It’s Sunday July 1st, 2007. Happy Canada Day everyone! I won’t waste too much time here as I need to get back to my long weekend. I guess our friends in the US have, um, Wednesday off… which is sort of the same thing. It’s not a long weekend or anything, but… well I guess you can sleep in. That’s something. Just don’t stay out too late.

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The legendary Bad Brains returned this week with the release of Build a Nation. The record’s been streaming online all week. We had word of several new releases in the wings. Weezer‘s not quite dead yet, as the influential alt rock act announced plans to release a new record next year. The same goes for My Chemical Romance, although we never really thought they were dead. They just need some sun. The Dropkick Murphys finished recording their new record, so expect that later this year. Thurday doesn’t have a new studio album on the way yet, but they did patch things up with Victory for a retrospective DVD/CD. Following in Thursday’s lead, Thrice parted ways with major label Island Records. The band is set to hit the road this fall with Brand New and mewithoutYou. Speaking bands recently off the major label train, long time bassist Matt Wong has left third-wave ska punks Reel Big Fish.

This week saw The Used cancel their upcoming tour plans due to the singer’s surgery, Vagrant sign the Watchmen dubbed Dr. Manhattan, and Civet seemingly sigh with Hellcat. Nary a week goes by without half a dozen Against Me! articles, and this week is no exception. We had new music from NYHC standards Madball and a new video from Rise Against. We were introduced to two acts with strong pedigrees this week, those being the Re-volts (Swingin Utters, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Dead to Me, One Man Army) and Last Of The Believers (Rise Against, Ignite, Reach the Sky, Spark of Life).

Our Video Of The Week featured Olympia, the DC/Richmond based post-Fairweather act. We interviewed Carbondale, IL’s very own Red Scare pop-punk upstarts The Copyrights (interview).

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The complete soundtrack for the 2008 version of the highly successful Madden NFL series has been announced. Included are Yellowcard, Queens of the Stone Age, the Used, Atreyu and many more. Prior versions of the game have included contributions from Rise Against, Less than Jake and Anti-Flag.

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Ice Age, a new project featuring former and current members of the Backup Plan and This Is Hell, have posted their first demo online to stream or download for free.

You can check it out on the band’s MySpace page.
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Portugal The Man have posted the first of a series of upcoming tour videos from their recent stint in Germany. Last year the band release an LP, Waiter: ‘You Vultures!’ and an EP, Devil Say I, I Say Air, both via Fearless Records.

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Indie-rock group The Black Atlantic, who feature former Shai Hulud vocalist Geert van der Velde, have signed with Five Point Records. The band plans to release their debut EP, Send This Home, on July 10th.

You can check out some music from the release, and upcoming tour dates, at the band’s MySpace page.
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NJ-based pop punk group Weston have announced another reunion show. The band played a handful of dates last December but have been inactive since. The show will take place on August 18th at Maxwells in hoboken, NJ.

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Brooklyn, NY melodic-hardcore band Dear Tonight have announced some upcoming shows. The band will be heading down the east coast and up through select midwest cities in support of their debut LP, We’re Not Men, which is due out on July 3rd via Red Leader Records.

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Marshall, MI’s Small Brown Bike have announced plans to play a reunion show this September. The band broke-up in 2004 after playing their final show in Chicago on January 10, 2004. Members of the influential post-hardcore band went on to form LaSalle.

The show will take place Saturday, September 8 at 10:30 PM at the Subterranean in Chicago. Tickets will go on sale next Saturday, July 7 at 12:00 and can purchased online using this link.
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River City High have posted a video for the song “Amy”. The track comes from last year’s release Not Enough Saturday Nights via Takeover Records.

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Saginaw, MI-based metalcore outfit Fight it Out have announced signing to Capeside Records. The band’s first LP is scheduled to be released early this Fall.

You can check out some music and upcoming tour dates at the band’s MySpace page.
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