Spinner has posted a new feature to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bad Religion. The feature, titled 30 Years, 30 Facts to Celebrate Their Anniversary, They opened with this:

They put Southern California on the map. (Not that Rand McNally didn’t know how to get to the San Fernando Valley.) Punk climbed out of the hovels of London and New York when Bad Religion first emerged. Thirty years later, on their anniversary, the band still makes turbo-charged melody. Like the band name implies, linchpin Greg Graffin is still looking for an absent god; writing partner Brett Gurewitz, with his label, Epitaph, is just looking for another band to die for. If that’s a new map of hell, we’re on the 405 Freeway.

Check out the article here.
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The Black Pacific have revealed the cover art and track listing for their upcoming Side One Dummy Records debut, slated for a September 14, 2010 release.

The band is the new project from former Pennywise vocalist Jim Lindberg. We recently spoke to Jim about The Black Pacific; that conversation can be read here.
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Starting tonight, Boston, MA’s Have Nots are touring down to Nashville where they’ll be recording with producer Matt Drastic.

The band’s 2008 effort Serf City USA was re-released for free download by Paper and Plastick back in February.
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Smoke Or Fire have posted their second video update from the studio. The band is currently holed up at Atlas Studios with producer Matt Allison, hard at work on their follow up to 2007’s This Sinking Ship, which was also produced by Allison.

Guitarist Jeremy Cochran also recently launched an official twitter account for the group, promising updates from the studio. Earlier this year Smoke or Fire released the Prehistoric Knife Fight 7″ to help tide over fans. The band will be joining several of their Fat Wreck Chords labelmates at CMJ in October.
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Our stream today comes from Orlando, FL-based You Blew It!. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, The Past In Present, set for release on August 3rd via Good Friends Records.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Influential Scottish act The Vaselines have announced a tour spanning the UK and North America. The band reunited in 2008 for the 20th Anniversary of Sub Pop Records and the celebratory festival. The band was a notable influence on bands like Nirvana and released music on K Records, 53rd & 3rd, Rough Trade and Sub Pop. The band garnered much attention after Nirvana covered the Scottish band’s song’s “Molly’s Lips” and “Son of a Gun” on Incesticide and “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” on MTV Unplugged in New York.

This year, the band released a new studio album, Sex With an X.
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Today, we’re excited to bring you a free download of a new track from Places and Numbers, the new project from former Gatsbys American Dream guitarist Bobby Darling. “Notes From the Dead Zone” is the title track from the band’s upcoming EP, which will follow up Waking the Dead, released back in March via Equal Vision Records.

Download the song here, and click Read More to check out Places and Numbers’ upcoming tour dates alongside The Dangerous Summer.
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Later this week, influential punk/new-wave act Devo will be headed out for a run of dates in support of their newest album, Something for Everybody.

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Director William Eubank has announced the completion of shooting for the Angels and Airwaves film, LOVE. He had this to say:

We are finally done shooting everything for LOVE. We are officially in the “Tying up loose ends” part… was in adr all day yesterday with Gunner, sound design is moving along and the tracks are getting polished etc. Its been a super long haul, but we are way close. Spent the whole morning cleaning up some of the monster mess I made last weekend while shooting.

Its weird to think that this movie has taken around 4 year. I think in the world of film making its rare to be able to have the pallete of 4 years to create something… might not of had the budget, but we definitely had the time. Both the film and I were able to go through some serious evolution. I think back about it now, and decisions I would have made about things back then I dont think I would have made now and vice versa. I think thats why the film will so cool though. The story almost loosely follows a similar path, or theme, of how time changes eveything, especially perspective. Its funny how true the saying is: that only time can understand how precious love is…

Angels and Airwaves released the album of the same name, LOVE, for free this year.
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Riot Fest has announced some more additions to this Fall’s edition of the festival. Today, the promoters announced Propagandhi, Anti-Flag and OFF!. The latter is the new project from Keith Morris of Circle Jerks and Black Flag fame.

They join an already announced lineup which includes Bad Religion, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Circle Jerks, Articles of Faith, Snapcase, Less Than Jake, The Lawrence Arms, Bouncing Souls, High On Fire, Corrosion of Conformity, Riverboat Gamblers, Red Oktoberfest presented by Red Scare, “Busted at Oz” Reunion, Cro-Mags, FUN., Negative Approach, Smoking Popes, Bhopal Stiffs, The Meatmen, Agnostic Front, Off With Their Heads, Brendan Kelly, The Toasters, Roy Ellis a.k.a. Mr. Symarip Righteous Fool and many more.

The event is set for set for October 6-10, 2010 in Chicago, IL
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Do you have an affinity for NYHC and nautical settings? Well, you’re in luck. Cro-Mags will be playing on the Temptress – that’s a boat – as part of the Rocks Off Concert Cruise series in New York City next month, and the show promoters have decided to give away a pair of tickets to one lucky winner.
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