British singer-songwriter Mike Scott recently toured with Kevin Seconds. Mike has been kind enough to provide us with a series of Dispatches from the tour, the last of which we bring you tonight.

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A special line up of MxPx will tour Japan and Malaysia this December with Zebrahead. The shows are unique in that they will not feature drummer Yuri Ruley and guitarist Tom Wisniewski, but instead a few familiar ringers. On the tour singer/bassist Mike Herrera will be backed by Ataris frontman Kris Roe on guitar and the Summer Obsession’s Chris Wilson on drums. Wilson was prevously a member of MxPx, while Roe has been a friend and tourmate of the band since 1996, and as such the group will tour under the name “MxPx All-Stars.” For the record, Ruley and Wisniewski are just taking a temporary break for this tour and will be back in the band afterwards.

The group is expected to throw a few Ataris songs into their set along with other surprises. MxPx is supporting their upcoming Left Coast Punk EP as well as an upcoming holiday album. The Ataris are currently finishing up their sixth album The Graveyard of the Atlantic.
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Later this week No Use For A Name will embark on a tour of Indonesia, Malaysia, China, and Japan. They’ll kick things off in Jakarta on the 17th and will be playing in Asia through the first week of November.

The band is supporting 2008’s The Feel Good Record of the Year.
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Guignol and Mischief Brew have released a collaboration titled Fight Dirty. The record features seven songs by Mischief Brew’s Erik Fistolo backed by Guignol, six Guignol songs with Erik on guitar, a Django Reinhardt cover, and a cover of Iron Maiden’s “Hallowed Be Thy Name” with Slavic Soul Party’s Ben Holmes on trumpet. The bands recorded at Vibromonk Studios with Danny Shatzky (Firewater, Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello). The songs “Fight Dirty” and “Banks” are available for download.

Guignol features Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady, World/Inferno Friendship Society), Peter Hess (Balkan Beat Box, Slavic Soul Party, World/Inferno), George Rush (Hem) and John Bollinger (Antony & The Johnsons).
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Laundromat-centric web series Dirty Laundry has unveiled a new episode, this one featuring Glasgow, Scotland outfit The Twilight Sad weighing in on My Bloody Valentine comparisons, invading Walmart and outdrinking former tourmates Mogwai, among other things.

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New Jersey ska-punk outfit Legitimate Business has made their new full-length, First World Problems, available as a free download on their website.

The download is available in either MP3 or lossless FLAC format and comes with liner notes, and the record is the band’s first since returning from a hiatus, this time sans horn section.
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Rise Records has signed Indiana-based hardcore band Continuance. The band features members of Means and Saints Never Surrender. Rise will release the band’s debut full length in Spring of 2010.

Continuance will be on the road throughout the fall in the US and Canada.
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New Found Glory have posted the new video for “Don’t Let Her Pull You Down” from their 2009 Epitaph Records debut, Not Without a Fight.

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Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem visited Toronto radio station, The Edge 102.1 to perform some music. Brian performed “Tin Pot Alley” and “The ’59 Sound.”

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Less Than Jake have announced a month of tour dates beginning in November 13th. The veteran ska/punk act will be on the road with The Casualties, The Dangerous Summer, The Swellers, Cage, Fishbone and more.

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Mall’d to Death, a new project out of Minneapolis featuring Dan Jensen (Off With Their Heads), Dani Barstad (the Terrordactyls) and Tyler Barrett has posted some songs online which can be heard here. According to their myspace blog:

The idea came about following observations made by Josh Caterer at the Triple Rock regarding how much Minnesotans seem to like their malls and really take it to the next level (hence name), and a desire to make music that was the complete antithesis of such. Eventually songs were written, members were added, and Mall’d to Death took on the shape of what you hear now.

The trio is planning further recording and shows for later this fall.
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Let Me Run has announced a significant lineup change as well as a new signing to Paper and Plastick. Former singer and guitar player Travis Omilian and the band parted ways over the summer. He has since been replaced by Dan Maxwell. The rest of the band had more to add about the change up:

The addition of Dan into the band has given us a seriously new direction. After we released Meet Me at the Bottom we weren’t really pleased with the outcome. Nothing sounded like we wanted it to. We loved the songs, but they seemed oversaturated. With Dan now, there’s more of openness and collaborative feeling with writing these songs. They are hashed out and streamlined until everyone is happy with the outcome. It’s reinvigorated some of our material off of MMATB. Since our first practice with Dan, I’ve never heard “Shane” played better. It’s great.

Let Me Run also announce that they will be heading into The Machine Shop in November to record a new release for Paper and Plastick Records. The release is expected to be released as early as January ’10. A demo recording for “Scared as Shit”, one of the new songs has been posted on their MySpace.
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Let Me Run has announced a significant lineup change as well as a new signing to Paper and Plastick. Former singer and guitar player Travis Omilian and the band parted ways over the summer. He has since been replaced by Dan Maxwell. The rest of the band had more to add about the change up:

The addition of Dan into the band has given us a seriously new direction. After we released Meet Me at the Bottom we weren’t really pleased with the outcome. Nothing sounded like we wanted it to. We loved the songs, but they seemed oversaturated. With Dan now, there’s more of openness and collaborative feeling with writing these songs. They are hashed out and streamlined until everyone is happy with the outcome. It’s reinvigorated some of our material off of MMATB. Since our first practice with Dan, I’ve never heard “Shane” played better. It’s great.

Let Me Run also announce that they will be heading into The Machine Shop in November to record a new release for Paper and Plastick Records. The release is expected to be released as early as January ’10. A demo recording for “Scared as Shit”, one of the new songs has been posted on their MySpace.
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