The UK’s Minotaur Explode, which features former members of HighRise and ex-Secondsmile singer Olly Goodland, have finished recording at the Outhouse Studio in Reading. A new song from the band is available via their MySpace page and will appear on an upcoming self-titled EP due this summer.

Minneapolis ska-punk band the SuperSmashers recently released a new full length Someday and are touring to support it. You can check their MySpace page to preview some of the new songs.

Pennsylvania’s Mad Conductor, featuring Chris of defunct crack rock steady act No Cash, has announced a tour of hte UK and US. You can find the dates along with their new single “Venom” on their MySpace page. The song appears on their upcoming CD Renegade Space Rock, due on June 26.
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Richmond, Virginia’s Sixer may be returning to action after a long period of dormancy. The band is interested in setting up a small tour in September and is reaching out to fans (via MySpace of course) to gauge interested towns to visit on their trek. The band’s looking for any help they can get, whether it’s the number of a good club, an invite to a house party or even what songs people are interested in hearing.

Sixer has also discussed hitting the studio and re-recording their unreleased 2004 demo Asleep at the Wheel with some new tracks. Nothing final has been announced yet. Sixer last released Beautiful Trash in 2002 via BYO.
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Ottawa’s Million Dollar Marxists aren’t letting those Ducks get them down. In fact, they’ve gone and booked themselves a Canadian tour in support of Zero Culture. The band hits the road on June 21st in Sudbury and will head west to BC and back.

Zero Culture was released in Canada in late 2006 via St. Catharines, Ontario based label Stumble Records. It followed up to the Gearhead released Give It A Name.
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Dates have been posted for the “Flip On A Tweak Realm and Set It (Off)” Tour featuring the Sleeping, A Day To Remember and Valeyra.

The bands will be supported by Envy on the Coast (7/06-7/17), A Thorn for Every Heart (7/18-8/03) and I Am the Avalanche (8/04-8/17).
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Ion Dissonance has posted another new track online entitled “Of Me Nobody Is Safe.” You can check it out on MySpace.

The band will be releasing their follow-up to Solace, Minus the Herd June 05, 2007.
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Ruiner has posted another new track online entitled “Kiss That M’Fer Good Night.” The new song will appear on the band’s Bridge Nine, debut full-length Prepare to Be Let Down. Prepare to Be Let Down is the follow-up to their 2005 1917 Records release What Could Possibly Go Right….

You can check out the new track on MySpace.
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The bands set to perform at this year’s Wakestock have been announced. The line up includes Protest The Hero, the Flatliners, Deftones, Goldfinger, Moneen, Fucked Up, Story Of The Year and many others. For updates and a full list check the festival’s website.

Wakestock is currently in it’s 10th year and will run from Thursday, July 26 through to Sunday, July 29. The event features four days of World Series Wakeboarding, other sporting events, three stages of music and other festival events. The event takes place on Centre Island, of the Toronto Islands.
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Matador Records has unveiled the first song from the New Pornographers‘ upcoming full length Challengers. It’s been confirmed that the 12 song full length, the Vancouver indie supergroup’s fourth, will arrive on August 21st in the US. There’s no word yet on who’s picking up the Canadian release. The album kicks off with the song “My Rights Versus Yours,” which is now available for download.

The folks at Pitchfork have more details, indicating that 9 tracks on the record were penned by Carl Newman with the other three credited to Destroyer‘s Dan Bejar. Newman, Bejar, Neko Case and Immaculate Machine’s Kathryn Calder all provide vocals.
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Brooklyn-based noise punk act Parts and Labor have announced a tour in support of their new Jagjaguwar full length, Mapmaker. The band will be performing for about a month in the US beginning at the end of the June.

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Apparently taking this guy to heart, New Jersey-based Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start has titled their upcoming record in a way that will probably satisfy both fans and detractors. The record is titled Worst Band Name Ever and is due out June 05, 2007.

The self-released, self-recorded / produced record is being made available directly from the band. It includes ten songs, a video for the song “I’ll Thank You Later,” guitar tabs for the entire album, a mix tape featuring 18 of the band’s favorite indie artists and links to over 40 free mp3 downloads from previous recordings.
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The shortlist of bands playing this years Cutting Edge Music Festival have been announced. Playing over 2 days on 2 stages in Grand Bend, Ontario will be Alexisonfire, Moneen, Social Code, Protest the Hero, MSTRKRFT, The Reason, The Junction, Ten Second Epic, illScarlett, Attack in Black and more.

The Canadian festival will take place in Grand Bend, Ontario at the Grand Bend Motorplex. It is set for the August 3rd to 6th. You can find more details on the official website.
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Burlington, Ontario’s Silverstein have posted a new track from their upcoming album. The record is titled Arrivals And Departures and is due out July 03, 2007. It is the follow-up to 18 Candles: The Early Years which was released in 2006.

You can find “Sound of the Sun” on their myspace page.
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Boys Night Out has posted an e-card featuring new music from their forthcoming self-titled effort, which is due out June 26, 2007.

You can check out the e-card here.
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