The Used have announced the dates on their upcoming headlining tour in support of Artwork which is due out September 1, 2009. Support will be provided by The Almost and Drive A.

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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Paint It Black – Surrender [7 inch]
• Hit the Switch – Observing Infinities
• Bouncing Souls / Lifetime / Tim Barry – live in Philadelphia
• Protagonist – The Chronicle
• Thousandaires – Land Seal Demo
• Caustic Defiance / Negative Element – Split
• Kite Party – Wish Mountain
• Rocky Votolato – The Brag and Cuss
• Planes Mistaken for Stars – Planes Mistaken for Stars [reissue]
• American Steel – American Steel

You can check out any of our 8590 reviews right here
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Some more additions to the upcoming FYF Fest (formerly Fuck Yeah Fest). The latest are Destroyer, Mika Miko, Metallagher and Shonen Knife.

They join a previously announced lineup which includes Dan Deacon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Torche The Black Lips, Converge, Darker My Love, Fucked Up, Har Mar Superstar, Japanther, Lightning Bolt, Lucero, Mika Miko, No Age, Nobunny, Carbonas, The Thermals, Times New Viking, AA Bondy, Avi Buffalo, Cold Cave, Crystal Antlers, Dios, Eat Skull, Glass Candy, Katie Stelmanis, Kurt Vile, NinjaSonik, Peanut Butter Wolf, Telepathe, The Strange Boys and Tim & Eric.

The event will take place September 5th, 2009 at Los Angeles Historic State Park.
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Dead Man’s Bones have posted the first video from their debut on Anti- Records. The band is a a new project from actors Zach Shields and Ryan Gosling. The project began as a soundtrack to a a play about a monster-ghost-love-story. The duo scrapped the stage show when costs because prohibitive but decided to use the songs they had written. The pair chose to play all the instruments on the record, even those they had never touched before.

The record is titled Dead Man’s Bones and is due out October 6, 2009

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Sherwood has announced plans to release their second album for MySpace Records. The record is titled Qu and is due out October 13, 2009. It is the follow-up to A Different Light which was released in 2007.

The album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate).
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Sherwood has announced plans to release their second album for MySpace Records. The record is titled Qu and is due out October 13, 2009. It is the follow-up to A Different Light which was released in 2007.

The album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins, Sunny Day Real Estate).
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Getting in touch with the Re-Volts’ frontman Spike Slawson wasn’t easy. It’s not surprising when you take into account that the guy has three other bands besides the Re-Volts to keep tabs on — Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Swingin’ Utters and Filthy Thieving Bastards. When Punknews’ Zack Zeigler finally did catch up with Spike, he was in Winnipeg, Canada passing out flyers to promote a string of shows. Despite stopping periodically to flag down a passerby for directions, or to let them know when and where to catch the next Re-Volts performance, Slawson discussed his stance on the “retarded” unwritten rules of punk, how hitting the road adds stability to his life and why musically he’s not ready to admit to being happy.
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The Gray Lady has posted a review of the Bouncing Souls recent anniversary performance at Webster Hall last Thursday night. The newspaper talked about some notable moments in the evening including:

During “Lean on Sheena,” one of the Bouncing Souls’ more agitated numbers, a few muscular young men toward the back of the crowd hoisted one of their friends, upright in his wheelchair, and thrust him forward. He rode the crowd, dozens of hands reaching upward to grip the tires, until he was deposited onstage, prompting the band’s bass player, Bryan Kienlen, to exult, “That’s Jersey right there for you!”

The article also talks about Lifetime‘s performance and more. Check it out here.

Last night’s show with Lifetime and Tim Barry was documented on the Punknews Twitter, check out the pictures.
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Boston’s Dropkick Murphys have announced their fall tour schedule. The band will kick things off in California in early November, traveling up the US west coast and crossing the border to Vancouver. The group will then head east across Canada, heading as far as Montreal before heading south into the States again.

The Dropkick Murphys last released The Meanest of Times in 2007.
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The 2009 Riot Fest has expanded their lineup with the addition of 7 Seconds, Cobra Skulls, Deals Gone Bad, The Bomb, Das Kapital, Beer Nuts, the Pinstripes, and She Likes Todd. 7 Seconds and Das Kapital will perform at the Beat Kitchen on Thursday October 8th, Deals Gone Bad and the Pinstripes will join the The Aggrolites at Subterranean on Friday, with Beer Nuts and Cobra Skulls playing that same venue (with the Aggros again) on Saturday. She Likes Todd has been added to the Sunday night Congress Theater lineup with Screeching Weasel, the Alkaline Trio and more. The full schedule for the event can be found at the event’s website. Riot Fest takes over Chicago from October 7th through the 11th with shows at a number of venues.

Riot Fest has also announced the First Annual Riot Fest Drunken Bowling Tournament, taking place at the Fireside Bowl on October 9th and 10th. Details on team registration, prizes and more can be found at the fest’s website.
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Between Community and Resistance, a 2001 documentary about the Long Island punk scene is set to be released on DVD. The movie, originally only available on VHS, focuses on the city’s DIY scene and contains interviews and live footage of Latterman, On the Might of Princess, The Insurgent, Seven Days of Samsara as well as other contributors to the scene. The DVD also contains footage that didn’t appear in the film’s original release. The New York Times called the movie “Bright, articulate and self critical”.

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Long dormant San Diego pop punk band Fenix TX is set to hit the studio soon. In an announcement posted online earlier this month, the band revealed that their original line up of Donnie Reyes, Adam Lewis, Will Salazar and Damon DeLaPaz would hit the studio this September. A new full length is expected in 2010.

Fenix TX formed in 1995 in Houston as Riverfenix. The band’s 1997 Drive Thru released debut caught the attention of Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, who managed the band up through the release of Blink’s breakthrough Enema of the State. The bands continued to tour together and share management, exposing the band to much of Blink’s then burgeoning audience and landing them at MCA. The group split up due to personal differences in 2002, although several reunions have taken place since.
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Pat Schramm of Bridge and Tunnel, Ryan Seagrist, formally of Discount and Ryan Young of Off with Their Heads have started a new band called Stolen Parts. The band has posted some demos on their MySpace page and plans to release a 7″ on Kiss Of Death Records.
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