6131 Records has added Long Beach, CA pop-punk outfit Joyce Manor to its roster. The band cites a wide range of influences, from Guided by Voices to Weezer to Screeching Weasel and their debut for the label is expected in the winter.

Some music can be heard at the band’s Bandcamp page.
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In a suit that probably serves less of a purpose now than it would in the software’s early 2000 heyday, RIAA has successfully sued Gnutella-based file sharing software Limewire. According to a CNet report, Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced copyright infringement. Moreover, the suit holds Gorton personally responsible for the downloading, which sets dangerous precedent for others who may develop software that could be used illegally.

Worse for Gorton is that the suit also adds damages of $150,000 per infringing work. Given the millions of users that Limewire had at its peak, the total damages could be in the billions.
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Brooklyn-based art-rock outfit The Antlers recently dropped by the The Onion AV Club to participate in the magazine’s “AV Undercover” feature in which 25 bands are asked to cover one of 25 songs. The trio opted to cover the Pink Floyd classic, “Wish You Were Here.”

The Antlers are currently supporting The National on their tour.
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Germany’s Mad Sin have announced plans to release their new album, Burn and Rise, in the United States via Century Media, The album was released in April on People Like You and will hit North American retail on July 13, 2010.

The album features 18 songs including “Last Gang Standing,” “Geisterfahrer (Ghost Rider),” “Wreckhouse Stomp,” “The March of the Deviants”, “9 Lives” or “Shitlist Bop” in a mix of psychobilly, rockabilly, 50’s Rock’n’Roll, Country, Punk and Surf. It features contributions from Sucker (Oxymoron, Bad Co.), Jack Letten (Smoke Blow), Hank (The Boss Hoss) and Marlen (Bonzai Kitten).

Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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In a recent interview with Distorted Magazine, Devin Peralta of Cobra Skulls remarked that the band intends to hit the studio next month to record a new four-song EP, which will be their first release for Fat Wreck Chords:

“Fat Mike saw us play when we were on tour with The Lawrence Arms and he talked to us after that and I saw him at a show about a month later and he said “hey do you want to do your next album with us?” and I said “that would be amazing!” And he said “well that wouldn’t be that amazing, we don’t sell as many records as we used to”. (laughing) but I know and understand how the business is. He just seems really cool and is interested in our band and is going to produce a new EP with us in July”

Cobra Skulls last issued American Rubicon in 2009 through Red Scare.
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Paste Magazine has posted a list of the 10 Best Ramones songs, and it’s not just “all of Rocket to Russia.”

The feature also includes streams of each of the 10 songs and the relevant commentary. Check it out here.
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Richmond, VA melodic-hardcore group Landmines entered the studio yesterday to begin work on their next LP. This will mark the band’s second full-length release on Paper and Plastick; the first being their self-titled debut. Recording will take place at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, VA; where the band will be self-recording/engineering the record with the assistance of longtime friend and Smoke or Fire frontman, Joe McMahon, over the next week and a half.

Landmines’ prior release was a digital-only EP, recorded with Matt Allison in Chicago. No word yet on a title for the upcoming record, or expected release date, but we’ll keep you posted
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AC4 will be releasing their debut full length later this month on June 30, 2010. The band is the new hardcore project from frequent collaborators Dennis Lyxzén and David Sandström of Refused, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Lost Patrol and TEXT.

The 15-song LP is being released on Canada’s Deranged Records (Fucked Up, Vicious Cycle, Career Suicide) and is only due out on coloured and black vinyl. Pre-orders are here.
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The Arrivals are currently working with Matt Allison at Atlas Studios in Chicago on a new full-length, which will be the band’s first since 2007’s Marvels of Industry. The album, which is said to contain 13 new tracks, has no release date as of yet but we’ll keep you posted.

The band has also created a video for their song “Drill Baby Drill,” a song originally written in 2008 in response to the Republican National Convention that happened that year in St. Paul, MN but that has since gained a dual meaning with the unfortunate BP oil spill disaster currently unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Epitaph Records metalcore outfit Parkway Drive have posted a new song from their forthcoming album, Deep Blue. (No, still not the one with Brett Gurewitz) The record is due out June 29, 2010 and follows Horizons which was released in 2007.

Check out “Unrest” on their MySpace page.

After performing on the Warped Tour this summer, the band will head to Europe with Comeback Kid and Bleeding Through.
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In a message posted to the Winnipeg punk band’s website, Propagandhi‘s fictional member Glen Lambert issued a challenge to Fat Mike of NOFX‘s own fictional persona, Cokie the Clown. Glen commented:

i was depressed and pathetic back in 2004. The band NOFX even wrote a (terrible) song about how depressed and pathetic i was. Then this fucking clown comes along out of nowhere 4 years later, acting all depressed and pathetic. Coincidence? Well, this town is only big enough for one depressing and pathetic clown, and that’s me, Glen Lambert. So i’m issuing a public challenge to Cokie: meet me in the octagon. Three 1-minute rounds. No holds barred. The loser apologizes publicly for stealing the other guys gimmick and pays the winner a whole shitload of money. I’m serious about this. I’ve been taping cutlery together and doing arm-curls for the past 4 hours. I’m fucking ripped. Rich people interested in organizing this event please get in touch with my manager, Murray Moon. Oh, and heres a tip Cokie: real clowns don’t wear make-up.

Punknews.org is entirely willing to sponsor this bout.

Fat Mike, as Cokie, stoked controversy at SXSW earlier this year by capping an emotional and often disturbing performance by revealing that he had members of the crowd ingest his own urine. A later video revealed the incident to be a clever hoax. In September of 2005, G7 Welcoming Committee Records announced that Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah had left the band in 2003 and had been replaced by one Glen Lambert, formerly of the Portage Terriers. The picture that accompanies this article depicts Glen in all his glory.
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Street Sweeper Social Club, the new project from Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Boots Riley of The Coup will be releasing a new EP. The record is titled Ghetto Blaster and is due out July 27, 2010 via Universal.

The 7-song EP will feature covers of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” and LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” as well as a remix of their first single, “Promenade” and four new tracks.
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Chris McCaughan of Lawrence Arms and Sundowner has announced the title and artwork for his second solo record. The record is titled We Chase the Waves and is due out August 10, 2010 It is the follow-up to Four One Five Two which was released in 2007.

Check out the artwork on the release page.
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