Post punk outfit Mission Of Burma have released the new video from their brand new album, The Sound The Speed The Light, released today on Matador Records.
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Minus The Bear: “Into the Mirror”
Minus The Bear have posted a new song from their new 7-inch/digital EP, due out October 27th.
Tegan & Sara: “Hell”
Tegan and Sara have posted a new single from their next album, Sainthood. The record is due out October 27, 2009.
Set Your Goals: “The Lost Boys (with Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory)”
Set Your Goals have posted the b-side set to be including on Japan releases of their Epitaph Records debut, This Will Be the Death of Us. The track features vocals from Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory.
Check out the song here.
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Trailer for “Taqwacore: The birth of punk islam”
The trailer has been posted for Taqwacore: The birth of punk islam. The film is a documentary about the progression of the Muslim Punk scene: from its imaginary inception in a novel written by a white-convert named Michael Muhammad Knight to a full-blown, real-life scene of Muslim punk bands and their fans.
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Bane unveils “Boston 6:58pm” 7-inch
Hardcore stalwarts Bane have announced their new 7-inch. Titled Boston 6:58pm, it will feature three new songs and is being press on three different colours of vinyl and bundled with a free digital download card. The band posted one of the three new songs late in the summer.
The record is due out on Triple B Records and pre-orders are available here.
110 albums sold 250,000 copies or more, rest only sold to band’s Gramma
The Chicago Tribune is reporting on the Future of Music summit which gives some hard numbers as to the state of music right now. Interestingly, the organizers have crunched the numbers to help give some indication of where album sales are right now.
More than 115,000 albums were released, but only 110 sold more than 250,000 copies, a mere 1,500 topped 10,000 sales, and fewer than 6,000 cracked the 1,000 barrier. As an exercise in extremes though, it’s worth noting that the Beatles managed to sell 2.25 million physical reissues of 40 year old albums in just five days. The legendary band is still not selling music digitally.
Check out the report here.
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Members of Screeching Weasel, Rise Against, Common Rider unveil Torture The Artist
Members of Screeching Weasel, Rise Against and Common Rider have joined up with vocalist Jorge Orillac – the nephew of the President of Panama – to release a record as Torture the Artist. The album wasproduced by Mass Giorgini (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag) and promises “minor key melodic punk rock anthems in the spirit of Alkaline Trio, to psychobilly-tinged rockers a la Living End, to straight-up pop-punk sing-alongs reminiscent of Green Day.”
Their self-titled debut was released on Go Kart Records. Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Between the Buried and Me / Veil of Maya / Animals as Leaders
Between The Buried And Me have announced a headlining tour in support of their next album, The Great Misdirect, due out October 27, 2009. The run will feature support from Veil of Maya and Animals as Leaders.
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Basement signs Fiction Reform
Basement Records has announced the signing of Fiction Reform. The band promises “catchy, hard rockin’ tunes in the vein of Bad Religion, Rise Against, The Distillers & Foo Fighters.” The group includes members of Aerodrone, This Is My Empire, The Last Gang and Bullet Treatment.
The group is led by female vocalist Brenna Red and their upcoming full length release Revelation In The Palms Of The Weak should see a release in early 2010.
Check out some music on their MySpace page.
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Trustkill signs The Great American Beast
Trustkill Records has signed The Great American Beast. The band is described as as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” meets “Animal House.”
Check out some music on their myspace page.
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Attica! Attica! – Episode 2
As Aaron Scott’s solo project Attica Attica got ready to release its second abum, Napalm & Nitrogen (available here), Scott decided to take a fairly unorthodox approach to touring. Scott along with some friends will be touring down the East coast on their bikes. The tour, entitled “Ditch The Van” is being done to raise money for World Bicycle Relief. Scott will be providing Punknews with a series of Dispatches as he and his crew work their way through the tour.
Tonight, Scott discusses his pre-trip preparation.
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Shane Told (Silverstein)
Silverstein‘s Shane Told took time out of a busy touring schedule supporting his band’s latest record, Shipwreck in the Sand, to speak with Punknews’ Zack Zeigler about a variety of topics. He covered how Axl Rose and Metallica paved the way for his entry into the punk rock scene, the ways utilizing modern technology has helped the Canadian quintet’s popularity grow, what it means to be “sort of friends” with Fat Mike and what’s on deck for the band now that their four-album deal with Victory Records has been fulfilled.