In a suit that probably serves less of a purpose now than it would in the software’s early 2000 heyday, RIAA has successfully sued Gnutella-based file sharing software Limewire. According to a CNet report, Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced copyright infringement. Moreover, the suit holds Gorton personally responsible for the downloading, which sets dangerous precedent for others who may develop software that could be used illegally.
Brooklyn-based art-rock outfit The Antlers recently dropped by the The Onion AV Club to participate in the magazine’s “AV Undercover” feature in which 25 bands are asked to cover one of 25 songs. The trio opted to cover the Pink Floyd classic, “Wish You Were Here.”
Germany’s Mad Sin have announced plans to release their new album, Burn and Rise, in the United States via Century Media, The album was released in April on People Like You and will hit North American retail on July 13, 2010.
The album features 18 songs including “Last Gang Standing,” “Geisterfahrer (Ghost Rider),” “Wreckhouse Stomp,” “The March of the Deviants”, “9 Lives” or “Shitlist Bop” in a mix of psychobilly, rockabilly, 50’s Rock’n’Roll, Country, Punk and Surf. It features contributions from Sucker (Oxymoron, Bad Co.), Jack Letten (Smoke Blow), Hank (The Boss Hoss) and Marlen (Bonzai Kitten).
In a recent interview with Distorted Magazine, Devin Peralta of Cobra Skulls remarked that the band intends to hit the studio next month to record a new four-song EP, which will be their first release for Fat Wreck Chords:
“Fat Mike saw us play when we were on tour with The Lawrence Arms and he talked to us after that and I saw him at a show about a month later and he said “hey do you want to do your next album with us?” and I said “that would be amazing!” And he said “well that wouldn’t be that amazing, we don’t sell as many records as we used to”. (laughing) but I know and understand how the business is. He just seems really cool and is interested in our band and is going to produce a new EP with us in July”
Richmond, VA melodic-hardcore group Landmines entered the studio yesterday to begin work on their next LP. This will mark the band’s second full-length release on Paper and Plastick; the first being their self-titled debut. Recording will take place at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, VA; where the band will be self-recording/engineering the record with the assistance of longtime friend and Smoke or Fire frontman, Joe McMahon, over the next week and a half.
Landmines’ prior release was a digital-only EP, recorded with Matt Allison in Chicago. No word yet on a title for the upcoming record, or expected release date, but we’ll keep you posted SourceContinue reading Landmines enter the studio→
The Arrivals are currently working with Matt Allison at Atlas Studios in Chicago on a new full-length, which will be the band’s first since 2007’s Marvels of Industry. The album, which is said to contain 13 new tracks, has no release date as of yet but we’ll keep you posted.
Epitaph Records metalcore outfit Parkway Drive have posted a new song from their forthcoming album, Deep Blue. (No, still not the one with Brett Gurewitz) The record is due out June 29, 2010 and follows Horizons which was released in 2007.
In a message posted to the Winnipeg punk band’s website, Propagandhi‘s fictional member Glen Lambert issued a challenge to Fat Mike of NOFX‘s own fictional persona, Cokie the Clown. Glen commented:
i was depressed and pathetic back in 2004. The band NOFX even wrote a (terrible) song about how depressed and pathetic i was. Then this fucking clown comes along out of nowhere 4 years later, acting all depressed and pathetic. Coincidence? Well, this town is only big enough for one depressing and pathetic clown, and that’s me, Glen Lambert. So i’m issuing a public challenge to Cokie: meet me in the octagon. Three 1-minute rounds. No holds barred. The loser apologizes publicly for stealing the other guys gimmick and pays the winner a whole shitload of money. I’m serious about this. I’ve been taping cutlery together and doing arm-curls for the past 4 hours. I’m fucking ripped. Rich people interested in organizing this event please get in touch with my manager, Murray Moon. Oh, and heres a tip Cokie: real clowns don’t wear make-up.
Punknews.org is entirely willing to sponsor this bout.
Fat Mike, as Cokie, stoked controversy at SXSW earlier this year by capping an emotional and often disturbing performance by revealing that he had members of the crowd ingest his own urine. A later video revealed the incident to be a clever hoax. In September of 2005, G7 Welcoming Committee Records announced that Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah had left the band in 2003 and had been replaced by one Glen Lambert, formerly of the Portage Terriers. The picture that accompanies this article depicts Glen in all his glory. SourceContinue reading Propagandhi’s Glen Lambert challenges NOFX’s Cokie The Clown→
Updates to Mount & Blade: Warband have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Version 1.123 Changelog: Multi-player: -Dedicated server list has been revamped and several game filters are now operational. -Fixed bug where some players were unable to join multiplayer games. -Character turning cap has been made tighter. -The code for finding spawn locations has been moved from scripts to native code, making dedicated servers run smoother.
Single-player: -AI that is following their leader as a tactic now switches to charge when the leader dies. -Item stat display improved in inventory screen. -Retreat order is now operational. -Fixed a critical bug causing occasional crashes. -Tax efficiency has been reduced in easy Campaign difficulty setting. -Kidnapped girl staying on party when quest aborts is fixed. -Village prosperity texts are shown only when the player is the owner. -Fixed bug where hit point loss during a tournament was not cleared at the end of the round. -Player no longer has to pay for staying at vassal’s castles. -Prisoner and castle guards are spawned correctly in towns in player’s domain. -Surrendering no longer delivers you permanent stat damage. -Player caravans are now stronger. -Player party name change bug is fixed. -Allies’ shields can no longer be damaged by friendly fire. -A cut-scene is now shown at weddings.
Both: -The method for calculating damage when your attack connects too soon or too late has been changed. -AI now moves back more effectively in combat to control distance. -Some polearm attack animations have been redone. -Some troop stats and equipment have been rebalanced. -New key combination added to hide overlay mesh (Ctrl + o). -Left-right and up-down keys now cancel each other (instead of one key always overriding another). -Characters now have softer shadows. -The models for several items and weapons have been redone. -Camera raycast direction fix for dungeon-like places.
General: -A ton of other bug fixes and improvements.
In a suit that probably serves less of a purpose now than it would in the software’s early 2000 heyday, RIAA has successfully sued Gnutella-based file sharing software Limewire. According to a CNet report, Lime Group, parent of LimeWire software maker Lime Wire, and founder Mark Gorton committed copyright infringement, engaged in unfair competition, and induced copyright infringement. Moreover, the suit holds Gorton personally responsible for the downloading, which sets dangerous precedent for others who may develop software that could be used illegally. 
Brooklyn-based art-rock outfit 
In a message posted to the Winnipeg punk band’s website, 
