Punknews is proud to announce that we’ll be co-sponsoring a CMJ showcase with No Sleep Records.

Dubbed the No Sleep Till CMJ Party, the show will be headlined by our friends in Fake Problems and feature a slew of excellent support acts: O Pioneers!!!, Such Gold, My Heart to Joy, Into It. Over It., Aficionado, Junior Battles, Former Thieves, Atlantic/Pacific (ex-Texas Is the Reason) and a few special guests to boot.

The show will take place at the Party Expo (929 Broadway) in Brooklyn, N.Y. on October 20. Doors are at 5:00 and the cost of admission is a paltry $10, or free if you already happened to drop the bones on a badge.
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Underoath have released the first full track from their next album, Ø (Disambiguation). The band posted individual instrument tracks last week, leading to the new song reveal. The album is due out November 9, 2010 and follows Lost in the Sound of Separation which was released in 2008. The record is the first from the band since the departure of longtime drummer Aaron Gillespie. The band worked with producers Matt Goldman (Lost In the Sound of Separation and Define the Great Line) and Jeremy SH Griffith.

Check out the song on their official website.
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Rancid have posted the latest video in their series. The new addition comes from 2000’s Rancid and features the track, “I Am Forever.”

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Another cover of a track from 1992’s Generator, with Riverboat Gamblers contributing their version of “Heaven Is Falling.” The song is the latest from the series that will make up Germs of Perfection: A Tribute to Bad Religion. The album will be releasing free by Spin and MySpace It’s due out October 19, 2010.

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Good Knives, which features members of Love Equals Death, have posted announced a second European tour for 2010.

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Agent Orange are streaming two new songs from their first new release since 1996’s Virtually Indestructible. The single will feature two new songs, “This House Is Haunted” and “Whistling Past The Graveyard.” The Halloween themed-single will be available on their upcoming tour or via iTunes.

Stream the songs on their MySpace page.
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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:

• We had a lot of fun this week with the upcoming Bad Religion tribute compilation. The organizers have been unveiling songs daily and they’ve all been the subject of much debate here on the `Org. Check out Cobra Skulls and NOFX‘s Fat Mike performing “Give You Nothing”, Polar Bear Club playing “Better Off Dead”, Frank Turner playing “My Poor Friend Me”, and Tegan and Sara‘s version of “Suffer.”
• Speaking of Bad Religion, frontman Greg Graffin was recently interviewed by the Scientific American about his new book
• Fat Wreck Chords has announced their first compilation in eight years featuring music from their entire roster (I’m particularly excited for new Chixdiggit!, how about you?)
• Rancid continues to unveil unreleased videos for old songs, this time featuring “Who Would’ve Thought”
• Less Than Jake is promising a performance of their album Losing Streak at Riot Fest
• Fletcher Dragge on commented on Jim Lindberg’s departure from Pennywise
• Weezer posted their first batch of Memories tour dates
• The Lawrence Arms are touring with White Wives and AM Taxi

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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Brian: Hey, remember these? Perhaps we should try to bring them back.

Anyway, Residuals added me on MySpace–remember them, too?–several months back. I think they only had a very rough demo on the page at the time, but the diverse array of influences seemed promising (As Cities Burn, Circa Survive, Verse, Tera Melos, …Who Calls So Loud), so I accepted the request and then forgot about them for a long time, since, well, MySpace is becoming the red-headed stepchild of social networks.

Cut to yesterday. I came across the band browsing Caravels’ page and their name jogged my memory. Since that initial add, the band has posted a very solid four-song demo for free download (you can acquire that here) and posted up two newer songs that are even more impressive. Think Comadre’s singer fronting a more pensive and brooding act, with plenty of moody atmospheres and cathartic tension and release. If you listen to one song, let it be their new one, “For Joy.” It’s on their aforementioned MySpace.
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Just a reminder. Day 2 of the Matador 21 stream is up now. Like yesterday, the set is a series of live performances celebrating Matador Records‘ 21st Birthday. Performes include Chavez, Fucked Up, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Girls, Come, Perfume Genius, Cat Power, Superchunk, Spoon, Belle and Sebastian, Shearwater, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, New Pornographers, Liz Phair 9 and Guided By Voices.

Sonic Youth is performing right now.

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Sacramento, CA’s Middle Class Rut have launched a stream of their upcoming full-length No Name No Color. It’s due out next week (October 5, 2010, to be exact) via Bright Antenna.

Find it at MySpace Music.
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