MxPx have posted the second song from their new EP, Left Coast Punk. Released this week, the EP will be released digitally with six tracks and a 500-copy limited edition CD with ten tracks, including three instrumentals and “On a String,” a previously unreleased demo track. The release is on the band’s own label, Rock City Recordings.
Check out “One Step Further” on their MySpace page.
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OK Go have posted the video for the first single from their upcoming 2010 album, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Due out January 12, 2010, the record is the first since their 2005 release, Oh No.
Suburban Home Records has released a few more details about the upcoming full-length from Tim Barry. The record is titled 28th & Stonewall and is due out January 26, 2010. Once released, it’ll follow up 2008’s Manchester. The cover art can be seen on its release page, and a track listing and MP3 are expected soon.
The video for the first single, “Thing of the Past,” was unveiled last month.
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It’s November and the end of the decade, so the “Best of a Decade” lists are starting to come in. The first comes from the hype-masters at NME who have named The Strokes‘ Is This It? The Libertines‘ Up the Bracket and Primal Scream’s XTRMNTR as the first, second and third best of the decade. The list was chosen by bands such as Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, plus record producers and label bosses.
Rounding out the top ten were Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, Interpol, The Streets and Radiohead‘s In Rainbows.
The full list will be printed in the magazine this week. Check out the BBC report here.
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Mightier Than Sword has announced the next Blink 182 vinyl reissue due out in limited numbers through the label. The label will be producing 2000 copies of the band’s 1997 album, Dude Ranch. The 180g reissue will be pressed black, clear brown, clear orange and half orange/half brown. The vinyl will feature a gatefold jacket, two different center label designs, an inner sleeve and poster fold-out.
Pre-order starts at 3pm via the webstore.
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Richmond, VA’s The Riot Before will be entering the studio soon with legendary producer J Robbins to record their next LP and proper debut for their new label, Paper and Plastick. Tentatively titled Rebellion, the band is aiming for a March 2010 release.
Not long ago, Paper and Plastick released the acoustic EP Fists… Out Of Sockets as a free download and softer, quieter companion to the band’s 2008 full-length Fists Buried in Pockets.
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Mariachi el Bronx, the mariachi-styled side project from hardcore/rock act The Bronx, have released a new Christmas-themed single, “Lady Rosales.”
You can stream or purchase the song via their Merch Store. (Click “Details” to stream the entire song there.)
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Motion City Soundtrack has announced a fortnight of headlining dates in support of their upcoming full-length, My Dinsoaur Life. The record is due out January 19, 2010 and will be the band’s first for Columbia Records. Joining them on all dates will be Set Your Goals, This Providence and The Swellers.
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Alkaline Trio have announced that their upcoming seventh album will be released as a joint venture between Epitaph Records and their own newly formed label Heart & Skull.
In an interview with Spinner, guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba had this to say about the album’s sonic direction:
This record is a rock record but our punk rock upbringing definitely shines through, more so than our last few records … The vibe is similar to our humble beginnings. It’s a step forward but I also think it has glimmers of our past in it … We went with a less-is-more approach on this record. A lot of it is just one guitar rather than overdubs or three or four guitars … We wanted a record that we could easily play live. For the most part, it’s pretty bare bones while still sounding full and big.
No release date or title have been announced yet, but we’ll keep you posted. The band last released Agony & Irony in 2008, their lone album for major label Epic Records.
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Long running Los Angeles-based radio station KROQ has announced the lineup for this year’s upcoming Almost Acoustic Christmas. The event will feature a number of favorites including AFI, Rise Against, Alice In Chains, 30 Seconds To Mars, Three Days Grace, Anberlin, Dead By Sunrise, Muse, 311, Slightly Stoopid, Phoenix, The Bravery, Metric, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant and White Rabbits.
The event takes place at the GIbson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California for two nights, December 12th and 13th.
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Big Scary Monsters has announced the signing of Chicago, IL quartet Castevet. The British label’s newly formed US division will make the band’s upcoming EP The Echo & The Light their first North American release. It’s expected out on February 23, 2010 and will follow up Summer Fences, released earlier this year.
Two new songs, “Midwest Values” and “Narrow Hallways”, can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
Castevet also has a winter tour lined up with new labelmates Grown Ups.
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Punk/oi outfit Guns on the Run have announced their fourth studio album and first for Warbird Entertainment. The record is titled The Spirit is Eternal and is due out February 9, 2010.
Check out some music from the band on their MySpace page.
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Koffin Kats have announced some headlining dates in support of their Union Label Group album, Forever For Hire.
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