Agent Orange are streaming two new songs from their first new release since 1996’s Virtually Indestructible. The single will feature two new songs, “This House Is Haunted” and “Whistling Past The Graveyard.” The Halloween themed-single will be available on their upcoming tour or via iTunes.

Stream the songs on their MySpace page.
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Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week:

• We had a lot of fun this week with the upcoming Bad Religion tribute compilation. The organizers have been unveiling songs daily and they’ve all been the subject of much debate here on the `Org. Check out Cobra Skulls and NOFX‘s Fat Mike performing “Give You Nothing”, Polar Bear Club playing “Better Off Dead”, Frank Turner playing “My Poor Friend Me”, and Tegan and Sara‘s version of “Suffer.”
• Speaking of Bad Religion, frontman Greg Graffin was recently interviewed by the Scientific American about his new book
• Fat Wreck Chords has announced their first compilation in eight years featuring music from their entire roster (I’m particularly excited for new Chixdiggit!, how about you?)
• Rancid continues to unveil unreleased videos for old songs, this time featuring “Who Would’ve Thought”
• Less Than Jake is promising a performance of their album Losing Streak at Riot Fest
• Fletcher Dragge on commented on Jim Lindberg’s departure from Pennywise
• Weezer posted their first batch of Memories tour dates
• The Lawrence Arms are touring with White Wives and AM Taxi

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we’ve see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we’ll see you Monday…
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Brian: Hey, remember these? Perhaps we should try to bring them back.

Anyway, Residuals added me on MySpace–remember them, too?–several months back. I think they only had a very rough demo on the page at the time, but the diverse array of influences seemed promising (As Cities Burn, Circa Survive, Verse, Tera Melos, …Who Calls So Loud), so I accepted the request and then forgot about them for a long time, since, well, MySpace is becoming the red-headed stepchild of social networks.

Cut to yesterday. I came across the band browsing Caravels’ page and their name jogged my memory. Since that initial add, the band has posted a very solid four-song demo for free download (you can acquire that here) and posted up two newer songs that are even more impressive. Think Comadre’s singer fronting a more pensive and brooding act, with plenty of moody atmospheres and cathartic tension and release. If you listen to one song, let it be their new one, “For Joy.” It’s on their aforementioned MySpace.
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Just a reminder. Day 2 of the Matador 21 stream is up now. Like yesterday, the set is a series of live performances celebrating Matador Records‘ 21st Birthday. Performes include Chavez, Fucked Up, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Girls, Come, Perfume Genius, Cat Power, Superchunk, Spoon, Belle and Sebastian, Shearwater, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, New Pornographers, Liz Phair 9 and Guided By Voices.

Sonic Youth is performing right now.

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Sacramento, CA’s Middle Class Rut have launched a stream of their upcoming full-length No Name No Color. It’s due out next week (October 5, 2010, to be exact) via Bright Antenna.

Find it at MySpace Music.
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Lazy Saturday newsbit time! Here’s a video that was taken by our pal Jeremy Silveira of National Underground of Mikey Erg hopping onstage with Rehasher to perform the Ergs! favorites “Pray for Rain” and “Saturday Night Crap-O-Rama” at Rad Fest in Wilmington, NC way back in May.

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Chicago-area bearded supergroup Stay Ahead of the Weather have unveiled a new song. The band is the new project from Evan Weiss, formerly of Damiera and currently performing solo under the moniker Into It. Over It., as well as Nick Wakim of Castevet and Native‘s Bobby Markos. “Sorority Social Suicide” will appear on the group’s debut 7-inch, We Better Get Goin’ If We’re Gonna, due out on December 7, 2010 via No Sleep Records.

Head to the band’s Facebook page to listen.
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Sound Study Recordings has announced plans to release a new 7″ from Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves. The record will feature two brand new songs and is slated to first go on sale at The Fest 9 flea market on October 29. The records will be hand-numbered and limited to 500 copies.

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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It’s October, and you know what that means: more and more bands are gearing up for tours to and from The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL over Halloween weekend. A Wilhelm Scream will soon pack up their basketball shorts and head south for shows with Strike Anywhere, The Flatliners and No Friends, and then head back to the northeast for four post-Fest shows with Heartsounds.

The band continues to support their 2009 self-titled EP.
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No Sleep Records has detailed an upcoming split LP from Into It. Over It. and Koji. Due out November 23, 2010 and appropriately titled IIOI /KOJI, the ten-track set will feature five songs from each artist and collaborations with members of Castevet, La Dispute, Cloudmouth and more. In conjunction with the vinyl’s release, Colormake will be releasing three behind-the-scenes video of the album’s recording process.

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Tastemakers Magazine has curated a free label sampler from Sargent House that features tracks from RX Bandits, Fang Island, Good Old War, Maps & Atlases and a slew of others.

You can grab it here, but it’ll only be available until October 15.
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Beginning at 7:30 tonight and running till 1am, and then Saturday and Sunday from 4:40pm to 1am, we’ll be hosting a live stream of Matador 21, a series of live performances celebrating Matador Records‘ 21st Birthday. Chavez, Fucked Up, Sonic Youth, Pavement, Girls, Come, Perfume Genius, Cat Power, Superchunk, Spoon, Belle and Sebastian, Shearwater, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, New Pornographers, Liz Phair 9 and Guided By Voices.

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Bay Area screamo act Comadre have just posted their forth in a series of mixtapes. This edition of the series focuses on collaborations and features Broadway Calls, Dead To Me, P.O.S., Ghostlimb, Glasses, Atlas and (of course) Comadre.

The Mixtape 4 can be downloaded for free here.
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