Can’t figure out what to buy your favorite The Slackers fan for Christmas? The band has got you covered with a new 7-inch due out December 7, 2010. The veteran ska outfit will be covering U2‘s 1983 classic from War on the A-Side and a dub version of the same on the flipside.

In related news, the band is celebrating their 20th anniversary and band member Dave Hillyard had this to say:

We are gonna be getting some new material together as the year ends. A covers project for whatevski is in the works. And speaking of tunes, as our 20th anniversary is coming up, we are going to be releasing a slackers ‘greatest hits’ retrospective album!

The band last released The Great Rock-Steady Swindle in 2010.
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After their initial reunion show sold out, The Ergs! have announced a second matinee show as they continue to work to raise money for Jackie Nixon. Doors open at 12 noon, show starts at 1 PM with tickets running $20 per. It takes place at the Asbury Lanes. The band is staggering the release of tickets: 100 sold through Ticketweb tonight at 6pm, 75 tomorrow at 6pm and 75 Wednesday at 6pm.

The pop-punk outfit called it quits in 2008.
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Charges have been dropped against the five DC9 employees charged in the beating death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed outside the club on October 15th just after an Agnostic Front performance. Five people – DC9 co-owner Bill Spieler and employees Darryl Carter, Evan Preller, Arthur Zaloga and Reginald Phillips – were named in the original charge. “An insufficient basis to sustain” the charges was given as the reason by the US Attorney’s Office.

The office also said this:

Our work is not done. The tragic death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed demands that we undertake a careful and comprehensive investigation to determine precisely how he died. Today’s action was taken after a detailed examination of the evidence gathered during the first three weeks of the investigation and a determination that we need more information before moving forward. Our investigation will be informed by pending forensic analyses and the ruling of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on the cause and manner of death, important factors in any death inquiry.

DC9 has been closed since the incident.
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Revelation Records has detailed its 150th release. Past Present is a 23 track collection that will feature current bands covering classic tracks from the Revelation catalogue. Among the bands taking part are Sick Of It All, Terror, Walter Schreifels, Set Your Goals, Death By Stereo and Down To Nothing. Proceeds from Past Present will also benefit Human Rights Watch.

The label has also teamed up with adidas to give away ten pairs of custom-made Revelation shoes. You can check those out here.

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Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk has announced a three month tour set to kick off in January. The cut-and-paste musician has also been working on the follow up to Feed the Animals. Punknews.org spoke to Gregg last Spring.

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Los Angeles punk band, The Darlings have launched a stream of their debut full length The New Escape set to be released on Tuesday. The album features guest appearances from Donnie Nemarnik of Tiger Army and Jason Cruz of Strung Out. The band will be opening for Face to Face on November 11th in Anaheim, CA.

Check out the stream here.
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Coliseum have unveiled a new video for “Skeleton Smile.” The track features Bonnie “Prince” Billy and appears on the band’s recent full-length, House With a Curse. The video contains cartoonish amounts of fake blood, as well as violence and brief nudity, so it may not be safe for work. Make sure your boss isn’t around, then click Read More to watch.

The band has also released a cover of the Misfits track “Bullet” for free download. Find it via Stereogum.
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The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid have joined Topshelf Records. The Connecticut-based band will release a new new 3-song 7-inch titled Formlessness and tour plans are underway for late December/early January in support of the release.

You can stream the album on their official website.
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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:

• Propagandhi is looking for a new label to make them a solid offer. Is MCA still around?
• Jay Navarro’s Hellmouth have released their new song “Exodus”
• Karl Alvarez talked about the future of the Descendents
• The great musical Satan known as Brokencyde unvieled their video for “Teach Me How To Scream”
• The Flatliners, The Menzingers, Fake Problems and Mockingbird Wish Me Luck are teaming up for a Canadian tour that just looks pretty amazing (for me anyways).
• Buddy from Senses Fail spoke quite critically of pop-oriented bands like All Time Low, and Boys Like Girls this week
• Converge has begun writing their next album
• Social Distortion unveiled their new album artwork

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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With Social Distortion canceling some dates of their tour due to Mike Ness getting sick, tourmates Lucero and Frank Turner decided to play a free show last night at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Shortly after Lucero ended their set, Turner came back on stage to belt out his rendition of famous Asbury icon Bruce Springsteen‘s classic “Thunder Road”. A Punknews reader snagged this video of the singalong. You can see it below.

You can see more videos from the set, including “Nights Like These” and “Smoke” by Lucero, at Punknews Vimeo Channel.
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Trophy Scars just self-released their new EP, Darkness, Oh Hell and we’ve got an exclusive download of a song from the album for you today. You can buy a copy of the EP on CD direct from the band or via iTunes.

Check out the song here.
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Samiam is the latest band to be featured on Switchboard Sessions. The band called in to record acoustic versions of “Mexico,” originally from 2000’s Astray as well as “When We’re Together,” originally found on 2006’s Whatever’s Got You Down, along with covers of Guided by Voices‘ “Game of Pricks” and “Search and Destroy,” originally recorded by The Stooges. Check it out here.

The band is currently in Germany supporting their new collection for No Idea Records, Orphan Works.
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New Jersey’s Speak Easy, which features members of Bigwig, Crash Romeo, Driver Side Impact and Day At The Fair, have posted a new song for free download. The band’s sound is described as “post punk” and are influenced by Thrice, Jawbreaker, Comeback Kid, Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club and Circa Survive.

Find “Strike Three” for download here.
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