Lawrence Arms bassist/vocalist Brendan Kelly has announced via his blog that the band will be entering the studio this weekend to record songs for an eventual 7″. Kelly wrote:

“We’re gonna look into doing four on the record with a spare track for the internet or something and with a possible alternate version of one, but we’re doing shit fairly quickly, so we may not get to everything.”

No word yet on a release date or label, but the release will eventually follow up Oh! Calcutta!, released in 2006. The band also recently announced a tenth anniversary show in Chicago.
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The Mars Volta have launched a stream of their new album. The record is titled Octahedron and is due out June 23, 2009. It comes just after Bedlam in Goliath in 2008.

Check it out on their myspace page.
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Modest Mouse have released the title track from their new two-song 7-inch titled Autumn Beds. Due June 23, 2009, the single will be released on limited edition black vinyl with an embossed sleeve and individually numbered to 4000.

The a-side features “Autumn Beds” and the b-side features live staple, “Whale Song.” Check out “Autumn Beds” right here.
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Richmond, VA’s Municipal Waste have posted a new song from their upcoming full-length. The record is titled Massive Aggressive and is due out August 25, 2009. It will follow up The Art of Partying, which was released in 2007.

Check out “Wrong Answer” at the band’s myspace page.
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Tigers Jaw has announced a short tour of the East Coast in support of their upcoming 7″ for Tiny Engines, Spirit Desire. The 7″ will follow up Tigers Jaw, released in 2008. More details and a pre-order for the record can be found here.

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August Burns Red have a new song posted from Constellations which is due out July 14, 2009.

Check out “Thirty and Seven” on their myspace page.
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Cleveland, Ohio’s The Sidekicks have been busy prepping Weight of Air, the followup to their 2007 Red Scare effort, So Long, Soggy Dog. To get people stoked, they agreed to pen us a series of Dispatches, the second of which we bring you this evening.

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

• The Paper Chase – Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1
• The Bugs – The Bugs
• Incendiary – Crusade [12 inch]
• The Arteries – Blood, Sweat and Beers
• The Provisionals – E Is Rooks
• Shark Speed – Sea Sick Music
• Junior Battles – Hotel Bibles
• Direct Control – Direct Control [7 inch]
• The Young – The Young [7 inch]
• Joe Strummer – Earthquake Weather

You can check out any of our 8390 reviews right here
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To celebrate the release of the highly anticipated new album from Shook Ones, the folks at Paper and Plastick have put up some very unique prizes including a test press, exclusive print and more.

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Rx Bandits have posted a new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled Mandala and is due out July 28, 2009. The band is supporting the album by co-headlining a tour with Dredg this summer.

You can find the song here.
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Our stream today comes from Calgary, AB-based This Is A Standoff. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Be Disappointed.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Sakes Alive!! have announced a July tour.

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