Windy City Soundclash to feature Teen Idols, The Menzingers, more

Windy City Sound Clash has begun announcing bands for this year’s festivities, scheduled to take place May 28-30 at The Subterranean in Chicago, IL.

Bands scheduled to perform thus far include Teen Idols, The Menzingers, The Dopamines, Jetty Boys, Be My Doppelganger, The God Damn Doo Wop Band, The Repellents, Red Phone Dispatch, and The Trangressions.

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Sleepless Nights release ‘The Phone Outside The Video Store’ for free

Sleepless NightsSleepless Nights have released the The Phone Outside The Video Store, the second in a planned series of three free EPs. It follows last year’s King Diamond. The Halifax Nova Scotia band is currently on tour throughout Ontario.

The Phone Outside The Video Store and King Diamond can both be downloaded here.
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Snuggle: ‘Zero Real Hearts’

SnuggleOur stream today comes from Seattle, WA-based Snuggle. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Zero Real Hearts. The band’s biography describes their sound as “Snuggle sounds a bit like if you took the first few records of all of Samiam, Crimpshrine and Rancid, artfully smashed them to pieces and even more artfully reassembled them in to one giant record and updated it so it wasn’t a boring throwback or some inept aping.

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Propagandhi plans digital EP to benefit Haiti relief

Propagandhi Propagandhi have announced intentions to release a digital EP, with the proceeds going to Haiti earthquake relief. The three-track release will feature unreleased songs recorded during the sessions of the band’s first two full-lengths, 1993’s How To Clean Everything and 1996’s Less Talk, More Rock, including a track entitled “Leg-Hold Trap” sung by former member (and now The Weakerthans frontman) John K. Samson. Vocalist/guitarist Chris Hannah spoke about that song:

“But, yeah, there is a track on here from the How to Clean Everything sessions that features John Samson on vocals that I think long-time fans of the band will get a kick out of. I know I do. It was the only fast song he ever sang on. Fat Mike wanted me to sing it because he thought Samson sounded like Kermit the Frog. I refused. So Mike vetoed it from the record [laughs].”

The EP is expected out in late March through G7 Welcoming Committee Records.
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Johnny Rotten settles reality-show-producer punching suit

Johnny Rotten has settled the lawsuit filed in 2008 that accused him of assault and battery, claiming that he punched a reality show producer in the face because he was unhappy with the Los Angeles hotel room she secured for him during a shoot last year. Lawyers for Roxane Davis filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on January 28th stating that the case was resolved, but not disclosing any terms. Along with the aforementioned incident, Davis cited 19 “causes of action” including a verbal tirade, retaliation, wrongful termination, assault and battery.

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