The Swellers have accidentally appeared on a split release with Metallica. As drummer/vocalist Jonathan Diener explains in his blog:

Today we received our test pressings from Paper & Plastick for our new 7″ with the songs “Welcome Back Riders” and “Montreal Screwjob”…

Side A was awesome, the song sounded great. Then we flipped it, put the needle on, then heard applause… we didn’t have that on our song. Then we hear “I am iron man” …what the fuck?

We then realized, it was Metallica covering the song “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath on both copies of the 7″ instead of our song “Montreal Screwjob”. We even looked at the etching on the vinyl, one side said the swellers, other had a release listing with MET00 then the number of the release.

The band has two test press copies of the illustriously erroneous 7″ (which they are “definitely keeping”), both of which bear a live version of Metallica covering Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. The band also speculates that, of course, there may be a test pressing Metallica received with a Swellers song on one side.

The Swellers’ own 7″ in question, Welcome Back Riders, was recently released by Fueled by Ramen / Paper + Plastick. Their FBR debut, Ups and Downsizing, is due out September 29.
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Furnace will be heading out on a month-long tour with pop-punks Late Nite Wars.

Furnace will be supporting their full-length on Shock Value, Doublewalker, while Late Nite Wars are supporting their 2008 self-released self-titled EP. The latter are also planning a new 7″, Every Other Saturday, for Valley Documentation.
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Poker News recently spoke to Fat Mike of NOFX about the famous poker games that take place at the Warped Tour. Mike explained:

This year there is nobody, in any of the bands, who is good. There are some good players, but they’re just people who work on the Warped Tour. Matt (M. Shadows) from Avenged Sevenfold is good and so is Davey Havok from AFI. Then you always have Fletcher (Dragge) from Pennywise. He lost $13,000 on our last game in 2006. He lost money to Kevin (Lyman, founder of Warped Tour), Nick (Hexum) from 311, me, and Davey Havok. Since it was the last game, that night had a $1,000 buy-in. I was the bank so I kept giving him markers. At the end of the night I went to his manager and told him Fletcher owed me $13,000. He didn’t even think twice, just opened a box and handed me the money

You can read the interview in its entirety here.
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Staten Island pop-punks Racing Exit 13 have posted a full digital download of their new album, All We Need. You can acquire it here.

The band had signed with State of Mind this past January, though unreported issues led to the album’s non-release.

They’re currently on tour in support of the album with Norway’s Wrist Rocket.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• mewithoutYou – It’s All Crazy! It’s All False! It’s All a Dream! It’s Alright
• Polar Bear Club – The Summer of George [7 inch]
• Pitchfork Music Festival: Saturday – live in Chicago [Saturday]
• Apostle of Hustle – Eats Darkness
• Off with Their Heads – Live at The Atlantic Vol. II [7 inch]
• Lavotchkin / Crocus – Split
• Averkiou – Wasted and High [7 inch]
• Robbers – Flesh
• The Cass County Uglies – The Cass County Uglies
• OnGuard – This Has Its Price and That Price Has Been Paid

You can check out any of our 8540 reviews right here
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Richmond,VA’s Young Widows announced some upcoming projects, including a live record and writing for their follow up to 2008’s Old Wounds.

We’ve been quite busy writing for our follow up to Old Wounds. So far so good! We are stoked on all the songs we’ve been writing and we’ll be debuting some of them on our upcoming tours….

We have two releases to announce, both on Robotic Empire and both to be released in the next couple of months. The first is Evan [Patterson]’s project Bad Secrets, which was born out of improv jam sessions between him and The Kodan Armada‘s Dan Davis. They recorded three weekends of jamming together, whittled it down to seven songs and thus, their debut release is born. It will be release on 9″+CD! The second is a Young Widows live record! Ha. We had the privilage to play live on WMUC Radio back in April and it was all recorded. Andy was insistant on releasing it, probably why he stole our copy of the recording! It will be released on 12″+CD of a limited number.

The band will be performing at Best Friends Day 8 in Richmond with Dave Witte (Burnt By The Sun, Municipal Waste, Melt Banana) filling in for drummer Jeremy McMonigle at the show (he’ll be in Finland). The band is also supporting Thursday and The Fall Of Troy this Fall as previously announced.
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Bomb the Music Industry! has posted their first official music video. The clip features the song “Wednesday Night Drinkball” from their recent full length Scrambles. The video was directed by Bryan Schlam.

You can check it out on Vimeo and YouTube.
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New York City hockey punks Two Man Advantage are set to head out for their first tour in over five years next month. In the first two weeks of September the band will relocate the Phoenix Coyotes perform shows across the US, hitting both coasts and wrapping up in Long Beach, CA by mid month.

The band is touring in support of their recent release South of Canada, which was released last year on Rodent Popsicle.
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Seattle’s storied garage punk act the The Spits have released a new full length via Recess Records and Thriftstore Records. The album is their fourth self-titled release, although it carries the unofficial title of Schools Out. Three songs from the record can be streamed online. You can find “Tonight,” “Live in a Van,” and “Police” over at MySpace.

The band is touring in suport of the full length. kicking off from their hometown on August 27th and wrapping up on the east coast on mid-September.
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BYO Records has further detailed the upcoming boxed set Let Them Know: The Story Of Youth Brigade and BYO Records. The centerpiece of the package is the DVD release of the full-length documentary Let Them Know, directed by Jeff Alulis (Do You Remember? 15 Years of the Bouncing Souls, NOFX‘s Backstage Passport). The set will also include a double LP, 31 track audio compilation of bands covering songs from the BYO catalogue. Participants include NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, 7Seconds, the Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, the Briefs, and Lagwagon among many others. The LP and DVDs will come packaged with a full-color, hardcover coffee table book further celebrating the label’s history.

Youth Brigade has expanded their tour plans in support of the set, with appearances scheduled for Riot Fest in Chicago, the Fest in Gainesville, and Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin.
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Broadway Calls have posted their video for “Be All That You Can’t Be” from their upcoming album Good Views, Bad News due out August 18th on SideoneDummy Records.

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No Age have announced a new 12-inch, 4 song EP. The record is titled Losing Feeling and is due out October 6, 2009.

All four songs were written in the band’s practice space. “Genie” was recorded there and three others were recorded at Infrasonic Sound. The record will be available on 12-inch vinyl and digitally but not on CD.
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Rise Records has signed Australian metal act The Red Shore. The label will be releasing a deluxe version of the band’s recently album, Unconsecrated, on October 27, 2009 in the US, Canada and Japan. The deluxe version will feature 19 songs and a DVD documentary.

You can check out some music on their myspace page.
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