The new record from Toronto indie rock collective Broken Social Scene has been titled Forgiveness Rock Record and will be available on May 4th via the band’s Arts and Crafts label. The first song available from the album, “World Sick,” is available as a free download from the band’s website. UPDATE: Link fixed.

As previously reported the core group on the record will include Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Justin Peroff, Andrew Whiteman (also of Apostle of Hustle), Charles Spearin, Sam Goldberg, and Reverie Sound Revue vocalist Lisa Lobsinger. Guests include frequent collaborators and past members along with some new faces. That last includes Feist, Stars‘ Amy Millan and Evan Cranley, and Metric‘s Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw, Jason Collett, Do Make Say Think’s Ohad Benchetrit, John Crossingham, Marty Kinack, Julie Penner, Leon Kingstone, Sea and Cake’s Sam Prekop, Pavement‘s Spiral Stairs, Death From Above 1979‘s Sebastien Grainger, Poi Dog Pondering’s Susan Voelz, Helen Money’s Alison Chesley and The Weakerthans‘ Jason Tait. The album was produced by John McEntire of Tortoise and Doug McCombs.
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BYO Records has added a number of bands to the upcoming 12th annual Punk Rock Bowling tournament in Las Vegas. The list of performing bands has been expanded to include Against Me!, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, T.S.O.L., Adolescents, Filthy Thieving Bastards and Stretch Marks. They join previously announced groups like Flogging Molly, NOFX, Fucked Up, Swingin’ Utters, the Revival Tour, Youth Brigade, Cobra Skulls, Teenage Bottlerocket, Tony Sly, and Old Man Markley.

Punk Rock Bowling takes place this year at the Sunset Station Hotel and Casino from May 6th through the 9th. For the first time ever the music festival will be open to the general public.
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Sasquatch, the annual independent music festival that takes place at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, has announced their 2010 line up. Along with headliner Pavement the fest will include Vampire Weekend, Tegan And Sara, Broken Social Scene, The Hold Steady, City and Colour, No Age, My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Ween, MGMT, Band of Horses, The National, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit, She & Him, Public Enemy, Nada Surf, The XX, Dirty Projectors, Ok Go, Drive By Truckers, Kid Cudi, Deadmaus, The Long Winters, Minus The Bear, The Mountain Goats, Quasi, Camera Obscura, Fruit Bats, Brother Ali, Midlake, Dr. Dog, Caribou, Simian Mobile Disco, the Temper Trap, Vetiver, Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Telekinesis, The Middle East, Mayer Hawthorne, Why?, Girls, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Wale, The Lonely Forest, Japandroids, Boys Noize, Yacht, Laura Marling, Patrick Watson, Freelance Whales, Past Lives, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Low Anthem, The Very Best, Phantogram, Neon Indian, Hudson Mohawke, Nurses, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fresh Espresso, Mumford & Sons, Jets Overhead, Tune-yards, Shabazz Palaces, Fool’s Gold, Morning Teleportation, Z-Trip, Dam-Funk, Local Natives, Avi Buffalo, Booka Shade, A-Trak, Yes Giantess, Craig Robinson, Rob Riggle, Garfunkel & Oates and Luke Burbank.

Sasquatch will take place over the Memorial Day weekend from May 29th through the 31st.
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