers, Etienne de Crecy, Flying Lotus, Public Enemy producers the Bomb Squad, Kode 9, and Daedulus will all be performing now.

The tenth annual Coachella festival is set for April 17-19 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. Headliners include Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure and notable acts include My Bloody Valentine, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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Lipona has posted a free download of their new EP titled Pigeonholed. The band released Atlas in 2008.

The band added:

This album has marked a new direction and we think this might be some of the best work we’ve ever done. It’s faster, more technical and has a more refined sound. Whereas Atlas was an introspective album, Pigeonholed is the opposite – the subject matter revolves around the current political climate and how we’ve all been dealing with the instability going on in the world.

The band is planning a physical vinyl release of the album in May with a bonus track. Download the EP here.
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Mission Of Burma has announced they are demoing for their fourth proper studio album, the follow up to 2006’s The Obliterati.

The band has some studio photos posted here.
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Death Cab For Cutie is working on a new EP featuring tracks which did not make the finished version of Narrow Stairs. They explained:

When we finished Narrow Stairs, there were four extra songs that, because we were trying to put together an album, we ended up not including them – it’s not like they’re castoffs or anything; they’re part of the Narrow Stairs experience. They needed to have a proper home, and the EP is it. There’s going to be four songs on it, plus the original version of ‘Talking Bird’ that features Ben [Gibbard] singing and playing the ukulele.

The EP is titled The Open Door and the band is aiming for a 2009 release.
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Recent Equal Vision signing This Time Next Year have wrapped up work on their next album. The band recorded with producer Brian McTernan in his Salad Days Studios. The band is hitting the road immediately, with their first show kicking off tonight and shows with Fireworks, The Swellers and Sum 41 planned.

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Our stream today comes from Praha, -based Austin Lucas. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Somebody Loves You.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Popular retailer Forever 21 has stocked an interesting looking shirt with what may appear to be imagery from Minor Threat The shirt in question can be seen here, and some appears to include “Minor Threat” in the font from Out of Step.

The Tripwire got a statement from Dischord Records who replied:

This is an unauthorized shirt and it is still unclear whether the shirt was produced by Forever 21 or if it is a bootleg that they just happen to carry. Either way the members of Minor Threat are looking into it and Forever 21 will be asked to stop selling it.

The band and the label tend to deal with bootleg shirts on a case by case basis, acknowledging the vast difference between kids screening shirts for friends and professional printing studios screening shirts for profit. Obviously this absurd Forever 21 shirt falls under the ‘unacceptable’ category.”

You can click Read More to see the images and compare for yourself.
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Dave Hause of The Loved Ones has posted two songs from his forthcoming solo album.

Check out the songs on his myspace page.

The Loves Ones released Build & Burn in 2008 and Distractions this year.
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Epitaph Records has announced the signing of Surrey, UK-based You Me At Six. The label will be releasing the band’s full length, Take Off Your Colours this summer.

They will support the record with a run on the Warped Tour in August. Check out some music on their myspace page.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen
• Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
• Attack in Black – (Years) By One Thousand Fingertips
• Two Tongues – Two Tongues
• Moving Mountains – Foreword
• Swamp Thing – In Shame
• Dropkick Murphys / H2O / Civet – live in Minneapolis
• No Choice – Anaesthetize This! Annihilate That!
• Polar Bear Club / The Lock and Keys – live in Leeds
• Mammoth Grinder – No Results [7 inch]

You can check out any of our 8119 reviews right here
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Bremerton, WA’s MxPx have posted their cover of The Blue Heart’s “Linda Linda” on their MySpace page. The track is off of their upcoming covers album titled On The Cover II, due out March 10, 2009.

You can check the track list, guest list, and album are here.
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NOFX has posted another trailer for their upcoming DVD collection, Backstage Passport [series]. The set is due out March 17, 2009 and this trailer features footage of what appears to be one zililion police officers in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Johnithin Christ of Code of Honor passed away March 5th, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia. He had successfully survived a brain tumor but the chemotheraphy and steroids depleted his immune system.

Our deepest condolences to his friends, family and fans.
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