Sissy Havoc, the Montreal based band that featured singer-songwriter Malcom Bauld prior to his stint with the Frenetics, have announced a single show in Quebec.

The band formed in 1997 and only lasted a year or two, but in their time toured Quebec with bands like Braid and Franklin. Of the original line up the returning members will be Bauld on vocals and guitar with Serge Pelletier (later of instrumental act Pawa Up First) on drums. The band is looking for a bass player to fill the spot of original member Gen Bouchard, with Montreal area shows to follow.

The show is set to take place at 3810 St-Laurent in Montreal on Friday, June 26th.
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Caspian have announced that their next full length, Tertia, will be released August 11, 2009 by The Mylene Sheath. The band previously issued the vinyl versions of The Four Trees and You Are The Conductor via the label and will be releasing the CD with them as well.

The album was recorded by Ethan Dussault with assistance from Ed Llerana at New Alliance in Cambridge, MA. Nick Zampiello (Torche, ISIS) mastered it along with Rob Gonella at New Alliance East. Nate Shumaker (who worked on “You Are The Conductor”) and PAJ returned for design duties this time around.

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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week…

Fans were shocked this week to see a break in the ranks of popular punk act Against Me!. Drummer Warren Oakes has left the band, in a decision he called “mutual” and “amicable” to run a Mexican restaurant in the band’s hometown of Gainesville, FL. Recent comments from Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala have hinted that members of At The Drive-In may have reconciled their differences, however Jim Ward, who moved on to play in Sparta and Sleepercar seemed less than enthusiastic about addressing reunion talk. The Fest, which has become one of the most important punk rock events of the year, is set to return for it’s 8th year from October 30th to November 1st. More than 200 bands are expected to participate. Punknews favourites Paint It Black have announced that Fat Wreck Chords will release the band’s second 7″ of the summer in August. The group previewed the song “Salem” from the first disc, set for release next week on Bridge Nine.

The Casualties have set a release date for their eighth album We Are All We Have. Drummer Mark Eggers called it the band’s “most diverse album” yet. Pinhead Gunpowder detailed their upcoming greatest hits compilation “Kick Over The Traces.” Victory Records will release the next record from Iowa based Destrophy. A tribute to Atom And His Package has been announced, with bands like Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer, MC Chris, and MC Lars involved. Gaslight Anthem confirmed dates for their headlining tour. The group will be joined by Murder By Death on all shows and will feature the Loved Ones, Frank Turner, Jesse Malin and Broadway Calls on select dates. Rx Bandits and Dredg also announced a portion of their summer tour. The Get Up Kids detailed their retunion tour, which includes shows in Europe and the UK in August and September, followed by shows in the US in September and October. This week you could preview “Carry the Torch: A Tribute to Kid Dynamite” featuring songs from the Ergs, Static Radio NJ, This Is Hell and No Trigger among others. Brody Dalle’s new band Spinnerette also debuted their new single “Baptized By Fire” Finally this week saw more video of Blink-182 reunion performances. The popular three piece performed “Dammit” and “What’s My Age Again?” on Jimmy Kimmel and “The Rock Show “ live on the Daily Habit.

Punknews.org will be represented this year at the 2009 San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 19th. The current team features Punknews readers, staff from Fat Wreck Chords and our pal Mike Park of Asian Man Records. You can register here or make a general donation here.

This week we spoke with solo artist Matt Pryor (of the Get Up Kids / New Amsterdams) and Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy / Common Rider on his new band Classics Of Love (interview). This week’s Editors’ Picks recommended music from Greater Visions. As always we brought you new Streaming Music including Philadelphia, PA’s Lighten Up, and Orlando, FL’s No Friends. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Pixies (box set), Bedouin Soundclash, Paint It Black Pinhead Gunpowder and Time Again with tours kicking off from Social Distortion / Gaslight Anthem (Germany), Limp Wrist (Europe), Propagandhi / Strike Anywhere (US), Bouncing Souls (US / Europe), Circle Jerks (California), Silverstein / Poison The Well / The Sleeping / Oceana (Canada / US), Bedouin Soundclash (US / Canada), the Misfits (US / Europe), Lower Class Brats / Vice Squad (US), and the Swellers & friends (US).

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Long Island, NY’s This Is Hell have announced via Twitter message that they have finished recording and titling their new 7inch record, which will be known as Warbirds. Said the tweet:

New 7 inch is all done, It’s going to be called “Warbirds”. It’s a ripper and we are very stoked about it.

The band released Misfortunes in 2008. If you feel so inclined, you can re-tweet or reply here.
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Hip-hop artist Mos Def performed the track “Quiet Dog” last week on Late Night with David Letterman. The track comes from his recent release The Ecstatic, released June 9, 2009.

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Dinosaur Jr. recently recorded a session for Daytrotter. The band performed “Severed Lips” and “Repulsion” from their 1985 debut Dinosaur and “Crumble” and “Back to Your Heart” from their 2007 effort, Beyond. The band’s new record, Farm, is due out June 23, 2009.

You can read the article and download the session here.

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Jeff Caudill (Gameface) and Popeye of Farside have formed a new band called Your Favorite Trainwreck. The band plans ot play their first show July 1st in Los Angeles at Molly Malone’s. Said Caudill:

I am proud and excited to be a member of a new band called YOUR FAVORITE TRAINWRECK. My old friend Popeye (Farside) and I have been kicking around this idea for a long time now and it¹s finally happening. Popeye and I share lead vocal and guitar duties while the tattooed and handsome Jeff Holmes rocks the bass and the incorrigible Robbie Rist shreds the drums. We play our first show in Los Angeles on July 1st. If you live in the area we’d love for you to be there. Think of it as a rock and roll investment opportunity.

Gameface released Four To Go in 2003 through Doghouse and Farside releaseed The Monroe Doctrine in 1999.
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Brian: I have no idea when Greater Visions formed (late last year?), who they might cite as influences (Fairweather? Polar Bear Club? Stay Gold? Fuck if I know at this point) or if they have ex-members of any other notable bands (they sound too accomplished not to). But they friend-requested me on MySpace a few days ago and are surprisingly pretty fucking good. And you know those random friend requests; they’re usually pretty disastrous. If you only listen to one of the two songs on their MySpace page, let it be “My Fight Club”; their vocalist sort of sounds like the dude from Fireworks at first, but the music is arrestingly atmospheric, definitely dynamic and suddenly throws in a few shocking changes before launching into more straightforward, melody-tinged hardcore territory. I can’t gauge any information on this band other than the fact that they’re looking for a guitarist and may have released an EP earlier this year (I asked if they had a demo or anything available and they decided not to respond). But still, this is really, really promising stuff and I’m curious as to what their deal is.
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Static Thought and Society’s Parasites are touring this summer.

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North Shore, MA’s Transit will be heading out on tour with Balance and Composure and Man Overboard in the month of August. The band last released Stay Home earlier this year.

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Victory Records has signed Iowa’s Destrophy. The band was officially launched in 2002 by producer and singer/songwriter Ari. The band is currently playing select shows throughout the Midwest in support of their new CD, The Way of Your World

Check out some music on their . myspace page.
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Rx Bandits and Dredg have announced the first second half of their summer tour. The jaunt will feature Good Old War, Zechs Marquise and As Tall as Lions on various stops.

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Jim Ward of Sparta, Sleepercar and At the Drive-In responded to his former bandmates talk of reconciliation earlier this week. According to a Buzzgrinder report, Ward is not interested in commenting on the news (or really anything at all) saying:

I don’t think that I’ll be answering any questions or doing any interviews anymore, thank you very much. I haven’t got much to say about anything except with songs which I will continue to make and release – cheers.

Ward released his solo album, Quiet, last year.
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