Sundowner, the acoustic project of Lawrence Arms’ crooner Chris McCaughan, recently created a music video for the track “This War Is Noise”, from the debut album Four One Five Two, released this year via Red Scare Industries.

Chris and Red Scare were kind enough to offer Punknews the exclusive debut, which we have for you tonight.
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Bad Religion recently spoke with AOL’s Spinner.com about their upcoming album. The record is titled New Maps of Hell and is due out July 10, 2007.

Besides explaining the album’s delay by joking: “We’re getting older.” the band talks a bit about the sound of the record, with Brett Gurewitz adding:

There have been certain records where I attempted to make a technically precise recording. This time, I really wanted to capture a sense of broad urgency and excitement. It sounds more reckless — really raw and aggressive. I’m really proud of the sound.”

Greg Graffin also elaborated on the his age-related quip, explaining the more serious concerns faced by a band with as long history as Bad Religion:

The truth is that when you get older, [you find that] you’ve piled up a huge amount of history. To trudge forward and do something that you hope will be historic and significant takes a lot more inertia. The last thing we can do at this stage is start to sound like a caricature of ourselves.

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An interview from Kerrang! magazine reveals some details about the sophomore album from former Blink-182 member Tom Delonge and his Angels & Airwaves project.

According to the interview, the record will be titled I-Empire. Tom promises a “completely unorthodox launch” for the record. Like the run up to We Don’t Need to Whisper, Delonge continues to make cryptic statements about the band, noting:

I have a lot of incredible things happening here and music is just one part of it. A couple of years ago I started talking about what I wanted to do with music and the things that I wanted [the band] to lead the charge on and it’s all happening. It’s taken a lot of money, effort and technology but it’s happening.

He also discusses the departure of Ryan Sinn and the replacement, Matt Wachter – formerly of 30 Seconds to Mars:

He’s a really good fit for our band. Ryan had totally difference musical influences from the rest of us. Matt likes hardcore bands like Gorilla Biscuits and punk stuff like the Descendents. So it’s a really good fit.

He also addresses his former bandmates and their performing Blink-182 songs:

I think they should [play them] if they want to. They wrote those songs too and I think the kids will be stoked to hear them. I actually started doing Blink 182 bits awhile ago but they were really mad about it.

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This week, DJ Rossstar will be playing host a number of guests. Casket Salesmen (Longhair Illuminati) and Weatherbox (Doghouse Records) will be interviewed tonight. Tomorrow’s program will feature two acts to be announced shortly.

The show runs from 7-8pm PST on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

The stream will be available from here and questions and comments for the band can be sent via this link.
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Bad Brains have released some more information, including the cover art for their long-awaited new record. The record is titled Build a Nation and is due out June 26, 2007. It is the first new record from the legendary hardcore band since 1995’s God of Love which was released on Maverick.

For the record, the band has enlisted a number of famous fans including the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch who produced the record and System of a Down’s Shavo who directed the album’s first video.

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It has been announced that Epitaph will be releasing to upcoming Social Distortion Greatest Hits record throughout Europe. Along with the 10 tracks and the 1 new track, a previously unreleased live version of “1945” will be an extra song for the European edition of the release. For the rest of the world the record is being released through Time Bomb Recordings on June 26, 2007. Right after the release of the record, MIke Ness and friends will start their upcoming US Tour.
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Fucked Up has announced a US tour set to kick off in late June. The band continues to support their Jade Tree full length, Hidden World.

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Los Angeles based Foreign Born have signed with Dim Mak Records. The band has a record titled On The Wing Now set for an August 21st release. The label has posted the cover art and the song “In The Shape” for download.

Foreign Born will tour across the US once the album comes out, with a set of hometown shows in the works to lead up to the release.
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