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News from the Punk Rock music scene.

2010 Interpunk American Skate Fest with Fishbone, 7 Seconds, Youth Brigade, Greg Ginn, Meat Puppets

Artists and details have been announced for the upcoming Interpunk American Skate Fest. The show is set for June 25th and 26th at Skatopia in Rutland, OH.

The lineup thus far includes: GWAR, Fishbone, Meat Puppets, Agent Orange, D.I., CJ Ramone, Machine 22, Agression, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Mustard Plug, Murphy’s Law, Teenage Bottlerocket, Downtown Brown, Trusty, Fast Piece of Furniture, Greg Ginn & the Taylor Texas Corrugators, Minus-One, Frontside Five, 7 Seconds, Youth Brigade, DOA, Sleeper Agent, McRad, Flat Tires, Kirkwood Dellinger, Nassau Chainsaw and El Destructo & Pinstripes.

Skatopia owner Brewce Martin commented on the event saying: “‘s is going to be like a modern day punk version of Woodstock.”

Check out more details here.
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Wavves complete new album

Garage-rock hero Wavves has wrapped up work on their next album, according to a new blog post. The surf/punk/noise outfit led by Nathan Williams and he had this to say:

So Stephen [Pope], Billy [Hayes] and I will be playing our third show in the US together tomorrow night at the High Tone in Memphis. We are all very excited since they let us smoke weed in their kitchen. We also finished recording a record in Oxford, Mississippi and are currently mixing it. Sounds caraaazaaaaaayyy and will be out this summer.

Pope and Hayes were formerly the backing band of late provocateur, Jay Reatard. They quit his band in October 2009 and joined Wavves a month later.
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Young Governor (Fucked Up) releases two new 7-inches

Young Governor, (a.k.a. Ben Cook of Fucked Up and the Marvelous Darlings) has released two new singles. The first, released on Portland’s on Dirtnap Records is titled Cindy’s Gonna Save Me and is pressed on gold vinyl. Check it out (or order a copy) via this link. Also released this month was the 7-inch, Bedtime Stories, via Southpaw Records features two more songs.

You can find more details (including some explanations of the songs in question) on Ben’s blog.
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Terror begins recording with Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory

Terror has entered the studio to begin working on their next full length, Keepers of the Faith. The band is working with producer (and New Found Glory guitarist) Chad Gilbert and engineer Paul Miner (Thrice, Atreyu). The band is aiming for a release later in the summer, about two years after the release of The Damned, The Shamed in 2008.

The band has launched a recording blog, complete with pictures, video and commentary from the band.
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Red City Radio: “We are the Sons of Woody Guthrie”

Red City Radio Today, we’re excited to exclusively premiere the new video from Oklahoma City, OK outfit Red City Radio. “We are the Sons of Woody Guthrie” comes from the band’s 2009 EP, To the Sons & Daughters of Woody Guthrie, which will finally be seeing a vinyl release this summer (more details are expected on that soon). The band will be supporting the release on an upcoming tour, including an appearance at Rad Fest.

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Tom Gabel guests on BBC Punk Rock Show

Tom GabelTom Gabel of Against Me! was the main guest on the BBC Radio 1 Punk Rock Show with Mike Davies this week. The musician hung out in the studio, talking about the band’s new album, White Crosses and also performed three songs acoustic in the studio and selected some of his own favorites for airing on the how.

The program will be available for streaming until May 20th, check it out here.
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