For almost fifteen years now, Brent Eyestone has been a busy dude. In 1996, he started his own label, Magic Bullet Records, and put out Boy Sets Fire‘s first cd, This Crying, This Screaming…. Since then, Eyestone has expanded his operation and now runs the label in conjunction with Magic Bullet Skateboards in Fredericksburg, Virginia. While Magic Bullet isn’t necessarily a household name, a few of its artists-i.e. Charles Manson, All-American Rejects-certainly are. Don’t let those two names shape your opinions though. Eyestone’s Magic Bullet roster is chocked full of punk and hardcore mainstays, and all sorts of interesting side projects and reissues. Punknews interviewer, Michael Dauphin, recently caught up with the no-bullshit Eyestone to discuss his label, the artists and the shape of independent music.

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Black Cards, the new project from Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz, have posted their new video. Pete announced the project in July and talked about the influence of songs like “Two Sevens Clash” and “Warriors.”

Wentz’ bandmates from Fall Out Boy remain active in a variety of projects, including hardcore act Burning Empires, metal project The Damned Things and performing with Earth Crisis.
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In an ambitious, if slightly obsessive take on film and punk rock, editors Bryan Connolly and Zack Carlson have assembled a 600 page book devoted to the appearances of punks and new wavers on film in the last century. It documents 1100 feature films and includes interviews with the cast/creators of works like Repo Man, The Decline of Western Civilizationand more. Some people featured in the book include Richard Hell, Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat, Lee Ving of Fear, Exene Cervenka and John Doe of X, Keith Morris of Black Flag and Circle Jerks, Youth Brigade‘s Shawn Stern and many more.

Check out the book here.
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Our stream today comes from Grand Rapids, MI-based Shores. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length, Coup de Grace.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile
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Jonah Matranga of Far has announced a solo tour of Europe with Mikee J Reds of Call Off The Search. The two musicians will be in Europe and the UK for just one week beginning tomorrow.

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Death to False Hope Records have finalized the lineup for their second anniversary show. The bill will include Less Than Jake, Brendan Kelly of the The Lawrence Arms, The Sainte Catherines, Off with Their Heads, Joe McMahon of Smoke Or Fire, Sorry About Dresden, The Riot Before, The Dopamines, Captain We’re Sinking, Mixtapes, The Anchor, Red Collar, Direct Hit!, Spanish Gamble, The Supervillians, The Fake Boys, Blacklist Royals, Greenland is Melting, Restorations, Go Rydell, Hammer No More the Fingers, One Win Choice, Kadets, Temeperance Leauge, Rain Over Battle, Last Years Men, Under Stars and Gutters, The Demon Beat, Ascetic Parade, Bobbys Fever, The Campaign 1984, Black Birds, Lurch, The Working Dead, Stage Fright Therapy, Hold Tight, Arliss Nancy, Brutal Youth and The Capitalist Kids.

It all takes place at the Motorco in Durham, NC on January 21-22, 2011. Tickets are on-sale here.
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A stream has been launched of the long-awaited new digital EP from The Aquabats, Radio Down. The album is due out today on Fearless Records and precedes their upcoming 2011 full length.

Check out the stream here.
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Frodus have posted their new 2-track single, Soundlab 1 for purchase on their Bandcamp profile. You can stream the songs there as well. The single is the first in a planned series and features Liam Wilson of The Dillinger Escape Plan on bass

The tracks represent the first new material from the band since reuniting last Spring.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Weezer – Pinkerton [Deluxe Edition]
• Smoke or Fire – The Speakeasy
• Make Do and Mend – End Measured Mile
• The Vaselines – Sex with an X
• Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves – Anybody Else b/w Left to Lose 7″ single
• The Extra Lens – Undercard
• Every Time I Die / Trap Them / Howl – live in New York
• selah.selah – Hollow Earth EP
• A Wilhelm Scream / Heartsounds – live in Rockville Centre
• MOJO Magazine – Punk: The Whole Story [book]

You can check out any of our 9738 reviews right here.
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Social Distortion have posted the first single from their highly anticipated and recently delayed new Epitaph Records album. The record is titled Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes and is due out January 18, 2011 via Epitaph.

Check out the song via KROQ.
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Hellcat Records punk outfit Civet have announced the sudden departure of their rhythm section – bassist Jacqui Valentine and drummer Roxie Darling. They posted a lengthy statement about the incident:

It is heartbreaking to come to you guys today to share our bad news. In the middle of our Nashville Pussy tour our rhythm section walked out on us. It is unfair to leave the band in the middle of a tour and leave us scrambling to piece our lives back together. We have a finished record on the way and all the opportunities in the world, not to mention the BEST fans anyone could ever ask for!

We can’t speak for them on why they left, only that it’s hard to understand is why two people we loved and trusted would do something so selfish and leave when there are still shows to be played and commitments to be fulfilled. Suzi and I are brokenhearted to lose two people who were our best friends, but we cannot give up on our dream because others decided to grow up. It was a tough decision, and we didn’t want to send the wrong message, but we are gunna be brave and finish this tour. We have some friends flying in to do the last 6 or so dates.

The band released their last album, Hell Hath No Fury, in 2008.
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Though the band has been in the news lately for reasons other than music, Agnostic Front has announced that they will begin work on their next full length and follow up to 2007’s Warriors:

The Godfathers of New York Hardcore, AGNOSTIC FRONT, will enter Mana Recording Studio in Tampa, FL tomorrow to begin recording the highly anticipated follow up to their 2007 release, Warriors. 15 new powerful and anthemic songs will be laid down by Erik Rutan under the watchful guide of producer Freddy Cricien of MADBALL. The record is rumored to be their strongest to date and an early 2011 release is expected.

The band celebrated 25 years together in 2009.
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NJ hardcore mainstays One Win Choice have launched a stream of their upcoming 2011 full length, Conveyer. Check that out via AMP.

The band have also announced a split 7″ with MI melodic hardcore champs Natural Disasters to be released in advance of their upcoming full-length. According to Bermuda Mohawk, the label will be releasing the split January 18th. In the meantime, you can hear new songs from One Win Choice as well as Natural Disasters on Bermuda Mohawk’s latest sampler.
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