Ruiner have unveiled recording plans for their sophomore full-length. They’ll hit The Magpie Cage on July 6th with producer J. Robbins (Paint It Black, Modern Life Is War, Against Me!) to begin tracking the album.

Frontman Rob Sullivan commented:

The songs we have written for this record are honestly the best work we have ever done. We took a lot of time off to deal with personal lives, having been on the road for about three years, and wrote some of our best music yet. The addition of a new guitar player last year changed things in such a positive way as well. I spent a lot of time thinking about what I would write lyrically for this record and I think it encompasses to the best of my ability where I am now.”

The label also says that “the songs on this new album are somewhere between What Could Possibly Go Right and Prepare to Be Let Down.”

The record is titled Hell Is Empty and is due out September 22 on Bridge Nine, following on 2007’s Prepare to Be Let Down and last year’s collections disc, I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes..

The band’s cover of Oasis’s “Morning Glory” will also surface this summer on Vinyl Collective.

A full U.S. tour is in the works for the fall.
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Modest Mouse have booked some summer shows beginning in mid-August.

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Andrew W.K.‘s recently announced television program, Destroy Build Destroy is available free from iTunes right now. According to Andrew, the show will feature two kids teams destroying a wide variety of things and then using the wreckage to build “the coolest, strongest, most efficient machines they can.” . The premiere, titled Air Cannon Assault, pits skateboarders against the math club.

You can grab the show here.
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A reader, Ryan J. McBride, send us an interview with Keith Morris of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks. Ryan explained:

I ran into Keith at Club Polaris where the Circle Jerks were playing in July of 2008. We set up the interview for when he got back home in California over the phone. The following is a two hour interview consisting of Keith’s thoughts on politics, technology, his personal opinions and his experience with the burgeoning LA Punk Scene in the late 70’s.

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

• Left Alone – Left Alone
• The Saddest Landscape – All Is Apologized For. All Is Forgiven [2xLP]
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• Pregnant – Wanna See My Gun? [7 inch]
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• The Bat Bites – Creatures of the Night
• How Do We Jump So High? – Deep Stationary
• Bishop – Drugs
• Nirvana – In Utero

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6131 Records has announced plans to release a new 7-inch from Long Island hardcore quintet, Backtrack. The band will hit the studio this summer to record the EP. Prior to recording, the band will be out on the road with Soul Control and Rotting Out.

You can check out Backtrack’s demo on their myspace page.
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Eyeball Records has signed Red City Radio. The Oklahoma City-based punk band released a new EP earlier this month titled To the Sons and Daughters of Woody Guthrie. They will be hitting The Fest this fall.

You can find music on their myspace page.
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Saviours, which features members of High On Fire, Samiam and Yaphet Kotto, have announced a trio of new 7-inches to be released on June 23, 2009. The band is also planning a new full length.

The as-yet untitled album is due out October 13, 2009 and promises: “insanely dynamic songs boasting passages containing three part guitar harmonies.” The band has posted “Acid Hand,” the title track from one of the limited 7-inches and you can find that here.
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The Mad Caddies have begun announced some California dates set for July, prior to their forthcoming European run.

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