Jim Lindberg has unveiled his new punk rock project, The Black Pacific. Lindberg left Pennywise in August 2009 after spending more than two decades with the band. He was replaced by Ignite’s Zoli Teglas in February.

According to the band’s profile, the trio is signed to SideOneDummy Records and have posted one new track, “The System,” on that profile.

Jim’s last recorded album with Pennywise was 2008’s Reason to Believe.
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Australia’s Parkway Drive are streaming their new Epitaph Records album, Deep Blue. It’s due out June 29, 2010 and follows Horizons from 2007. The album was tracked and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Tool), and mastered by legendary mastering engineer Brian Gardner. Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records owner Brett Gurewitz makes a guest vocal appearance on “Home is for the Heartless.”

Check it out here.
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The Hives have unveiled a cover of Zero Boys‘ classic track “Civilization’s Dying.” The song will appear with two other covers on an upcoming EP entitled Tarred and Feathered, due out digitally on July 2, 2010 and on vinyl a week later. Vocalist Pelle Almqvist explained the reasons behind releasing the covers EP:

“While working on songs for our new record, we wanted to sort of kick start the creative process by going into the studio to record. We had an idea of playing everything live, straight to magnetic tape. We didn’t have finished songs so we recorded some covers instead — mostly to test this modus operandi. Well, it turned out so well that we figured, ‘Hey, let’s share it with people. They deserve it.”

Check out the cover here. The band is currently at work on the follow-up to 2007’s The Black and White Album.
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Merrimack Valley, MA hardcore outfit The Effort have announced a lengthy summer tour in support of their upcoming LP for Panic Records, Wartime Citizens, due out July 4, 2010. The tour includes an appearance at Sound and Fury Festival.

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Tallahassee, FL melodic hardcore outfit Lipona have posted a new song. The band intends to begin tracking their sophomore full-length, Networks, next month.

Check out “Rights of Passage” at their MySpace page. The band last released Pigeonholed in 2009.
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Trenton, NJ’s The Great Explainer have uploaded two new songs from their upcoming debut for Chunksaah Records. The record is titled The Way Things Swell and is due out July 13, 2010.

Check out “Codeine … Bourbon” and “I Finally Found My Dreamboat” at the band’s MySpace page.
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Tallahassee, FL’s Only Thieves have posted three new songs, presumably for an upcoming release of some sort. We’ll relay any details as they come in. Check out the song at the band’s MySpace page.

The band last released Greetings from Levy Park, T.L.H. in 2009.
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The track listing for the soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World has been unveiled. Edgar Wright’s adaption of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s comic series will feature contributions from Frank Black of the Pixies, the Black Lips and Metric along with more classic rock selections from bands like the Rolling Stones and T. Rex. Interestingly the soundtrack will feature new songs composed for the fictional bands that appear in the movie. Pilgrim’s band SEX BOB-OMB has four songs on the collection, created and performed by Beck. Similarly Pilgrim’s rival band Crash And The Boys have a pair of songs on the record, composed in the real world by Broken Social Scene.
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Québécois gruff punks The Sainte Catherines will release their next full-length with Anchorless Records. The album, entitled Fire Works, is expected out this fall and will be the band’s first since 2006’s Dancing for Decadence, issued by Fat Wreck Chords. More information is expected soon.

The band also has a 7″ for Asian Man Records planned for later this year.
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The Methadones have announced more details regarding their final show and release. The band’s last gig is tentatively scheduled for mid-November at Reggie’s in their hometown of Chicago, IL. To coincide with the show, the band plans to release a collection entitled Over and Out featuring five new songs, all of the band’s 7″ songs as well as some extras. Asian Man Records will release the collection digitally and on CD, while Solidarity Recordings will handle the vinyl release.

Earlier this month, the band announced their intentions to break up by the end of the year.
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Japandroids have announced more dates over the coming months including shows with The Walkmen, Ladyhawk, Frog Eyes and more.

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Reel Big Fish have announced the details about their recently announced Best Of collection. The record is titled A Best of Us for the Rest of Us and is due out July 20, 2010 exclusively through Best Buy. As reported originally, the record will feature 22 songs from the band’s catalog. What has also been confirmed is that all 22 songs will be newly recorded due to the fact that the band’s major label, Jive Records, owns the older masters from the band’s early releases.

Along with the best of disc, the band is promising a 14-song “skatoustic” disc featuring renditions of tracks in that style.

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