MxPx has posted another new song from their upcoming album Secret Weapon, due out on July 17, 2007. Secret Weapon will be MxPx’s first studio album released on Tooth & Nail since 1996. It is also the follow-up to Let’s Rock which was released in 2006.

You can check out “Shut It Down” via myspace.
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Prosthetic‘s Light This City has lined up a number of tour dates that will see them on the road in the U.S. for a good amount of time leading to October. First up is the Thrash and Burn Tour with Antagonist, which will feature support from Cerberus on the first leg and the Funeral Pyre on the second. After that wraps up, the band will hit the road with Into Eternity and the peculiarly named yet “legendary” German act Edguy.

The band will be out in support of 2006’s Facing the Thousand.
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Mustache, the most recent signing to WPO Records, has posted some new music from their upcoming debut for the label. The Duluth, Minnesota-based band members of Murder By Death

You can check out the songs on their myspace page.

The record is titled Babes Say the Hottest Things and is due out July 24, 2007. You can check out the art on the release page.
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It’s Sunday June 17th, 2007. Now despite what I read when I was 11 I really don’t know much about palaeontology, and in particular the naming conventions used. However when we hear that the newly discovered five meter tall dino has been dubbed the Gigantoraptor, you suspect it’s based purely on what sounds the most bombastic. I suppose Incrediraptor and Amazoraptor were taken.

The people must have something good to read on a Sunday

It was World War Emo this week as the mainstream pop-punk / emo acts engaged in battle on multiple fronts. On the physical side of things Fall Out Boy mouthpiece Pete Wentz and team of security commandos clobbered a heckler at Chicago rock club Schuba’s. Meanwhile there was some heat between My Chemical Romance and shock rocker Marilyn Manson as the latter accused the former of encroaching on his creepy pale guy racket. The New York Post took a step back and did an exposé on the management company behind bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco and Gym Class Heroes (oh, and the Bronx, weirdly enough), which prompted MTV to turn on their darlings and ask if emo is the new incarnation of 80’s hair metal.

So members of the Dead Kennedys looked at all the white belts and eyeliner flying and thought “let’s show these kids how you really feud” and launched another volley in their long standing fight. Bassist Klaus Flouride accused Biafra of banning him from a Dirk Dirksen tribute, to which Jello countered it was an insulted promoter’s doing, not his.

However it wasn’t all conflict this week. Against Me! continued their New Wave push with a “making of” video. The Germs film was completed and the first screenings were announced. Strung Out appeased their rabid fans with a video for “Calling” and Guff announced a surprising collaboration with Steve Perry of Journey. Rancid is set to record in January of next year, but before that we’ll see another of the Hellcat showcasing Give ‘Em The Boot compilations. Finally the World/Inferno Friendship Society are working on a punk-rock opera following Peter Lorre’s life.

This week also saw the passing of Kawakami, long time vocalist and guitarist for the Japanese band Disclose.

Our Video Of The Week was a two-parter, featuring a video interview and performance from Philadelphia’s Loved Ones. We interviewed Epitaph hip-hop act Sage Francis (interview and UK based The Automatic Automatic (interview).

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Go-Kart Records have relaunched their website, and along with new features like a message board and Murray the Go-Kat the label has launched a stream featuring five new songs from Guff.

Not included in the list however is the band’s collaboration with Journey frontman Steve Perry. You’ll find that track on the Guff’s upcoming record Symphony Of Voices, due out on June 26, 2007.

To check out the stream head to gokartrecords.com.
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Giving Chase have departed for their summer tour in support of A Cheap Print of a Masterpiece, which hits stores on June 19th. The band will travel through the US east coast and parts of the midwest, then on July 18th head north for a set of Canadian dates with Punknews Records‘ act Ryan’s Hope.

A Cheap Print Of A Masterpiece was recorded by Nick Rotundo (Boy Sets Fire, None More Black) at Clay Creek Studios. It follows up 2003’s Nothing Ever Changes.
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Giving Chase have departed for their summer tour in support of A Cheap Print of a Masterpiece, which hits stores on June 19th. The band will travel through the US east coast and parts of the midwest, then on July 18th head north for a set of Canadian dates with Punknews Records‘ act Ryan’s Hope.

A Cheap Print Of A Masterpiece was recorded by Nick Rotundo (Boy Sets Fire, None More Black) at Clay Creek Studios. It follows up 2003’s Nothing Ever Changes.
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The Effigies will release their first new full length in over 20 years this coming Tuesday on Criminal IQ records. Reside is the band's fourth album and features 10 new songs. You can preview the track "Coldplate" now via MySpace.

The Effigies formed in 1980 and helped establish the Chicago punk rock sound. The band's current line up features original members John Kezdy (vocals), Paul Zamost (bass), and Steve Economou (drums), along with new guitarist Robert McNaughton.
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Boston’s A Global Threat will hit the road in July with labelmates Wednesday Night Heroes and PunkCore act Monster Squad.

AGT released Where the Sun Never Sets last year. Recent months have seen Monster Squad release Fire the Faith and the Edmonton based Heroes unleash Guilty Pleasures.
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Orange County pop-ska act Suburban Legends is hitting the road this summer on their “Summer Crush” tour. The band will join Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer, Patent Pending and Jet Lag Gemini on the trek. Things kick off on July 16th in Wilkes-Barre, PA with the bands crisscrossing the US and hitting both coasts before arriving back in Philadelphia by late August.
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Springman Records has launched a new imprint called Silver Sprocket, promising new releases this summer from the River City Rebels, Tera Melos and Secretions, exclusive vinyl from the Phenomenauts and Big D And The Kids Table as well as assorted projects featuring the The New Trust, Pteradon, and Hanalei.

In addition to music, the new label has plans to release clothing, artwork and toys.

Springman proper will go on hiatus while the staff focuses on the new project. Mail order will still be filled but no new signings or releases are expected on Springman for the forseeable future.
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Influential hardcore act Gorilla Biscuits will play a trio of shows in Italy this September. The band will appaer in Roncade at the New Age Club on the 20th, in Rome at Alpheus on the 21st and in Rimini at Velvet on the 22nd.

Formed in the 1980s, the band helped define upbeat melodic hardcore and has been cited as a singular influence by a generation of hardcore bands. Guitarist Walter Schreifels’ went on to form a succession of respected acts including Quicksand, Rival Schools, and Walking Concert. Frontman Anthony “Civ” Civorelli formed CIV, and drummer Sammy Siegler performed with a number of acts including Glassjaw and Nightmare of You.

Late last year, the band released a limited edition, remastered version of their classic album Start Today.
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Ramones drummer Marky Ramone will make a rare visit to Taiwan for a show this September. Marky’s Ramones tribute show will visit The Wall venue in Taipei on September 14th in what’s being billed as one of the last chances to see a Ramones member perform in Asia. The Queers and Consider The Meek will support.

Marky will spend the remainder of the month in the UK playing DJ sets at select clubs. In the summer he’ll bring the tribute act to continental Europe and will be on the road into August.
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