Fucked Up have announced their next long-form 12-inch single, “Year of the Ox.” Due out September 14, 2010, the album is the latest in the band’s series which also includes Year of the Dog, Year of the Pig and Year of the Rat. The a-side of the album is an expected 11-minute song featuring a string section and vocalist Zola Jesus which Matador Records described as a “majestic orchestral piece.”

Fucked Up also noted that they have another “Year Of” album planned, this one titled Year of the Tiger and also due out soon.
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In a new interview, Epitaph Records band Set Your Goals revealed their plans for the fall. The band will be hitting the studio in October and aim to have a new record completed before the end of the year. As a result, a new album could be expected in early 2011.

The band released This Will Be the Death of Us in 2009.
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Olympia, WA’s RVIVR recently began work on a new EP. No other information is available, but once out the EP will follow up the band’s well-received full-length released earlier this year.

RVIVR notably features Matt Canino, formerly of Latterman and Shorebirds.
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Dead Kennedys have announced a short run of fall dates. The band has been on a touring hiatus due to illnesses faced by both bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro . For the upcoming dates, D.H. will be touring but Klaus’ spot will be filled by Greg Reeves. The band will be fronted by Skip McSkipster of the Wynona Riders who previously toured the UK and the West Coast with the legendary band.

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Suburban Home Records has launched a stream of The Sounds of Dying, the new album from one of their recent signings, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In the House.

You can check out the album here or by clicking Read More.
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In keeping with their recent pledge to make all of their releases available for free download, Kiss of Death has posted the new split 7″ featuring The Measure {sa} and New Bruises, and the download includes an bonus cover from the latter of “More Metal.” The song was originally recorded by Mid Carson July, a band of which New Bruises’ Byron Lippincott was a member.

Download the split here and buy it here.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week:

• Weezer is going indie and planning a new album for September. Specultion as to the new label is running rampant. I vote Moon Ska.
• Chris McCaughan of The Lawrence Arms released a new song from his Sundowner solo project.
• Fugazi has nearly completed their live digital archive
• MySpace and Spin named Against Me!, the Gaslight Anthem, The National, and Titus Andronicus as the best of 2010 so far.
• The Offspring is planning a Japan-only album with a random assortment of covers, rarities and hits included.
• Filmmaker plans Sara Crow Goldstein is planning a documentary on Bomb the Music Industry!
• Sublime With Rome are working on their debut album
• Jimmy Eat World announced the title and release date for their new record

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we’ve see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we’ll see you Monday…
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Chicago-based hardcore/post-metal outfit Angel Eyes have launched a stream of their new album for The Mylene Sheath. The record, titled Midwestern, is the follow up to 2007’s …And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars. on Underground Communiqué.

Check out the stream here.
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Lock and Key Collective is celebrating it’s third birthday in Pittsburgh, PA on August 7th, 2010 with a show at Garfield Artworks. The first band on Lock and Key, Teddy Duchamp’s Army (members of Voice in the Wire, Anti-Flag) is reuniting to play along side Captain, We’re Sinking, The Holy Mess, Dandelion Snow, and Coal Miner.

The show will double as the CD realease show for the most recent Lock and Key release The Grand Scheme of Things by Dandelion Snow.
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists recently unveiled an unreleased demo via Leo’s popular twitter account. The song, “Everything Gets Interrupted,” is a studio leftover from The Brutalist Bricks sessions. Leo explained:

“Demo I did on July 4, 2009 of a song that eventually was recorded with band and became a Brutalist Extra somewhere in the digital mess. Wish I could remember how I got the guitar tone for the solos…”

Leo recently rebuffed some swirling ‘early retirement’ rumors by announcing six weeks of tour dates.
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Smoke or Fire are currently on their way to Chicago, IL where they’ll be recording their next full-length. They’ll again be working with Matt Allison at Atlas Studios, the same producer who helmed the knobs for their 2007 effort, This Sinking Ship. The band intends to post a daily video diary to document the recording process, and guitarist Jeremy Cochran has launched an official twitter account for the group, promising succinct updates from the studio. We’ll keep you updated as more details surface.

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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Though the band recently relocated to Austin, TX, those rapscallions in Look Mexico simply can’t stay away from their first home, Florida. The band has booked a tour of the Sunshine State alongside O’Brother.

Look Mexico continues to support their recent full-length, To Bed to Battle.
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