Legendary new wave/punk pioneers Devo have been confirmed for an appearance in a forthcoming episode of Futurama. The episode will see DEVO campaign for mutant rights in the series’ 100th episode special. According to the press release, the members of DEVO have mutated over the years and vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh helps out with their campaign for equality.

The show is returning with new episodes on June 24th after being cancelled in 2003. In the interim, a series of DVD movies were released which led to the upcoming new season. Due to the setting in the future, the show has had relatively less guests compared to The Simpsons, but previous musical visitors include the Beastie Boys, Coolio and Beck as well as the disembodied heads of people like Leonard Nimoy and Al Gore.
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Tera Melos have posted a trailer in anticipation of their upcoming album. The band also posted a lengthy, all-caps note about the record:

As previously mentioned, our new record is finished. Artwork just got completed the other day. It sounds and looks awesome. No band will ever tell you that their favorite record was their first, or anything that came before their present body of work, hence, our new album is our favorite/the best piece of art Tera Melos has produced. […] In any case, this is the first fully realized, focused record we have made. Everything sounds intentional and the way we wanted it to sound. There are no cringe moments for us. In a lot of ways we look at it like it’s our first album. It is 100% honest and not catered towards anyone. It’s tricky making a record that way, it’s even trickier structuring a band that way.

Find the trailer here and the blog post on Tumblr.
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Unartig has launched a retrospective looking back at the long-running Brooklyn-based hardcore/punk outfit Yuppicide. The band, first formed in 1988 and continued for more than a decade before splitting up in 1999. They then reformed and have been performing occasionally and have two shows in July. The Unartig feature includes video, interviews and words by Don Fury, Wreckage’s Pavlos and four members of Yuppicide.

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

• Against Me! – White Crosses
• Down to Nothing – All My Sons 7″ EP
• Native / This Town Needs Guns – live in Brooklyn
• Maker – I-91 7″ EP
• Purple Mercy – Purple Mercy 12″
• Overstand – Razors Edge/Kali Yuga [compilation]
• The Brass – Demo EP
• All Through a Life – Cities Become Ideals 7″ EP
• The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Zoot Suit Riot [compilation]
• Black Flag – Live DVD

You can check out any of our 9346 reviews right here.
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Hot Hot Heat has posted the new video from their imminent new album, Future Breeds. The record is the Vancouver quartet’s first album for Dangerbird Records and the album is set for release on June 8, 2010. It is the follow up to their two major label albums: 2007’s Happiness Ltd. and 2005’s Elevator.

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Syracuse, NY pop-punk outfit Mayflower will soon embark on a fortnight of east coast dates in support of their upcoming full-length for Kiss of Death, Second Best Sunsets.

If you’ve yet to hear Second Best Sunsets, it’s currently streaming at the band’s Punknews.org page.
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Refused have launched a stream of the live album packaging with the upcoming deluxe 3 CD version of their influential album, The Shape of Punk to Come. Both the album and a new vinyl pressing are being released on June 8, 2010. The CD will include the original album, a brand new, previously unreleased live album and the polarizing documentary, Refused Are Fucking Dead DVD. The live album was recorded at the Umeå Open festival in their hometown Umeå, Sweden on April 3, 1998.

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To keep in their recently unveiled plans to release unreleased music videos every Monday, Rancid has released a previously unreleased video from 1998’s Life Won’t Wait. The track, “Crane Fist,” came from the band’s fourth album which explored roots reggae and rockabilly and was inspired by The Clash’s similarly polarizing album, Sandinista!.

The band last released Let The Dominoes Fall early last year.
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Paramore have posted the new video for “Careful.” Not surprisingly, the band posted about it on Twitter (but they really post everything on Twitter these days…)
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Gaslight Anthem have launched a stream of their new album, American Slang. The record is due out June 15, 2010. It is the follow up to The ’59 Sound, released in 2008. The band will soon embark on a headlining tour in support of the album with support from Tim Barry, The Menzingers and more.

Check out the whole thing courtesy of NPR.
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Creator-Destructor Records have announced plans to release the debut album from Gypsyhawk, the new band from Skeletonwitch bassist Eric Harris. The label previously signed Seahaven, Young Generals and Heartsounds.

Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Though Joshua Mikel departed all the way back in February, Look Mexico have recently announced Alex Gooding as Mikel’s replacement and the band’s new, permanent drummer. They had this to say about their new member:

“When Josh left in February before our release-tour for ‘To Bed To Battle,’ (Ryan) Smith and (Ryan) Slate’s longtime friend Alex Gooding came in like the cavalry and saved our collective ass. He dropped everything and learned all of the songs in three days. We quickly realized that he was the man for the job. His lifelong study of music combines with his rock steady rhythm to create a palette of stylistic possibilities that we’ve never had until now. We are very excited about his addition to the band.”

The band is currently on tour in support of their recent full-length, To Bed To Battle.
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Nekromantix have announced their summer tour schedule. The band will kick off the tour on July 7th and stay on the road till mid-August.

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