The Constantines have expanded their 10 year anniversary plans from two December gigs to a week of shows across Ontario. A few of the special guests for these shows have been confirmed so far, with Attack In Black joining the group on the 11th in Toronto and Oneida and Metz joining them the day after. The expanded tour now includes stops ranging from the Ottawa and Kingston down through London, including their former home of Guelph.

The band was formed in Guelph, Ontario in 1999 by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle and now features keyboardist Will Kidman. Over the past decade they’ve released four full lengths and a handful of EPs and singles on a variety of labels including (the now-defunct) Three Gut Records, Suicide Squeeze, Sub Pop and Arts & Crafts. Their latest was 2008’s Kensington Heights.
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Toronto psyche / stoner rock group Quest for Fire, which features former members of the Deadly Snakes and Cursed, are headed out on tour in November. The band will play shows in Ontario, Quebec and New York state in support of their self titled debut.

Quest For Fire’s debut was originally released via Montreal’s Storyboard label, after which it was picked up by NYC based Tee Pee Records for the US and Europe.
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Blackhouse Records has signed Sugar Skulls. The Seattle-based four piece recently returned to action from a lengthy hiatus and are getting set to release their full length A Little Death on the label. You can preview some of the band’s music at MySpace.

The band will soon play a six year anniversary show in their hometown on Halloween at the Rendevous Jewel Box Theatre. They’ll play alongside Amber Asylum, Kawabata from Acid Mothers, members of Kinski, and the violinist from Ovo.
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For 20 years Simi Valley’s Strung Out have been creating their unique brand of fast, technical, and rebellious punk rock. Their most recent release, Agents of the Underground, which came out September 29th on Fat Wreck Chords, serves as a testament to Strung Out’s staying power. Sean Jain sat down with singer Jason Cruz after their show in Dallas, Texas to talk about their new album, their relationship with Fat Wreck Chords, one country they’d love to play most, and the meaning behind the title, Agents of the Underground.

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Foundation, the project from Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta and Inquisition is set to release a new digital EP via Paper and Plastick. To celebrate, we’ve got a rare test press of his last full length, Chimborazo, to give away.

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Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is co-writing a script for a film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman’s seminal first work Fargo Rock City along with Tom Ruprecht, a writer for the Late Show With David Letterman. The book is a collection of essays about Klosterman’s love of metal while growing up in North Dakota. In a comment to THR Ruprecht downplayed the musical aspects somewhat

Heavy metal is kind of a common bond among a group of friends… It’s the language they speak. But this will also be a universal story of dorky kids trying to be cool.

Klosterman’s new book Eating the Dinosaur was released this month. The Hold Steady most recently released their live CD/DVD combo, A Positive Rage in April.
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Our stream today comes from Foundation. The EP is set to drop October 27, 2009, as a digital-only release. In a twist on the idea of “iTunes exclusive,” the band will offer anyone purchasing the EP directly from Paper & Plastick’s webstore an additional two tracks, totalling six. The iTunes release will only have four songs.

We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, Let It Roll. You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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AOL Music has launched a stream of the solo debut from Straylight Run frontman John Nolan, Height. Nolan will be supporting the record on a tour with Person L and Brian Bonz beginning next month.

Check out the stream here.
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Tegan And Sara have posted a video for “Hell”, the first single from their freshly released full-length Sainthood.

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Topshelf Records has announced the signing of Baltimore/Annapolis, MD hardcore quintet Pianos Become The Teeth. The label will release the band’s sophomore full-length Old Pride in January 2010.

A song from the record entitled “Filial” can be downloaded here.
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SPIN is hosting the bonus track from The Lawrence Arms’ freshly released 7″, Buttsweat and Tears for stream and/or download. Bassist/vocalist Brendan Kelly commented on the move via his blog:

“We figured that we shouldn’t penalize the people who were cool enough to buy the 7″ [vinyl version] by giving them one less song. Everyone should be able to have the five songs if they want em, right? Right. We decided to pass out the bonus track for free because we’re cooler than all other bands. That’s right, other bands, we’re talking about you. Nice haircuts. Sweet matching outfits. Nice sustainable careers. Bleh.”

Check out “Demons” here.
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A video of Dan Andriano covering The Lawrence Arms track “The First Eviction Notice” has surfaced; it happened this past weekend in Chicago during Red Oktoberfest. The song appeared in its original form on their 2002 full-length Apathy and Exhaustion.

Between his duties with Alkaline Trio, Andriano has been playing shows under the moniker The Emergency Room, while the Lawrence Arms’ new 7″ and first new material in three years, Buttsweat and Tears, was officially released today.

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Cloak/Dagger have posted a new song. “Don’t Need A” comes from the band’s forthcoming LP Lost Art, due out November 3, 2009 and will also be Side A of a 7″ being released by Grave Mistake Records; said 7″ will also feature two non-album tracks. The band will performing at The Fest 8 in Gainesville, FL this weekend.

“Don’t Need A” can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
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