Relapse Records has announced the signing of Chapel Hill, NC outfit Horseback. The label will re-release the band’s sophomore full-length, The Invisible Mountain, this summer.

Some music can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
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Details for this year’s inaugural Underground Fest have been announced. The festival will be happening on May 8 at Fort Mason in San Francisco, CA. Besides a skateboarding competition and tattoo expo, bands scheduled to perform include Adolescents, La Plebe, The Ataris, Circle Jerks and Face to Face.

More information is available here.
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Aloha have announced a run of dates on the east coast and midwest.

The band will be supporting their recent full-length, Home Acres.
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Transit have announced a lengthy run of spring and summer dates. Joining them on most of the run will be A Loss For Words, while separate legs will also feature Such Gold, This Time Next Year, Fallen From The Sky and others.

The band recently released a split 7″ with Man Overboard that’s currently streaming at their Punknews.org page.
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Walnut Creek, CA’s This Time Next Year have posted their 2009 full-length Road Maps and Heart Attacks as a donation-based download. Check it out at their Bandcamp page.

The band will continue to support the release with upcoming tours with Set Your Goals, Crime in Stereo and others.
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Comadre recently announced some details regarding their upcoming split with Glasses. It will be a double 7″ with gatefold packaging and should be available in June via Bloodtown Records and Vitriol Records. The band is currently streaming the first track from the split, “The Sweeter the Juice,” on their MySpace page.

Additionally, the band announced that they will be repressing A Wolf Ticket jointly between Bloodtown Records and Paper and Plastick. Unlike the original, which was a one sided 12″, the repress will be a 45 RPM 10″ with gatefold packaging. The repress should be out in June and the band is hoping to have both in time for their tour of Europe with Punch and west coast tour with Glasses. Dates are available here.

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Epitaph Records has unveiled a double LP reissue of the 1998 classic from Refused, The Shape of Punk to Come. The first pressing is on blue vinyl, limited to 500 copies and is only available through the label’s webstore.

The reissue hits stores on June 8, 2010 and the band may or may not be up to something to commemorate the release.
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