Sunny Day Real Estate spoke to Spinner.com on the eve of the reissue of their classic albums, Diary and LP2. The two records will be reissued by Sub Pop Records on September 15, 2009 in remastered format with bonus material.

Bassist Nate Mendel (also of the Foo Fighters) was apparently instrumental to the reunion:

I was a bit of a pain in the ass to Jeremy and William. I had tried before, but thought it wouldn’t harm our relationship too badly if I called and tried one more time. Next thing we know, we were playing our songs again and had a major tour booked. The biggest deciding factor for me in a reunion was the fact that it would be all original members.

Check out the interview (and retrospective) here.
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Brendan Kelly of the The Lawrence Arms recently spoke to NME, listing “some songs [he’s] super into.”

Among them are selections from Nomeansno, The Misfits, Britney Spears, Bad Religion, Lil Wayne, Cobra Skulls, The Menzingers, Townes Van Zandt, Ramones, Teenage Bottlerocket, “Satan” by K’naan, Millencollin, Dead To Me, Rancid and A Wilhelm Scream.

Check out the list, along with his explanation for the choices here.
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Off With Their Heads have announced their schedule for the next few months. The critically acclaimed band will be playing separate runs with the Bouncing Souls, Youth Brigade, Smalltown and many others.

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To celebrate their 14th anniversary, Suburban Home Records is giving away free digital copies of albums on the label. The list of choices includes albums from Austin Lucas, Cory Branan, Jon Snodgrass, Drag The River, Ghost Buffalo, In The Red, Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass, Josh Small, Jr. Juggernaut, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Lagrecia, Laymen Terms, Love Me Destroyer, Mike Hale, Ninja Gun, Scott Reynolds and The Steaming Beast, Stereotyperider, The Fairlanes, The Gamits, The Playing Favorites, The Revenge, The Takers, Tim Barry, Two Cow Garage, Useless ID and Yesterday’s Ring.

Visit here to get your free record.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Modest Mouse – No One’s First, and You’re Next
• Cave In – Planets of Old [12 inch]
• Matt & Kim – Grand
• Government Issue – The Punk Remains the Same
• Keelhaul – Keelhaul’s Triumphant Return to Obscurity
• KASMs – Spayed
• Permanent Bastards – Emericans
• Torchbearer – The Worst Is Yet to Come… [7 inch]
• Bionic – Black Blood
• Panthro U.K. United 13 – Sound of a Gun

You can check out any of our 8640 reviews right here
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Shouting Street Audio Cassettes, the upstart label from Mutinyzine founder Christer Davidsson, has detailed their first release. The tape will be a split featuring Virgins and Over Stars and Gutters, limited to 100 hand-numbered copies on two different colors. Digital download codes will be included in each purchase. More information on the release can be found here.

Over Stars and Gutters recently self-released Consider This Your Curse, while Virgins unleashed Miscarriage in 2008, which can be streamed at their Punknews.org page.
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This week we bring you a live performance, courtesy of our comrades at National Underground. The video features Against Me!, live at The Fest 4, in Gainesville, FL.

You can check out the video, in full high definition, here.
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Fresh off their tour with The Swellers, Living with Lions are back in their hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia, writing the follow up to their debut full length Mark Your Mark. Prior to releasing their sophomore album in 2010, the band will be heading out on a fall tour with A Wilhelm Scream, followed by their first appearance at The Fest. Guitarist Chase Brenneman took some time out of writing to speak with Mark Millard about the bands new opportunities in the States, their writing process and The Fest 8.

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Between The Buried And Me have posted a teaser/sampler featuring portions of songs from their forthcoming album, The Great Misdirect. The record is set for a October 27, 2009 on Victory Records and is their first since 2007’s Colors.

Check it out on their MySpace page.
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Punknews is ecstatic to be the first bringing you dates for a fall co-headlining tour featuring Shook Ones and Title Fight. The bands will rotate the headlining spot.

Shooks will be supporting The Unquotable A.M.H., while Title Fight recently released their The Last Thing You Forget 7″ and collections CD on Run for Cover.
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Our stream today comes from Los Angeles, CA-based Orange. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Phoenix.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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As they put the final touches on their forthcoming studio album, Minus The Bear have announced a four week headlining tour . The band spent the last 4 months in Seattle’s Avast! Recording Co and Electrokitty Recording studios, working on their highly anticipated fourth studio album.

Before the early 2010 album release, Minus the Bear will give fans a sneak peek at the Chiccarelli sessions by releasing the new album’s first single “Into The Mirror,” on October 27th release.

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Bad Brains early label, Roir is giving away a set of very rare, very unusual Bad Brains-themed flip flops from Japan. The slippers boast the artwork from the 1982 album, Bad Brains.

Check them out here.
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