Our stream today comes from Allston, MA-based Kill Conrad. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Work and Class.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Face to Face have, via Twitter, noted that they are currently in the studio recording a Rise Against track for a forthcoming split.

No further details on the split have yet been announced.
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According to this Rolling Stone report, the legendary Pixies will soon be reissuing their entire catalogue in a deluxe box set titled Minotaur. Due out June 15, 2009, the set will include Come on Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde.

Jeff Anderson, the founder of A+R (Artist in Residence), who is overseeing the project, says he didn’t want to touch the original master recordings of the Pixies’ albums, so the reissues will feature the music as it was originally released (i.e. not remastered). For $175, the Deluxe Edition gives fans the five albums on a 24k layered CD and a Blu-ray for a total of five discs, plus a DVD of the band’s 1991 Brixton Academy gig (a year before their split) that also includes all their videos.

The Limited Edition costs $450 and includes the entire Deluxe Edition plus all five albums on 180 gram vinyl, a Giclée print of Oliver’s artwork and a 72-page hardcover book. The Limited Edition comes with a slipcase, the Deluxe in a custom clamshell.

You can find more details here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• The Bouncing Souls – 20th Anniversary Series: Volume One [7 inch]
• Bob Mould – Life and Times
• Tim Barry / Sundowner / Austin Lucas – live in Chicago
• Jeniferever – Spring Tides
• Pulling Teeth – Paranoid Delusions / Paradise Illusions
• Agent – Awake in Their World [7 inch]
• Gonzales – Checkmate
• Bomb Town – !?Interrobang?!
• Balance & Composure – I Just Want to Be Pure
• Fucked Up – Epics in Minutes

You can check out any of our 8239 reviews right here
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Lollapalooza has announced the initial lineup for the 2009 edition of the festival. The event will be headlined by Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, Jane’s Addiction, Beastie Boys and Kings of Leon. Some notable acts include Rise Against, TV On The Radio, Vampire Weekend, The Decemberists, Neko Case, Animal Collective, Band of Horses, Arctic Monkeys, Ben Folds, Coheed and Cambria, Deerhunter, Gaslight Anthem, Heartless Bastards, Kaiser Chiefs, Kevin Devine, Living Things, Manchester Orchestra, No Age and Portugal. The Man.

It all takes place August 7th to 9th in Grant Park in Chicago, IL. You can find the full lineup here.
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Ars Technica has posted about a new study from Norway found that those who said they download illegal music for “free” bought ten times as much legal music as those who never download music illegally.

Unsurprisingly, the labels disagree with the results with EMI saying:

There is one thing we are not going away, and it is the consumption of music increases, while revenue declines. It can not be explained in any way other than that the illegal downloading is over the legal sale of music.

Check out the article here.
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Canada’s Billy Talent have completed work on their third album, titled III. The record is expected in July and was recorded by Brendan O’Brien (AC/DC, Stone Temple Pilots). The band has also launched an album site which features recording photos, blogs and videos. The band released their previous record, II, in 2006.

The band will be supporting the record on a forthcoming tour headlined by Rancid and Rise Against.
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Youth Brigade have announced some rare appearances in California with Manic Hispanic and Arizona with Killroy.

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Houseboat, which features Grath and Ace from The Steinways, Mikey from The Ergs!] and Zack from [[Off With Their Heads/Dead Landlord, have wrapped up work on their first full length. The album was recorded at Sonic Iguana studio and engineered by Luke from The Copyrights.

The band has posted two songs from the album and you can find them on their myspace page.

The band will be playing Insubordination Fest in Baltimore this year.
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Insubordination Fest has announced the lineup for the pre-show event taking place on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at the Ottobar. The show will feature Teenage Bottlerocket, Deep Sleep, Rational Anthem, Short Attention, CBGaV, Challanged, Festipals, John Walsh, Loblaws, Max Levine Ensemble and Sick Sick Birds.

You can find more details and tickets here.
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No Sleep Records has announced the signing of Doylestown, PA’s Balance & Composure. The bands debut EP on No Sleep Records entitled Only Boundaries, will be available both digitally and as a limited edition CD early Summer 2009. The band names its influences as The Smiths, Jimmy Eat World, Seaweed, Explosions in the Sky and Braid.

You can find some music on their myspace page.
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Millions has announced a European run this fall. The hardcore/noise act features Seventh Rule Recordings boss (and former Small Brown Bike guitarist) Scott Flaster on guitar and vocals. They released their debut, Gather Scatter in 2009.

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