Ambitions has announced that they are currently at work on their debut full-length Stranger with producer Greg Thomas at Silver Bullet Studio. The album is expected to be released sometime in August through Bridge Nine. The band had this to say about Stranger‘s progress:

We’re really excited about how its coming out. Most of the music is done, and Jay is working on his vocals now. Hopefully we’ll be posting a track or two for streaming before the record drops in August.

The band released the Question EP last year through Think Fast! and signed to Bridge Nine in January.
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Circa Survive has announced that every day from now on, they’ll post the lyrics to a new song from their forthcoming Equal Vision release On Letting Go. Today, you can check out the lyrics to the song “Living Together” in the band’s MySpace blog.

On Letting Go, the follow-up to 2005’s Juturna, will hit stores May 29. You can check out the song “The Difference Between Medicine and Poison is in the Dose” from the album on MySpace.
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Our friends at the BBC let us know about the latest episode of the BBC Radio 1 Punk Rock Show. The show airs tonight from 2am to 4am GMT (9pm EST, 6pm PST) tonight and is available for streaming in it’s entirety via this link.

The show tonight will feature a live and acoustic performance from The Aggrolites in anticipation of their upcoming full length. These Arms Are Snakes will be taking over the show and playing DJ for some of the show. Finally, the playlist will include new music from Suicidal Tendencies, Against Me!, acoustic Anti-Flag, Negative Approach, Big D & The Kids Table, Tim Armstrong, Gallows, Society’s Parasites, From Autumn to Ashes, Nekromantix, NoFX, The Hoods, Small Arms Dealer, The Street Dogs and many more…

You can check out the show here.
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The Dear Hunter have launched an e-card for their upcoming debut, Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading. The album is scheduled for release May 22 via East/West. The band will kick off a series of record release shows shortly after the release, including a special in-store performance at Best Buy in Worcester, MA on the release date.

You can check out the e-card for the album here.
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Members of defunct quintet the Kinison have resurfaced with a new project and a new sound. The new outfit, dubbed Ballenas, includes Sam Sundos from the Sundelles, Bryan Swarthout from 401 Waterman and Christopher Lewis and Guy (Bub) Knight from The Kinison. You can find three new songs on their Myspace page.

The band broke up in November of 2005, a year after releasing What Are You Listening To? through Travis Barker’s Atlantic imprint, La Salle.
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This Is Hell has posted an update after the completion of their recent tour with Comeback Kid. The band will take a break from touring to record a new song in June that will be featured on a Trustkill sampler this summer, as well as write more new songs. The band also announced that they’ll hit the road with Blacklisted and Killing the Dream beginning in the end of June. Dates for that tour will be posted soon.

The band continues to tour in support of their 2006 release Sundowning.
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Looks like Strung Out and No Use for a Name fans will not be seeing vinyl releases for both band’s upcoming albums. The label explained:

Alright…it seems that some of you are filling your diapers over the fact that we aren’t putting out vinyl for the new Mad Caddies, Strung Out and No Use for a Name. Here are my two favorite bits of constructive suggestions that came into ye ol’ digital complaint box, “the cunts arent gonna press this on vinyl either” and “guess I will just download it loosing money from me….”. Well…we don’t want your money to get any “looser” with gas prices rising and all so we thought we’d let you know that the reason we aren’t putting out these records on vinyl is because they are too LONG.

The more music you stuff onto a single LP, the worse it sounds so we decided we didn’t want to compromise the recording quality. Fear not because we actually have a couple of really cool secret vinyl projects coming up.

We apologize if you are bummed and as a peace offering we give to you the first Strung Out mp3 for the song Calling. I again apologize but this mp3 will not be on vinyl.

According to vinyl specialty store Vinyl Collective, the label is also not planning to license the album in any form.
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Today we’ve got four songs from recent A-F signing, Incommunicado. The band is gearing up for the release of their full length debut. The record is titled Losing Daylight and is due out June 05, 2007. The band draws comparisons to Fugazi, Refused, or Hot Water Music

The record will be available digitally and on CD directly from AF Records and the band. It will be available digitally everywhere else.

Besides three album tracks, we’ve got one exclusive B-side you won’t find anywhere else. You can check out all four songs on their Punknews.org Profile
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Underoath has posted the new video from their 2006 full length, Define the Great Line.

You can check it out here: “Ever So Inviting.”
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With their North American debut set to drop via Epitaph on July 10, 2007, UK-based Gallows have announced the details for their North American album release.

The US/Canadian release will be preceded by an expanded, remastered version of their debut in Europe as well. Like the European reissue, the new release will include the original record as well as some new material. The BBC sessions from the UK reissue will be omitted, but two new tracks “Sick of Feeling Sick” and “Black Heart Queen” and a cover of Black Flag’s “Nervous Breakdown” will appear on the reissue.

The record will also feature new artwork.

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System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian has been tapped to direct the first video from the upcoming record from Bad Brains. The record is titled Build a Nation and is due out June 26, 2007. Shavo adds:

I’ve been a fan of the Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music but the attitude. The energy that comes off their stage is like no other. HR’s performances have effected not only my band, but almost every heavy band in our era. Another major inspiration is their message of trying to promote righteousness and living the righteous way. I am going to rock this video for the Brains and try to capture their intense energy. It’s a big responsibility… I’m honored.

The band has also begun announcing dates for their upcoming world tour. The first block of confirmed shows is now available.
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What was to be Kill Your Idols‘ final show this past Sunday night in Smithtown, NY, was shut down prior to the band’s set.

As Crime in Stereo prepared to play the second-to-last set of the night, several Suffolk County police cars began showing up to the Smithtown Lodge, a Masonic temple that is often used for local hardcore/punk/indie rock shows. The band stood by for approximately 10 minutes waiting for confirmation that they could begin their set, and then began to play “I, Stateside.” The song was then cut short at about the 1:11 mark, with the audible line of “these troubled states” ringing out from an a cappella crowd singing along.

The police as well as a Suffolk County fire marshall informed those in charge of the show that the venue was over its legal capacity, which was actually 49 due to the lodge’s lack of sprinklers and fire alarms according to the marshall.

Bands that did make it through their set included Splitting Headache and Capital, the latter of which sparked the crowd with back-to-back Burn and Dag Nasty covers, a wealth of material off 2006’s Signal Corps and a song off the forthcoming Revelation debut, Homefront, to boot.

According to a MySpace bulletin from On the Might of Princes, Kill Your Idols played later that night in the parking lot of a rehearsal space. Punknews.org is currently attempting to obtain details on the set.
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What was to be Kill Your Idols‘ final show this past Sunday night in Smithtown, NY, was shut down prior to the band’s set.

As Crime in Stereo prepared to play the second-to-last set of the night, several Suffolk County police cars began showing up to the Smithtown Lodge. The band stood by for approximately 10 minutes waiting for confirmation that they could begin their set, and then began to play “I, Stateside.” The song was then cut short at about the 1:11 mark, with the audible line of “these troubled states” ringing out from an a cappella crowd singing along.

The police as well as a Suffolk County fire marshall informed those in charge of the show that the venue was over its legal capacity, which was actually 49 due to the lodge’s lack of sprinklers and fire alarms according to the marshall.

Bands that did make it through their set included Splitting Headache and Capital, the latter of which sparked the crowd with back-to-back Burn and Dag Nasty covers, a wealth of material off 2006’s Signal Corps and a song off the forthcoming Revelation debut, Homefront, to boot.

According to a MySpace bulletin from On the Might of Princes, Kill Your Idols played later that night in the parking lot of a rehearsal space.

UPDATE: KYI bassist Paul Delaney wrote us with an update on what happened that night.
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