In an interview with Billboard, Alkaline Trio‘s Matt Skiba talked a bit about what the long-running band is planning for their forthcoming, self-released full length:

We kind of want to make a punk rock record. That’s how we started as a band, and over the years I think we evolved into kind of more of a rock band with punk roots. So we have a bunch of new songs, and we’ve been kind of picking a couple of new songs each night. But we’re using our soundcheck as kind of our pre-production for the record.

We’ve been writing when we had downtime but now that we’re out, the three of us have been vibing off each other and inspired to write. So we’re just cranking out new songs. We’ll pick out the 10 best and go record them lickety-split in July and release it thereafter.

Skiba also explained why the band left Epic, despite having a record left in their contract:

Everyone who signed us to Epic, all of the people we trusted there, were let go. nd that’s not to say the people running it now aren’t cool, we just don’t know them and we don’t like to work generally with people we don’t know. We had a bunch of material and wanted to do a record sooner than later, so we called them and asked them if we could leave and they said, ‘Yeah, that’s cool.’ They’ve always been great to us and we appreciate that.

The band released Agony & Irony in 2008.
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Rancid have posted the first video from their forthcoming album, Let the Dominoes Fall, due out June 2, 2009.

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Our stream today comes from Montreal, QC-based Yesterday’s Ring. The band features members of The Sainte Catherines and Fifth Hour Hero. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Diamonds in the Ditch.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Recent Fat signing Banner Pilot have announced dates for a brief midwest tour later this month. They’ll will be joined by fellow Minneapolis bands The Gateway District and The Manix on most of the dates, as well as Cincinnati, OH’s The Dopamines on three stops in Ohio. The band continues to support 2008’s Resignation Day.

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mewithoutYou have posted a new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright. and is due out May 9, 2009. It’s the follow up to Brother, Sister in 2006.

Check it out here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• NOFX – Coaster
• Gallows – Grey Britain
• New Found Glory / Bayside / Set Your Goals – live in Boston
• MxPx – On the Cover II
• Big Business – Mind the Drift
• The Queers / The Atom Age – Split [7 inch]
• Mike Cavallaro – Parade (with Fireworks) [book]
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / ZAZA – live in Philadelphia
• Maps & Atlases – You and Me and the Mountain
• Love You Moon – Waxwane

You can check out any of our 8289 reviews right here
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All American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter is hinting that his band may be providing support for Blink 182‘s forthcoming reunion tour. In a MTV interview he noted:

We will be going out with a nondescript band that is rumored to be reuniting. That’s about all we can say about that,But it’s going to be a big deal, and everybody’s going to be there, so, ‘Hey,’ in advance. There’s at least three [people in the band]… I think it’s a ska band, so it might be 20. I don’t know, It’s not Sum-41. They’re on hiatus.

The other band rumoured to be on the bill is Weezer.
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On Saturday May 16th, St. Andrew’s Church in College Park, MD will be hosting a benefit featuring Bane, Strike Anywhere, This Is Hell, The Scare and In the Hollows. The event will benefit r the Syrentha J. Savio Endowment (SSE) / Shirts for a Cure project. The show also marks the 10th anniversary of DIY shows at St. Andrew’s Church.

The show is presented by PETA2, and supported by Macbeth shoes. Tickets are available through this link.
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Bellingham, WA’s Shook Ones recently made a trip across the pond to Europe and compiled a collection of video footage which has been edited into a trivia contest. The first entry involves one of the biggest action movie stars. I’ll give you a hint: he pulls his pants up high to not look so short.

The band is preparing to release their new LP, The Unquotable A.M.H., via Paper+Plastick.

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Two apparent new tracks from Beastie Boys have surfaced. “Lee Majors Come Again” and “B Boys in the Cut” were part of a bonus 7″ that came with select copies of the band’s recent 4-LP reissue of their 1992 album, Check Your Head.

“Lee Majors Come Again” can be heard here, and “B Boys in the Cut” can be heard here.

The band’s new record is expected this summer, and they’ll be one of the headliners at Lollapalooza in August.
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American Steel have posted an update on their next full length for Fat Wreck Chords:

Record is all finished up and sounding groovy. It will be released July 21st. Stay tuned for album details and tour dates in the future.

The album will be their second since reuniting in 2007. They went on to release Destroy Their Future.
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The Dead Weather, the new project from Jack White of The White Stripes and Alison Mosshart of The Kills and Discount have announced their debut. The record is titled Horehound and is due out July 14, 2009.

The record is due via White’s label, Third Man Records, which is distributed by Warner Bros. You can check out the cover on the release page.
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Billy Talent have announced plans to release the first single from their forthcoming album on May 19th. The song is titled “Rusted From the Rain” and comes from III which is due out July 14, 2009.

The band has also launched a teaser clip for “Devil on My Shoulder,” another song from the album. You can check out that clip here.
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