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Our stream today comes from Albany, NY-based Aficionado. We’ve got a first listen of the title track from the band’s forthcoming EP, When It Comes to Creation.
According to a report from Swami Records, San Diego’s Sultans will be reuniting for a one-off-show this Halloween. The band was a project formed by John “Speedo” Reis of Rocket From The Crypt (and Drive Like Jehu, The Night Marchers, Hot Snakes) during a break in Rocket’s activity in 1999. The band released two records through Reis’ label before calling it quits in 2007. The band will reunite at Bar Pink, the bar co-owned by Reis in San Diego’s North Park district. The reunion lineup includes Reis (aka Slasher) on guitar & vocals, Andy Stamets (RFTC’s ND, aka Black Flame) on second guitar, Reis’ brother Dean (aka Black Velvet, also of the Heartaches) on bass, and Tony DiPrima on drums.
Darkest Hour have announced a headlining tour set to begin in November and run for a month. The band, who joined E1 Records this Spring, will be touring with Veil of Maya and Periphery.
The Dresden Dolls have announced a short headlining run this fall, their first in three years. The band is celebrating their 10th anniversary at the Halloween tour opener.
Follow the Liter, Favorite Survivor, Whose back story?
Follow the Liter
Scavenge One Can at a Time.
Week 3’s Mutation did not win over the crowds, but we think that’s because it was misunderstood. It has a very different feeling than Scavenge and games tend to be much lower scoring. You have to remember, if their can goes up in flames – they have to wait for it to respawn. So get that can on the ground and use the Spitter to light it up!
For the month of September we will continue bringing back previous Mutations and explain why we think you should give them a chance. So if you missed them the first time, give them a chance. It won’t hurt. Probably?
Favorite Survivors
The PC crowd continues to love Zoey. The polls were pretty much identical except for the top two. xBox 360 users prefer Ellis then Zoey for their top picks. PC users prefer Zoey and then Ellis. Last week Bill (3rd place in this week’s poll) was ranked ahead of Zoey in the 360 poll and behind Zoey in the PC poll. I think PC players are sweet on somebody?
This or that?
For the new DLC for Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2, “The Sacrifice” we have a Comic, Teaser movie and of course the game. Do you prefer to get a more in depth preview through the comic? Watch the teaser? Wait for the game? Or All of the above?
Now you can join Maverick, Goose, Iceman and Viper as they roar into the sky again in Top Gun! Top Gun is a free-flying air combat shooter where players blast enemies out of the sky in dogfight battles, obliterate ground and air-based targets and show off their extreme flying prowess as Maverick.
Buzz around a band can stem from a variety of places. It might come from a catchy-but-not-too-catchy anthem, embracing live shows or a lyrical and musical honesty that radiates far beyond anything less sincere in the sometimes-bleak punk scene. With The Menzingers, their buzz has come from all of aforementioned sources and it continues to grow louder with every EP and LP they release. Just before leaving on a long stretch of shows across North America, The Menzingers co-vocalist/guitarist and “whirling dervish” (as described by Red Scare Records’ CEO Tobias Jeg) Tom May chatted with Punknews contributor Gen Handley about his affinity for Death Cab For Cutie lyrics and who to ask for if you’re ever passing through Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Rancid has posted another one of the videos from their archive. This one for the band’s track, “Roots Radical” from their 1995 album, … And Out Come The Wolves.
Music 4 Cancer, a Canadian non-profit, has posted samples from their two new compilations set to benefit the Canadian Cancer Society. The following bands have been confirmed: Ten Foot Pole, Good Riddance, NOFX, Nikola Sarcevic of Millencolin, The Sainte Catherines, The Hot Showers, Kvoteringen (feat. Fredrik Larzon of Millencolin, Franky Lee (feat. Mathias Färm of Millencolin, Everything Against Them, Teen Idols, Tom Petta of Bigwig, Frank Turner, Les Vulgaires Machins and Pour Habit. 
