News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Bad Religion has posted a studio video documenting their upcoming album. The record is titled New Maps of Hell and is due out July 10, 2007.
The feature includes a look into the recording studio as well as some comments from band members Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz. Brett also reveals the secret of “good rock.”
You can check out the whole thing right here.
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Paint It Black have psoted another update with lyrics as they continue to work on their upcoming third album. As reported earlier, the album will be co-produced by J. Robbins and Oktopus (aka Alap Momin).
The band had this to say in an update:
What’s up everyone. We are hard at work obsessing over new material. We tape all our practices, then listen to the tapes a million times, and then go back to the lab, fix what’s broken, and make new tapes. This process keeps repeating. Fun and intense, but easy to get stuck in your own head after awhile.
Been getting some emails lately about posting more lyrics, so here goes. This song is about growing up in america and the failures of capitalism, growing up a rebel and the failures of punk music/culture. And of course, the failures we sometimes encounter in individual human relationships. Failure doesn’t mean that we stop trying. “It means brush the dirt off, get up and try again.” Please read the note that comes after. It’s really important:
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Yellowcard has posed another new track from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Paper Walls and is due out July 17, 2007. It is the follow-up to Lights and Sounds which was released in 2006.
You can check out “Five Becomes Four” on their myspace page.
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Queens of the Stone Age have launched a full album stream of their new record. The record is titled Era Vulgaris and is due out June 12, 2007.
The band has reportedly produced covers of tracks from Elliott Smith and Tom Waits to appear exclusively on the first European single. For the US album, a bonus disc featuring Billy Idol’s “White Wedding” will be produced.
You can stream the entire album here.
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Amber Pacific has posted the latest video from their new album. The record is titled Truth In Sincerity was released May 22, 2007.
The song is titled “Fall Back Into My Life”.
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Escapist Records has officially signed Bay Area hardcore/punk band Love, Hope and Fear. The band previously released an EP on State of Grace Records and self-released a full-length last year. Escapist Records will release a four-song 7”/digital EP entitled Fate’s Frowned on Us later this month.
The effort was recorded at Castle Ultimate Studios with Zach Ohren (Killing the Dream, Life Long Tragedy) and features original art from Curt Baer of Set it Straight. Those unfamiliar with the band can preview material from the band online here.
Finally, Love, Hope and Fear will be embarking on a full U.S. tour this Summer.
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Apparently not happy just to hurt Ann Coulter’s feelings, Rage Against the Machine are reportedly up to something, though no one has really been able to figure out what that is.
Today, the band – or at least someone representing the band – launched http://www.ratm82407.com/, which includes two countdowns. The first counting down to next Monday. The second is counting to August 24th, 2007. While there is no definitive news on what it could be, the domain name information suggests that the band could be gearing up for a major tour, since the site is owned by Live Nation, a major tour promoter.
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DC Ska Stalwarts (skalwarts??) the Pietasters have posted three songs from their upcoming album for download via DownloadPunk.com. The tracks come from All Day, which is due out August 21, 2007 via their recently launched label Indication Records. The three tracks available on the Don’t Wanna Know EP are the title tracks, “Dream of You,” and “Fozzy (Part 1).”
You can get the EP here.
It was previously announced that this EP would be released for free, but only given away at two release parties.
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On their recent Northeastern tour, it appears that New York City’s Slackers decided to play a prank on the Bay Area’s spacebilly pioneers the Phenomenauts. The ska stalwarts glued something…phallic to the the Phenomenauts’ iconic “Phenomabomber” space-van. Check it out below.
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On their recent Northeastern tour, it appears that New York City’s Slackers decided to play a prank on the Bay Area’s spacebilly pioneers the Phenomenauts. The ska stalwarts glued something…phallic to the the Phenomenauts’ iconic “Phenomabomber” space-van. Check it out below.
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Legendary label Touch and Go has launched its own digital music retail site. The site will feature material from Touch and Go/Quarterstick acts including (deep breath) The Ex, Slint, TV On The Radio, !!!, Effigies, The Jesus Lizard, Big Black, Negative Approach, The Black Heart Procession, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Naked Raygun and many, many more.
The web store will offer both individual tracks and full albums available as DRM-free 256k MP3’s. It will be the exclusive retailer for digital versions of Slint’s “Spiderland” and untitled EP, as well as all the Shellac and Rapeman albums. Speaking of Shellac, the Touch and Go digital store will also offer both CD quality 16 bit and above CD quality 24 bit WAV files of Shellac’s latest long player, Excellent Italian Greyhound. Finally, touchandgorecords.com will be the first place to present the digital-only reissue of two scarce Bedhead EP’s originally released on Trance Syndicate–“4song19:10CDEP” (1994) and “The Dark Ages” (1996).
You can check out the store here.
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Florida’s Fake Problems have announced a week of dates in Canada to close out the month. The brief trek, oddly titled “Cheesefest Tour 07”, will carry the band through the cities of Montreal, Toronto, Samia, Bayfield, Guelph and London. Coming along for the ride to support with be fellow sunshine state band Look Mexico.
Fake Problems continues on the road in support of their latest release, How Far Our Bodies Go, and speaking of which, the band has released the record in limited clear vinyl, available via the Sabot Productions website. You can find it here.
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According to blogsite tmz, Atlanta-based pop-rockers Cartel suffered a scare recently when the giant transparent bubble they’re currently living and recording their new album in busted open.
As a publicity stunt/means to recording, the band set up living quarters and a studio inside the giant bubble, located on New York’s Pier 54. The entire thing is being webcast via a series of tubes, which is likely where TMZ obtained video footage of a plate glass window shattering inside the bubble. Video is available directly from the sponsors, but requires registration and proof of purchase.
Tropical Storm Barri is to blame for the incident, which gave the band and their mothers (who were inside the bubble cooking dinner for the boys) quite a scare.
The stunt is sponsored by Dr. Pepper and the recording is being broadcast on MTV in a four-part special. As reported earlier, some people aren’t fans of the idea and find the whole thing pretty reprenhensible. Music industry guru Bob Lefsetz said:
Ever heard of Cartel? Not me. But I’m sure they can’t be making music I’m interested in. Music comes from inspiration, not marketing plans. Whoever convinced the act to be involved in this stunt.. should be exiled from the business immediately.