Some updates from Alexisonfire who recently released a new iTunes app and are also planning a new EP. The app allows people to watch videos, post messages to the band’s board, view concert dates, live photos, commentary from the band and access to their news feeds.

With regards to a new EP, the band spoke to Spinner and mentioned the EP as the result of a “really crazy riff” and an ensuing album title, Dog’s Blood. Co-vocalist Dallas Green commented:

[The riff] turned into a song, which probably would have never made it onto an album because it’s a bit too crazy. Then George [Pettit] came up with ‘Dog’s Blood’ so we decided to name the EP that. They’re completely different-sounding songs and would probably never make it onto a [full-length] record. That’s what EP’s are for though, completely miscellaneous stuff.

The EP hasn’t been recorded yet, but art has already been prepared:

We’re always last minute artwork people, so to have it already done is amazing — it’s something we’ve never had in our lives. We didn’t give [artist Skinner] any direction. here’s the band name and here’s the name of the EP, feel free’ and he sent us this amazing cover art and back cover art before we even had any of the other songs done

The Canadian band issued Old Crows / Young Cardinals last year. They are supporting it on a forthcoming tour featuring Trash Talk, Therefore I Am and La Dispute.
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Fishbone is currently the subject of a lawsuit for allegedly injuring a fan when lead vocalist Angelo Moore jumped into the stage on February 23rd during a concert in Philadelphia. Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Myers, of Voorhees, NJ, claims a fractured skull, a broken collar bone and perforated eardrum when Moore jumped into the crowd The lawsuit is seeking damages in excess of $75,000.

Check out the news report here.
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Our stream today comes from Columbus, OH trio New Creases. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new 7″ for Traffic Street Records, About Last Night….

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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AFI and Slacker Radio have launched Radio AFI, a internet radio station featuring songs from the long-running California quartet as well as artists that have inspired their sound and associated commentary from AFI band members. Frontman Davey Havok explained:

Radio AFI is a truly eclectic mix of music including songs that inspire us and what we love to listen to. Slacker is doing new and innovative things with music and we’ve enjoyed building this experience to provide our fans with a personal look into our world.

Along with Davey, drummer Adam Carson, bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget were all responsible for selecting the music on the station which is said to include artists ranging from Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye to Nine Inch Nails and Bad Religion.
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In addition to their already announced appearance at Bonnaroo, The Flaming Lips have booked some more spring and summer gigs around America, mostly on the east coast and in the midwest.

The band continues to support 2009’s Embryonic.
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Jello Biafra was interviewed by The Daily Beast about the recently announced candidacy of his longtime nemesis, Jerry Brown. Brown was the famous target the Dead Kennedys‘ famous “California Uber Alles” and Biafra looks back at that song as well as the legacy of Brown as well as the legacy of the song:

When Ronald Reagan won in 1980, I realized I kind of misfired. Sure, the Jerry Brown theory was something I came up with all by my little self, but it turned out to be wrong. [As for Jerry], his record as mayor is mixed at best. There was a lot of gentrification that went on, but who did it benefit? Plus he never stood up to the Oakland police, who are as corrupt and out of control as any rogue department in this country.

Check out the interview here.
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Set Your Goals have announced a headlining tour with Comeback Kid, The Wonder Years and This Time Next Year.

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