Alex Kerns (drummer, vocalist and songwriter of Lemuria) and MIkey Erg (drummer, vocalist and songwriter of The Ergs!) are teaming up to put out a split 7″ on Asian Man Records. Each artist will play all the instruments providing a full band sound to each side of their sides of the record.
Kerns recently released his first 7″ single on his own label Art of the Underground.
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New Jersey ska-punk act Legitimate Business has returned from a period of dormancy with plans to release their new record First World Problems. The band recorded with Mike Oettinger (Lifetime‘s 2 Songs, Say Anything) over a span of several months. The record features artwork by Joe Syverson and Jeff Rosenstock (twincuts, Bomb the Music Industry!). The band has the songs “Remember When” and “S.O.S.” online for download at their web site and up streaming on Myspace.
The band has also recently added guitarist Mark Chelminiak. Mark will join them for an upcoming show with the Riverboat Gamblers and Fake Problems on the 19th of April in Hoboken NJ.
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Death By Stereo have announced a title, release date and label for their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Death Is My Only Friend and is due out July 14, 2009. The band will be working with Serjical Strike, the label formed by Serj Tankian of System of a Down.
Serj commented on the deal:
As someone who appreciates Death By Stereo and what they’ve done over the years, when I found out that the band was looking for a new label partner, I immediately approached them about the possibility of signing to Serjical Strike. “They are an amazing band that has always impressed me with their musicianship, honesty and work ethic. Their latest album is one that I am very happy to be a part of as I feel it is their best yet.
The band parted ways with longtime home Epitaph Records after the release of their 2005 album, Death For Life. They are currently touring Europe with Strung Out.
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Our stream today comes from Los Angeles, CA-based Black President. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Black President.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Bad Religion, Tom Waits and Booker T.Jones will all be producing limite edition 7-inches for the forthcoming April 18th Record Store Day.
Waits will release a three song vinyl 7″ with live tracks from his 2007 Glitter and Doom Tour. “Lucinda” and “Ain’t Going Down to the Well” were recorded in Atlanta GA, while “Bottom of the World” comes from Waits’ performance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Together, these three songs are the first live recordings released since Waits’ Big Time came out in 1988.
Booker T. Jones is releasing a two song 7″ with studio tracks – “Warped Sister” and “Reunion Time” — from his upcoming ANTI- debut Potato Hole, his first solo album in over 20 years which features backing from the Drive-By Truckers, guitar tracks by Neil Young and Booker T’s Hammond B3 organ stylings.
Bad Religion will celebrate Record Store Day with the first-ever re-release of the record that started it all: 1981’s 6-song 7-inch debut EP. Brett Gurewitz explained:
I got my start by going around to record stores like Moby Disc and Middle Earth and giving them The Bad Religion 7″ to sell on consignment. I’d go back every couple of weeks to see if they needed any more and while I was at it I’d always check out the zines, flyers and new punk releases. These places were more than stores, they were gathering places and hubs of information.They were the heart of the LA Hardcore scene and it would never have existed without them.
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Montreal’s Yesterday’s Ring (ex-The Sainte Catherines) have announced a string of tour dates in support of their upcoming Suburban Home release Diamonds In The Ditch. Following shows in their home province of Quebec, the band will hit the road this summer with Bridge and Tunnel for a slate of dates through Ontario.
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Victory Records has signed Los Angeles-based Otep. Singer and songwriter Otep Shamaya describes the band as:
A fusion band by nature, inspired by many styles and tones from a variety of musical genres- rock, punk, metal, hip-hop, spoken word, jazz and classic rock. We never allow the antiquated limits of a genre confine or restrict us. Our music is universal and does not belong nor can it be contained in a nice, neat, little box.
The first release through Victory will be Smash the Control Machine, due out August 18, 2009. You can check out music on their myspace page.
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The New York Dolls have announced a rare concert in London at the historic 100 Club on the 14th of May. The proto-punk act will be supporting their new Todd Rundgren produced record Cause I Sez So. Details on the show can be found here.
The 100 Club maintains a special place in punk history for hosting what was arguably the first ever punk festival. On September 20th and 21st, 1976 the club brought together the Sex Pistols, the The Clash, the The Damned, Siouxsie and The Banshees, the Buzzcocks the Vibrators and Subway Sect.
The new record is doe out on May 5th in North America, and the day prior in the UK. It follows up to 2006’s One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This.
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Rancid‘s upcoming seventh full length Let The Dominoes Fall is set to arrive on June 2nd. In addition, Hellcat Records will release a special expanded edition of the record. Along with the songs from the standard version, the expanded set will feature 2 CDs and a DVD. The second disc will include an acoustic CD featuring unplugged renditions of all 11 songs plus a track not from the regular version, plus a DVD chronicling the making of the record.
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As the release of Green Day‘s 21st Century Breakdown draws closer more and more details on the much anticipated full length are being unveiled. The album’s 18 song track listing is now available.
These songs are to be grouped into three acts, titled “Heroes and Cons,” “Charlatans and Saints” and “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades.” The first single from the record, “Know Your Enemy,” is set for a mid-April release. The album is due on May 15th.
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Brendan Kelly of the The Lawrence Arms announced on his blog the Bad Sandwich Chronicles that band is in the process of booking a 10th anniversary event. Brendan commented:
Oh, and we’re gonna do a pretty rad Lawrence Arms tenth anniversary show this year. I just started booking it yesterday, and there are details to come, but let’s say it involves fan voting, free shit, a whole kaboodle of awesome surprises, felching, space docking, snoodling, a battle royal to the death featuring all our ex tour managers/merch dudes (my money’s on beef or Nader to take the whole thing). It’s gonna be SICK. But that’s all for another time.
The band released Oh! Calcutta! in 2006.
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Dutch pop punks the The Apers have signed with Asian Man Records. The label will release a new record on June 23rd titled You Are Only As Strong As The Table You Dance On. The 13 song collection was recoded at Excess Studio in in the band’s hometown of Rotterdam. Artwork for the album is being prepared by drummer Ivo and Merel Schaap of Bat Bites.
The band plans to visit the US for a tour with New Hampshire’s the Guts, including a performance at the Insubordination Festival in Baltimore.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week…
Anti-Flag has finished their major label experiment and has returned to the indie world by signing to SideOneDummy. The band will release The People or the Gun on the label on June 9th. Rancid has titled their new full length Let The Dominoes Fall. The record, their first since 2003, will arrive on June 2nd. The band further detailed the track listing this week as well. Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong discussed their ambitions for their new record 21st Century Breakdown. The band also discussed the musical based on American Idiot that’s currently in the works. Boston Hardcore act, Death Before Dishonor has re-signed to Bridge Nine Records and is working on completing their next full length. Jimmy Eat World have plans to digitally release a live album recorded at the Tempe, Arizona date of the recent Clarity Tour. While plenty of bands have upcoming releases, the Aquabats are struggling with their future. Having been released from Nitro Records the band mused that “its time we all roll up our sleeves and decide to either pack it up and call it quits, OR by some miracle of hard work and perseverance …we … persevere!”
The Bouncing Souls recently had a little bit of tour trouble, having come up against an erupting volcano the form of Mount Redoubt. Greg Graffin of Bad Religion was interviewed on his upcoming mainstream book that discusses religion and naturalism. Blink-182‘s Travis Barker is working with rapper Busta Rhymes on a song for the upcoming Transformers film. Tom Gabel of Against Me! had a revealing interview with Chris Hannah of Propagandhi. The Beastie Boys streamed their upcoming remaster of Check Your Head this week.
This week we said goodbye to Little Type Mailorder co-owner Erika Hynes.
Our annual April Fools prank involved the unveiling of Punknews.com, a website straight out of 1996 with MIDI music, animated gifs and scrolling text.
Punknews.org is proud to continue publishing road journals from Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red). Having packed up his belongings, moved out of his apartment, and committed himself to living as a touring musician, Mike has some tales to tell. Check out Episode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and now Episode 6 of For Those Still Standing.
Our Video of the Week featured footage of a Minor Threat cover band that included members of the Riverboat Gamblers, Rise Against, Gallows, and MxPx. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Long Beach, CA-based Adam’s Dagger, the new EP from Vancouver’s Living with Lions, a new record from Albany’s After the Fall, and Volume 2 from Mike Hale of Gunmoll‘s latest band In The Red. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Beastie Boys (reissue), Bob Mould, Jimmy Eat World (live), Left Alone, the Thermals and the Hold Steady (live) with tours kicking off from World/Inferno Friendship Society (US / Canada), Neko Case (US / Canada), Atmosphere / Attracted to Gods / POS (US / Canada), Bridge and Tunnel (Europe), X (US), Napalm Death / Toxic Holocaust / Trap Them (US), Flogging Molly / Street Dogs / Civet (Japan), Thursday (Europe), and Against Me! / Off With Their Heads (US).
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