Early next month, Cleveland, OH’s The Sidekicks will embark on a lengthy tour with Tigers Jaw, which will include the band’s first ever trip to the west coast. And in commemoration of this otherworldly achievement, we’re teaming up with them and Red Scare to give away the band’s two full-lengths, 2007’s So Long, Soggy Dog and 2009’s Weight of Air, as well as four other label releases. All you have to do to win is guess the band’s combined weight (get it?). Whoever comes closest will win; travelling carnival workers are more than welcome to enter.

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Gainesville, FL’s Anchor Arms have called it a day. Vocalist James Austin offered a detailed explanation for the band’s demise, which you can read by clicking Read More.

The band issued one full-length, 2008’s Cold Blooded, and several split releases, the most recent being a split 7″ with Madison Bloodbath.
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Our stream today comes from New York City, NY-based The Challenged. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full-length, Loaded Language.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Catch 22 are headed out on tour this summer. The long-running New Jersey Ska outfit will have them mostly in Europe for the month of August after their previously announced States-side dates. You can see the tour dates below.

The band last released Permanent Revolution in 2006.
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Justin Sane of Anti-Flag has announced a solo performance at the MacBeth in London on aturday 17th July as part of club night What Ever Happened To P-Rock? . The show announcement also notes that Sane is in London “recording some new material.”

Check out more details here.
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Jacksonville, FL post-hardcore outfit Twelve Hour Turn have announced plans to reunite for this year’s Fest in Gainesville, FL to help comemmorate No Idea Records‘ 25th anniversary.

The show in October will be the band’s first in eight years, having split up shortly after issuing their final release, Perfect Progress, Perfect Destruction, in 2002. Members of the group have gone on to play in bands such as True North, Tubers, Old Growth and Civilization.
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Riverboat Gamblers recent visit to Daytrotter is now available for listening online. The Texas-based punk rock band performed four songs, including “Hey Hey Hey” from Something to Crow About, “Prophetic Visions Of The Coming End Times” from their split with Andrew W.K. and then wrapped up with “Dissdissdisskisskisskiss” and “Victory Lap” from Underneath the Owl.

Check out the set here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Adam Green – Musik for a Play 12″
• Far – At Night We Live
• Taking Back Sunday / Person L – live in New York
• Just Surrender – Phoenix
• Dead Mechanical – Addict Rhythms
• Mixtapes – Thought About Growing Up EP
• Divide the Sea – Man
• Short Changed – Short Changed
• Samantha – Play Nice EP
• All the Day Holiday – The Things We’ve Grown to Love

You can check out any of our 9397 reviews right here.
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Sublime (with Rome), the new touring incarnation of the ska/punk outfit, have announced another block of tour dates including some shows in the (important) parts of Canada and the (less important) parts of upstate New York and New Jersey. The new shows take place after the band wraps up their ongoing summer run with Matisyahu and The Dirty Heads.

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Universe, which features Mike Harpring of Good Luck, have released their new album Passenger. You can stream (and buy) the entire album at their Bandcamp page or their MySpace page.

The band is headed out on a quick tour through the South also. Check out those dates below.
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Despite having an average age of just twenty years old, England’s Sharks have already clocked up an impressive array of achievements. Their debut EP, the five track Shallow Waters won them widespread critical acclaim in 2009, and earned the band a single deal with Atticus Black as well as tours with the likes of Gallows, The Ghost of a Thousand and Crime In Stereo. Currently adding the finishing touches to their highly anticipated new EP Show of Hands, the four-piece are set to hit the road for some of their biggest shows to date alongside New Jersey’s Gaslight Anthem. Sharks guitarist Andrew Bayliss took time out to tell Punknews writer Ryan Gallagher about recording the EP, his respect for Tom Jones and why artists are really just glorified vagabonds.

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Black Wine (ex-The Ergs!) will be touring the east coast and midwest extensively after Insubordination Fest.

The band continues to support their 2009 self-titled debut for Don Giovanni Records.
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While in Sweden, Rise Against joined Dennis Lyxzén of Refused and Brian Baker of Bad Religion to perform a live rendition of the track “Minor Threat” as originally performed by Minor Threat. The performance is particularly notable since Baker was a member of the original band and performed on the original Minor Threat EP released just under 30 years ago and collected on Complete Discography.

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