Interpol have posted a new player widget which features a new track, “Lights.”

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Walter Schreifels of Quicksand, Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Walking Concert fame, has posted his new solo album for streaming online. titled An Open Letter to the Scene. The record is being released by Academy Fight Song in the US, Dine Alone Records in Canada, Big Scary Monsters in the UK, Arctic Rodeo in the rest of Europe and High Hopes Records in Japan.

Check it out via Spinner.
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This Is Hell have posted two new songs. They come from Weight of the World which is due out June 8, 2010 via Rise.

Check out “Bloodlines” and “Shadows” on their MySpace page.
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Fucked Up have posted a new track, “Here Lies Are,” from their upcoming split with Serena-Maneesh. You can find it on their official blog.

Incidentally, Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham weighed in on the Arizona immigration controversy, but has stated that the band will explictly not be omitting Arizona for their tour plans as some other Canadian artists like Stars have opted:

Don’t get me wrong, I think the AZ immigration bill is horrible and must be repealed but I also think that indie bands boycotting the state is inane. Do Stars honestly think that by denying the state their brand of dreamy pop that they’re going to force the governor’s hand? All this does is not give the people that like your band enough credit and assumes that they are in someway supportive of the bill. Mind you, if you are Nickleback and a fan base of those types of douche bags then boycotting is a good strategy

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At a recent live performance, Deftones enlisted Tim McIlrath of Rise Against to fill in for Maynard James Keenan of Tool in their track, “Passenger.” The original song with Kennan appeared on the Deftones’ 2000 album, White Pony. The band is currently gearing up for the release of their new album, titled Diamond Eyes and due out May 4, 2010 .

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Off with Their Heads have posted a new Webisode for their upcoming album, their first for Epitaph Records. Due out June 8, 2010, the record is titled In Desolation and is their first studio album since 2008’s From The Bottom. Punknews.org readers voted that album the sixth best of 2008.

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The Braces have released a video for their song ‘I’d Rather be Hot’ which appears on their 2009 release I’m Telling Everyone. The band is currently planning a US tour for the summer, but are looking for help filling dates. You can check that out here.

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mewithoutYou have announced a summer run of shows in Europe.

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Fenix TX has announced a run of European dates with shows in Germany and Switzerland.

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Andrew Jackson Jihad (or AJJ) is one of the most influential folk punk bands today, with some of the most wonderfully cynical lyrics ever written. Last September saw the release of their newest album, Can’t Maintain, on Asian Man Records. Punknews interviewer Matt talked to Sean Bonnette, singer and guitarist for the Pheonix duo on his internet radio show.

or listen to the audio here.
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Deftones have launched a full album stream of their upcoming album, Diamond Eyes. It is due out May 4, 2010.

Visitors in the UK can find the stream here while Yanks can find it here.
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The Swellers have begun posting videos documenting their ongoing tour through Europe and the UK including the Give It A Name festival shows with AFI, Bouncing Souls and Story Of The Year.

The first two videos are now available and the second episode features a cameo from the Bouncing Souls.

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Weezer has begun taking pre-orders for the long-promised reissue of their most acclaimed full length, 1996’s Pinkerton. According to reports, little is known other than the fact that the band is planning to go the deluxe/expanded route like their previous album, 2004’s Weezer [Deluxe Edition]. The band is also assembling an “Odds and Ends” collection for 2010 as well. Bassist Scott Shriner notes:

It’s a ton of B-sides from a big period of time. Rivers (Cuomo) has been mostly in charge of picking which songs are gonna be on that…I played on a lot of the songs. Some of the songs were around before I was in the band (since 2001). There’s so many cool things that we’ve recorded for records that never made the (albums), I think they had to get out there. Finally it’s going to happen.

The band will also be contributing a new song to the soundtrack to the Shrek Forever After film which is the second contribution from the group to the computer animated series. Check out the full report via Billboard.
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