Cancer Bats have booked a run of Canadian shows kicking off in August and running for two weeks. The Toronto-based punk/metal outfit is supporting Bears, Mayors, Scraps, & Bones.

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Our stream today comes from Hartford, CT-based (post-)melodic hardcore act Hostage Calm. While their self-titled, sophomore full-length won’t be released until July 20, we’ve got a full stream available for you now.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Underoath have posted thefourth video update from the studio as they record their new album with a new drummer. The band is recording with producers Matt Goldman (Lost In The Sound Of Separation and Define The Great Line) and Jeremy SH Griffith. The band also recently announced that Daniel Davison (ex-Norma Jean) will be handling the drumming duties on both the new record as well as the upcoming COOL TOUR with As I Lay Dying, Blessthefall, Between The Buried And Me, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War Of Ages.

The album will be the first since Lost in the Sound of Separation. The band will be on the road this summer with As I Lay Dying, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats and War Of Ages. Check out the update here.
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Blink 182 have begun recording. Bassist Mark Hoppus posted this brief Twitter update:

blink-182 recording today. new album type stuff.

The band released their last studio album, Blink 182, in 2003.
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Andrew W.K. has posted the video for “I Want To See You Go Wild.” The track comes from Close Calls With Brick Walls which was issued in North America earlier this year after an initial run limited to Japan in 2006.

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Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and Midtown fame has been named PETA2‘s sexiest vegetarian. Nominees were unveiled two weeks ago and included members of Youth of Today, Shelter, Against Me!, AFI, Comeback Kid, Earth Crisis, My Chemical Romance, Paint It Black, Lifetime , Silverstein, The Black Keys , The Swellers , Fugazi and many more.

Details about the process can be found here.
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In a recent interview at Pitchfork, Broken Social Scene‘s Brendan Canning discussed his band’s role in the film. The Toronto indie rock act wrote the music for the fictional act Crash And The Boys, with actor Erik Knudsen (aka Crash) providing vocals. Brendan described the songs to Pitchfork:

They’re really short punk rock jams. One tune is four seconds long– it’s in Napalm Death territory. After that one, someone in the movie yells, “Hey, it’s not a race!” The longest tune we recorded for it was 42 seconds. Another one is a little more in D.R.I. territory. We’re all fans of that type of thrashy music– Charles [Spearin] and Ohad [Benchetrit] played in a metal band growing up. I definitely bought Suicidal Tendencies‘ first record when it came out.

The soundtrack to Edgar Wright’s adaption of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series will feature contributions from Frank Black of the Pixies, the Black Lips and Metric as well. As previously reported Beck is writing the music for the title character’s band Sex Bob-Omb.
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New York City will play host to the first live performance from 80s hardcore act Inside Out. The band released just one album, the critically acclaimed No Spiritual Surrender. They also gained significant notoriety when vocalist Zack de la Rocha went on to form Rage Against The Machine. The band also featured guitarist Vic DiCara who went on to Shelter and 108.

Rage Against the Machine took their name from what was to be the second Inside Out album and released Rage Against the Machine in 1992. The Inside Out reunion performance is set for August 14, 2010 and will include Razorblade Handgrenade, No Tolerance, Vigilant Hotel and Activator. It all takes place at Santos Party House in New York. Get tickets here.
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New York City will play host to the first live performance from early hardcore act Inside Out in 21 years. The Inside Out reunion performance is set for August 14, 2010 and will include Razorblade Handgrenade, No Tolerance, Vigilant Hotel and Activator. It all takes place at Santos Party House in New York. Ypu can find ticket info here.

UPDATE: This is not, as originally reported, the Inside Out that featured Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine and Vic DiCara of Shelter and 108. Wrong Inside Out. Sorry about that.
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New York City will play host to the first live performance from early hardcore act Inside Out in 21 years. The Inside Out reunion performance is set for August 14, 2010 and will include Razorblade Handgrenade, No Tolerance, Vigilant Hotel and Activator. It all takes place at Santos Party House in New York. Ypu can find ticket info here.

UPDATE: This is not, as originally reported, the Inside Out that featured Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine and Vic DiCara of Shelter and 108. Wrong Inside Out. Sorry about that.
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The Weakerthans founder (and former Propagandhi member) John K. Samson was recently named Winnipeg’s Art Ambassador for Music by the city’s Arts Council. Samson joins ambassadors in the fields of theater, visual arts, music, dance, and literary arts, who will advocate for their art forms within the city and beyond.

Along with his award winning work in the Weakerthans, Samson is a founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing, a publishing collective. He also released City Route 85 [7 inch] last year.
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The Thermals have released the first single from their next album. The record is titled Personal Life and is due out September 7, 2010 via Kill Rock Stars. It is the follow-up to Now We Can See which was released in 2009.

Check out “I Don’t Believe You” via Pitchfork.
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In a new interview, the former members of Isis explained their decision to split up after thirteen years.

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