You’re headed in the wrong direction.

The new featured community campaign for PC players is Detour Ahead. This 6 map campaign offers Co-op and Campaign gameplay. While the explosion in the finale will light the night sky, it’s the train bridge you will remember.

To play, first make sure you have the Left 4 Dead 2 Add-on support downloaded in the tools tab of the Steam library.

To download “Detour Ahead” please visit our friends at L4DMaps.com

Double clicking the vpk should install it but you can also copy the vpk to \Steam\steamapps\common\left 4 dead 2\left4dead2\addons Either way that is where the vpks need to end up.

Start up Left 4 Dead 2.

Choose to play online and any available game/lobby in your area will show up. Or you can create your own game and choose addons and select Detour Ahead for the campaign.

Since we have the servers up, you can choose Official Dedicated for server type.

If you missed the news, we announced new DLC for Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2. It will be coming out in October and Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 will both be getting the brand new campaign, “The Sacrifice.” This will give you a chance to play out the events before “The Passing” using the Left 4 Dead 1 characters. In addition to “The Sacrifice” Left 4 Dead 2 will also be receiving the “No Mercy” campaign. With official inclusion of Left 4 Dead assets, we will be able to simplify the steps for playing community content in the future. Until then, you will need to make sure you download the Left 4 Dead 2 Addon Support.

Do you think you are pro? Hate playing Versus against newbs? Time to put up or shut up with CEVO launching a brand new Left 4 Dead 2 Tournament. The CEVO tournament will be running the latest Confogl configuration. Visit their site for more information. Arsenio, who runs our Valve store is promising Boomer plushies to the winning team. I think we need to bug him to come up with more than that… Arsenio?

We will have more news in the coming weeks on the DLC including a rockingly brand new contest next week and more news on the comic coming out this September. It’s a good time to be a zombie killer.
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Tours: Strike Anywhere (South, East Coast)

Strike AnywhereStrike Anywhere will head out on a short run of dates in the South and on the East Coast this fall.

Frontman Thomas Barnett commented on the promise of old songs for familiar cities: “The final run of our Iron Front year–these special shows with rare set lists, digging back to the roots–our hometown punk scenes and origin cities in the South East. This tour is close to our hearts and we will definitely have a few surprises along the way.”

More dates are promised soon.
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Hot Water Music issues third live 7-inch

Hot Water MusicNo Idea Records has released the third new new Hot Water Music live 7-inch. The disc includes four songs recorded at Chicago’s Metro in 2008: “Giver”, “A Flight and a Crash”, “Swinger” and “Our Own Way.” Like previous editions, it’s limited to 1000 copies and this one is pressed on yellow vinyl with a die-cut cover. Order it here.

The band is currently planning a split 7-inch with the Bouncing Souls as well as a trip to the land of boot-based justice.
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Fearless plans “Punk Goes Pop, Volume 3”

Eighteen months after the release of Punk Goes Pop 2, Fearless Records has announced plans to issue the third volume in the series on November 2, 2010. The album is the tenth in their Punk Goes&helliip; series which featured Punk Goes Classic Rock earlier in 2010. Like the previous iteration, the new album will feature punk and emo acts covering mainstream pop hits. Participating bands include: Breathe Carolina, Woe, Is Me, Artist Vs Poet, Mayday Parade, Asking Alexandria, This Century, The Word Alive, Family Force 5, Of Mice & Men, Miss May I, The Ready Set, Cute Is What We Aim For, Sparks The Rescue and We Came As Romans.

They plan to tackle songs from Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, M.I.A., Jay-Z, B.o.B, T.I. and many more.

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Red City Radio EP released on vinyl

Red City Radio Loose Charm Records has officially begun preorders for Red City Radio‘s 2009 EP, To the Sons & Daughters of Woody Guthrie. The release is a one-sided 12″, limited to 500 copies (100 on transparent yellow vinyl and 400 on white vinyl) and with hand-screened artwork on the b-side of the wax. Each record will also come with a download card packing two bonus tracks that were previously only available in Europe.

All pre-orders are currently only available through Vinyl Collective and from the band at shows. Though the label plans to sell them though their webstore, which they plan to have up and running soon.

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Take This Back compilation with Iron Chic, Transit, After The Fall, Bridge & Tunnel

Brooklyn Underground have posted a free 20 song compilation featuring music from Iron Chic, Caleb Lionheart, The Marine Electric, After the Fall, Late Nite Wars, The Reveling, Transit, Tomahawk Chop and Bridge and Tunnel.

Stream or download the entire compilation here.
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Bad Books: “Please Move”

Bad Books have posted another new track. The band is the new project from Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra‘s Andy Hull. The album features five compositions each from both Devine and Hull, with the members of Manchester Orchestra filling out the sound and the band. The self-titled debut will be released October 19, 2010 via Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, the record label that was founded and has been run by Manchester Orchestra since 2007.

The song, “Please Move,” is streaming on their Facebook Profile.
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Punknews Podcast for the week of August 24, 2010

We’ve heard and mentally documented your cries for help, and we’re happy to report that the dulcet tones of interviews editor Rich Verducci return to the show this week to reform the original lineup with myself and news editor Adam White. The three of us dissect such hot button issues as Weezer’s planned Blue Album/Pinknerton tour, the Guitar Hero 6 lineup, new albums from None More Black and My Chemical Romance ( I smell a co-headlining tour!), as well as The Vandals’ ongoing problems with Variety magazine.

Plus, brand new music from The Brokedowns, Carpenter and Captain, We’re Sinking that you likely haven’t heard anywhere else.

Also, I talk with Barrie from Generic Insight Radio about an upcoming show she’s organizing for the Jake Stults Foundation.

You can click Read More to stream and/or download the show, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes. Don’t forget to give us your feedback in the comments section or via e-mail.

NOTE: Apologies for some of the audio issues both in the initial interview as well as the first section of the roundtable. It gets much better after that, promise.
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