Our stream today comes from Vancouver, BC’s Animal Names. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Let it Been.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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Today we’re stoked to bring you a Dispatch from our good buddies Bridge and Tunnel and Young Livers. They’re currently over the pond in Europe and (from the sounds of it) having a great time. Today we’ve got a message from Rachel of Bridge and Tunnel and tomorrow we’ll have more from Matt from Young Livers. Rachel tells all about dance parties in clubs, eating good food and more. Read the whole thing below.

Bridge and Tunnel just dropped Indoor Voices, which you can stream here and Young Livers are anticipating the release of Of Misery and Toil on April 27, 2010
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Thrice has announced the cancellation of all the remaining dates on their co-headlining run with Manchester Orchestra. The band made the brief announcement on their website:

Due to a family emergency, Dustin had to fly home this morning. […] The remaining dates on our co-headline tour with Manchester Orchestra (& O’Brother) have been cancelled. Ticket refunds will be made available at point of purchase. We are very very sorry to have to do this, but please trust that we would not be taking this sort of action unless dire circumstances were involved.

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Bridge Nine has posted a new song from Ceremony. The band’s upcoming full-length, Rohnert Park, is slated for a June 8, 2010 release.

Check it out here.
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Last Vegas Weekly is reporting that Matador Records will celebrate its 21st anniversary with a three-day festival in Las Vegas to be headlined by Pavement. The event is looking to take place October 1st to 3rd at Pearl at the Palms and other likely participants include Sonic Youth who will be nearby that weekend.

Check out more details and speculation here.
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A video of Screeching Weasel performing “My Brain Hurts” at a recent show in Philadelphia, PA has been uploaded to YouTube.

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The New York Times is hosting a stream of the new full-length from The National. The record is titled High Violet and it’s due out May 11, 2010, following up 2007’s critically acclaimed Boxer.

Check it out here.
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Bloomington, IN’s Good Luck have announced a run of west coast gigs.

The band will be supporting their new EP, Demonstration 2010, which is currently available as a donation-based download at their Bandcamp page.
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Green Day alter ego Foxboro Hot Tubs recently performed at New York City’s Bowery Electric and performed a new song entitled “It’s Fuck Time.” A video of the performance has made it to YouTube; you can watch it by clicking Read More.

The band last released Stop Drop and Roll!!! in 2008.
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Former Look Mexico drummer Joshua Mikel recently commented on his notable absence from the band in recent months:

“In January I decided my time as the drummer for Look Mexico was up. It happened for a number of reasons, and anyone who is close to me knows that it was an incredibly hard decision that I struggled with for a very long time. I just wasn’t happy anymore. I felt like I was becoming more of an obstacle than an aide in the songwriting and creative process of the band. Mainly, I think, because I felt like our songwriting was at its best on our Gasp Asp EP- and that’s the proverbial creative difference I had with the band. It was fun and exciting being a drummer for the high energy, high intricacy songs of Gasp Asp, but call it hardheaded conservatism, call it immaturity – I wanted to keep playing music like that. So that difference of opinion compounded with my family’s health issues, my own health issues, and the sheer uncertainty of being in a rock band these days, I figured after six years in the band, I’d call it a day before we got too involved in writing the next effort. I had an amazing time playing music with Look Mexico. I met a whole shit ton of incredible incredible people and made so many friends that I would have otherwise never met. I saw the entire continental U.S. (save the Dakotas, Montana, and Wyoming), and I had a fucking incredible time doing it. I’m spending some good time with my family, concentrating more on my design business and I’m getting ready to take the GRE this summer to begin my grad school application process for Fall 2011 acceptance. I guess where I end up for grad school will decide what band I’m playing for next. Thanks to all the folks who gave us their love, floorspace, food, and wonderful company. I hope to see you all again soon, one way or another.”

The band recently released To Bed To Battle. Mikel continues to do design work under the name Sharkguts.
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Tonight at 9PM local time (that’s 4PM on the east coast and 1PM on the west coast), Mike Davies will be hosting a program entitled The Story of Epitaph on BBC Radio 1. The one-hour special will feature contributions from label head/Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, Dexter Holland of The Offspring, Frank Turner, Gallows, Ghost of a Thousand and The Blackout.

A page for the show is here, though there’s little information available.
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Anchorless Records has added Orlando, FL’s Nightlights to their roster. The band, which features former members of No Harm Done, will release their debut EP Long Way Home through the label in early June.

Some music can be heard at the band’s MySpace page. Keep an eye here on the ‘Org, as we’ll be streaming Long Way Home in a couple of weeks.
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Swansea, Wales punks Dividers have posted their demo for free download. The band cites Get Bent, Iron Chic, and Latterman as influences and recently joined Bridge and Tunnel and Young Livers on a few dates of those bands’ current tour.

Grab the demo at the band’s MySpace page.
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