Strung Out has talent, longevity and a strong work ethic. As a testament to that they are still riding on the success of 2009’s Agents of the Underground a year later, touring in support of the critically acclaimed, fanbase approved record. Punknews interviewer, Jason Epstein caught up with drummer Jordan Burns at their show in NYC on September 17th to chat about vans, bands and future plans.
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Today, we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek of the new album from Atlanta, GA’s The Chariot. The record is titled Long Live and it’s due out November 23, 2010 via Good Fight Entertainment.
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Bomb the Music Industry! have just started a run through Europe and the UK. It’s the group’s first time through the region with a full band. They’ll be joining Less Than Jake for the dates from November 21st and on, and promise that they won’t be as well-practiced on those days. Whatever that means.
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Here’s a new dispatch from downstate New York quartet Timeshares. The group just wrapped up a tour down to The Fest 9 and back.
The first two episodes can be read here and here, respectively.
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Yesterday, metalcore act Gwen Stacy called it a day. The band posted this on their blog:
After six years, nineteen countries, countless US tours, two albums, and an EP, Gwen Stacy has decided call it quits. We feel like now is the best time to end the band and pursue other options and directions in life. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved with the bands career over the years. A few of the members will be starting new projects and we will be updating our pages as these projects start to unfold. We want to assure everyone that we are splitting up on good terms. We’re all excited to see what everyone has in store for their future endeavors.
The band last released A Dialogue in 2009.
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Our stream today comes from Los Angeles, CA-based Thousand Watt Stare. The band includes Christian Martucci of Black President, The Chelsea Smiles and The Dee Dee Ramone Band and Pat Kim and Dylan Howard of Unwritten Law. We’ve got a stream of the band’s debut EP, Thousand Watt Stare.
You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Call of Duty®: Black Ops, the biggest first-person action series of all time and the follow-up to last year’s blockbuster, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 2, is now available on Steam.
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Brokencyde have posted a stream of their new full length, Will Never Die. The album is the second full length from the controversial band, with the previous being 2009’s I’m Not a Fan, But the Kids Like It!.
Find the stream on their Myspace page.
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Smoke or Fire are streaming their brand new album, The Speakeasy. The album is due out tomorrow.
here.
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Check out Descendents performing “Myage” and “I’m the One” live at Fun Fun Fun Fest this past weekend. The legendary band was announced for the event last month.
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Yellowcard have posted their final studio update, indicating the completion of their full length debut for Hopeless Records. The band reunited in August after going on an indefinite hiatus in 2008. The band had been with major label Capital Records since their indie start on Lobster in the early 2000s.
They signed to Hopeless Records for the release of their seventh studio album, their first since 2007’s Paper Walls.
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Can’t figure out what to buy your favorite The Slackers fan for Christmas? The band has got you covered with a new 7-inch due out December 7, 2010. The veteran ska outfit will be covering U2‘s 1983 classic from War on the A-Side and a dub version of the same on the flipside.
In related news, the band is celebrating their 20th anniversary and band member Dave Hillyard had this to say:
We are gonna be getting some new material together as the year ends. A covers project for whatevski is in the works. And speaking of tunes, as our 20th anniversary is coming up, we are going to be releasing a slackers ‘greatest hits’ retrospective album!
The band last released The Great Rock-Steady Swindle in 2010.
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After their initial reunion show sold out, The Ergs! have announced a second matinee show as they continue to work to raise money for Jackie Nixon. Doors open at 12 noon, show starts at 1 PM with tickets running $20 per. It takes place at the Asbury Lanes. The band is staggering the release of tickets: 100 sold through Ticketweb tonight at 6pm, 75 tomorrow at 6pm and 75 Wednesday at 6pm.
The pop-punk outfit called it quits in 2008.
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