Madball have posted a new song from their upcoming Good Fight Entertainment debut, Empire.

Check out “All or Nothing” on their MySpace page.
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Atreyu have launched a stream of their covers EP, Covers of the Damned. The set is due out October 12, 2010 and the band tackles songs from Dead Kennedys, Volbeat, Deftones, Aerosmith and Thin Lizzy. For each cover, the band will collaborated with the band’s on their upcoming headlining tour. Those bands include Chiodos, Blessthefall, Endless Hallway and Architects..

Check out the stream here.
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A group of Weezer haters have launched a bizarre new Internet campaign to have the band break up for $10,000,000. The collective is raising money through individual pledges and aims to give Weezer the money to split up. They explained:

I have never been a fan of this band. I think that they are pretty much horrible, and always have been. Even in the early 90’s.But this isn’t about me. This is about the Weezer fans. They are our brothers and sisters, our friends, our lovers.Every year, Rivers Cuomo swears that he’s changed, and that their new album is the best thing that he’s done since “Pinkerton,” and what happens? Another pile of crap like “Beverly Hills” or “I’m Your Daddy.”This is an abusive relationship, and it needs to stop now.

I am tired of my friends being disappointed year after year.I am tired of endless whimsical cutesy album covers and music videos.I’m sick of hearing about whatever this terrible (and yes, even if you like the early stuff, you should be able to admit that they are wretched now) excuse for a band is up to these days.If all 852,000 of you (really?) who bought “Pinkerton” pitch in $12, we will meet our goal.I beg you, Weezer. Take our money and disappear.

In less strange news, Weezer themselves recently released their first indie release with 2010’s Hurley. Our reviewer gave it four stars.
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Black Cards, the new project from Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz, have posted another new track. Pete announced the project in July and talked about the influence of songs like “Two Sevens Clash” and “Warriors.”

You can download the song from their Facebook Profile.

Wentz’ bandmates from Fall Out Boy remain active in a variety of projects, including hardcore act Burning Empires, metal project The Damned Things and even performing with Earth Crisis.
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GQ recently interviewed noted producer and Shellac / Big Black guitarist Steve Albini about myriad of topics, including the problems with the mainstream music industry both now and twenty years ago, the re-emergence of vinyl as a viable format and Albini’s repulsions of fashion and most media in general. When asked for his opinion regarding political, “indie” bands signing to major labels, Albini had this to say:

“I’m not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in a racket. There’s no way you can get involved in a racket and not someway be filthied by it. You’re another catalog item, another name on the list of people who are collaborating with the enemy. But by the same token I don’t know what circumstances every other band is in and what they feel forces their hand at some point. I know some bands feel like they have the choice between working with someone at the independent level who they think is inept, or working with someone in the mainstream-who may also be inept, but at the very least may give them some money. That’s the kind of choice I never want to have to make for myself.”

Albini also took to task Sonic Youth‘s decision to join a major label in 1990 after nearly a decade of success in the underground:

“Sonic Youth chose to abandon it in order to become a modestly successful mainstream band-as opposed to being a quite successful independent band that could have used their resources and influence to extend that end of the culture. They chose to join the mainstream culture and become a foot soldier for that culture’s encroachment into my neck of the woods by acting as scouts. I thought it was crass and I thought it reflected poorly on them. I still consider them friends and their music has its own integrity, but that kind of behavior-I can’t say that I think it’s not embarrassing for them. I think they should be embarrassed about it.”

Check out the entire interview here.
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Mike Ness of Social Distortion has confirmed that the band’s highly anticipated Epitaph Records debut will now be released in 2011. In an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune, he confirmed the delay as well as explaining the title, Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes:

Music does the same thing for adults that nursery rhymes do for kids: It gives them an escape, and [it’s about] not growing up. I’m not afraid of taking risks. It helped me in the direction of this new record

The album is their first since Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll which was released in 2004. The band released a Greatest Hits album in 2007 and will be touring this month.
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The Weakerthans has posted his contribution to Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion, a digital compilation in honor of the influential band’s 30th anniversary. The band recorded a cover of “Sanity,” originally found on Bad Religion’s 1989 full-length No Control. The compilation, curated by MySpace Music and SPIN, will be available for free download on October 19.

Check it out at The Weakerthans’ MySpace page.
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Long Island, NY outfit Bayside have detailed their upcoming full-length. The record is titled Killing Time and it’s due out February 22, 2011 via Windup Records, following up the band’s 2008 effort Shudder. The first single from Killing Time, “Sick,Sick, Sick,” will hit iTunes on November 16.

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Gatsbys American Dream has announced via Twitter that they are reuniting. The band recently performed an impromptu reunion at a Forgive Durden show in Seattle where Gatsbys side projects Places And Numbers and Princess Dinosaur were openers.

Though never officially announced, the band has been on hiatus since 2006, shortly after the release of their self-titled album. In the years since, the members have all remained active, starting a myriad of side projects including Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Wild Orchid Children, Princess Dinosaur, Places And Numbers, TickTockMan, RedRedBlue, Keith Ledger, and Search/Rescue. The band noted that the active side projects, specifically Kay Kay and Wild Orchid Children, will not be ending. Wild Orchid Children and Places And Numbers both have pending full-length releases on Equal Vision Records.
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Bridge Nine Records hardcore act Mother of Mercy have announced a headlining tour set to kick off shortly after they wrap up their run supporting Agnostic Front. The tour kicks off October 13 and includes shows in Canada as well as US dates with Fire and Ice.

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Bridge Nine Records hardcore act Mother of Mercy have announced a headlining tour set to kick off shortly after they wrap up their run supporting Agnostic Front. The tour kicks off October 13 and includes shows in Canada as well as US dates with Fire and Ice.

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The Spill Canvas have posted a new stop-motion video for their song, “Dust Storm.” The track comes from their recent LP, Formalities. The video promises a “dive into the secret lives of Lego People and other childhood icons as they attempt to weather the storm.”

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Austin, Texas based hardcore act Newlywed have posted the video for “How Long” from their split EP with Clubs.

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