The Methadones have posted the first song from their upcoming full length. The record is titled This Won’t Hurt” and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to 21st Century Power Pop Riot which was released in 2006.

You can check out the album art on the record release profile.

You can find “Poor Little Rich Girl” and “Losing Touch” on their myspace page.
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Another track from the Spill Canvas‘ recent EP Denial Feels So Good has surfaced online.

You can stream their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Gold Dust Woman” here.

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Transition Video Magazine recently interviewed David Hayes, the man who founded Lookout! Records with partner Lawrence Livermore. Hayes was also heavily involved in the start of the famous Gilman St venue as well as punk bible Maximum RnR. To top it all off, in 1988 he toured the US in a 1969 Chrylser Newport with a little band called Operation Ivy. Hayes walked away from the Bay Area scene just as punk broke into the mainstream, a time that left many of his peers very rich.

You can watch the video on the TVM website and get a great history lesson about a lesser known punk icon. You can check it out here.
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New Jersey’s short-lived Too Short Notice will be reuniting this weekend for a cancer benefit show. “Rock For Boobies” will take place on June 10th at 151 Diamond Spring Road in Denville, NJ at 3pm and will feature TSN as well as the Developments, Legends Never Die and Mattrabbit.

The band has also posted an unreleased demo of “Sight For Sore Eyes” at their MySpace page.
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Less Than Jake has posted a new live recorded medley of eight LTJ favorites that the band recorded during a recent appearance on BBC Radio’s the Lockup. A shiny kudos to the first person who names all the songs.

The band has also posted a new remix of “Portrait of a Cigarette Smoker at Age 19,” remixed by The Crytuff Council. That group features Nate Albert (ex-Bosstones) and Dave Bason.

You can find the medley on their MySpace page. The remix is available on the Crytuff Council’s page.

Don’t forget that the band will be performing a special hometown show this week to help a friend’s daughter who is undergoing chemotherapy.
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Chuck Ragan, former co-frontman for Hot Water Music and current solo troubadour, has posted a homemade for the track “Do You Pray?” from his solo debut Los Feliz. The video was shot by Chuck and his wife during his week-long California tour with the Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba. Check out the video below.
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The body of John Pike, drummer of Syracuse, NY’s Ra Ra Riot has been found near Fairhaven, MA. According to SouthCoastToday.com, police divers found the body on Sunday around 4pm off Wilbur’s Point in Buzzards Bay.

Pike had gone missing on Saturday, with his cell phone being discovered near to where his body would eventually be found. He was a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University and was about to embark on a full East Coat tour with Ra Ra Riot, who have canceled their June 8th appearance at Sweet Jane’s in Hartford, CT.

Currently the police have not discussed whether or not foul play was involved in Pike’s death.
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Strung Out has posted another new track from their upcoming album. The record is titled Blackhawks Over Los Angeles and is due out June 12, 2007. It is the follow-up to Exile In Oblivion which was released in 2004.

You can check out the song here: “Party in the Hills.”

Later this month, the veteran act will be headed to the UK and Europe for a month long tour in support of the record. Prior to that, they will performing some select California release shows.
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The mighty D.O.A. kicks off a Canadian tour this week. The band will play a week’s worth of shows in Alberta this month, followed by a number of Ontario dates in early July.

Frontman Joe Shithead Keithley is set to release a solo record on the 19th of this month titled Band Of Rebels. The 14 song album features a mix of punk, ska, rockabilly and roots rock and will feature a number of guest musicians. Earlier this year D.O.A. released a singles collection titled Punk Rock Singles 1978-1999. It features 26 tracks, collecting every A and B side single from “Disco Sucks” through the present remastered by engineer Tim Turan.
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Tonight I’ll be sitting down with the illustrious Jeff Rosenstock, mastermind behind the intoxicated incarnation known as Bomb the Music Industry! There are a ton of questions I’d like to ask, however, in true BTMI! spirit I think letting the people pick would be a little more appropriate.

So post away below, and the questions with the most responses will get asked. But people, don’t respond to your own comment, we’ll know…
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Courtney Love has reportedly told the BBC that Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes will be producing the next Green Day record. She explained:

Now Courtney has revealed to 6 Music that Perry will produce the new Green Day album, the follow-up to the multi-million selling American Idiot. She said: “This is my best record. Corgan’s on it from the (Smashing) Pumpkins, and Linda Perry – who out of my record got the Green Day record. That’s a scoop – I just gave that away with my big mouth.

Linda Perry, the former singer of 4 Non Blondes and frequent songwriter for pop stars may seem like an unusual choice. Perry had a hit in 1993 with “What’s Up” but went on to greater success as a songwriter for Gwen Stefani, Pink and Christina Aguilera.
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Obscure startup Microsoft has launched a new program for emerging artists dubbed Ignition. According to a Reuters report, the program is “designed to expose new artists and their music to consumers for an entire month by featuring exclusive content through Microsoft’s multiple services — including MSN, Xbox Live and Zune.”

Though the latter does not have a major footprint, both MSN and Xbox Live boast millions of subscribers. The company will host online listening parties of the act’s current album on MSN Music and provide a custom Web site dedicated to the band and its activities on the zune.net site. And Microsoft is working with the band to produce custom content — such as artist-created playlists and “behind-the-album” commentary featuring track-by-track insights and observations by band members — all available via the Zune service.

Microsoft is also demanding that artists participate directly in the program and provide exclusive conent not available elsewhere, particularly not on MTV. The first artist signed up is Caroline/Warp act Maximo Park, and more younger bands are expected to be showcased over the next while.
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In addition to an already impressively stellar lineup, Minneapolis punk band (and recent Go Kart signee ) Banner Pilot has been added to Insubordination Fest in Baltimore, MD this July. The band will be playing the Saturday, July 7th show.

Other bands participating in the three-day event, spanning July 6th-July 8th, are Ben Weasel, The Mr. T Experience, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Methadones, The Apers, The Copyrights, The Ergs, and many more.
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