Strung Out has announced dates for the first leg of their North American tour supporting Blackhawks Over Los Angeles. The band will hit the road with A Wilhelm Scream and I Am Ghost playing a number of dates in the US and Canada, with a second leg planned with I Am Ghost and Evergreen Terrace. Dates for the second leg should be announced as they’re confirmed.

Strung Out is currently touring Europe in support of their new record Blackhawks Over Los Angeles.
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Punknews.org will be hitting the road for two weeks to bring you a special contest. We’ll be traveling with the Gaslight Anthem and Signal to Noise across the U.S. and want you to come hang out. On a select string of seven dates, we’ll be giving one person per show a great prize package. Included are both bands’ new releases: The Gaslight Anthem’s Sink or Swim & Signal to Noise’s Kodiak, admission for you and a friend to the show, and…..an extremely limited edition Punknews.org t-shirt, made by the good folks at Jump Start Screen Printing. Plus, our pals at Punkstop.com have agreed to throw in both the red & white splatter and limited edition black vinyl versions of Sink or Swim to one grand prize winner to be selected from the contest winners.

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Bad Religion has posted a full album stream of their new record New Maps of Hell via MySpace. The record, their third since returning to Epitaph and their fourteenth overall album, is due in stores on July 10, 2007.

The band will headline this year’s Warped Tour to support the effort.
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What does the Fourth of July mean to you? To me, it means not having to work while drinking on my friend’s front lawn and watching half-drunken neighbors stupidly set off fireworks in the street with gaggles of eight-year-olds surrounding every pop and crackle. Ahh, independence. Anyway, yeah, Chris flaked out on posting the new reviews update news post, so here it is from me from here on in. I guess I am the reviews editor, though.

• The very male Brooklyn, NY collective Dear Tonight dropped their first full-length today entitled We’re Not Men
• Ska vets the Pietasters are giving away a 3-song digital teaser EP called Don’t Wanna Know in anticipation of their upcoming full-length; the least we could do is review it
• PA’s Giving Chase are giving skatepunk and melodic hardcore a reason to be best friends with their new deal, A Cheap Print of a Masterpiece
• Vancouver hardcore reps Go It Alone unleashed LP2 back in May; we (I) finally got around to reviewing it now. Oh yeah, it’s called Histories
• Several more over at the Punknews Review page
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Negative Progression has parted ways with Philadelphia’s Desoto Jones. The band, which features a emmber of The June Spirit, was set to issue their debut LP Aurora via the label but those plans have since changed. The band is currently unsigned and are planning to press a few copies of the record to sell at summer shows themselves.

NPR commented “we wish the band the best of luck because it is an awesome album.” Music from the upcoming release can be streamed via MySpace.
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Toronto pop punk act Mugshot has called it quits after ten years. The band’s MySpace page has statements from both vocalist / bassist Nick and drummer Matt, with the singer declaring his intentions to move on with his life and and the drummer stating that “I can assure you this was not a mutual decision, however how many breakups end on a positive note? Not too many.”

All of the band’s previously scheduled shows have been canceled.
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Osaka’s Boredoms have detailed their upcoming 77BOADRUM performance in New York City. The special show will feature 77 full 5 piece, 3 cymbal drum kits arranged in a spiral pattern. The Boredoms’ four kits will be surrounded by 74 additional drummers, 10 of whom will serve as leaders to queue the rest. The volunteer army of musicians were selected by event music director Hisham Bharoocha to represent many of the best players in New York City’s avant/experimental underground.

The ensemble will include Hugo Burnham of Gang of Four, Tim Dewit and Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance, Andrew W.K., David Grubbs, Hart Mingus of Negative Approach, Matthias Schulz of Holy Fuck, and members of Aa, Crash Worship, God Is My Co-Pilot, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Oneida, Excepter, Antietam, Dymaxion, Panthers, and many others.

77BOADRUM is the Boredoms’ final North American date on their current tour. The band will hit Europe in August. The long-running band released Seadrum/House of Sun via Vice in 2005.
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Osaka’s Boredoms have detailed their upcoming 77BOADRUM performance in New York City. The special show will feature 77 full 5 piece, 3 cymbal drum kits arranged in a spiral pattern. The Boredoms’ four kits will be surrounded by 74 additional drummers 10 of whom will server as leaders to queue the rest. The volunteer army of musicians were selected by event music director Hisham Bharoocha to represent many of the best players in New York City’s avant/experimental underground.

The ensemble will include Hugo Burnham of Gang of Four, Tim Dewit and Lizzi Bougatsos of Gang Gang Dance, Andrew W.K., David Grubbs, Hart Mingus of Negative Approach, Matthias Schulz of Holy Fuck, and members of Aa, Crash Worship, God Is My Co-Pilot, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Oneida, Excepter, Antietam, Dymaxion, Panthers, and many others.

77BOADRUM is the Boredoms’ final North American date on their current tour. The band will hit Europe in August. The long-running band released Seadrum/House of Sun via Vice in 2005.
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Philadelphia’s Trocadero will host the Second Annual Brotherly Shove Festival. Over 50 bands will come together for the 5 day, 5 night, stage “celebration of independents.” The event notably includes a “Punk Rock Family Reunion” show on Friday, July 6th featuring Gang Green, the Casualties, the Boils and Giving Chase among others. Each night of the event focuses on a different genre, so fans looking for metal and hardcore or indie rock will have a day all to their own.
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Rivalry Records has posted a new song from Allegiance online for downloading. The song is from their forthcoming, July 10 release Desperation.

You can download “Taking it Back” here.

The band is currently on tour with Ceremony.
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The Black Tie Bombers have posted a new track from the recent split with the Frankl Project. The track is titled “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Kanye West” and can be heard their MySpace page.

The split is the followup to their recent full-length Eternal Happiness and Good Health, which you can still stream at their Punknews.org band profile.
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