Rx Bandits have posted a new studio video/album teaser. The band released …And the Battle Begun in 2006.

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Pandora has posted a three part video interview featuring Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman, and Jay Bentley from Bad Religion talking about how they have managed to not only stay together, but stay relevant for this long. The set was shot and edited by Zack Merck who also directed the Live at the Palladium

You can find them here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

The band is working on the follow up to 2007’s New Maps of Hell.
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Belgium’s Anti-Flag, Faith No More, Mad Caddies, Phoenix, The Jesus Lizard, The Offspring, Wilco, Alter Ego, Artic Monkeys, Beirut, Bon Iver, Dave Clarke, Eric Prydz, Grooverider & MC ID, Kraftwerk, Life of Agony, Martin Solveig, NERD, Opeth, Tocadisco and Vitalic.

The event takes place in Kiewit, Belgium from August 20th to 22nd. More acts are to be announced.
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According to an NME report, Nirvana‘s famous 1992 performance at the Reading Festival is set for release on DVD. Titled Life Takes No Prisoners, the show features 27 songs including covers of Boston’s ‘More Than A Feeling’, Fang’s ‘The Money Will Roll Right In’ and ‘The Star Spangled Banner’. The show was notorious due to Kurt Cobain coming onstage in a wheelchair and wearing a white hospital robe for the duration of the performance.

Interestingly, the release is due out as a “bootleg” in May but a remastered, restored version of the performance will be released via Universal Music, but not till November.
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As Cities Burn have launched a stream of their new album, Hell or High Water. It follows 2007’s Come Now Sleep.

Check it out here.
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Post-punk outfit The Valley Arena have announced plans for a new full length. The record is titled We Died and is due out May 21, 2009. It is the follow-up to Sesso.Vita which was released in 2007.

The band has posted “The Dig” and “Bait and Switch” for streaming. Check those out on their myspace page.
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Austria-based melodic punk outfit Empty Promise have posted eight song from their brand new album, Start From the Ground. The record was recorded at Stress Studios Graz and mastered by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room.

You can check out the songs on their myspace page.
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We’re happy to bring you the ninth column from Mike Hale. Mike just packed up all his belongings and headed out on the road with no plans to return. In today’s episode, Mike talks about meeting Willie Nelson.
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Charlie “Chalo” Quintana has announced his departure from Social Distortion. Filling the spot will be Atom Willard, a veteran of bands including Rocket From The Crypt, The Offspring and Angels and Airwaves.

Social Distortion explained:

After ten amazing years behind the drum kit for Social Distortion, Charlie “Chalo” Quintana has announced he’s moving on to explore other musical opportunities. Charlie had this to say about his departure, “Playing with Social D for ten years was a good time in my life. I was lucky to play on two Social D records and the second solo album, and I am proud to have been part of the band. We hit some spectacular heights which I will never forget – adios amigos!

Willard will make his debut with the band at the forthcoming Jay Thomas benefit on May 18 at the House of Blues in Anaheim.
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Even though he dismissed the idea of a new album last year, the Circle Jerks‘ Greg Hetson has announced that they are aiming to record in June:

We have been working hard with Producer Dimitri Coats from the Burning Brides and are close to our goal of recording in June. We are all excited and think we have a classic sounding record that you will all enjoy. .Check out his band too…they rock!

With the exception of a single song released in 2007, the band has not released any new studio material since 1995’s Oddities, Abnormalities, and Curiosities.
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To celebrate the release of NOFX‘s highly anticipated new album, Coaster, we’ve got a bunch of prize packages for you to win.

Among the prizes are an autographed copy of Coaster, Eric Melvin’s whistle, a Silk Screened tour poster and more.

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Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground have announced plans to release their self-titled debut on CD format for the first time on May 26, 2009. The release was made only available on vinyl and all 1000 copies of the double LP sold out before the band’s release party in their hometown of Seattle.

The band is currently in the process of recording their second LP, The band is planning to tour with mewithoutYou in June.
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