News from the Punk Rock music scene.
After temporary incarceration, pop-punk/melodic-hardcore hybrid Set Your Goals made their way to Richmond, VA and delivered an energetic and memorable performance. The band is preparing to head to Europe with No Trigger for a 52 consecutive date tour, which will visit more than 16 countries.
This week’s video consists of the first four songs from the band’s debut full-length, Mutiny!.
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Chuck Ragan has posted the first two songs from his debut studio full length. The record is titled Feast or Famine and is due out August 07, 2007. It is the follow-up to the live disc, Los Feliz, which was released earlier this year.
Recorded last April, Feast or Famine includes collaborators Jolie Holland, James Fearnley (The Pogues), Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) as well as others and incorporates a broad range of instrumentation including banjo, harmonica, lap steel, organ, piano and percussion.
You can check out the songs right here.
In related news, the album is now available for presale and will include either an autographed booklet or a t-shirt. You can make your choice here.
Finally, Chuck has booked an additional show with friend and collaborator Matt Skiba. The show is set to take place in Chicago, IL at the Metro on Thursday, August 9. Tickets are available via this link.
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Acoustic punk act The Revisions have posted information about two upcoming releases along with a new song. titled “No Wars” on their website. In the next month the band will be releasing a three-song EP, Green Noise. In August the band will be releasing a new LP called Revised Observations on Dirtnap Records in the US and on Wasted Sound Records in Europe.
The band features past and present members of The Observers and The Clorox Girls. You can find more information here.
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Circle Takes The Square have announced a short tour set to kick off in August. The band most recently contributed material to UK-based post-rock act 65daysofstatic, as well as reissuing their 2003 debut, Circle Takes The Square.
Their last studio full length was 2004’s As The Roots Undo.
GoodCore Records has provided some updates as to their recent activity. First, they will be putting out the vinyl release of the Appleseed Cast’s debut album for Deep Elm Records, The End of the Ring Wars. The limited edition, double color LP will be available July 31, 2007.
In other news, the label announced the signing of Lorain, OH’s NSDWHOA. The band, who describe themselves as a psychedelic grind band, self-released a five-song EP, and are working on a debut full-length for a late 2007/early 2008 release. The band, along with all current bands on the GoodCore roster and a few friends GoodCore has picked-up along the way, will appear on the label’s upcoming first compilation/sampler: Friends and Family, Volume 1.
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July 17, 2007 finally marks the official release date for the upcoming full length effort from Boston punk rocker’s, Far From Finished. To celebrate the release of “Living In The Fallout”, Far From Finished, Think Fast! Records, Lucky 13 Apparel, and PunkNews.org have teamed up for a contest giveaway that runs from now until the street date. A grand prize winner will receive a prize package valued at $128 including the brand new disc, a poster, a skate deck, and clothing items from the band, Think Fast! and Lucky 13. One runner up will receive the new disc, a poster, some t-shirts, and goodie bags.
Even though we don’t do contests for TV shows very often, between the obvious love of Comedy Central’s animated programming I see on our boards, to the lineup of musicians involved, it seems like a pretty easy decision to give this one a go.
Comedy Central‘s new program, L’il Bush features Iggy Pop, Jeff Tweedy, Frank BLack, Colin Meloy, Dave Grohl, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and more. It is a series of cartoons created by Donick Cary, a writer of The Simpsons. The show previously appeared on recently defunct mobile carrier Amp’d Mobile, and has been picked up a six episode run beginning this month. Pop will be playing Lil Rummy, and other characters include Lil’ Condi, Lil’ Cheney, Lil’ Jeb and of course, Lil Bush.
To celebrate, Comedy Central has provided a neat little prize pack of DVDs from South Park, Drawn Together.
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Today we’re proud to be able to bring you a brand new track from the legendary Bad Brains. The song, which received a glowing endorsement from Henry Rollins, is the title song from their long-awaited album. The record is titled Build a Nation and is due out June 26, 2007.
You can check out “Build a Nation” on their Punknews.org Profile.
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NJ’s The Gaslight Anthem have announced their summer/fall tour plans. First, the band will head out for some dates with Signal to Noise; hitting the midwest, southwest, northwest (and joined by Whole Wheat Bread for two shows) and California, then working their way back east towards Texas. There, they will meet up for a run of dates opening for Against Me!, working their way through the south. Next, the group will head over to Europe for a stretch of dates in Germany.
Three of the bands will be touring in support of new albums; with the Gaslight Anthem releasing Sink or Swim, Signal to Noise with Kodiak and Against Me! preparing to release New Wave on July 10th.
We’ll be running a very special contest soon, with albums and merch from some of the aformentioned bands, concert tickets and…gasp…Punknews.org gear. Keep an eye out for that one.
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Interpol has posted the second new songrom their major label debut. The record is titled Our Love To Admire and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to Antics which was released in 2004. The band has also released the cover art for the record and you can find that on the album’s release detail page.
You can check out the song here: “Pioneer to the Falls.”
The band recently outlined a summer worth of tour dates.
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Jack White of the White Stripes recently sat down with MTV to discuss the radio station which leaked the entirety of their new album. He had called the station and harshly reprimanded the DJ and received a fair bit of criticism from other media outlets.
He explained his side:
When you’re famous, you’re not allowed to have any kind of reaction unless it’s completely positive and saying, ‘I love rainbows and stars,’ on Entertainment Weekly or ‘Entertainment Tonight’ or whatever those shows are called,
But this radio station — in this instance — I was having a private conversation with somebody, and they wanted to exploit it and try to make even more press out of the situation. But that’s what usually happens nowadays. … Jack White the singer and songwriter isn’t reacting to you; it’s the president of Third Man Records — our record label — calling you and asking for an explanation. I’m not screaming and yelling at anybody. I’m just saying, ‘Who did it? Tell me why you did it.’ [They reacted] like I called up and threatened to burn down the building or something. For God’s sake.”
He goes on to discuss the music climate:
I think it’s a shame for generations coming up that everything is ‘now, now, now’ and that they’re getting everything from a mouse click. We have people who get upset that you can only buy a T-shirt at our shows! That’s upsetting to people. So it’s kinda hard in this age where you get everything instantly to tell people that they have to wait. Let alone if it’s the rules. People can’t help but rebel against any kind of rules.
The band delivered Icky Thump earlier this week.
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Plain White T’s new single, “Hey There Delilah”, recently received a makeover courtesy of the wildly popular Kevin & Bean show on Los Angeles radio station KROQ. A song, written and recorded by producer Psycho Mike, titled “Hey There Vagina” was the most requested song on the station since it debuted Tuesday.
While there were no complaints from listeners, the stations legal team has banned the show from playing the popular parody, claiming it was “indecent.”
Gossip site, TMZ, has a copy of the song and you can check it out here.
Granted, the lyrics are somewhat NSFW, particularly if you work at Focus on the Family.
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With the news that Maritime is still active and planning the follow up to their acclaimed 2006 album, We, The Vehicles, we managed to finagle some exclusive information about the record including the art and track listing. The record is titled Heresy and the Hotel Choir and is due out October 16, 2007.
The disc is due out this fall and will feature 12 new songs. The artwork also reunites the band with Jason G. who previously played with the band members in Promise Ring. Along with members of that influential act, the group also includes veterans of Cap’n Jazz.