We’re giving away two tickets to check out a show this Wednesday, April 15th, in Richmond, VA. Mike Hale, Ninja Gun, Fake Problems and Landmines will be at Mojo’s in Richmond, VA. We’re giving two Punknews.org readers in the area the chance to win two tickets to the show.

As an added bonus, Fake Problems will also be giving the winner a copy of their new album, It’s Great to Be Alive on CD, and Landmines will provide the winner with their debut self-titled LP on vinyl. The show is 18+, so the winner’s age must coincide, as the albums can only be collected by attending the show.

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Newsweek has posted a full page profile of influential queercore act, Pansy Division, on the eve of the release of their new album, That’s So Gay last month.

The article notes:

Pansy Division emerged as the best known of the gay punk bands that made up the queercore movement of the early ’90s. A cadre of groups, Team Dresch and God Is My Co-Pilot among them, built a passionate cult of gay kids who needed to hear lyrics that empowered them. But unlike their predecessors, Pansy Division was introduced to mainstream audiences when, in 1994, Green Day selected them as the opening act for a national tour.

Check out the article here.
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Dr.Know has hit the road in support of their latest album, Killing For God.

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Image Entertainment has announced the latest in their series of Playback: Director’s Series music video compilations. The latest edition features videos from Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry and includes music videos from bands including Dashboard Confessional, Saves The Day, Face to Face, Hot Rod Circuit, Down To Earth Approach and Alkaline Trio.

The DVD includes behind-the-scenes footage and other special features. You can find more details including the trailer here.
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We’re participating in the Rise Against SMS Scavenger Hunt, so you may notice a keyword hidden somewhere on the site.

The contest is for extra special Canadians only (i.e. all of them), and you can find more information on how to participate here.
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Joe Sib of 22 Jacks and SideOneDummy Records has joined 98.7 FM Los Angeles to launch his punk rock radio show, Complete Control Radio. The punk veteran focuses on a playlist of everything from Old School Punk like, The Ramones, The Clash and Buzzcocks, to up-and-coming bands like, Dead To Me, The Gaslight Anthem and The Riverboat Gamblers.

Sib launched the show in 2004 and the program is on the air now in seven cities including Los Angeles, Austin, Portland, San Jose, Denver, Ames Iowa and Sarasota Florida. The show can also be heard worldwide every Friday night at 10PM Eastern on punkradiocast.com.

Complete Control Radio with Joe Sib debuts on 98.7 FM on Saturday, April 18th, and will air weekly from 10PM to Midnight.
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Franz Nicolay has posted the new video from his debut solo album, Major General. Titled Jeff Penalty and based on the vocalist who joined the Dead Kennedys for a time, Franz explained:

“a true-life tale of punk-rock redemption, a triumph of joy over ideology, when a thousand cynics learned to stop worrying and love the songs.

The video was made by Thomas Bayne of the Venture Bros.

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Crime In Stereo has announced a few showslater this month and next month. The band released Selective Wreckage in 2008.

The band is promising a new album for Fall 2009.

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The Paper Chase have released a new song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Someday This Could All Be Yours, Part 1 and is due out May 26, 2009.

Check out “What Should We Do With Your Body? (The Lightning)” here.
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Our feature today comes from Minneapolis, MN-based A Verse Unsung. The band just signed to Photo Finish Records and to celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive stream and download of their song, “The Takeover.”

You can stream and download the song on their Punknews.org Profile
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Against Me! has reissued their very first seven-inch, Crime as Forgiven By, via Sabot Productions. The band noted:

Our very first 7″, the Crime EP, has just been re-issued by Sabot Productions with free mp3 download coupons. Now when you buy the vinyl, you get the mp3’s for free too. It’s available now from your favorite independent record store.

The band released New Wave in 2007.
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Dillinger Four have announced a short summer tour throughout the Midwest beginning on June 4th. Dillinger Four released their last album,C I V I L W A R in 2008. They recently finished a tour with the Bouncing Souls.

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Apple‘s recently introduced tiered pricing has had an immediate impact on sales through the iTunes music store. Until recently, all music through iTunes was solid for 99¢ but the major labels pressured Apple to allow price increases to $1.29 and also promised decreases of “some” catalogue songs to 69¢.

Billboard examined the results and found that $1.29 songs lost an average of 5.3 places on the chart while the $0.99 songs gained an average of 2.5 chart positions. For a price increase (to $1.29 from $0.99) to result in an equal or greater amount of revenue, unit sales would to drop by no less than 23.3%.

Even more noticeable is the rarity of 69¢ songs promised by the labels. Gizmodo found one, a Limp Bizkit/Bubba Sparx collaboration, remixed by Timbaland.
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