North Lincoln have posted their final recorded song. The band explained:

When we (North Lincoln) broke up with had about half a new album written that we ended up scrapping but then ended up recording 3 of the last songs about two months ago and just finally finished them up. We also finished mixing the recording of our last show which will go up for free download eventually and is like 22 songs. But yeah, people can check out Swan Song on our myspace page. It was the last song we wrote and is about the band being in the process of breaking up or knowing that we need to.

The band split up in October of 2009. They released Midwestern Blood in 2009.
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Dave Hause of The Loved Ones will be hitting the road with Two Cow Garage next month for a run of dates.

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Equal Vision Records post-hardcore act Therefore I Am have announced their split. The band said this:

It is with great dismay that I am announcing the end of Therefore I Am. There are a lot of reasons behind our decision but we would prefer to keep them personal. We are all still friends and that’s what matters most. This was by no means an easy decision for any of us. Life changes and you must change with it, regardless of the frustrations that come with said adjustments. The 5 of us are lucky and blessed to have had the opportunities we were given. In the past 5 years, we’ve come a long way. We’ve toured with heroes, crossed oceans and did a lot of things we never thought we’d be able to do in our respective lifetimes, let alone our twenties. Most importantly, we’ve acquired a large collection of friends and created an insane catalogue of memories. To say the very least, we’ve seen a lot of stuff.

The band is planning final shows for November 19th at Rocko’s in Manchester, NH and November 20th at Lupo’s in Providence, RI. They released The Sound of Human Lives last year.
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Tonight on a very special episode of the Punknews Podcast. we finally pull back the curtain and reveal all the Org’s secrets as site founder Aubin Paul joins the roundtable. News editors Bryne Yancey and Adam White along with interviews editor Rich Verducci are on hand for his historic first words.

Among the stories discussed are Dead To Me‘s new lineup, the New Pornographers‘ controversial show cancellation, Fest band confirmations, Chris Hannah of Propagandhi appearing on an Antillectual track, and Bomb the Music Industry‘s upcoming Blue Album and Pinkerton shows.

Not only that, but this week we have music from The Reaganomics, Metroplex and Bomb the Music Industry!.

You can click Read More to stream and/or download the show, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes. Don’t forget to give us your feedback in the comments section or via e-mail.
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Fake Problems is streaming their highly anticipated new album for Side One Dummy Records right now. The album, Real Ghosts Caught on Tape can be heard in its entirety via Spinner.com.

The band just kicked off a supporting run with the Gaslight Anthem. You’ll also be able to catch them at The Fest IX.
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Before they hit the road for their headlining tour in November, Minus The Bear will be playing the Voodoo Experience Festival in New Orleans. Dangerbird Records and Punknews.org will send you to see that show in our new contest. The winner will receive two round-trip airline tickets to New Orleans, tickets to the Festival and two double rooms at Whitney Wyndham Hotel.

Enter for your chance here.
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Underoath has posted the track listing for their next album, Ø (Disambiguation). It’s due out November 9, 2010 and follows Lost in the Sound of Separation which was released in 2008. The record is the first from the band since the departure of longtime drummer Aaron Gillespie. The band worked with producers Matt Goldman (Lost In the Sound of Separation and Define the Great Line) and Jeremy SH Griffith.

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Our stream today comes from City of Ships in the form of their new 7″ for Sound Study Recordings, Three Mile Bridge / South Laurel.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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The BBC has assembled a hour-long, comprehensive documentary about Epitaph Records metalcore act Bring Me The Horizon. The program coincides with the upcoming release of the band’s new album, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret on October 5, 2010.

Check out the documentary here. It’s apparently “ace.”
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Matador Records is celebrating their 21st birthday with a new, decade-spanning box set. The limited-edition box contains five CDs documenting the history of the label with remastered songs released from 1989 through 2010, and one CD of unreleased live recordings from the Matador 10th Anniversary concerts in New York City in 1999. All proceeds from the set will go to benefit three charities chosen by the label owners, enumerated at the bottom of this post. The artists have agreed to donate their royalties as well in order to make this all possible.

Artists appearing in the set include: Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian, Cat Power, Dead Meadow, Fucked Up, Girls, Guided By Voices, Guitar Wolf, Interpol, Jay Reatard, Mission Of Burma, Mogwai, Pavement, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Superchunk, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Teenage Fanclub, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The New Pornographers, Times New Viking, Unsane and Yo La Tengo.

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Much loved hardcore outfit Have Heart have announced a new CD+DVD of their final show for release on November 23, 2010. Titled 10.17.09, the disc documents the band’s performance on October 17th, 2009 when they played their last show as a benefit to a women’s shelter in Boston to a 2,000 person sold-out crowd from around the world.

The DVD was recorded with six cameras and Have Heart’s frontman Pat Flynn comments, “This shit makes Avatar look like the Ten Yard Fight documentary. ” The band split up in May of 2009. Their final studio album was 2008’s Songs to Scream at the Sun.
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Madball has announced the dismissal of drummer Jay Weinberg in the midst of their Canadian tour with Comeback Kid. Frontman Freddy Cricien explained:

I’m letting Jay go in Canada because I just feel he doesn’t represent this band well on a character level. It would go against my own code of ethics to keep him around. Not saying he’s a bad drummer. I won’t take that away from him. But the reality is – he has a lot to learn about paying dues, and about life in general. Granted, he is a kid, but I’m not sure that he’ll ever be built for this particular lifestyle. I wish him the best of luck, but the MADBALL machine rolls on!

The band will finish the Canadian tour with a replacement drummer. Their new record, Empire and is due out October 12, 2010 and a song from the album can be found via Stereokiller.
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As it is apparently collaboration week, Weezer joined up with My Chemical Romance to perform the band’s track, “My Name Is Jonas.” Weezer is supporting their Epitaph Records debut, Hurley. My Chemical Romance most recently announced their new album, Danger Days: True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys.

Incidentally, it looks like Gerard Way has stolen Hayley Williams hair.

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