Throwdown have announced plans to hit the studio this week to begin tracking their new album, Deathless. The record is the band’s first since 2007’s Venom & Tears and will be their first for E1 Music (formerly Koch Records).

The band, undoubtedly inspired by Oprah, has set up a Twitter page to document recording.
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MySpace has launched a streaming live album from The Cure titled Live from Secret Shows. The band performed at the Troubadour for a very special MySpace Music Secret Show in December 2008. The album consists of a compilation of some of their classic and new songs from their latest album 4:13 Dream.

The entire set can be streamed here.
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Sonic Youth have released the first single from their upcoming album. The record is titled The Eternal and is due out June 9, 2009. It is the follow-up to Rather Ripped which was released in 2006.

You can stream the song here or find it via iTunes.
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Pelican have announced plans to release a new EP as their debut for Southern Lord Records. The record is titled Ephemeral and is due out June 6, 2009. The label is handling vinyl and MP3 while the band will be self-releasing the CD via the band’s own Migration Media label. They noted:

We’re pressing up 1000 copies, all of which will be packaged in custom designed and printed sleeves by our buddies Delicious Design League, the folks responsible for the screenprinted Australasia limited edition that came out, among a million other things they’ve done for us. The CD will only be available from us on tour for the time being. There will be a special edition of 50 for our Japan show as well, which I forgot to mention.

The band is also planning a split 7-inch with Young Widows and a Champions of Sound 2×7-inch which will feature exclusive songs from the band, Kayo Dot, Zozobra, and Stove Bredsky..
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Underoath have unveiled the new video from their 2008 album, Lost in the Sound of Separation

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According to a post in the Q&A section of their website, Saves The Day is gearing up to reissue their polarizing major label debut, In Reverie. Frontman Chris Conley explained:

Tentatively, we’re planning to re-release In Reverie with 12 extra songs which didn’t make the record. demos and whatnot. Zeebs & Sister Sophs and all that shit, Blossom and what have you. All that. Then more. Mos Like. Maybe Knought (not). Prolly Like. Lovee Spike.

They released Under the Boards in 2007.
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NOFX has launched a full album stream of their new full length. The record is titled Coaster and is due out April 28, 2009. It is their first studio album since 2006’s Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing.

Check out on their myspace page.
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Mike Ness of Social Distortion has joined up with PETA2 for their new campaign against factory farming.

He posed for his first ad with peta2 next to the tagline “Fact: The Factory-Farming Industry Is the Number One Cause of Climate Change, Creating More Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Than All The Cars, Planes, Ships, Trucks, and Trains in the World Combined. Meat’s Not Green.”

He explains his concerns in a video.
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NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords have lauched a contest based on the song “Creeping Out Sara” from the new NOFX album Coaster, due out April 28, 2009. This announcement was made:

Thinking about getting into a message board internet feud over the song? Don’t be a hater-make your own “Creeping Out Sara” music video instead! Submit your video to NOFX’s contest right here and win a bunch of free NOFX shit.

The label is offering gift certificates, test pressings and a variety of options. To submit, embed your YouTube video as a reply to their blog by Friday, May 1st. The winnters will be contacted through their YouTube accounts. The Grand Prize Winner and Runners-ups will be announced Monday, May 4th on their MySpace page. You can find all the details here.
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Gainesville, FL’s Anchor Arms has signed to Kiss of Death. The band has plans to release a seven inch through the label in late 2009, and hopes to have a new full length released in 2010.

The band last released Cold Blooded in 2008, through Fail Safe Records.
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Another Breath has posted a new song from their upcoming album, God Complex, which is due out in the summer. The album is the first since 2006’s critically acclaimed Mill City and will be issued in Europe via Assault Records and an as yet-unconfirmed US label.

Check out “Belly of a Whale” on their myspace page.
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Lovedrug, Straylight Run and Good Old War are touring together.

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Pirates Press (the record label and manufacturer of vinyl) have just announced a two-day, 5-year anniversary party taking place November 13th and 14th at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. The event will feature bands such as Cock Sparrer, Detournement (members of Lifetime, Bigwig, The Ratchets), Off with Their Heads, The Re-Volts, Harrington Saints and more.

In other Pirates Press news, the label extension of the company will be releasing the new Cock Sparrer album, Here We Stand, on May 19, 2009.
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