The Sword has announced a massive tour of the US, Europe and Australia in support of their upcoming album Warp Riders, due August 24th on Kemado Records. The band kicks things off in the US this October with at the El Ray Theatre in Los Angeles. They’ll cross the Atlantic in early November to commence the European leg in Antwerp, Belgium on the 8th. Their Australian dates in 2011 are part of the Soundwave festival.

Warp Riders, a concept album with an “epic sci-fi narrative,” was produced by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon, Isis). The Sword previously released Gods of the Earth in 2008.
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Swingin’ Utters have added on several more dates to their North American tour and posted tour dates for the UK and Europe. After their August tour with The Menzingers, the band will be joined by The Copyrights and Have Nots. They’ll also see some dates with Krum Bums in there before heading across the pond for dates in the UK and mainland Europe. You can check out the dates below.

The band recently released their Brand New Lungs 7″ and is prepping to unleash a new album via Fat Wreck. The album is titled Under Protest and the release date is unknown at this time.
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The newly re-activated the Gamits are heading to Japan this October. They’ll be joined by Link who are reuniting for the Gamits tour, Electric Summer (Japanese band that started in Denver and then moved back to Japan), the Mugwumps, and others. After this they’ll be heading to Russia. We’ll get you the dates as soon as possible.

Their new album, Parts, will be the Gamits’ first new material since 2004’s Antidote. Check out the cover art here.

Tonight is the band’s official reunion show in Denver.
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We previously reported that Social Distortion would be heading to Australia for Soundwave and that The Starting Line would reunite there but now the official lineup has been unveiled. Acts playing the five day, nationwide festival include Iron Maiden, Slayer, Avenged Sevenfold, Pennywise, MxPx, Sum 41, Less Than Jake, Melvins, Mad Caddies, New Found Glory, Bayside, Gang of Four, The Gaslight Anthem, The Sword, Third Eye Blind and many more. The full list of performers can be found below.

The festival takes place at the end of February and beginning of March.
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The Starting Line are getting back together to perform at the Soundwave Festival in Australia in February of 2011. Guitarist Matt Watts commented:

We can’t tell you how excited we are to head to Australia and share the stage with each other once again. Before everyone gets the wrong idea, this doesn’t mean that TSL are back together, and that we plan on doing a US tour any time in the near future. We’re all close friends and didn’t want to pass up this opportunity to hang out, have fun, and play with some really great bands. We’re all looking forward to spending time together, talking about the future of TSL, and playing songs that mean so much to us. Your support means the world to us, thanks for being patient…and I hope to see many of you in Australia!

The band last released the CD / DVD Somebody’s Gonna Miss Us in 2009.
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The Menzingers have posted their video for the single “I Was Born” from their critically acclaimed sophomore album Chamberlain Waits in 2010. The video premiered on MySpace last night. You can check it out below.

The band is about to head out supporting Swingin’ Utters prior to their Org reader aneurism inducing tour with Fake Problems and The Gaslight Anthem.

They’ve also posted Canadian dates with Anti-Flag, UK dates with Leagues Apart and a few stateside dates with Less Than Jake. We’ve got those below.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Jawbreaker – Unfun [reissue]
• Baroness / Torche – live in Chicago
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Say No to Love 7″ single
• GBH/Outernational/Moral Decline – live in Satellite Beach
• Blacklisted – Eccentrichine 7″ EP
• House Boat – Processing Complaints 7″ EP
• Above Them – Keep Smiling single
• New Set of Bruises – New Set of Bruises
• W!nslow – No Place for Foxes
• Samiam – Clumsy

You can check out any of our 9517 reviews right here.
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As one of the last original members of ska-punk pioneers Reel Big Fish, trombonist, Dan Regan has seen a lot in the ska scene. The band is currently on Warped Tour supporting their greatest hits album Best Of Us For The Rest Of Us. In an interview with Alex Eschbach, Regan shared his thoughts on Sublime (With Rome), the dynamic of the band, the current state of ska and tackled the criticisms his band has faced over the years.

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Today we’re excited to bring you a download of a new track from Boston, MA’s The Saddest Landscape. The band’s new album You Will Not Survive is slated for a September 21, 2010 release and will be their first full-length since 2003’s The Sound of the Spectacle. You can check out “Declaring War on Nostalgia” by clicking this link.

A pre-order for the LP can be found here.
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Our stream today comes from Los Angeles, CA-based Zombie Hunter. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full-length, The Cataract Composite.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.
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Social Distortion is headed to the land of kangaroos and wallabies. The band’s first trip to Australia will happen in early 2011 at the nationwide Soundwave festival. Tickets are going on sale this month however at the Soundwave website.

The band recently finished up the writing of their new album Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes and have presumably come close to tying the whole thing up by now. The band, who recently signed to Epitaph Records, will release their new album in the fall. The record will be the band’s first of all new material since 2004’s Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll. It will also be their first release with a new lineup consisting of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar), Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham (guitar) and Brent Harding (bass).

The band is currently on the road and heading to Chicago for an August 7 main stage performance at this year’s Lollapalooza. Dates with Dan Sartain and The Action Design resume in Green Bay, Wisconsin on August 8. Check out those dates here.

This fall the band is heading out on the road with Lucero and Frank Turner.
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Ben Weasel has posted a tweet announcing the remixing and re-release of Screeching Weasel‘s 1998 album Television City Dream. According to the Weasel “the original mix sucks and it’s been bugging the hell out of me for 12 years…Justin Perkins is doing the Television City Dream re-mix. I just heard “Count To Three” and it smokes!” The album will feature new art by Nate Fierro and extra, previously released material.

No word on who will do the re-issue as he recently parted ways with Asian Man less than amicably and sources have informed us that Recess Records will probably not be involved. Fat Wreck Chords handled the original release of the album.
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The Corin Tucker Band has posted their first downloadable track on Pitchfork. the track is titled “Riley” and comes from the former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman’s new album 1,000 Years due out October 5, 2010 via Kill Rock Stars. Tucker’s new band features Sara Lund (Unwound), and Seth Lorinczi (Golden Bears).

We also have the previously announced October tourdates. You can see those below and at least one of us at the Philadelphia show.

Sleater-Kinney called it quits after released the critically acclaimed The Woods in 2005.

Update The song title and link were misreported. The track is titled “Doubt” and can be found here at Pitchfork.
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