Longtime drummer Warren Oakes has left Against Me! after eight years in the band. He made the following statement:

I’ve spent the past 8 years making beautiful music with my best friends and sharing it with amazing people all over the world. I’ve had the honor and privilege of traveling with the most dedicated road dogs on the planet and sharing the stage with the greatest bands. I have been embraced by so many with such graciousness and hospitality and love. Thank you so much to everyone who helped make the dream a reality, especially Tom, James and Andrew. I’ve had the time of my life, and I owe it all to you.

Warren has opened a new Mexican restauraunt, Boca Fiesta in Gainesville, FL. Check out the menu here.
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Last July Matt Pryor (Get Up Kids, New Amsterdams) released some of the best work of his life and it came in the form of an album called Confidence Man, his first solo record. Over the course of the album’s 15 tracks, he unveils maybe his most intimate side yet. It’s truly a commendable return to form and then some.

I (Frank Corva) caught up with him a little while back to discuss where the material came from and why this is his first release sans moniker. We also talked about what it means to be a touring musician and a father as well as what brought him back to Vagrant.

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Samiam have announced a handful of shows this summer in July, August and September. The band will be sharing the stage with Nothington, Tiltwheel, Bodyjar and A Death in the Family on dates in California, Oregon and Australia.

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Today, we’re launching the first in a series of contests around the forthcoming Sound and Fury Festival in Oxnard, California. The hardcore fest includes a huge list of bands including Blacklisted, Defeater, Ceremony, Shook Ones, Shai Hulud and many more.

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Every Time I Die have posted a studio update as they continue to work on their debut for Epitaph Records:

We’re officially back in the studio in Anaheim to start bass tracks on the new record. This is our first recording with Josh Newton, so its a banner day here for ETID. There are so many fucking weird amps and pedals and LED lights and whizzing things and sparklers and balloons that my mind is completely bottled.

It also means that ill be posting on here alot more. i didnt have too much time to post from the UK with all the, well, drinking with Gallows but now it’s back to work.

The band previously released The Big Dirty in 2007.
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Spinnerette, the project from Brody Dalle and guitarist Tony Bevilacq, have posted the first single from their debut full length. The record is titled A Prescription for Mankind and is due out June 23, 2009 (Check out the artwork here.)

You can stream “Baptized By Fire” in Quicktime or Windows Media format. The song itself is available via iTunes.
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Hamilton, Ontario’s Arkells have posted their new video for the track “The Ballad of Hugo Chavez.” The track is the second single from their 2008 Dine Alone Records debut Jackson Square.
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Some news from Green Day today. First, the band’s recent MySpace-sponsored “The List” performance from Webster Hall is now available online. You can find video of the band performing the following songs by clicking on the titles: “21st Century Breakdown,” “Know Your Enemy,” “East Jesus Nowhere,” “Viva La Gloria,” “The Static Age” and “21 Guns.”

The band also recently confirmed their participation in a forthcoming video game. At the Kevin and Bean Breakfast Q&A with the band, they were asked “Will you ever lend your music to Guitar Hero or Rock Band?”

Drummer Tre Cool replied, saying:

Actually, we are coming out with a Rock Band Green Day. I can’t play the drums on it. If you were born before 1985, you won’t be able to play the drums.

The band released 21st Century Breakdown this year.
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Paint It Black has posted a new song from their new 7-inch/digital EP. The record is titled Amnesia and is due out June 16, 2009. The EP is the first in the series promised by the band last September.

Amnesia‘s artwork was a joint collaboration between designer Clint Woodside (New Lexicon) and photographer Shawn Brackbill (Q and Not U, Pissed Jeans) and you can check it out here.

The new song is streaming here.
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Poison The Well have posted the first song from their forthcoming full length. The record is titled The Tropic Rot and is due out July 7, 2009. It is the follow up to Versions in 2007.

Check out “Cinema” on their myspace page.

The band has also unveiled the art and track listing.
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The Ataris have posted the completed version of “All Souls Day” for streaming. The song was posted as a rough demo in April and will appear on their forthcoming, as-yet untitled album, as well as the new Warped Tour compilation on Side One Dummy Records.

Check out the song on their myspace page.
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In a recent interview, veteran musician Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth had some comments for the donation-based model popularized (but not invented) by Radiohead for the release of their album, In Rainbows in 2007. In a Guardian interview, Gordon offered some criticism saying:

I don’t really think they did it by themselves. They did a marketing ploy by themselves and then got someone else to put it out. It seemed really community-oriented, but it wasn’t catered towards their musician brothers and sisters, who don’t sell as many records as them. It makes everyone else look bad for not offering their music for whatever. It was a good marketing ploy and I wish I’d thought of it! But we’re not in that position either. We might not have been able to put out a record for another couple of years if we’d done it ourselves: it’s a lot of work. And it takes away from the actual making music.

Check out the rest of the interview here. Sonic Youth releases The Eternal tomorrow, on June 9, 2009.
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Bouncing Souls have announced their second 7-inch for 2009, Volume 2. The record compiles their three monthly songs from April, May and June 2009 (plus one bonus track) as they continue their ongoing project to release a new song each month this year, and a new 7-inch every quarter. This one is due June 23, 2009.

The four vinyl singles for 2009 fit together to make a single piece of art, representing the band’s 20th anniversary logo.
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