Stereo Killer has posted Wisdom in Chains‘ forthcoming release Class War in its entirety. The album is slated for release June 19.

You can check out the songs here.
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Cartel has posted a new song online entitled “Lose It.” The song is the first single from the band’s July 24 self-titled release. You can check it out on MySpace.

The band has been recording the release in a giant, transparent bubble in New York City.
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Say Anything has posted a progress report on their forthcoming album In Defense of the Genre. Vocalist Max Bemis reported that they’re currently 65-70 percent done tracking the record and have completed drums, bass and guitar work on 95 percent of the songs. Bemis also noted that there are currently a lot of songs on the record, friends from various projects and bands will be involved in singing and playing on the record, and that the album is another concept record but “this time (tentatively) the songs will appear in order of the story they tell, which is far more direct and personal than the last record’s story.“

In Defense of the Genre will be the proper follow-up to 2004’s …Is A Real Boy.
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Some of our friends at Xanga got us involved in a new feature they’ve got called Groupie. The idea is to follow a band on a tour and kind of get a feel for what it’s actually like for a new band to hit the road.

With so many of you in bands, or thinking about it, we thought it’d be a cool feature and so we decided to sponsor the whole thing. You can check out the first set of videos, blogs and music right here, and definitely let us know what you think of the idea.
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I recently exchanged some emails with Epitaph’s flagship hip hop act, Sage Francis. Fiercely political and representing some of the best of underground hip hop, Sage talked about his new album, politics and his work on the film, Pride and Glory. His new album, Human: The Death Dance was released May 08, 2007.

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In anticipation of their upcoming full length, High On Fire has announced a headlining tour. The record is titled Death is this Communion and is due out September 18, 2007. It is the follow-up to Blessed Black Wings which was released in 2005.

Joining the band on the tour will be Mono, Coliseum and Panthers. The jaunt kicks off September 20th, 2007.

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Fall Out Boy has released the latest video from their new full length, Infinity on High.

You can check out the video here.
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Mae has posted a new song on MySpace entitled “Brink of Disaster.” The track is the first posted from their August 14 release Singularity.

The band is currently on tour with the Fray and OK Go.
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Gogol Bordello has posted two new songs from their upcoming full length for SideOneDummy. The record is titled Super Taranta and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike which was released in 2005.

In a shocking move, the songs are hosted somewhere other than myspace. You can check out both “Supertheory of Supereverything” and “”Wonderlust King” on their label’s website.
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Boys Night Out has posted a video for the track “Up With Me” on MySpace. The song is featured on their forthcoming self-titled effort, which will hit stores June 26, 2007.

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In the conclusion of our two-part video interview/performance with Philly’s the Loved Ones, we speak with lead man Dave Hause about the individual members’ backgrounds in hardcore, expectations for the new record, and bands they would like to tour with.

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Turbonegro‘s recently announced new record Retox how has a US label behind it and a new release date. Cooking Vinyl, the label behind recent releases from the Buzzcocks and Pixies frontman Frank Black, will release the record in the US on August 14, 2007. The Norwedgian six peice is following up their 2005 full length Party Animals.

We unveiled the cover art and track listing for the release earlier this year.
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Jello Biafra has issued a short statement in response to the recent accusations made by Klaus Flouride. Earlier this week the Dead Kennedys bassist claimed that Biafra had him banned from DirkFest, a tribute to “Fab Mab” promoter Dirk Dirksen at which Biafra was the MC. Biafra commented:

As usual, Klaus is lying through his teeth. Sure, I wasn’t comfortable having them there, but he and Ray & co. were already 86’d from both Slim’s and the Great American Music Hall at the request of Dawn Holliday, the booker for both venues. This is not just because of how they’ve treated me (lawsuits, greed, fake “reunion” shows with my picture in the ads, etc.), but how they’ve treated her and the music community in general. If you don’t believe this, just ask her at [email protected].

Sources tell Punknews that the situation stems from a 2002 incident in which the Dead Kennedys issued a press release claiming that they had been banned from San Francisco, mentioning Slim’s, the Great American Music Hall, and Dawn Holliday by name. That release is archived on their website here.
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