Rx Bandits have posted a surreal album trailer featuring artwork, a music sample and the title to their upcoming album. The album is their first since …And the Battle Begun in 2006 and is titled Mandala. The record is headed for a Summer 2009 release.

The band has posted a very high quality version of the trailer in full HD which you can find on YouTube right here.
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Alexisonfire have announced their summer tour in support of Old Crows / Young Cardinals due out June 23, 2009.

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Taking Back Sunday is premiering the first video from their forthcoming album. The record is titled New Again and is due out June 2, 2009. It follows Louder Now in 2006.

MTV is hosting the original video for American audiences, but international users can check out the video via YouTube. Both videos are embedded below.
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We’ve got a copy of Chimborazo, the new release from Foundation, and we’re giving it away to one lucky winner.

Recently released via Paper+Plastick, this unique LP comes with a special die cut cover and artwork by Richard “Horsebites” Minino. As an added bonus, we’re also giving the winner their choice of two tickets to one of five select shows.
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Picking up where they left off in 2007, Punknews.org will again be represented at the 2009 San Francisco AIDS Walk. While no staff have been confirmed yet, the current team features Punknews readers, staff from Fat Wreck Chords and Mike Park of Asian Man Records.

People interested in the team can register here or make a general donation here.
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Rise Against, Thursday and Poison The Well have begun announcing dates for a UK tour this Fall.

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Thrice have posted a new studio video featuring the band talking about playing new material at The Bamboozle with some interviews and live footage interspersed.

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Lower Class Brats and Vice Squad will be touring the US together beginning in mid-June. Following that run, Lower Class Brats will head to Europe in August for three weeks of dates.

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With the amount of Green Day news hitting a fever pace, we’re going to try and consolidate the multiple news items into a single story for the next few days. First up, Mike Davies of the BBC Radio 1 Punk Show flew to San Francisco for an exclusive interview with Green Day about their new album. Along with playing tracks from the album, Mike asked members of Rise Against, Anti-Flag, Billy Talent and The Bouncing Souls pick their favorite Green Day songs for the segment. Check it out here.

The band spoke with MTV about their take on the political climate in the US. The band’s previous album American Idiot was considered their most political album to date:

I think, like, if you compare where we’re at now to, like, five years ago, I think we’re actually in a worse situation. We’re fighting two wars. … It kind of goes from one crisis to the next. From, you know, the swine flu to financial meltdowns and people losing their homes. … There are a lot of desperate people in the world right now, and it can make you feel paranoid and desperate and out of control.
But at the same time, there is this new person that’s hopeful. But you have to go beyond hope when it comes to anyone in office; you have to have expectations,” he continued. “Because you can sit there and hope for something, but chances are it’s not going to happen. But when you expect something to happen, it’s more of a call to arms and you’re taking action.