Joey Cape of Lagwagon has posted the latest song in his Doesn’t Play Well with Others series. The monthly-released tracks will make up the solo album which is expected in 2011.

Check out the song here.
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Dirty Laundry features Titus Andronicus in this week’s episode.

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In a continued effort to support the music industry, France has launched a new program to subsidize legal music consumption by young people. Under the newly launched program, French citizens between the ages of 12 and 25 will be able to purchase a prepaid card usable on subscription-based music websites. The card will come with €50 worth of credit, but customers only have to pay €25 with the difference being provided for by taxpayers.

The plan is specifically designed to encourage diverse subscription services, by limiting the amount of money any single company can generate to €5 million. Ars Technica provides more analysis here.
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The Experience Music Project will be hosting the “world’s most extensive Nirvana exhibit” next year. Titled Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses runs April 16, 2011 – April 22, 2013, the event will feature memorabilia celebrating the music and history of the influential band. Bassist Krist Novoselic commted on the exhibit:

Kurt Cobain was a visionary artist who touched people all over the world. It’s great that there will soon be a collection that celebrates that contribution to music and culture. There’s a story with Nirvana at its center, but it’s a story that also includes the many people, bands and institutions that make up a music community. The show is a celebration of Northwest music.

Some key parts of the exhibit include never-before exhibited, high school painting of two aging, Reagan-era punks in the post-apocalypse, informally known as “punk American gothic,” the Teac reel-to-reel tape machine owned by Mari Earl, Cobain’s aunt, on which a young Kurt recorded material for his early bands, Organized Confusion and Fecal Matter, Cobain’s handwritten lyrics for Nirvana songs including “Spank Thru” and “Floyd the Barber.” Numerous instruments, including pieces of the first guitar Cobain destroyed onstage (a Univox Hi-Flyer); Dave Grohl’s Tama Rockstar-Pro drum kit; and Krist Novoselic’s Guild acoustic bass guitar and Buck Owens American acoustic guitar used during the recording of “MTV Unplugged.”

Check out the press release here.
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Alexisonfire have posted the title track from their upcoming EP, Dog’s Blood. As the band promises, the EP features “completely different-sounding songs” with this track harkening back to straight-up hardcore. The EP was co-produced by Alexisonfire and Jon Drew (F*cked Up, Tokyo Police Club, Quest For Fire, Arkells) and features three vocal tracks and one instrumental.

A limited run of 2000 vinyl records will be available in three different color variations: one color will be sold through the labels, one color via the band’s official online store, and one color will be sold on tour. Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Weezer has released two songs apiece from their upcoming Pinkerton [Deluxe] reissue and their recently unveiled B-sides compilation Death to False Metal. All four of the songs were written in the 90s/early 00s period of Pinkerton.

Check out all four songs here.
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Bad Religion are working on a video for “Wrong Way Kids,” from their album The Dissent of Man. The track is about growing up in the early L.A. punk scene and accordingly, the band is looking for old photos for the video. They explained:

We’re looking for your old punk rock photos to use in the video, submit your photos at the link below or by email! Photo submissions should include the name of the people in the photos, year it was taken and the city it was taken in.

Find more details on the website.
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Canada’s Silverstein have booked a Canadian headlining run beginning late next month. The run will feature The Devil Wears Prada and For Today.

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The Chariot have posted a new song from their upcoming debut for Good Fight Music. The band will released their record titled Long Live on November 23, 2010 . They last released Wars and Rumors of Wars on Solid State Records and will be touring with The Cancer Bats and Stray From The Path beginning in November.

Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Vanna, who recently parted ways with Epitaph, have announced a tour alongside Tides Of Man, Greeley Estates and A Bullet For Pretty Boy.

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Foxy Shazam have posted a new track to coincide with their recently launched headlining tour. The band is touring the United States with Free Energy this month and next.

Check out the new song via Spin.
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Good Fight Entertainment has signed While She Sleeps. The band has a new album set for a digital-only release on November 23rd, 2010, entitled The North Stands for Nothing.

Check out some music on their a href=”http://www.myspace.com/whileshesleeps”>MySpace page.
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The Punknews Podcast seems to be a little different with each passing week, and that trend continues on this week’s show. News editor Bryne Yancey and interviews editor Rich Verducci are joined on the roundtable by guest commentator Dane Erbach of Switchboard Sessions, where topics discussed include Gene Simmons and his relentless pursuit of justice in an unjust world, Weezer being challenged to break up, Kris Roe’s defense of The Ataris against internet tough guys, the new EP from Less Than Jake and the latest round of Bad Religion covers.

On top of that, we’ve got music on the show from Joyce Manor, The Working Dead and Forensics.

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