CNN has posted an article about the emergence of the Islamic punk culture in North America, much of it focusing on Muslim punk act The Kominas. Among the topics discussed are various views on Islamic punk and one of the catalysts of the culture: a book called Taqwacore about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, NY.
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Issue Oriented, the podcast hosted by Ronen Kauffman, vocalist of Zombie Apocalypse and author of New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye – Bands, Dirty Basements and the Search for Self has posted its 45th episode. The show features an interview with and performance by Frank Turner, including an unrecorded/unreleased song entitled “Pass It Along”.
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Worn in Red have posted another new track from their upcoming debut full-length for No Idea, In The Offing. “Mise En Abyme” can be heard at the band’s MySpace page. When released, In The Offing will be Worn In Red’s first new material since their 2008 split 7″ with Benard.
The band has also announced a tour down to this year’s Fest 8 in Gainesville, FL.
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Government Issue has released a new EP of five previously unreleased live tracks recorded in 1982 and 1983 entitled The Punk Remains The Same. DC-Jam Records is handling the release; check it out here.
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Digital Leather has announced that they’ve signed to Fat Possum Records. The band, currently managed by Jay Reatard, will be releasing the album Warm Brother through the label. The band will also be out on tour for most of the fall.
Earlier this month the organizers of Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest announced that (now) celebrated Detroit protopunk act DEATH will make their first and only festival apperance at the event. DEATH joins bands like Lucero, the The Jesus Lizard, Melt Banana, 7Seconds, the King Khan & BBQ Show and Les Savy Fav at the two day festival. The fest continues to leak bands via a quasi-hidden area of their website. Fun Fun Fun Fest will take place on November 7th and 8th in Austin, Texas.
DEATH performed and recorded in the early 70s, predating many of early punk bands, but were mostly lost to history and record collectors until this year. Recent reissues and a profile by the New York Times recently put the band back in the spotlight.
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Used Kids have offered up their new full length Yeah No available for download via If You Make It. The download is free but the band is asking fans to throw them a donation if they enjoy the music. The album will be availilable in meatspace in a few days also, with Salinas Records putting out the LP.
Used Kids are the Brooklyn-based successor to the Milwaukee’s Modern Machines. The band features members of Cheeky and the Ergs.
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Mike Herrera of MxPx is hitting the road with his “pop-punk-a-billy” band Tumbledown in support of their recent self-titled full length. The band will co-headline the tour with John Nolan of Straylight Run. The tour kicks off at the end of this month in Seattle, heads south to Texas then back north to wrap up in Minneapolis by mid September.
The record Tumbledown was released earlier this year by End Sounds.
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Hardcore/metal crossover pioneers D.R.I. will return to the stage in November. The group has been on hiatus for several years now, having played their previous North American show in September of 2004. Further touring plans were sidelined when founding member Spike Cassidy was diagnosed with colon cancer, which he has been fighting since (and is doing well). Cassidy commented:
“I am very happy D.R.I. will be playing again; it has been far too long. We are currently setting up weekends to test the water and rebuild the stamina that we were known for. We all look forward to restarting up exactly where we left off… Right now it is two- and three-day weekends until 2010, followed by some international work. We really are planning to be able to do a four-week tour by late summer 2010. We are also hoping to do some festivals in the middle of these weekends, one of which will be announced in a few weeks. It will be great to reconnect with all the fans again.
The band will kick things off on November 6th in Tuscon, AZ.
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The Bouncing Souls are set to premiere their new 20th anniversary TV special at their upcoming shows in New York and Philadelphia. The band will perform on August 20th and 21st at New York’s Webster Hall, the first show with Lifetime and None More Black, the second with 7Seconds and Tim Barry.
On the 22nd and 23rd the band will perform at Philadelphia’s Trocadero Theatre, mixing up the support to feature 7Seconds and None More Black the first night and Lifetime with Tim Barry the second. The TV special will be screened in its entirety each night. In regards to the support, the band commented:
“Lifetime and 7 Seconds both took us on tour, in 1993 and 1994 respectively, when nobody else even knew who we were or cared. We wouldn’t be a band without their help or their influence or their long-lasting friendships.”
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The Gaslight Anthem have announced a few more dates to their previously announced fall tour, as the band continues to support 2008’s The ’59 Sound. Murder By Death will act as direct support on the entire tour, while separate legs will feature The Loved Ones, Frank Turner, Ninja Gun, Broadway Calls, Jesse Malin and The Measure [SA].
Strung Out has announced a short run of October tour dates. The long running Fat Wreck Chords act will perform in Texas and Florida with support from bands like the Lower Class Brats, the Flatliners, Pour Habit and Nations AFire.
Strung Out most recently released the rarities album Prototypes and Painkillers. A new full length is in the works.
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