News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Members of the Sainte Catherines and the recently departed Fifth Hour Hero have formed a folk-country-rock band called Les Chats de Ruelle ( Alley Cats in French ). Featuring Hugo Mudie, Louis Valiquette, Fred Jacques and Rich Bouthillier of The Sainte Catherines/Yesterday’s Ring and Mathieu Guilbault of Fifth Hour Hero, the group has posted three songs online, and promise an album and shows soon.
You can check out more information (if you understand French) at their MySpace page.
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In a move similar to that recently taken by the Pietasters, the Donnas have formed their own label through distributor Redeye USA. The label’s name doesn’t seem to have been announced yet.
The band will release their as-yet-untitled new record, the follow up to 2004’s Gold Medal, this coming September. It was produced by Jay Ruston (The Polyphonic Spree, Meatloaf, Diana Ross). One new song from the release, “Don’t Wait Up for Me,” is available now on the band’s MySpace site.
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Current and former members of Rise Against, Ignite, Reach the Sky, Spark of Life have come together in a new project called Last Of The Believers. The band draws from the hardcore influences of their previous endeavors with a more melodic style of vocals and choruses. With a roster featuring vocalist Steve Jennings, guitarist/vocalist Chris Chasse, bassist, Brett Rasmussen, guitarist Nik Piscitello and drummer Phillip Lee, the Los Angeles based group promises to have demos available soon.
You can check out some music at their MySpace page.
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Ignite the Will has added Seth Nichols (ex-Dead to Fall) to their line-up as a second guitarist.
The band is in the process or writing the follow-up to their Double or Nothing Records release Words Fail. The band notes: “we will tour, record, hang-out, laugh, and hopefully bench press our van” in the fall.
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The Union Label Group has announced the line-up for their stage at this year’s Warped Tour. The stage will feature bands such as Subb, The Flatliners, The Planet Smashers, Big D and the Kids Table, The Toasters, Ceremonial Ships, The One Night Band, The Saint-Alvia Cartel and The Johnstones.
The stage and line-up will appear August 11 in Barrie and August 12 in Montreal.
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After more than a year’s worth of inactivity while frontman Rivers Cuomo finished an English degree at Harvard, Weezer has announced they will return with a new album in 2008. According to a recent post from Rivers on the band’s website:
We’re just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July, this will be the final recording session for our sixth album, which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008.
The band’s last proper release was 2005’s Make Believe.
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Many of you may have noticed some of your favorite radio and internet music stations not playing any tunes today. Hundreds of radio stations and internet broadcasters altered or silenced their streams in order to protest recent increases in internet radio rates. Participating stations include California faves like KALX, KUSF, KPFA, KCRW, & KZSU, as well as a host of other terrestrial/streaming radio stations nation-wide. Also included are services like Pandora, Rhapsody, Live365, Yahoo’s LaunchCast, MTV Radio, & dozens of internet-only stations.
From Save Net Radio:
The future of Internet radio is in immediate danger. Royalty rates for webcasters have been drastically increased by a recent ruling and are due to go into effect on July 15 (retroactive to Jan 1, 2006!). To protest these rates and encourage the millions of net radio listeners to take action and contact their Congressional representatives, a national Day of Silence will be held June 26. Webcasters across the country will observe this day of silence in a number of ways, including dedicating entire programs to the campaign to save Internet Radio and broadcasting complete silence.
For an updated list of the participants in this national day of silence, visit Radio And Internet News (RAIN).
Net radio listeners, please excuse the interruption of your normal programming and take action to ensure this silence is not permanent. Call your Congressional Representatives today.
Recently, NPR joined the fight against the recent increases.
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Dates have surfaced for an Rx Bandits headlining run through the West Coast. The band will see support from The Fall of Troy and Maps & Atlases on most dates.
The band continues to tour in support of …And the Battle Begun.
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The Riot Before will hit the studio tomorrow to begin recording their new EP and 7″. The releases will follow their debut full-length, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, and will be released via Quote Unquote Records for the EP and the 7″ from Fall of the West Records.
The band commented on the upcoming releases::
Apparently we suck at recording. We demoed these songs, but we didn’t feel comfortable enough with the outcome to release them. We went to Athens, GA to try again, but Brett came down with a nasty flu which had it’s own nasty impact on the product and the process. We are hoping that the third time is a charm. It has to be because Jeff Rosenstock [Bomb the Music Industry/head of Quote Unquote Records] is calling us everyday to yell at us for taking too long. Apparently he wants to unleash a massive media blitz and make tons of money off our free record.
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Jimmy Eat World has announced festival appearances this summer in South Africa. This follows their July US and August European tour dates that we announced previously. The band will appear on August 9th at The Way of the Dassie at Oppikoppi Farm in Northam. On the 10th and 11th they’ll take part in the Ampli5 Music Tour, playing the The Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg the first day followed by a show at the Bellville Velodrome in Cape Town.
The band is working towards their upcoming fifth proper studio album. That record will be the follow up to 2004’s Futures and 2005’s Stay on My Side Tonight EP.
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Raleigh, NC’s Alesana is set to hit the road this summer in support of their Fearless debut On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax.
The band is currently on the road with Bayside and the Status, hitting the Warped Tour when those dates wrap up. Following Warped the band will tour with From First To Last and Vanna.
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On July 17, 2007, Sound the Alarm will be releasing their full length and major label debut. The record is titled Stay Inside and is due out July 17, 2007. To celebrate, Sound the Alarm and PunkNews.org have assembled a contest in which you can win an XBOX360, Autographed Poster and a copy of the album. There are also prizes for two runner ups who will walk away with a Sound the Alarm Poster and a copy of Stay Inside.
Sounds too good to be true? Well, it is in that you won’t be entered unless you fill out an incredibly complex five line form with your details.
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