Chicago’s 88 Fingers Louie have announced a reunion show:

Having been completely blown away over the level of support the band has received over the years (these last few being particularly insane), we, like our mentors the Blues Brothers, are putting the band back together for one long-awaited reunion show. We are pleased to announce that we will be playing August 15th in Chicago at the Bottom Lounge.

Information about when the show will go on sale will be announced soon so pay attention-you do not want to sleep on this truly special evening. Regretfully, Joe Principe cannot take part in this reunion as Rise Against is his main focus these days, but he has given this reunion his blessing. Filling in his shoes will be Bassmaster General John Contreras.

88 Fingers Louie split up in 1999.
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The Punknews Twitter account has become a great way to keep in touch with readers, and it’s starting to provide some great feedback from folks who read the site but don’t necessarily participate in the usual comment fray. Here’s a recommendation that was tweeted our way. Fullerton, California’s Disguster plays, fast, rough rock’n’roll in the vein of the New Bomb Turks or the Dragons. The band recently released a split with the ex-Humpers act the Hitchhikers (with whom Disguster shares a drummer) via Zodiak Killer Records and have a gig coming up supporting the Angry Samoans in Anaheim. Check their stuff out over at MySpace.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• The Hold Steady – A Positive Rage [CD/DVD]
• PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By
• Propagandhi / Random Hand / Cop Out – live in Sheffield
• Trophy Scars – Bad Luck
• Anchor Down – Steel to Dust
• Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele – The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
• Fireworks – Adventure, Nostalgia and Robbery [7 inch]
• Heads Held High – So Say We All
• World Collapse – Deutschland Deutschland! Into the Night
• Son Lux – At War with Walls and Mazes

You can check out any of our 8249 reviews right here
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Young Love, the solo project from Dan Keyes of Recover have posted a stream of their new full length, One Of Us. It is the follow up to Too Young to Fight It from 2007.

You can check it out here.
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Hopeless/Subcity has announced that the 2009 Take Action! Tour has raised $40,000 for DoSomething.org. The organizers add:

The recently wrapped, eighth annual 2009 Take Action! Tour came to a culmination after two months and 40 shows, with one last hurrah in Cincinnati, OH on April 1, 2009. The nationwide charity tour raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the US and Canada.

The tour is headed to Australia this June.
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The first batch of performers has been announced for this year’s S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival. The St. Catharines Event for New Music Entertainment will again bring a number of punk and hardcore bands to the Niagara region of southern Ontario this summer. Among the 160 bands performing at venues throughout downtown St. Catharines will be Every Time I Die, Cancer Bats, the Flatliners, Down With Webster and Midway State. Further confirmations are expected as the event approaches, with tickets going on sale May 9th.

Event organizers are again planning a free compilation for the event. A collection of songs from more than 40 artists will be given away to the first 2500 people through the doors at the the event’s Market Square headquarters on the day of the festival.
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From First to Last have posted a new demo recording from their forthcoming album. The band released From First to Last in 2007.

Check out the demo on their myspace page.
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Our stream today comes from Austin, TX-based Broken Gold. The band features previous members of the Riverboat Gamblers. We’ve got a stream of their new 7″, Broken Gold.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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The Rock Star Journalist blog features an interview with Benny from the Gaslight Anthem. Benny talks about collecting vinyl, life on the road, and more. This piece originally aired on KJHK 90.7FM‘s As Heard From the Hill newsmagazine .

You can download the interview audio here.
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Asian Man Records has posted a song from the forthcoming Riverdales record, Invasion USA, due out July 14, 2009. Check it out on their myspace page.

Ben from the Riverdales has also posted a lengthy update on his blog discussing the band’s first show in more than a decade. Check that out here.
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311 have posted the track listing and art for their next album. The record is titled Uplifter and is due out June 2, 2009.

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Alison Mosshart of The Dead Weather, The Kills and Discount was hospitalized yesterday according to this report. The band’s management had this to say:

Alison was suffering from a cold which, combined with a cough and the altitude in Boulder, affected her ability to breathe properly while singing. She was taken to the hospital and was kept there for a short while for observation. She was released later that night and is doing fine today.”

The Kills released Midnight Boom in 2008.
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