Non-pornographic Canadian magazine, The Beaver has published the early results in their Worst Canadian poll. The list includes some of Canada’s biggest stars: Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams and Propagandhi‘s Chris Hannah.

Chris explicitly asked to be considered as your worst Canadian, noting his dislike of Hockey, the Canadian military and Great Big Sea.

The voting is still open, and you can vote here.
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Punk rock superheroes The Aquabats have posted an update along with some new tour dates in the United Staes and a stop in London, England.

The band also mentioned the progress on its recent song title submission project:

Speaking of eyes out! Our eyes have been POPPING OUT with excitement at these great song titles that all you cadets are sending in! In a good way! We are very pleased with the genius of our fans! Keep them coming, they are what we wake up for in the morning, and sometimes in the evening!

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The Arrivals have set a release date for their upcoming full length for Recess Records. The record is titled Marvels Of Industry and is due out June 05, 2007. It is the follow-up to Exsenator Orange which was released in 2003.

The Arrivals will be celebrating with a Record Release show at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago on Saturday June 1st. The record represents the recorded debut of Paddy of Dillinger Four who contributes bass to the record.

The band has also posted three songs from the album, and you can find those on their myspace page.
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The Menzingers have set a date for their upcoming full length. The record is titled A Lesson In The Abuse of Information Technology and is due out July 17, 2007. The label notes:

Scranton, PA is probably best known as the home of the fictional Dunder-Mifflin on NBC’s hit show The Office. Soon it will also be known as the home of one of the most exciting new bands in the world, The Menzingers.

Three songs from the record are streaming on the band’s myspace page.
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Grave For The Fireflies have announced some major changes. First, the band will officially be changing their name to Vultures United:

We’ve got some important, exciting and sad news for you all. It’s like having a new baby last minute, but it being born retarded BUT ULTIMATELY, it having special powers. Like it shits money or something legit like that.

Anyway, after almost 7 years of being Grave For The Fireflies, we’ve decided to call it quits on our band name and move on. No, the band is not ending, but we’re simply going through a name change, putting the name Grave For The Fireflies to rest. The new name of the band is VULTURES UNITED. Sorry if you’re one of the dozens and dozens of fans out there who’s actually disappointed by this change but hey, we have our reasons. You can always start your own damn band and name it Korn, or something longer and spookier than Grave For The Fireflies. Not like the world needs more band names that are dark, deep and scary sounding right?. Whatever.

Additionally, the band will head into the studio in July to record 5 songs for an EP; four songs on the cd version, five songs on a colored 7″ version (the 5th song will be a cover song). The EP will be released on the band’s newly started label, The Pirate Record Company in August or September. The band will debut the new moniker on May 17th at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California with Mikoto and Cancer Bats.
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1917 Records have posted brief updates about Bracewar, Snake Eyes and Guns Up!.

Bracewar have completed recording their forthcoming LP Juggernaut at the Outpost in Stoughton, MA (Guns Up!, Have Heart). The 13 track album will be available for preorder within a few weeks. The band recently posted three demo tracks on MySpace.

Snake Eyes have written their entire forthcoming 7″ and will record later this month. According to the label, “it’s Snake Eyes, with some interesting twists and turns.“

Lastly, the label will be releasing Guns Up!‘s retrospective DVD. The DVD will feature footage from the band’s early days, footage from tour, interviews with the band members and friends and their entire final set. The band broke up in November.
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Orange County-based punk band Cat Party has material available online.The band includes members of Everready, InTheFlatField, Killing California, and Blood Soaked Hands and has posted three new track from a 7-inch due out this Fall. You can check out the music on their myspace page

Melodic hardcore/punk act Take Warning has posted some new music.The songs come from the band’s debut EP, Leaving Here Tomorrow. The band describes their influences as Lifetime, Ignite, Fury 66, Rise Against, Black Flag, Descendents and Good Riddance, You can check out the music on their myspace page

Mathcore Frog has material available online.The band was recently the victim of a theft and was forced to cancel their tour. They are still planning to release their upcoming album. The record is titled I Cannot Erase the EP and is due out June 26, 2007. You can check out the music on their myspace page

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Despite seemingly calling it quits in November of last year, veteran punk act T.S.O.L. has upgraded their status to “hiatus” from “done for good.” The band made this announcement:

T.S.O.L has not broken up, they are just on a long break and will probably tour again coming end of summer early fall. In the meantime Jack will be playing shows with some good friends of his. The band is called ” Jack Grisham and the West Coast Dukes” they will be playing some Joykiller T.S.O.L and Gentleman Jack songs

The band had fallen on difficult times in recent years due to a shooting that occurred while they were on stage in Hollywood in 2002. While T.S.O.L. was cleared in the court case they were left with a daunting bill from the attorney that prevented them from widespread touring. That period also resulted in the band’s last album Divided We Stand.

T.S.O.L.’s 1981 gothic punk debut Dance With Me was recently reissued by Nitro Records. A retrospective release titled Who’s Screwin’ Who? surfaced in 2005.
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Ted Leo and the Pharmacists has announced upcoming tour plans for the summer. The group is touring in support of their Touch & Go debut, Living with the Living.

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Recent Jade Tree signing, Cloak/Dagger have launched a full album stream of their digital-only EP titled Piñata Breaks, Demo Takes. The release will feature the band’s most recent Piñata 7-inch and a collection of demo tracks, including one previously unreleased song.

Released on May 08, 2007, the EP promises: “memories of favorites such as Black Flag, Circle Jerks and even Hot Snakes.” The band itself includes current and former members of Count Me Out, American Nightmare, Barfight, Time Flies, Striking Distance, Trial By Fire and Renee Heartfelt.

You can check out the EP via Jade Tree Radio.

The release is available from iTunes, eMusic, Yahoo! Music, and a host of other digital music services. You can click this link to find the album on iTunes.
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Andrew Dice Clay, the profane comedian who broke into the mainstream in the 80s. Clay, who was permanently banned from MTV in 1989, delivers a lengthy and profane rant talking about Shadows Fall, their new album, Threads of Life, and the album’s producer.

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Looks like you don’t need to be pretty fly to get your own hot sauce, California’s Mad Caddies have launched their own brand of hot sauce which is described as “slow delicious punch in the face.”

The sauce was produced with sauce maker Danny Cash and you can check out a bottle on the band’s merch page.
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Jonathan “Jonny Z” Zanin, drummer for the Richmond, VA band Tigershark, passed away in the early morning this past Monday.

Jonny was found under the Boulevard Bridge, and his bike above on the pedestrian walkway. Foul play has been ruled out by police, but the actual cause of death is still under investigation.

Aside from being an accomplished musician, Jonny also contributed a great deal of time to many social causes; including fundraising for Food Not Bombs.

Our deepest condolences go out to his friends and family.

Chris: On a personal note, I met Jon a few times, and am still in disbelief over this. A friend notified me today and it actually took a few minutes to settle in. Jon was the type of person that any city or scene needs; always smiling, giving of himself, and just an overall nice and positive guy. He will be missed by many.
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