The Jam‘s 1980 classic, Sound Affects will receive a deluxe reissue next month on November 1, 2010. The album has been digitally remastered and will feature a second disc with demos, covers and more.

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Bitter End have announced tour dates over the next few months including shows with Bad Brains, Alpha and Omega, Madball and more.

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The Mag Seven have launched a 80 second preview of their cover of Black Flag‘s classic, “My War” from 1984’s My War. The song will appear on the band’s upcoming digital and vinyl release, Black Feathers, which is due out November 16th, 2010. The instrumental band has featured members of Black Flag, Descendents, Rise Against, Toadies, Hagish, Only Crime, True Widow and more. The artwork for the EP (seen here) was painted by James O’Barr (creator of The Crow graphic novel).

Check out the song preview on their MySpace page.
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Defunct Denver, CO band Only Thunder have posted a free download of their final recorded tracks. All the songs are available via their Facebook Profile.

Their final released album was 2008’s Lower Bounds.
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Welcome to a very special Fest edition of Punknews’ Band on Band. Today we feature The Measure [SA] and New Bruises. Both bands are not only playing this year’s Fest but also share a split available on Kiss of Death Records. Luckily for us, Lauren of The Measure [SA] and Bryon of New Bruises recently took some time to quiz each other about beavers, drummers and canine behavior.

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Oklahoma City, OK’s Red City Radio have released a new digital EP entitled Spinning in Circles is a Gateway Drug. The title track will appear on the band’s upcoming full-length for Paper and Plastick, due out in early 2011, and is joined on this release by two B-sides.

Check it out here.
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Energy will be releasing their new EP, Walk Into The Fire, later this month via Bridge Nine Records. To celebrate, two people (selected at random) will win a signed copy of the 7inch courtesy of our friends at Bridge Nine.

The new EP follows Invasions of the Mind.

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Though Hurley is only a few weeks old, Weezer have already announced plans to follow it up with a new record entitled Death to False Metal on November 2, 2010, the same day that their deluxe edition of Pinkerton is slated for release. The album will contain ten reworked and revamped older songs written by the band in the late 90s and early 00s that for whatever reason, didn’t make the cut on their studio albums.

The group is gearing up for their “Memories” (or colloquially, Blinkerton) tour that will kick off late next month.
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Progressive hardcore and metal collective The Ocean have posted another second from the second release planned for 2010. On November 9, 2010, the band will release Anthropocentric which follows Heliocentric from April. The concept at the base of both albums is a critique of Christianity from different philosophical and personal angles. While the songs, art and lyrics of Heliocentric tell the story of the rise of the heliocentric world view and its effects on Christian belief from medieval times to Darwin and Dawkins, “Anthropocentric” challenges the views of creationists and other modern fundamentalists who still believe that the earth is at the center of the universe.

Check out the new song via Stereogum.
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A stream has been launched of the new album from Japan’s Envy. The band is releasing Recitation today. It is their first new full length since 2006’s Insomniac Doze. In the intervening years, the band also released a Split with Jesu and a Split [12 inch] with Thursday.

Stream the album via Spinner.
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Hellmouth, the new project from Jason Navarro of The Suicide Machines, have signed to Paper and Plastick according to Noise Creep. The label will release the band’s second full length, Gravestone Skylines. It follows 2009’s Destroy Everything. Worship Nothing.. The band described their sound:

Our goal for existing is to take people back to the glory days of the underground and remind people of the fear, anger and honesty that once existed in a music scene that’s since gone soft and has lost all integrity. It’s back to brutal basics; making music that flows in the blood. Not punk. Not metal. Not hardcore. A crossover of all three to create a soundtrack for pain, misery and the end of existence.

They released a split with Explode and Make Up earlier this summer via Underground Communique Records.
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The first song featured on the upcoming 7-inch from Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves is now streaming online. The band, which features Hot Water Music vocalist/guitarist Chris Wollard, will release the 7-inch features two new songs via Sound Study Recordings. It will first go on sale at The Fest 9 flea market on October 29. The records will be hand-numbered and limited to 500 copies.

Check out the song on their Facebook Profile.

The band last released their self-titled debut in 2009 and will be appearing at The Fest on Halloween, according to the day schedule.
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Converse Shoes have announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art recording studio in Brooklyn, NY later this year. Converse Rubber Tracks will provide emerging artists with the iopportunity to record music in a high-quality studio alongside a team of experienced local engineers at no cost. Prior to opening its doors this fall, the studio will begin accepting applications for studio time from all musicians starting today via the Converse Rubber Tracks website.

Geoff Cottrill, Chief Marketing Officer of Converse commented:

Converse has a rich history of supporting music and being embraced by the artistic community. We are committed to providing young artists with the ability to have their voices heard. This year, we’ve dedicated our efforts towards multiple new initiatives that all share the common goal of encouraging creativity. Converse Rubber Tracks enables musicians and bands to really explore and create new music. What they accomplish there sets the bar and tone for everything that follows.

Converse Rubber Tracks also promises to help bands expose their music to a much larger audience through compelling content captured at the studio, including exclusive in-studio video testimonials, track-of-the-week features, behind-the-scenes footage, and unique rehearsal session clips.
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