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Kevin Lyman, overlord of the Warped Tour recently spoke about the 2010 edition of the long-running festival. He addresses the most common criticism in the first few moments:

Usually the fans will let me know, but it’s diverse. I think people will say, “Hey, there are no punk bands.” And I’ll go, “Wait a second, what about bands like Alkaline Trio and Face To Face.” There are a lot of bands that are coming back to the tour that haven’t been there in a long time. There are new young bands; you’ve got Andrew W.K, who hasn’t been there in a long time, but he’s as popular as ever. I know that on the pop side sometimes people complain about that, but you’ve got bands like Mike Posner and things like that that seem to be appealing to that crowd. I think it’s a pretty mixed lineup. I don’t see like any grand superstars on there right at the moment, but I think there’s a little bit out there for everyone.

He also mentions the controversial additions of Brokencycde and Millionaires:

To me, Millionaires probably shouldn’t have been on Warped Tour. They weren’t ready for it. Trust me, they weren’t ready as a live bannd. You’re gonna put yourself out there you have to be able to pull it out there. But during that time period a lot of the people were talking about the band. And you know, I want to see the curiosity too; if that’s the way music’s going even if it’s not maybe the stuff I listen to. I felt bad for them in a way; they just weren’t ready to be out on that tour. And I don’t think we’ve heard much from them recently, have we?

He comments again about the “punk” issue:

There are just as many punk bands as there used to be. I worked really hard, and on the West Coast I do those old school stages. I wish I could bring those bands on the whole tour, but man, they’re old too. They aren’t gonna do too well in St. Louis at 96 degree heat and 97% humidity. And if you really look at punk, punk was regionally coastal. It was always an underground. The Warped Tour is not for everyone. The die hard, die-hard kid that is only into punk rock…there’s a lot of basement shows. That’s for him. This is more for the music fan. If you look at ’95, how punk was the Warped Tour? Was No Doubt a punk band? Like, in the true sense of the word. Quicksand, I don’t know if they could be called a true punk band. But we definitely grew with Bad Religion and NoFX. I wish there were more big punk bands. It’s hard to find new punk bands, if you really think about it. We need some new bands. Bad Religion, NoFX, Rancid are 15, 20 years old. Name me a punk band that’s really broken out in the last 5 years.

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The Dopamines have unveiled yet another new track from their upcoming Paper and Plastick debut, Expect the Worst. Due out June 29, 2010, it’ll follow up 2009’s Soap and Lampshades EP.

Head here to check out “Dick Simmons.”
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Japandroids have posted a free download of their song, “Younger Us.” It comes from the second edition of their ongoing 7-inch single series and is due out in July. The second single includes aforementioned A-side title track, “Younger Us,” along with a B-side cover of classic punk outfit X‘s “Sex And Dying In High Society.”

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The Suicide Machines have announced another reunion show. This one’s happening on July 24 at St. Andrews Hall in the band’s hometown of Detroit, MI. Joining them on the bill will be The Code, Wreak Havoc, We Are the Union and The Bill Bondsmen. More information is available here.

The band initially called it quits in 2006 but reunited for two shows last November. Their (presumably) final album, War Profiteering Is Killing Us All, was issued in 2005. Members have since dabbled in projects such as Hifi Handgrenades, The A-Gang and Hellmouth.
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To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Spin has posted a list of their 125 best albums of those 2.5 decades. The list includes The Hives, LCD Soundsystem, Queens of the Stone Age, Green Day, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Flaming Lips, Against Me!, Animal Collective, Johnny Cash, The Arcade Fire, Elliott Smith, The White Stripes, TV On The Radio, [[The Fall], Sleater-Kinney, The Pogues, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, U2, Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr., The Cure, Rage Against The Machine, Pixies, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Radiohead, Nirvana, Metallica, My Bloody Valentine, The Strokes, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, Nine Inch Nails and others. Surprisingly, Nirvana’s groundbreaking album Nevermind comes in at number four.

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Though first described as “natural causes”, Rolling Stone has posted an update on the death of Avenged Sevenfold drummer James Owen Sullivan, nicknamed “The Rev,” last December. The musician died passed away at his home in in Southern California due to an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol, Toxicology reports indicate that Sullivan suffered “acute polydrug intoxication due to combined effects of Oxycodone, Oxymorphone, Diazepam/Nordiazepam and ethanol.”

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Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants have debuted a new song. The band is a new project from Chris Shiflett of Jackson United, Foo Fighters, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, No Use for a Name and others. The self-titled record is due out July 13, 2010 via Le Coq Napoleon/RCA and sees Chris tackling “Americana-laced rock songs.” Chris attributes the sound to influences like classic country artists (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings), rockabilly (Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran), and deep-rooted rock bands (The Rolling Stones, The Replacements),

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