Refused have launched a stream of the live album packaging with the upcoming deluxe 3 CD version of their influential album, The Shape of Punk to Come. Both the album and a new vinyl pressing are being released on June 8, 2010. The CD will include the original album, a brand new, previously unreleased live album and the polarizing documentary, Refused Are Fucking Dead DVD. The live album was recorded at the Umeå Open festival in their hometown Umeå, Sweden on April 3, 1998.

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To keep in their recently unveiled plans to release unreleased music videos every Monday, Rancid has released a previously unreleased video from 1998’s Life Won’t Wait. The track, “Crane Fist,” came from the band’s fourth album which explored roots reggae and rockabilly and was inspired by The Clash’s similarly polarizing album, Sandinista!.

The band last released Let The Dominoes Fall early last year.
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Paramore have posted the new video for “Careful.” Not surprisingly, the band posted about it on Twitter (but they really post everything on Twitter these days…)
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Gaslight Anthem have launched a stream of their new album, American Slang. The record is due out June 15, 2010. It is the follow up to The ’59 Sound, released in 2008. The band will soon embark on a headlining tour in support of the album with support from Tim Barry, The Menzingers and more.

Check out the whole thing courtesy of NPR.
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Creator-Destructor Records have announced plans to release the debut album from Gypsyhawk, the new band from Skeletonwitch bassist Eric Harris. The label previously signed Seahaven, Young Generals and Heartsounds.

Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Though Joshua Mikel departed all the way back in February, Look Mexico have recently announced Alex Gooding as Mikel’s replacement and the band’s new, permanent drummer. They had this to say about their new member:

“When Josh left in February before our release-tour for ‘To Bed To Battle,’ (Ryan) Smith and (Ryan) Slate’s longtime friend Alex Gooding came in like the cavalry and saved our collective ass. He dropped everything and learned all of the songs in three days. We quickly realized that he was the man for the job. His lifelong study of music combines with his rock steady rhythm to create a palette of stylistic possibilities that we’ve never had until now. We are very excited about his addition to the band.”

The band is currently on tour in support of their recent full-length, To Bed To Battle.
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Nekromantix have announced their summer tour schedule. The band will kick off the tour on July 7th and stay on the road till mid-August.

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Our stream today comes from Los Angeles, CA’s Fossil Arm. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, Yesterday’s Wars are Tomorrow’s Hit Movies.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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In a new Billboard article, the magazine notes that record sales for the week ending May 30 were the lowest since data began being collected in 1994. For comparison, the peak one-weak number was 45.4 million albums in late December, 2000. The week of May 30th, 2010, less than 5 million records were sold.

This led music executives to blame piracy, with Universal Music Group Distribution president Jim Urie remarking:

All the more reason why everyone in the industry should be focused on getting the U.S. Congress to introduce legislation that makes the Internet service providers our allies in fighting piracy. Piracy is getting worse and worse and the government needs to focus on that.

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Dropkick Murphys will be playing a few shows in the southeast in the next week or so, and coming along for the jaunt will be fellow Bostonians and newish Paper and Plastick signing Have Nots.

The Murphys continue to support their recent live album, Live on Landsdowne.
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Glenn Danzig‘s recent visit to Fox News‘ Red Eye with Greg Gutfield is now available online. The legendary Misfits, Samhain and Danzig vocalist visited the show to talk about his new album, Deth Red Sabaoth, due out June 22, 2010 via The End. Danzig notes that the band’s upcoming dates are more of a teaser with a full tour set to launch in the fall. The non-traditional Fox News program previously hosted visits from Fucked Up and GWAR. Stay tuned for a surprising comment about Barack Obama and some questions about the Misifts.

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