Toronto’s Apostle of Hustle, the Cuban-influenced side project of Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman, are headed out on tour soon alongside celebrated NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello. For the shows Apostle of Hustle will take the slimmed down form of a “drums/percusion vs guitar/sampler” duo. The bands will kick things off on October 3rd in Winnipeg, traveling west across Canada then down into the States. The tour will wrap on the 30th in Atlanta, GA.

Apostle of Hustle is supporting their recent full length Eats Darkness. Gogol Bordello last released Super Taranta! in 2007.
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Chris Rest of Lagwagon and King City (formerly of RKL) is now part of the No Use For A Name roster. He replaces guitarist Dave Nassie, who recently left the band to play for Bleeding Through. No Use For A Name last released The Feel Good Record of the Year in 2008.
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The organizers of Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest have announce eight new additions to the 2009 edition of the festival. The bill will now include Fucked Up, comedian Brian Posehn, Harlem, Alaska in Winter, Yeasayer, Kid Sister, D.R.I. and Vega.

The already announced lineup includes celebrated Detroit protopunk act DEATH , Lucero, the The Jesus Lizard, Melt Banana, 7Seconds, the King Khan & BBQ Show and Les Savy Fav and others.

Another four additions are expected to be announced Monday.
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Riot Fest West is coming to Los Angeles this November. The organizers of the event have announced the first slate of bands on their lineup. Look for Screeching Weasel, The Dead Milkmen, Naked Raygun, 88 Fingers Louie, Adolescents, Teen Idols and American Steel to share the stage, with more to be announced.

Riot Fest West will run from November 12th through the 14th, staging shows at the Palladium, Roxy and Key Club venues. Three day passes for the event go on sale this Saturday.
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Propagandhi have announced a tour of Canada’s West Coast with support from The Rebel Spell. The band has teamed up with independent ticket service Ticket Workshop for the shows in order to avoid Ticketmaster.

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Pennywise frontman Jim Lindberg has announced his departure from the long-running punk act.

Lindberg released the following statement:

After 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows around the world, my time in Pennywise has come to an end. Being the singer for this band has been an amazing experience, and along the way we made some of the best fans anyone could ask for. There are few things that made me more proud than seeing people at our shows singing our songs, and it’s your support and encouragement that’s kept me going this long. would sincerely like to thank everyone who helped us along the way and wish everyone in the Pennywise family the best of luck and continued success. Yours truly, Jim.”

Lindberg had been the band’s lead vocalist and major songwriting contributor since their inception in 1988, recording and releasing nine studio albums with the band. The most recent was last year’s free release on MySpace Records, Reason to Believe.

Lindberg is currently working on a documentary based on his book Punk Rock Dad, and is set to begin recording for an as-yet-untitled release.

No word on who will take Lindberg’s place.
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AFI have revealed the track listing and cover art for their highly anticipated full-length, Crash Love. The record is due out September 29, 2009 and will be the band’s first since 2006’s Decemberunderground. Frontman Davey Havok had this to say about Crash Love:

“I am so proud of this record. I really believe it’s the best AFI record. It honestly feels like we’ve made our first truly timeless record. We didn’t set out to do that–you can’t set out to do something like that–but it definitely feels like that’s what we’ve achieved: created the album by which we’ll be remembered”

The band has also added more dates to their previously announced tour; the first ten dates will feature Gallows as an opening act.
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Dr.Frank, noted author and former frontman of The Mr. T Experience has posted a song from his recently announced new 7-inch. The music coincides with the release of his second novel, Andromeda Klein. The digital version is due out the same day as the book, on August 25, 2009. It will feature two songs, “Andromeda Klein” – a “theme” for the book, and the b-side, “Bethlehem.”

Check out the song here.

With the exception of the acoustic tracks included with his previous novel, King Dork, the 7-inch represents the first output from Frank in more than five years. The songs were recorded by Justin Perkins at Howl Street Recordings in Milwaukee. Physical vinyl is due out on Jealous Butcher Records from Portland, Oregon on September 15, 2009.
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Allen Shellenberger, founding member and longtime drummer of Lit has passed away after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. In 2008, Allen was diagnosed with a malignant glioma brain tumor and immediately underwent clinical trials, chemotherapy and radiation at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute. His treatments were documented in an “ABC World News Tonight” piece that aired in May of that year. His bandmates had this to say:

To know Al was to know laughter. He had a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone. Words cannot begin to express how much he will be missed. This was our brother and not a day will go by that we won’t think about him. Right now we’re trying to find the balance of mourning his loss and celebrating his life. Allen has experienced more in his 39 years than most people dream of in 10 lifetimes. This is a tremendous loss for us, our fans and also for Allen’s family who took such good care of him during his battle with cancer

Our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
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Suburban Home Records has announced that they’ll be releasing the debut EP from Seattle, WA-based singer/songwriter Lizzie Huffman. Huffman is the sister of Kirk Huffman of Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground, who, along with bandmate Phil Peterson, play on the EP.

The release, entitled Lizzie Huffman and her Brother Band, is expected out soon on 10″ vinyl. In the meantime, the entire EP can be streamed at Huffman’s MySpace page.
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In 1990, The Casualties started out with an idea was to return to the “Golden Age” of street punk which they felt that had been non existent since 1985. The Casualties took their high-energy street punk out of the gutter and into a long career of producing album after album and traveling thousands of miles a year to pursue their passion. To date the Casualties have put out seven full length albums (Along with three EPs, three Live albums and were included on 10 compilations), with their eighth full length album, We Are All We Have, about to hit the streets on August 25, 2009 care of SideOneDummy Records. The guitarist of The Casualties since 1993, Jake Kolatis took some time to sit down and talk to Jonny Taint about We are all we have, touring the world, and the misconception some people have about street punks.

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And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will headline a tour supported by Secret Machines and Future of the Left.

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The Vans Warped Tour will celebrate the touring festival’s 15th anniversary with a special performance next month, parts of which will be broadcast in theaters nationwide days later.

The show will take place on September 6th at Los Angeles, CA-based Club Nokia, featuring performances by Warped Tour alumni Bad Religion,All-American Rejects, Katy Perry, NOFX, Ozomatli, The Aggrolites, The Decaydance All Stars, Ice T, Pennywise, Rise Against and Underoath. Blink 182 is also slated to make a special video appearance.

The show will be aired in 460 movie theatres across the United States on September 17th which will feature the performances along with behind-the-scenes footage.
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