Germany’s Red Tape Parade have revealed details for their upcoming split 7-inch with New York City’s End of a Year. The split will be released on German-based Cobra X Records next month.

The split will contain two songs from each band; one original and one cover of the song that gave the other band their name. End of a Year has “William Kennedy” and Seaweed’s “Red Tape Parade.” Red Tape Parade has “Towns” and the Embrace classic, “End of a Year.”

You can also check out Mitch Clem (of Nothing Nice to Say)’s artwork for the EP here.
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Legendary rockers The Cure have decided to precede their upcoming 13th album with a monthly single series.

With their still-untitled album due out September 13, 2008 on Suretone/Geffen, the Cure will be issuing four singles, all of which will arrive on the 13th day of each month, will be available in physical and digital formats. May’s entry is “The Only One” backed by non-album B-side “NY Trip,” to be followed by “Freakshow”/”All Kinds Of Stuff” on June 13. Details of the final two singles have not yet been made available.

The new record is the follow-up to The Cure which was released in 2004
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While on tour to support their debut album Stay Classy, punk/metal hybrid The Hottness took some time to talk briefly about what the band is up to with Michael Renusz.

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We Versus the Shark have struck again! The latest in their series of cover songs have been posted; this time they turn in a rendition The Matt Kurz One’s “Mow You Down Then Put You On a Pedestal.” You can find it at Quote Unquote’s website.

Their new album full of cover songs it titled Murmurmur and they’ve posted covers of Scratch Acid, Tom Waits, Television and Pattern is Movement so far. Murmurmur is being released for free one track at a time on the first of every month of 2008.
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We’ve received more updates from Matt Canino, the voice and bass guitar behind Shorebirds and formerly of Latterman. The band, which also features Jawbreaker alum Chris Bauermeister, is “almost done” with their LP, titled It’s Gonna Get Ugly. The record will feature 12 songs and is being recorded by former Latterman bandmate Phil Douglas (Cheeky, Slingshot Dakota, Up The Fury). Expect a summer release on Rumbletowne.

Matt also let us know about the two releases that are scheduled: “as soon as rumbletowne [sic] gets their shit together, the split and the comp will be ready. I’m talking like a week here.” An August tour is tentatively expected and we’ll get you tourdates when we hear about them.

Shorebirds released their Self Titled 7″ last year.
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Nightmare Of You have launched a new e-card to promote their ongoing Spring tour dates. The band is supporting their 5-song EP, Bang! which was released late last year. Some music from the EP is streaming on their myspace page.

You can find the card here.
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Transistor Transistor have posted the first song from their second album for Level Plane. The label has also launched a pre-order which will give people the option of a limited gold-coloured vinyl. Pre-ordrs are here.

You can find “Letter of Resignation” on their myspace page.

The new record is titled Ruined Lives and is due out May 13, 2008. It is the follow-up to Erase All Name And Likeness which was released in 2005.
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These Arms Are Snakes have joined Suicide Squeeze. The band has announced they will begin recording their new album on May 9 at Red Room Recordings in Seattle, WA, recording with Producer/TAAS drummer Chris Common (Mouth Of The Architect, These Arms Are Snakes, Minus the Bear), for a (yet to be titled) release on October 07, 2008.

The band most recently collaborated with Pelican on “These Arms are Pelican.” Before that, they released Easter in 2006.
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Bridge and Tunnel have posted two unmastered tracks from their upcoming LP. You can hear “Call To The Comptroller’s Office” and “Night Owls” at their MySpace page. The album was recorded with Kevin Ratterman at the Funeral Home in Louisville, Kentucky and is due out “soon” via No Idea.

The band is going out on tour with Attica! Attica!.

The band, which features members of Latterman and Slingshot Dakota, released their Self Titled 7″ last year.
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Canadian straight-edge hardcore act Liferuiner saw two members arrested for graffiti according to a pun-filled Globe & Mail report.

Danny Surjanac, a singer with the band, and Shane Tyrer, a drummer, each face 28 counts of mischief under $5,000. The arrest occurred as the band kicked off what was supposed to be a 43-city tour through Canada and the United States. Investigators allowed the band to play the show, but swooped in as they started packing up their gear at O’Grady’s Tap & Grill, Detective Constable Todd Storey said.

According to the band’s website, their next scheduled concert is Friday in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. However, their bail conditions will likely prohibit their ability to travel to the United States, the police officer said.

“The band feels it was unfortunate that the … individuals were arrested. The band is fully supportive of art – regardless of form,” said band manager Gregory Moore.
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Bad Religion has released the details for their upcoming deluxe reissue of New Maps of Hell. Due out July 10, 2007, the original album will be bolstered with seven acoustic tracks and a DVD featuring two music videos, the entirety of the band’s The List performance and other media.

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Last weekend, Greg Graffin lead singer of the punk rock band Bad Religion received the lifetime achievement award in cultural humanism, given by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University. The Humanist Network News podcast was there to interview Graffin about the award and about his lifetime work as a punk rocker and biology professor.

You can check out the entire audio of the interview here.
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