According to a new interview, All Time Low is about to enter the studio to record a song for director Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. The interview notes:

They will have a song on the soundtrack to the upcoming Tim Burton movie Alice. They are about to go in the studio to record it. I still have to transcribe my interview but I think its called Painted Flowers. I will let you guys know for sure later today when I go back over the recording.

You can find more details here.
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Run For Cover Records has announced the signing of New Jersey pop-punk outfit Man Overboard. The band’s first release for the label is a three song digital EP entitled Dahlia, which can be streamed and/or purchased here. The release follows up their 2008 EP Hung Up on Nothing.

More music can be heard at their MySpace page.
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Like the controversial use of Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5, the (still living) members of No Doubt are suing due to how they are portrayed and used in the semi-sequel, Band Hero. As with Cobain, the game allows you to use the No Doubt avatars throughout the game, both with their own songs and with other band’s material.

Gossip site TMZ reports that “the band is particularly pissed” that Gwen Stefani’s animated image can channel a male voice to sing “Honky Tonk Woman” by the Rolling Stones … a song which contains lyrics about “having sex with prostitutes.”

Activision responded to this controversy similarly to the Cobain incident, saying:

Activision has a written agreement to use No Doubt in Band Hero – an agreement signed by No Doubt after extensive negotiations with its representatives, who collectively have decades of experience in the entertainment industry … Activision believes it is within its legal rights with respect to the use and portrayal of the band members in the game and that this lawsuit is without merit.

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Frank Turner is the first supporting act confirmed for Flogging Molly‘s forthcoming Green 17 tour.

Frank has been on the road for the past few months supporting his Epitaph Records debut, Poetry of the Deed, released in 2009.
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Toronto’s Protest the Hero have announced several Canadian holiday shows in which they will perform their 2008 album, Fortress, in its entirety. Frontman Rody Walker explained:

We’re playing a couple nights in Toronto and the surrounding area and there’s also a Halifax show, and a Newfoundland show. We’re skipping the rest of the east coast… because there are too many rocks and trees… and Arif’s deadly allergic to rock of any form with the exceptions of prog and fraggle.

Rody also wants you to know that he bought Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD.

The band released their live DVD+CD, Gallop Meets the Earth in 2009.
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Biffy Clyro have launched a stream of their new full length, Only Revolutions.

Check it out on their MySpace page.
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Vancouver’s Carpenter have embarked on a cross-Canadian tour.

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Our Fest 8 videopalooza continues tonight with an acoustic performance from Cheap Girls. The Lansing, MI outfit dropped the amplifiers and the fuzz (and the drummer, poor man) for a brief acoustic respite on Sunday night in front of a packed house at Gainesville’s Civic Media Center. “Hey Hey I’m Worn Out” is from the band’s recent sophomore full-length and debut for Paper and Plastick, My Roaring 20s.

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Jeff Rosenstock and his computer started Bomb the Music Industry! after his previous outfit, the Arrogant Sons of Bitches, called it quits. Since then, BTMI has become a nationally renounced touring act, Jeff has founded the first donation-based record label in Quote Unquote Records, and the focus of that first BTMI song has retired from the White House. Gene Axton recently talked to the BTMI frontman about The Fest 8, managing a record label, and more.

Editors note: This interview was conducted well before the Fest, but fell back in the queue.
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Shook Ones have released a video for “Silverfish,” from their new Paper + Plastick album, The Unquotable A.M.H..

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Asian Man Records has announced more details on the upcoming solo album from Alkaline Trio guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba. The album will be called Demos and is slated for a February 16, 2010 release. The label is promising to post new songs once the record is mastered and also remarked:

“The new Matt Skiba album “Demos” is getting mastered this week. 15 brand new songs. All songs were recorded over the past 10 months by Mr. Skiba in various avenues. Whether in his bedroom or while traveling, Matt recorded these songs originally as demos, but the songs are perfect as is. We couldn’t ask for more. Anybody who loves the Alkaline Trio without the glossed over production will be incredibly happy with this final product. We plan on releasing various colors of vinyl and will be taking pre-orders sometime in DECEMBER”

Skiba last released a split CD with Kevin Seconds in 2002. Meanwhile, his Trio bandmate Dan Andriano has been playing solo shows under the name The Emergency Room, and Alkaline Trio are slated to self-release their next full-length sometime in the future.

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Chicagoland-based Like Bats have posted a new song. “3814 Wirth Road” comes from an upcoming 7″ for Traffic Street Records entitled Look on the Bright Side.

Check out the song at the band’s MySpace page.
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NME is reporting on plans for another reissue of The Clash‘s landmark album, London Calling. Due out December 14, 2009, the record is subtitled the “30th Anniversary Legacy Edition.” Not surprisingly, it comes five years after the 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition which is now out of print.

Full details on what will be added to this version have not yet been announced, but NME expects a CD+DVD package at the least.
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