Hot Water Music has confirmed that they are working on new songs for a future album. Over the past week several audience members from the band’s in-progress UK tour reported this story to Punknews, claiming that Chuck Ragan had revealed the news to the crowd. We have since independently confirmed this with the group. No release date or further details have been announced. We will keep you posted as this story develops.

The influential and revered Gainesville four-piece reunited in 2008 after having taken a few years off. The band’s most recent full length was 2004’s The New What Next. It was followed by 2008’s b-sides collection Til the Wheels Fall Off. The band also participated in this year’s Record Store Day with a new 7″.

The members of Hot Water Music have remained busy with other projects. Chuck Ragan has released a wealth of solo material and tours with the Revival Tour, Chris Wollard regularly performs and records with his band Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves, Jason Black has been known to hang out and play bass with Senses Fail, while George Rebelo recently took over the drumming duties for Against Me!. Recently Hot Water Music has performed with Dave Raun (RKL, Lagwagon) behind the kit while George is out with his new band.
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Albany, NY’s After The Fall have announced the title and release date for their upcoming full-length. The record is titled Eradication and it’s due out October 12, 2010 via Mightier Than Sword, following up 2008’s Fort Orange. In the interim, the band issued a new 7″ earlier this year, Collar City.

More details are expected soon.
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Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 has announced more details about his upcoming television program on Fuse. Titled A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus, the show will feature Hoppus and a co-host. It will feature interviews with artists, and musical performances by mainstream and emerging bands. The producers are promising a “humorous and entertaining spin on the music industry,” including concert tours, festival and other music-related happenings.

Additional information about the show, co-host and correspondents will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

More details can be found on the show’s website.
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Swingin’ Utters have announced some new tour dates into the late summer and early autumn alongside The Copyrights; the two bands will play shows primarily in the northeast and Canada.

Swingin’ Utters recently released a new 7″ entitled Brand New Lungs as a precursor to a new full-length, expected at a TBD date; The Copyrights are likely just about finished with their new LP.
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Black Numbers has added Orlando, FL melodic hardcore outfit Go Rydell to its roster. The band’s debut for the label, The Golden Age and is due out on July 27, 2010.

The title track can be heard at the band’s MySpace page. They’ll also be supporting the LP on an upcoming tour with fellow Orlando punks Nightlights.
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Me First and The Gimme Gimmes will be heading east in the fall for their first tour in quite some time. Joining them will be labelmates Cobra Skulls and Teenage Bottlerocket.

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Red Scare has added Elgin, IL pop-punk outfit The Brokedowns to its roster. The band’s debut full-length for the label, Species Bender, is slated for a September 14, 2010 release. Red Scare CEO Tobias Jeg had this to say about the signing:

“There’s so much going on right now with the label, and as we all know, these are bleak times for small indies like Red Scare, but when I heard these songs I just knew I had to make this happen. This stuff is shit-hot. It reminds me of D4 meets Black Flag meets Raygun meets Fucked Up. It’s thunderous punk rock but with great, stinging melodies and a little bit of fruitiness to make things fun. So yeah, we’re stoked. And I haven’t even mentioned my favorite part about The Brokedowns: their lyrics. Shit’s awesome, but you’re already tired of me gushing about these guys.”

The band’s last full-length was 2007’s New Brains for Everyone, which was recently re-released by Traffic Street Records and is currently streaming at the band’s Punknews.org page. In the interim, they’ve released splits with The Arrivals, The Copyrights and Turkish Techno.
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Today, we’re excited to bring you a stream from Gainesville, FL’s Senders. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new 7″, Recovery, which is slated for release through Kiss of Death next week, June 29, 2010.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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The Black Keys have released the second video from their new album, Brothers. The video was directed by Marrs Piliero. Possibly NSFW due to bikini-clad frolicking.

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In the latest installment of AV Club’s Undercover covers series, Rise Against offers their take on the 1992 Nirvana classic “Sliver,” which originally appeared on that band’s compilation Incesticide.

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The promoters behind Ska Is Dead have joined up with Underground Communiqué and Asbestos Records to release a new 7-inch series. They explained their crazy idea:

Coming this summer […] will be an amazing little project that combines our obsession with dead genres and dead formats. Each series will be a set of 6 split 7″s from some of our favorite bands that **gasp** have the audacity to still play ska, and ska influenced punk rock in the year 2010. Available by subscription only, every other month you will receive two brand spanking new 7″ records featuring both established, and up and coming acts.

Artists confirmed for the series so far include Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Big D and the Kids Table, Bomb the Music Industry!, The Slackers, Sonic Boom Six and “more.” Check out the details or subscribe here.
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