Poison The Well, Vanna and This Time Next Year are set to hit the road together later this month. The bands will tour throughout the southeastern US together, wrapping up in Douglasville, GA by mid September.
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AOL Music is hosting a full album stream of the new record from Showbread. The Fear of God was released today on Tooth & Nail Records. The record is the first new material from the band since 2006’s Age of Reptiles.

Check out the stream at AOL Music.
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Currently causing waves across the UK punk underground, Welsh five-piece The Arteries may be just a bunch of friends who like to play music together and party, but with their punk anthems that mix a love of skate/pop punk and classic rock (think Descendents meets AC/DC and you’re on the right track) they’re one of the most exhilarating new bands on the scene as demonstrated on 2009’s Blood, Sweat and Beers.

In an interview with Ian Chaddock, bassist/vocalist Jamie Morrison talks about the band’s history, storming debut album and their excitement to be playing this year’s Fest in Gainesville, FL.

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Punknews community regular TahoeJeff has recorded and posted several ukelele versions of punk songs. He’s offering his version of “I Live in Hell”, originally by Dear Landlord, for free download here.

Some other covers of songs from bands such as The Mopes, Screeching Weasel, The Misfits and Off with Their Heads can be heard at his MySpace page.
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Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) have announced a short run of tour dates to commence later this week. The band’s new album, What It Takes To Move Forward, is due out in September via their own Count Your Lucky Stars Records, and will follow up 2008’s Year of the Rabbit 7″. Two songs from the record can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.

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Captain, We’re Sinking have posted a new song from their upcoming EP. No other details are available at this time, but any new release from the band would follow up 2008’s The Animals Are Out.

Check out “It’s a Trap” at the band’s MySpace page.
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Catch 22 have announced a handful of shows in the northeastern United States. The band last released Permanent Revolution in 2006.

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Seekonk, MA pop punk/folk group imadethismistake will soon head out on an extensive acoustic tour of the United States and Canada with Essex, UK artist Neil Sutherland.

The band continues to support 2008’s It’s Okay, as well as their upcoming re-recorded re-release of 2007’s Tomorrow, We Start New, which is due out September 1, 2009. Neil Sutherland is supporting the upcoming One Hundred Faces EP which is due out in time for the tour.
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Richmond, VA’s Municipal Waste have posted another new song from their upcoming full-length. The record is titled Massive Aggressive and is due out on August 25, 2009. It will follow up The Art of Partying, which was released in 2007.

Check out “Divine Blasphemer” at the band’s MySpace page.
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A concert by The Hold Steady recorded several months back as part of a public television program called Live From The Artists Den has made its way online via video-on-demand site Hulu, which, due to licensing reasons, is unfortunately still only available in the United States.

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Rise Against has posted yet another fan-shot webisode chronicling the band’s recent co-headlining tour with Rancid. Vocalist Tim McIlrath had this to say about the footage:

“As our tour with Rancid came to a close this past weekend, we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane. We rolled through Vegas earlier this summer and passed out some HD cameras to a handful of fans and they came back with this footage of the song Long Forgotten Sons. Vegas was one of the highlights of our summer tour, a tour we are sad to end, but alas!”

“Long Forgotten Sons” comes from the band’s 2008 full-length, Appeal to Reason.
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Metal Blade has announced the signing of Los Angeles, CA’s Lightning Swords of Death. Vocalist Autarch provided this entertaining tidbit on the band’s signing to the label:

“Metal Blade has made a pact with the Devil. His knights, LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH shall go forth to wreak torment upon man and all his works for conquer and the glory of Hell on Earth. We rejoice in this union, together we shall stack the souls of the weak and fill our chalice with the blood of martyrs.”

The band will enter the studio later this year to record their debut for Metal Blade, with a release expected sometime in 2010. Some music can be heard at their MySpace page.
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Saw Wheel has posted a new song from their forthcoming (and first non-acoustic) 7″ for Anti-Creative Records. The label expects to release the record “as soon as possible” and in time for The Fest 8. “Raw Words” can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.

The band also recently joined Fail Safe Records and that label will be reissuing and remastering their recent album, The End of the Line. Said album can be heard at the band’s Punknews.org page.
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