Finally, here’s the last and admittedly belated installment of our coverage of last month’s Long Island Fest 2010.
It was a great time and next year could be even better.
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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Good Charlotte joins Capitol Records
Good Charlotte has signed to Capitol Records. Their first record for the label is titled Cardiology and is due out October 26, 2010.
The band released Greatest Remixes in 2008.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:
- Black Tusk – Taste the Sin
- Ashers – Kill Your Master
- Four Letter Word – An Invitation to a Hanging EP
- The Decay – This Months Rent
- Company L – Company L EP
- That’s Incredible – That’s Incredible 7″ EP
- Arthritic Foot Soldiers – No Wonder b/w TV Minds 7″ single
- The Shadowcops – A Big Pot of Hot
- Spring Heeled Jack USA – Static World View
- Ramones – Pleasant Dreams
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Interviews: Tom Gabel (Against Me!)
It’s hard to think of another band that is as heavily criticized as Against Me! for every decision they’ve made as a band. Whether it’s signing to FAT, or to Sire, or releasing a new record, or filming videos, or playing larger venues, or polishing their sound, or an assortment of other things, Against Me! seems to be the go-to punk band that “lost their way.”
Last week, Punknews interviewer Ollie Ottoman snuck out of work in the middle of the day to have a phone conversation with Tom Gabel. For all the slack the man gets, on the phone he sounds calm, articulate, and just in good spirits. Having just finished a tour with the Silversun Pickups, I caught up with him to discuss their new album, the recent changes the band has undergone, and why the addition of a new keyboard player involved a bag of porno.
Comeback Kid: “Do Yourself a Favour”
Comeback Kid have posted the first new song from their next album. The record is titled Symptoms and Cures and is due out August 31, 2010 via Victory/Distort. It is the follow-up to Broadcasting… which was released in 2007.
Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Big D and The Kids Table talk new album
In a new interview with the Punk Site, Big D and the Kids Table had some words about their next album and what to expect from it:
We also have a new record coming out soon called the Damned, The Dumb and the Delirious. It’s going to be total ska-punk and it should be out in the fall….I think this is going to be really fast, loud; I don’t think there’s going to be any slower songs on it. It’s going to be really balls to the wall. We just wanted to do that because we realized those songs are more kind of fun to play live.
Check out the interview here. The band released Fluent in Stroll in 2009.
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Rain Over Battle: ‘The Full Effect of Thunder’
Our stream today comes from Virginia Beach, VA’s Rain Over Battle. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new EP, The Full Effect of Thunder, which was recently released by Death to False Hope Records.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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Brokencyde respond to allegations
Brokencyde has responded to the coverage they have been receiving which alleges any number of crimes perpetrated by the band and based on a fake TMZ website set up in a prank. Many sites ran the story before it was revealed as a hoax. They said this:
Usually the rumors about Brokencyde are funny and we can just laugh them off, but this time they’ve completely crossed the line. To have someone accuse us of such horrendous crimes is upsetting to everyone in the band. The members of Brokencyde have families, brothers, sisters, and some of us have children of our own. So to have our names dragged through the mud because people have nothing better to do than create lies and spread rumors is complete bullshit. I don’t understand how such high profile publications can lower themselves to be no better than those supermarket tabloid rags and publish a story without a even a fact check!
How would those same reporters feel if someone posted a story calling them a child molester or rapist? What would their loved ones think? I find it sad that these publications publish lies without any consideration or recourse for the way this affects people and their daily lives. Our goal since the day we started was to make music with our friends and hopefully put a smile on people’s faces.
Brokencyde are currently in Hollywood, CA wrapping up the recording of the group’s sophomore album, which is expected to hit stores in late 2010 through BreakSilence Recordings.
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Fake Problems set release date and tracklist
Fake Problems have set a release date, title and track listing for their next album. The record is titled Real Ghosts Caught on Tape and is due out September 21, 2010 via Side One Dummy. It is the follow-up to It’s Great to Be Alive which was released in 2009.
The band will be supporting the album on an upcoming tour featuring Gaslight Anthem and the Menzingers.
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Transit: “A Living Diary”
Transit have posted a new song. “A Living Diary” comes from the band’s upcoming full-length, Keep This to Yourself, which is slated for a mid-August release via Run For Cover Records. Once out, it’ll follow up their 2009 EP, Stay Home.
Check out the song at the band’s MySpace page. Transit will be touring the US with Fireworks, The Swellers and Man Overboard later this summer.
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Exclusive: Rise Against in new Countdown to Zero PSA
Today we’re premiering an exclusive clip of Rise Against who speak out against nuclear weapons and talk about a new documentary titled Countdown to Zero. The film is compelling documentary about nuclear weapons and how many are unaccounted for. It urges nations to reduce – and ultimately eliminate – their stockpiles of weapons. You can check out the trailer here.
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Mount&Blade: Warband Updated Released
Updates to Mount&Blade: Warband have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Content Additions:
- NEW! By community demand Duel mode is being introduced into multi-player. You can now partake in 1 on 1 protected duels.
- NEW! Server setting to disallow ranged weapons, get rid of pesky archers with one click!
- NEW! Two new horse armors have been added for Steppe and Sarranid factions.
Gameplay:
- Bow accuracy has been rebalanced, higher tier bows are even better, with low tiers being slightly more inaccurate.
- AI Bots in multi-player have been changed to be more difficult in dedicated servers.
- Economy balance is somewhat tied to campaign difficulty setting.
- Minor Khergit troop stat changes.
- Knock down chances have been reduced.
Fixes:
- AI is no longer able to hit allied horses in single player.
- A minor bug in the spy meeting quest has been fixed.
- Links to finished quests will no longer appear in other notes.
- Several new and useful operations have been added for modders.
- Some shield banners have been fixed for multi-player.
- Various other fixes for non English packs.
- Various other bug fixes.
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Smashing Pumpkins plan benefit for Madina Lake bassist
According to a Chicago Tribune report, the Smashing Pumpkins have announced plans to throw a benefit to raise money for Madina Lake bassist Matthew Leone. Leone was severely injured after courageously intervening in the beating of a woman in Chicago, IL.
Tickets are on sale through the Metro Web site. A majority will be raffled off. To enter the raffle, individuals must pay $10 per entry and may enter as many times as they wish. Each winner will receive two tickets. The raffle will end at 2 p.m. Saturday and winners will be notified via email three hours later. Balcony seats also will be sold for $100; a package including a meeting and photo with the Pumpkins and a balcony table for the show is available for $500.
All proceeds will go toward covering the medical costs of Matthew Leone. The show is set for July 27th.
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