Grand Rapids, MI outfit North Lincoln are calling it a day. The band is currently touring the UK and will be appearing at The Fest 8 in Gainesville, FL over Halloween weekend. Their final show will take place in their hometown of Grand Rapids on December 19 at Mulligan’s Pub.

Over the years, North Lincoln issued material through Salinas Records, Yo-Yo Records, Kiss of Death and No Idea, who released the band’s final full-length Midwestern Blood earlier this year. That record can be streamed at the band’s Punknews.org page.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have revealed the cover art for their upcoming new album Pin Points and Gin Joints. You can get a new track, “Graffiti Worth Reading”, for free through their store. Check out the cover below.

The album currently has no release date, but is expected out sometime later this year. The genre-defining band released Medium Rare in 2007 after a brief hiatus.
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Iron Chic, the Long Island supergroup featuring members of Latterman, Small Arms Dealer and more, are set to officially get their Shitty Rambo EP out to the public on November 1st. The four song EP is the followup to their Demo.

The guys at Dead Broke are handling the pressing duties. Make sure to catch the Chic if you’re going to the FEST this year.
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Richmond, VA post-hardcore outfit Ultra Dolphins have posted a new song. The band’s new album, Alien Baby, is expected out in early 2010 via Rorschach Records (LP) and Exotic Fever Records (CD). The album will be the band’s first in four years, having last released Mar in 2006 via Robotic Empire.

Check out “Ground Nest” right here.
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Gnarboots, a new band featuring Adam Davis of DESA on guitar and vocals, Bob Vielma from Shinobu on bass and Aaron Carnes from ancient ska-punk band Flat Planet on drums, recently played their first show in Oakland at the Stork Club. Adam pointed us towards a video of their track “Omnivore” and you can see it below.

The band will soon be releasing a 3 song EP titled Maybe I’ll Catch Fire and will feature a picture of Dante3000 on the back of it.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week…

Popular political punks Anti-Flag have announced a series of shows in London, Berlin, and Vienna that will see the Pittsburg-based act performing Clash covers. The Misfits are set to return with their first new studio material since 2003 with their Land of the Dead 12″ . Blink-182‘s much loved Enema of the State full length is set to receive a vinyl release a decade after the fact via Mightier Than Sword Records. Apple this week countered rumours that had been swirling about their new iTunes LP format. The company has confirmed that the format will be open to both major and indie labels and that the enhanced digital releases would carry not production fee.

Weezer launched a new subscription iTunes pass for their upcoming album, providing a Clash cover as part of the bonus content. Frontman Rivers Cuomo also announced plans to collaborate with Katy Perry. Panic Records has signed a pair of new bands, including Hartford, CT’s Hostage Calm and Syracuse, NY’s Another Breath. The Riot Before released a new acoustic EP for free download. Jon Cougar Concentration Camp plans to cover the entirety of Screeching Weasel‘s My Brain Hurts on their new LP. Tom Waits announced plans to release a two-disc live album in November. Japan and Malaysia will soon witness the MxPx All-Stars featuring MxPx singer/bassist Mike Herrera backed by The Ataris‘ frontman Kris Roe on guitar and the Summer Obsession’s Chris Wilson on drums. Against Me!, Alexisonfire and Billy Talent will tour Canada. No Use For A Name are headed to Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Japan. Less Than Jake has a number of upcoming shows with bands like the Swellers, Fishbone, and Casualties. NOFX is headed south to Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica. This week saw video of a Dillinger Four house show in Tempe, AZ. Rancid unveiled their clip for “Up To No Good.” New Found Glory also posted “Don’t Let Her Pull You Down.”

This week we said goodbye to Brendan Mullen (1949-2009), founder of historic Hollywood punk club The Masque.

This week we spoke with Jeff Dean of The Bomb (interview), singer Ty Vaughn of Broadway Calls (interview), bassist Ryan of Defiance, Ohio (interview), and Matt Tobey, Ginger Alford and Mike Harpring Jr. of Good Luck (interview).

Our Dispatches series of band blogs featured British singer-songwriter Mike Scott, currently on tour with Kevin Seconds (Episode 3). As always we brought you new streaming music from some great up and coming bands, including the new full length from Scranton, PA’s Captain, We’re Sinking, new music from Pittsburgh’s American Armada, and 10 songs from new Red Scare act the Reaganomics.

So what’s coming up this week? Look for new releases from Chad Price, Converge, Failure’s Union, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Star Fucking Hipsters, the Slits, the Reaganomics and many others. We’ll also see a number of tours kick off this week. Look for upcoming shows from Green Day (UK), Bouncing Souls with Bayside and Broadway Calls (US), the Damned (US), Propagandhi with The Rebel Spell (Canada), Bad Brains (US), and Thrice with The Dear Hunter and Polar Bear Club (US).

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

• Strike Anywhere – Iron Front
• Rx Bandits – Mandala
• Sonic Boom Six / The Skints – live in Leeds
• Chuck Ragan – Gold Country
• husband&wife – Dark Dark Woods
• The Bomb – Speed Is Everything
• The Brown Book – Thirty-Nothing [12 inch]
• Self Made Soul – The Future Belongs to Us
• 16 Second Stare – Red Carpet Material
• Gogol Bordello – Voi-La Intruder

You can check out any of our 8740 reviews right here
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Videos have surfaced of a Dillinger Four matinee house show that happened last month in Tempe, AZ before the band’s scheduled tour stop with The Arrivals, Riverboat Gamblers, and Parkway Wretch.

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Providence, RI’s Back Stabbath has posted a new song available on their Myspace page. The band, featuring members of imadethismistake, Yavin Five, and Jesuscentric, has a show lined up in their hometown on November 9 at AS220. Their debut release, a split cassette with Carrboro, NC’s Systems due out December 20 on The Cottage Records.

The song was recorded live at Firehouse 13 in Providence, RI in July of this year.
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Providence, RI’s Back Stabbath has posted a new song available on their Myspace page. The band, featuring members of imadethismistake, Yavin Five, and Jesuscentric, has a show lined up in their hometown on November 9 at AS220. Their debut release, a split cassette with Carrboro, NC’s Systems due out December 20 on The Cottage Records.

The song was recorded live at Firehouse 13 in Providence, RI in July of this year.
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A trailer for the upcoming DVD from The Snake The Cross The Crown has been released. On a Carousel of Sound, We Go Round is a CD/DVD set that contains B-sides, demos, and newer, unreleased recordings as part of its audio program, while the DVD chronicles the band’s demise following their summer 2007 tour.

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The Have Nots have announced a slate of fall tour dates in support of Serf City USA. The shows will see the Boston band share the stage with Big D and the Kids Table, La Plebe, and the Dropkick Murphys among others.
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Gatorface have posted another new song from their upcoming album, Wasted Monuments. You can check out the track “Burning Crosses” at the band’s MySpace page. Wasted Moments is due out on November 10th.

Gatorface features ex-New Mexican Disaster Squad members Richard Minino (Horsebites) and Alex Goldfarb. Both are also pulling double duty in the No Idea super-group No Friends.
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