Thorp Records has announced the signing of six new bands.
First, Philadelphia-based hardcore act My Turn To Win, Albany’s Bulldog Courage, Portuguese melodic hardcore act Reaching Hand, Irish hardcore act 20 Bulls Each, Boston’s Refuse Resist and New York City’s Powerpoint.
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Craig’s Brother is in the studio working on their third full length. The band is recording at he Compound and DK2 Studios and have posted a pre-release mix of their song, “Thousand Yard Stare.” The band is streaming as a clip on their myspace and the band is selling a download of the song to help raise money for the album.
You can find the song here.
The new album will be their first since 2001’s Lost at Sea.
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The Warped Tour promoters have announced a charity auction that will give one winner (and guest) an opportunity to bowl with a number of Warped Tour acts. The auction is to benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation and all proceeds go towards leukemia, cancer, and AIDS research.
Bands features in the auction include NOFX, Bad Religion, Less Than Jake, Underoath, Anti-Flag, Bayside, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, The Maine, Innerpartysystem, There For Tomorrow, Hit The Lights, The White Tie Affair, Meg and Dia, Big D and the Kids Table, Senses Fail, TAT, The A.K.A.s, Sing It Loud, Lights, Madina Lake, Black Tide, Architects, Escape the Fate, A Rocket To The Moon, Dear and the Headlights and TV/TV.
To pick your teammates, read the rules and place your bid, visit the Auction.
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Nathen Maxwell of Flogging Molly has announced his first solo album. The record is titled White Rabbit and is due out August 18, 2009. Maxwell has contributed songs to Flogging Molly albums in years past, but things progressed differently when the band went into the studio to record Float, their most recent release, Nathen explained:
I played these songs for the band and our singer Dave [King] said, “Nate, you’ve got your own story and I really think you should record these songs,’ Once I got his blessing I figured it’d be bad karma not to record and release them.
Maxwell teamed up with long time Flogging Molly producer Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Chuck Ragan, Lucero, Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs). You can find two songs here.
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City of Ships have posted another new track from their forthcoming full-length. The record is titled Look What God Did To Us and is due out July 21, 2009 via Sound Study Recordings (vinyl) and Translation Loss Records (CD), and is now available digitally at most major retailers. It is the follow-up to Live Free or Don’t Tour [12 inch], a collection released earlier this year.
Check out “Wraiths in Flight” at the band’s myspace page.
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Kiss of Death Records has announced plans to release a split 7″ featuring Bomb the Music Industry! and Laura Stevenson and The Cans. Each side will feature one original and one cover of the other band on the split, and the 7″ is due out sometime in July.
BTMI! frontman Jeff Rosenstock blogged about the release:
“I’ve been recording the Cans for the past week or two for this and they fucking RUUUUULE. As for the Bomb the Music Industry! side, it’s kind of a back-to-basics thing as I recorded all these songs by myself in my apartment with drum machines, laying down most of the basic tracks in a day or two (album minus band style.) I thought it would be fun to try doing stuff that way again since I’ve really learned a lot since recording Get Warmer and Scrambles. Musically it doesn’t sound like Album Minus Band so don’t hold yr breath.”
Two songs from the release (one from each band) can be streamed at the Kiss of Death myspace page. Bomb The Music Industry! recently released a b-sides collection entitled Others! Others! while Laura Stevenson and the Cans released Laura Stevenson: A Record in 2008.
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The Casualties have set a release date for what will be their eighth album, We Are All We Have. The record is due out August 25, 2009 and the band’s drummer Mark Eggers commented on the sound:
[It’s] definitely our most diverse album. There’s a reggae song on there, there’s our staple Casualties anthem sing-alongs, there’s some thrash-metal influence in there, so it’s all over the place, but still holding on to the true Casualties sound. I think it’s what the band needed after six records. Being in different countries just opens your mind to things, It’s definitely still way Casualties fuckin’ real hardcore punk It’s leaps and bounds from what it was [in the early days] to what it is now. We’re not the type of band that would stay stuck in that era.
The band issued Under Attack in 2006.
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Hartless Hind has set a worldwide release date of July 14, 2009 for the release of their compilation, Up End Atom: A Tribute To Atom And His Package. The album is available domestically via Interpunk.
Participants include Steinbeck, MC Chris, Math The Band, Zambonis And Atom, Yidcore, MC Lars Worm Quartet Feat. Curt Allen, Locas In Love, Emotron, Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer and Golden Bloom.
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Touch and Go Records have posted details for the forthcoming reissues from The Jesus Lizard. The label will be reissuing Goat, Head and Pure on September 22, 2009. In all three cases, the albums have been remastered in 2009 by Steve Albini and Bob Weston. They will also feature digipaks with extensive new liner notes and never before seen photos.
Goat will include “Sunday You Need Love” from the “Mouthbreather” single, “Pop Song” from the Amphetamine Reptile Dope-Guns-N-Fucking In The Streets Vol 7 single, a live version of “Seasick” from the 1992 London gig give away single, plus live versions of “Lady Shoes” and “Monkey Trick” from the Lash EP.
Head will feature the 5 tracks on the Pure EP, as well as live versions of “Killer McHann” and “Bloody Mary” from the Lash EP, and, the song “Chrome” from the Chrome 7″. The reissued Pure will include “Bloody Mary (Live)” and be made available on vinyl.
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Death Before Dishonor have posted the first new song from their forthcoming album on Bridge Nine Records. The long-running hardcore band will release Better Ways to Die on July 28, 2009. They released Count Me In in 2007.
Check out “Coffin Nails” on their myspace page.
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The Misfits have announced some summer tour dates. The band is promising more dates will be added in the coming weeks, but shows so far include stops in the UK, Italy, Spain as well as in Chicago, Detroit and other cities in the US.
Billy Talent has announced that the deluxe version of their forthcoming third album, III, will include what they are calling “Guitar Villain.” The second disc of the two disc set will feature a guitar-free mix of the album along with guitar tabs to encourage fans to play along.
The record is titled III and is due out July 14, 2009.
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Some more bundled updates from Green Day today. First, the band was part of a photo spotlight through the legendary Life Magazine. The venerable photo magazine documented the band’s recent sold-out show at Hollywood’s Henry Fonda Theater as a warm-up for their upcoming tour supporting the album 21st Century Breakdown. You can check those out here.
The band has also unveiled plans to go high definition, with label Warner Music Group unveiling plans for a new Blu-Ray version of their concert DVD, 2005’s Bullet in a Bible. The disc is due out June 22, 2009 and you can check out the artwork here.
Finally, Rock Band creators Harmonix commented on the news that Green Day may get their own rhythm game:
Green Day’s really, really great! Wouldn’t you love to see Green Day in “Rock Band”? I would also love to see Green Day in “Rock Band”! Hopefully we’ll have some official news soon!
More details here.
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