Bridge Nine Records hardcore act Foundation have announced a trip to Europe early next year. (Note, this is not the Foundation formed by Rob Huddleston of Ann Beretta) The band will be on the road with Bracewar and Breaking Point.

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Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory has released a new 7-inch, Dear God. The four song EP features “classic Buddy Holly/Roy Orbison 50’s pop meets pop-punk with melodies that are infectious and lyrics that are starkly open and personal. ”

It is being released on a limited pressing of 1000 copies on vinyl which can be ordered via Epitaph or purchased via iTunes here.
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The Punknews Podcast is getting ready for the Fest this week. The classic line up of editors Bryne Yancey, Rich Verducci and Adam White tackle stories such as the Tea Party turn from the Velvet Underground‘s Maureen Tucker, and the awesome Bad Religion boxed set. However nothing this week dominates the conversation like The Fest! Check the show out for some excellent Fest advice from a few veteran Festers to make sure you don’t crash and burn before Sunday night. It’s the only sure fire way to avoid FestAIDS folks.

On top of that, we’ve got music on the show from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin , Diesto, and Comadre teaming up with Dead To Me.

You can click Read More to stream and/or download the show, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes. Don’t forget to give us your feedback in the comments section or via e-mail. And if you’d like to catch up on past episodes, you can do so right here.
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Neither rain, nor snow, nor intense confusion can stop our ongoing series of Fest interviews. Today, No Idea’s Chief Primate Overseer, Tony Weinbender, shares some words with Fat Mike (NOFX/Me First and The Gimme Gimmes). As you may have guessed the conversation is heavily Fest centric and avoids all mention of Halo Reach.

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Downstate New York quartet Timeshares have sent us a couple of updates from the road. The group is currently touring down to The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL, which is happening this weekend in case you forgot.

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Toby Morse of H2O has revealed that the band will be releasing a new covers album on Bridge Nine Records in 2011. Titled Don’t Forget Your Roots, the album will feature the band’s take on tracks from The Clash, Ramones, Descendents, Dag Nasty, Verbal Assault, Madball, Gorilla Biscuits, Suicidal Tendencies, Minor Threat, Rancid, Social Distortion, U2, Circle Jerks, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Warzone, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest.

The band last released Nothing to Prove in 2008.
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Let Me Run have posted a blog update as they work on their next album. They said this:

We finished out our tour with Rust Belt Lights about a month ago, and after relaxing for a little, and playing some fun shows (thank you Fake Problems, The Casting Out, and Samiam) we have gotten right into writing and demoing for our new record. So far we have 3 songs almost tracked completely, with about 10 more in the writing stage, and we couldn’t be more excited with the way things are turning out. I can’t tell you when you’ll hear these new tunes exactly, but we promise that we’re working our hardest to get a new record made and released as soon as we possibly can.

They released Broken Strings this year.
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Frank Turner has posted the latest video for his new song, “I Still Believe.” The video was directed by Ben Morse and the song comes from Frank’s upcoming EP, Rock ‘n’ Roll, which is due out December 6, 2010. The song can be purchased today via iTunes as well.

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As promised, here’s the second volume of the intelligently-named Punknews.org Presents The Fest 9: A Free Compilation. This volume completes the 46 track behemoth and contains previously unreleased music from 10-4 Eleanor, Big Eyes, Stolen Parts, Shores, Divided Heaven and WITCHES, along with recently released jams from Hanalei, Dead to Me, New Bruises, Banner Pilot, VRGNS and Grown Ups, among other soon-to-be favorites.

Each track comes tagged with the corresponding band’s Fest performance schedule (day, venue and time) as well as the cover art created by the wonderfully talented Liana Kangas.

The stream will be up right here momentarily (and it’ll start at track 24), but right now, you can download it for free here. Missed the first volume? Download that here.
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Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee narrated a Fox News piece on Torche. The two part feature includes Huckabee’s introduction as well as an interview. As you might have guessed, the segment takes place during Red Eye, the late night program which previously hosted Danzig, GWAR and Fucked Up and not during Fox and Friends which hosted this guy or this guy.

Check out the segments here: Part 1 (with Mike Huckabee) and Part 2.
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Fat Cat Records has signed London, UK-based Mazes. The band will be in the studio from November working on their debut album, tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2011 release date.

Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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With their tour with Envy wrapped up, Touché Amoré are headed to Europe for a month of dates in November.

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The Vandals ongoing battle with Variety Magazine took a more cerebral tone this week when two members of the New York Law School began looking into the case and bassist/lawyer Joe Escalante’s defence. They noted:

Statements to the press and fans by Joe Escalante, the Vandals’ bassist and its attorney, have stressed that the original album art is protected by the First Amendment as parody. And while that may be true, it’s actually irrelevant to the case at hand. The media is mischaracterizing the current lawsuit as a free speech issue. Because the band signed the settlement agreement rather than litigating the underlying issue six years ago, only contractual issues arising from that document are up for dispute.

Joe responded in a separate discussion:

In 2004, they bullied artists to sign an agreement and permanent injunction to give up their 1st amendment rights or face burdensome litigation. This underlines the need for anti-SLAPP motions in federal court cases like this. The Vandals are involved in the public process as artists. The Daily Variety and Reed Elsevier should have to prove they are damaged by our parody to the extent that public policy would favor censoring us and people like us from creating art and parody, like for instance the television program Saturday Night Live. We will seek to overturn this “contract” because it violates public policy by restricting free speech.

Check out the discussion here.
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