Down to Nothing have posted a new track from their upcoming 7-inch on Reaper Records.

Check out “Number One” on their MySpace page.
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Mark Hoppus spoke to MTV about Blink 182‘s forthcoming record, which he hopes to release this year. He explained the status of the record as well as the sounds and influences:

We did a bunch of writing before we left on this tour, then we came home and decided we were going to take a couple of months and chill and do other stuff, then get back together in the beginning of the year. And now that it’s almost February, we decided it’s time to get back in the studio and do what we do. So that’s the plan: just get back together and get to work.

We definitely want to try a bunch of different stuff. I think it will still sound like Blink. I think it will still be catchy. I think it will still be poppy, but we want to be weird on this record. Everybody listens to such different stuff. Tom is really into, like, ’80s stadium rock; huge, monumental ’80s rock bands. Travis is all over the place, musically, and he always comes up with beats and drum parts that are so way out that I would never think of them. And I’ve just been listening to a lot of weird indie rock. So somewhere between amazing hip-hop beats, stadium rock and indie rock, you’ll find Blink.

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Green Day‘s Grammy performance from last night with the cast of their Broadway show, American Idiot is now available for streaming on YouTube.

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Less Than Jake‘s JR has confirmed on his blog that New Haven, Connecticut’s Spring Heeled Jack USA has plans to reunite for a show or two after nearly eight years of inaction. The band featured future members of The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Pilfers and other notable acts of the late 90s third wave ska movement. This year the group will also be reissuing their long out of print albums Static World View and Songs From Suburbia on vinyl via Asbestos Records.

Spring Heeled Jack called it quits in 2000. They were last together for a reunion show in 2002 to raise money for a scholarship fund in the name of their late drummer Dave Karcich.
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Chicago garage rock quartet The Ponys have returned after a period of inactivity with a new set of tour dates. The shows, which kick off on February 5th in Grinnell, IA, will bring the group down to Austin, Texas for the Chaos In Tejas festival. That event will also feature bands like Leatherface, Subhumans, The Spits, Poison Idea, and Dead To Me.

The Ponys last released Turn the Lights Out in 2007.
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Young Governor, (a.k.a. Ben Cook of Fucked Up and the Marvelous Darlings) has released a new 7″ on Portugal’s Sleep City Records titled Summer Girl. The track is a new version of one that originally appeared on his Hidden Love 12″, redone with saxophones and a different beat. The B-side is a reworked version of Fucked Up’s “I Hate Summer” retitled “I Heart Summer.” The 7″ comes with a book of summer themed artwork that features over 100 pages of artwork contributed from people around the world. Details can be found on Cook’s blog.

Cook also recently released his Guv Luv Mixtape Volume 1. The set can be downloaded for free or purchased on limited edition cassettes.
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The second round of auctions to benefit the survivors of the Haiti Earthquake ended last night to great success. Thanks to some generous donations from Limited Pressing, members of the Punknews staff, Suburban Home, dedicated fans and readers and several bands and labels we managed to raise nearly 7,000 more dollars, bringing the total to $14,653.42. This obviously would not have been successful without all of you spreading the word – so thanks to anyone who took the time on Twitter to retweet what we were doing, post a note in a forum or tell someone online. Congratulations to all the winners and all the bidders. We’ve got another astounding list of stuff going up tonight. So check back around 10pm EST or so at LimitedPressing to see all the items.

Thanks all, especially Vinnie F and Paper And Plastick, Tom and Nick at LimitedPressing and Joshua at Vinyl Vlog.

Check back at 10pm EST and we’ve got some other ways to donate on their way as well!

If you’re interested in knowing the various prices for various items you can check out the list here: Limited Pressing Stats.
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