A stream has been posted for the soundtrack to Endless Bummer, the new National Lampoon movie produced by the Warped Tour’s Kevin Lyman. Lyman serves as executive producer/co-writer of the movie, The flick is based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter John “J.D.” Drury and the early 1980s-era story follows a group of Ventura, Calif., beach buddies who are in search of a stolen surfboard.

Participants on the soundtrack include Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink 182 and Plus 44, The Aggrolites, Circle Jerks, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Briggs, Fear, Pennywise, The Dollyrots, The Action Design and others. Barker and Hoppus cover the Adolescents‘ classic “Amoeba.”

Check out the stream here.
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A Wilhelm Scream have signed to Paper and Plastick according to a report from Alternative Press. Guitarist Trevor Reilly commented:

The ethos of [Paper and Plastick] matched the ethos of our band. We like his ideas, respect his practical business sense and admire his passion for bridging graphic arts and music and his desire to simply make cool ass shit to stoke out the fans. He’d never say it but I think the dude’s trying to save punk rock as we know it. I really do.

According to the same source, the band’s first release on the label will be a self-titled, five-song 12-inch out this fall. The band produced the EP in their home studio, and it will be mixed by Matt Bayles (Minus The Bear, Mastodon).
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New York City street punks The Casualties have posted two new songs off their upcoming eighth full-length, We Are All We Have. The record is due out August 25, 2009, and will follow up to Under Attack, released in 2006.

You can check out “Stand Against Them All” and “We Are All We Have” at this page.

The band is currently on tour with Trash Talk and Leftover Crack.
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The reunited Far has been hard at work on their comeback album, and the band is attempting to enlist fans to contribute gang vocals to a song they’ve written for the new record. The band insists that the contributions don’t have to be perfect, and

Far first broke up in 1999, a year after the release of what would become an extremely influential record, Water & Solutions. In the meantime, frontman Jonah Mantranga went on to perform music with New End Original, OneLineDrawing and Gratitude, as well as under his given name. Guitarist Shaun Lopez went on to form The Revolution Smile who to date have released four records, the last being Summer Ever in 2006.

Far reunited to tour the UK in 2008 and signed to Vagrant last March.
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No Sleep has announced the signing of St. Louis, MO hip-hop duo Double Vision. The label plans to release a new digital EP from the act later this year.

The band self-released an LP entitled No Explanation! in 2008. Some music can be heard at their myspace page.
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Count Your Lucky Stars has announced the signing of Houston, TX indie/emo act Football, etc. The band plans to self-release a demo, the cleverly titled First Down, in July before hitting the studio in the fall to record tracks for a split 7″ with labelmates Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) as well as their debut full-length.

Some music can be heard at the band’s myspace page.
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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…

Confirming rumors that circulated a couple of months ago, the highly influential Sunny Day Real Estate have announced a month-long North American reunion tour. In addition, their label Sub Pop will reissue the band’s first two albums, 1994’s Diary and 1995’s LP2, on CD and LP on September 15th. The records will be remastered, and augmented with rare bonus tracks and new liner notes. No Use For A Name guitarist Dave Nassie confirmed that he’s leaving that band to join Bleeding Through. Punknews favourite Chuck Ragan streamed two new solo songs this week, previewing the tracks “Glory” and “Rotterdam.” His label also announced the return of the Revival Tour this fall.

The lineup for San Diego’s North Park Awesome Fast will feature Andrew Jackson Jihad, Dead To Me, Grabass Charlestons, the Arrivals, Tiltwheel, and Toys That Kill among others. In addition to their previously announced west coast tour dates (and upcoming new album), the Mighty Mighty Bosstones announced a few east coast appearances for the summer. Banner Pilot has completed their sophomore LP, their first to be released on Fat Wreck Chords. The Beastie Boys unveiled the track listing for their upcoming 17 song full length Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1. Sabot Productions announced plans to reissue Lucero‘s first five albums on 180 gram vinyl. The Sandwiches, a band made up of Punknews community regulars, have unveiled their new song “Who is Phone.” Bridge Nine Records previewed new songs from Strike Anywhere, Death Before Dishonor, Crime in Stereo, and Polar Bear Club among others. Newark, DE’s the Casting Out posted a new song from an upcoming digital EP. Rx Bandits unveiled another new song this week, “Bring Our Children Home Or Everything Is Nothing.” Fat Wreck posted a download of Against Me!‘s “Unsubstantiated Rumors” from their upcoming collection The Original Cowboy. Green Day unveiled their video for the song “21 Guns.” A video of Brand New performing a new song “Gasoline” at London’s Manchester Academy also surfaced online. Finally we saw some awesome London Calling inspired art by Georgia-based artist Erika Iris Simmons aka Iri5.

This week we said goodbye to Samantha Jane Dorsett, co-founder of Plan-it-X Records.

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.

Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured Huntington Station, NY’s Bridge and Tunnel (Episode 2). We also featured Episode 12 of Mike Hale‘s ongoing tour diary “For Those Still Standing.”

This week we spoke with guitarist Mike Gallagher of Isis (interview). Sudbury, Ontario’s Vicious Cycle, There Are No Answers from Houston, TX’s Something Fierce, and Dream Homes from Chicago, IL’s Dear Landlord. So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Dear Landlord, Killswitch Engage, and the Weakerthans (iTunes EP) with tours kicking off from Bomb The Music Industry! (US), Sakes Alive!! (US), Anti-Nowhere League / Cobra Skulls / Duane Peters Gunfight / Ashers (US), Samiam (California), Ignite (Europe), Green Day / Kaiser Chiefs (US / Canada), The English Beat / Reel Big Fish / The Supervillains (US), Off With Their Heads / Dear Landlord (US).

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Rochester, NY’s Sakes Alive!! have posted a new track from their upcoming 7″ for Cavity Records, Act II. The record is the second of three 7″ to be released by the band on three different labels (the first chapter, Act I, dropped last year on Barrett Records). Check out “The Open Maw” at the band’s myspace page, and

The band recently announced a July tour, and are sending the ‘Org video dispatches documenting the recording process of Act II, the first of which can be viewed here.
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In an attempt to raise money to buy new shoes, Minneapolis, MN’s Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels are going on a five week tour of the Midwest and East Coast.

The band released Take It Easy through ADD Records in 2007.
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Through a partnership with newly launched media website gimmesound.com, Magic Bullet Records has posted much of their catalogue for free, no-strings-attached download. The label explains:

“Evolve or die! Rather than try to fight, sue, or waste incessant time bad-mouthing the music-acquiring habits of people who “illegally” download full albums created by the glut of “hard-working” 20-somethings piling into vans and smoking the reefer in every city, forward-thinking individuals have been spending the last few years acknowledging the behavior and figuring out how to adapt accordingly. ”

“I have already uploaded over 20 full albums for immediate no-cost download (including some of the newest releases!), with another 80 or so that will be steadily available for download in the coming weeks and months. Please see the list/links below and feel free download every last song and album your heart desires.”

The business model of gimmesound.com is an interesting one; bands are compensated by the advertising revenue generated by the site, and the website also donates 2% of their net revenue to a charitable cause of the downloader’s choice.

Magic Bullet releases up for free download thus far include albums from Boy Sets Fire, Austin Lucas, This Will Destroy You, Frodus and many others. Check them out here.
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Sacramento, CA’s Deftones have decided to scrap their new album. Titled Eros, the album was a group of songs that featured currently hospitalized bass player Chi Cheng who was in a severe car accident. Says the band:

The songs recorded for Eros are very special to us as they are the latest with Chi (and we certainly hope not the last); they have history and significant meaning to us. However, as we neared completion on Eros, we realized that this record doesn’t best encompass and represent who we are currently as people and as musicians. And although those songs will see the light of day at some point, we collectively made the decision that we needed to take a new approach, and with Chi’s condition heavy on our minds while doing so. We needed to return to the studio to do what we felt was right artistically.

You can read the full statement here, and read about Chi Cheng’s condition here.
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Halo of Snakes, the recently unveiled project encompassing current and ex-members of Champion, Brutal Truth and Hot Cross among others, have debuted two demo tracks. You can check them out on their MySpace page.

The material is described thus forth:

No sampling, no beatmapping, no guitar pod silliness, minimal overdubs. We used our actual gear, dimed it, recorded live in the same room (there’s feedback! I miss feedback!) We’re all pretty pleased.

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Samiam has posted a newly remixed version of “Take Care”. The original version of the song appeared on the band’s 2006 full-length, Whatever’s Got You Down. The song can be heard at the band’s myspace page.

In addition to their previously announced touring plans, the band has also announced a few more shows in Australia this September;
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