News from the Punk Rock music scene.
Today we’ve got a new stream in our unofficial “Album’s You Might Have Missed” feature. The record comes from Toronto, Ontario-based psychobilly/rockabilly outfit, The Creepshow. Fronted by Jen “Hellcat” Blackwood, the band blazes through 11 songs in record time, and it’ worth checking out.
You can find the entire album on their Punknews.org Profile. .
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After a successful run in August 2006, This Is Hardcore will make it’s return in 2007 on August 17th, 18th and 19th. It will once again be held at the Starlight Ballroom in Philadelphia, PA. The initial lineup has been confirmed and includes: Blacklisted, Shipwreck, Ceremony, Cold World, Have Heart , Rise And Fall, Paint It Black, Death Before Dishonor, Wisdom In Chains, Strength For A Reason, Ambitions, Verse, Trash Talk, Meltdown, CoA, Steel Nation, My Turn To Win, The Mongoloids, Know The Score, Fight Like Hell, Pulling Teeth, Brain Dead, Lighten Up, Crime In Stereo and more to be announced.
More information and updates can be found at the This is Hardcore MySpace page.
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Cardiff, Wales based label Newest Industry is hitting the breaks. Dave made the announcement reads as follows:
It’s like when a band breaks up but lies about it, they say they’re on ”indefinite hiatus” – that’s kinda what is happening with Newest industry Records. After almost 5 years, 20 releases and a ridiculous amount of debt (20,000 pounds – that’s 40,000 dollars) we have finally given in… money is the main problem (obviously), no one buys our records even though they’re awesome, but there’s also the stress of dealing with complete and utter wankers (some band members, tour bookers, other labels who actively bootleg your releases then LIE about it, you name it…), distributors that don’t sell any records, pressing plants that fuck the art up, and boxes upon boxes of CD’s sat in the kitchen. It’s like, do we just bail now or go down with it? Downloading is definitely an issue as well, but I can’t even be fucked to go into that right now… basically we’re in a total mess and we’re not putting out anymore records… we just SLASHED our prices in our shop to crazy low amounts (even for Americans, even though we’re in the UK and the exchage rate is crazy mental right now) so please, please head on over to : http://www.thenewestindustry.com/shop and order some stuff from us, so we can close this shit down for good and I can give Jo a cheque so she can get some nappies for her new kid. Maybe then I can go backpacking around Alaska or something. * please note, our shop is kinda broken, it doesn’t store orders properly, so please just PayPal payments to [email protected] directly, with a list of what you want…
Umm, so yeah… that’s it. Thanks to the excessively tiny amount of people that gave a fuck about the label, unfortunately you’ve all but run out!
Newest Industry released music from No Choice, Fifth Hour Hero, Black Cougar Shock Unit, the Paperbacks, Four Letter Word, the Enablers, Bedford Falls and many others.
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Looks like the instrumental version of the Beastie Boys‘s upcoming album will be followed with another edition featuring vocal collaborations with other artists and remixes. The record is titled The Mix-Up and is due out June 26, 2007.
The band recently spoke to AOL about the record, with Mike D. explaining the plans:
We just made our list so we have to see who says yes and who likes us and who hates us.
It’s tricky because we have producers and performers on there, but we have M.I.A. We’re big fans of hers. She’s on the A-list. Mark Ronson is hopefully doing something with somebody, but I’m not at liberty to say because that’s up to him. We played some shows in Australia with Snoop Dogg and we had a very nice time with him so we’re hoping to do some stuff with him some time.
Source Continue reading Beastie Boys promise second version of “The Mix-Up” with vocals, remixes
Street Dogs have announced the bulk of the dates for their upcoming summer tour of the United States. The band has tapped The Tossers and Krum Bums to provide support on the tour.
The Street Dogs continue to support their 2006 full length, Fading American Dream.
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Despite earlier reports from their label that the record would be released on July 17, 2007, Motion City Soundtrack has announced that the record will instead drop on September 18th, 2007.
The band had this to say:
Speaking of Bamboozle, we heard that there were a lot of rumors floating around regarding our new album. Well, we just want to set the record straight: To put it simply, the album will be out on Tuesday, September 18. Any artwork, track listings, or other info regarding Even If It Kills Me that you may have heard, seen, or read is not necessarily what you will find come September 18. Maybe, but not necessarily. Everything is still in the works… That’s the truth and nothing but the truth kids!
The new release plans are strange, since their label was the main source of the art and track listing that were originally announced.
This summer the band will be headlining a tour with Sherwood, The Higher and The Forecast.
Source Continue reading Motion City Soundtrack’s new album due in September
It looks like Sacramento’s Groovie Ghoulies have called it quits. The band posted the following message via a MySpace bulletin
It is with deep regret and sorrow that we must inform you that we have parted ways as a band for personal reasons.
We thank you for your tireless love and support over the years and encourage you to continue to support the bands we have played with in Sacramento and beyond.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to any messages sent to our MySpace account. We ask that you respect our privacy during this difficult time. Again, we are deeply grateful for all the love you have shown us.
This development comes just before the release of the band’s new full length 99 Lives. The Green Door Recording Co. will be handling the release, which is expected on May 15th. The release follows up 2005’s Chuck Berry tribute Berry’d Alive. The Ghoulies roots / country alter ego the Haints recently put out a record as well.
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The Offspring‘s Dexter Holland has posted another update on the band’s follow up to 2003’s Splinter:
Still working on the record over here. Most of the music is recorded and we’re working on vocals now. We counted up the other day, we actually demo’d 23 songs for this CD. Wow! That’s a new record for us. Of those we’ve recorded 13. Will they all be on the album? I don’t know! We’ll see how they turn out. Maybe we’ll cut one, or maybe we’ll write a couple more. Because we’re artists we’re flaky like that.
The band plans to play Japan in August, appearing at the Summer Sonic Festival on the 11th and 12th alongside bands like Sum 41, Avenged Sevenfold, Bloc Party, Interpol, and of course Cyndi Lauper.
Source Continue reading Studio report from the Offspring
Perhaps taking warning about signing to a label a little seriously, Innerparty System has signed to Stolen Transmission, in blood. You can check out a fairly gross video of the signing here.
You can also check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Avengers-influenced punk rock act The Messengers have announced a two week tour which will take them through a series of West Coast dates.
The band is currently working on new material for their next album. The disc will be preceded by a new 7 inch on German based Wanda Records.
Dublin, IrelandNine IX Lives has some new music posted.The band will release their new EP entitled Like The Flames Attract The Moths on July 10th, 2007. You can check out the music on their myspace page
New Jersey-basedThe Gameplan has material available online.The band features lead singer Gary Bender (ex-The Fastlane) and has finished recording their new record with Rob Freeman of The Pilot (ex Hidden In Plain View). The album titled “Let the Games Begin” will be released later this summer, with a tour to folliow.You can check out the music on their myspace page
Philadelphia’s Procession Came Opposite has material available online.The new song features guest vocals from Shane of Valencia.You can check out the music on their myspace page
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Strung Out has posted the first song from their upcoming full length. 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 “Calling” via their myspace page.
Source Continue reading Strung Out: “Calling”
Scatterbox has posted a new track titled “Null”, which will be on their yet-to-be-titled record coming out this year on Clickpop Records/SpinArt. The track will also be released on a limited edition colored vinyl 7″ this summer via Blackhouse Records. The version of the track posted online will be on the 7″, with an alternatve version on the upcoming LP.
You can listen to the song over at the band’s MySpace page.
Source Continue reading Scatterbox post new song, announce EP