The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have released a new song titled “Heart in Your Heartbreak.” The song comes from a two-song 7-inch due out in December which is the second 7-inch from the band this year, the other being href=”http://www.punknews.org/review/9515″>Say No to Love [7-inch]. They released their last full length, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, in 2009.
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Funeral for a Friend have posted their video for “Serpents In Solitude.” The song is from their as-yet untitled fifth album expected in 2011.
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Pop-punk/new wave outfit New Collisions have posted their new video for “Dying Alone.” The band were discovered by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes and he helped to secure opening slots for new waves classics like Blondie and the B-52s within three months of their first performance. The song comes from their debut, The Optimist.
Here’s another Fest 9 for your eyes and ears, this one from Minneapolis, MN’s Banner Pilot. The band performed at The Venue on day two of The Fest and spread plenty of sweaty, beer-soaked Midwestern cheer, to say the least. “Central Standard” is the opening track from their 2009 effort, Collapser.
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Even though they’re based in LA now, Maryland band Good Charlotte are still very much in touch with their roots. After breaking into mainstream popularity with their second album, The Young and the Hopeless in 2002, the 4-piece outfit of best friends and brothers have steadily released records with the intent of mixing it up with each new release (to the distaste of some fans) while still staying true to themselves. Their fifth album, Cardiology, came out Tuesday, and with it, the band is toying with a few changes, including a new label, last minute producer change and more personal lyrics. Punknews interviewer Laila Hanson had the chance to chat with guitarist Benji Madden about some of the changes the band has faced, and how they’re standing strong throughout it all.
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Poker Night at the Inventory is now available for pre-order. If you move fast, not only will you save 10% off the already low price, but you’ll also pick yourself up a sweet pre-order bonus of this spiffy Poker Visor for your favorite Heavy. Once the game is released, you’ll also be able to unlock new TF2 items by beating The Heavy, Max, Tycho, or Strong Bad at high stakes games of poker.
This is pretty exciting to us – it’s the first time a game made by someone other than us allows you to find TF2 items by playing it. If you’d asked us, as we slaved away on TF2 back in ’63, whether one day you’d be able to get the Heavy’s first minigun off him by playing poker, we’d think you were nuts. Then we’d have hired you, because you had a vision for the future.
If you’re curious, here’s the set of items that you’ll be able to collect inside Poker Night at the Inventory:
FIFA Manager 11 is now available on Steam!
FIFA MANAGER 11 is the 10th edition of the franchise, featuring a vast array of all-new features. Hundreds of improvements to the game have been made across the board with a special focus on its core areas. Introduced last year it also includes a separate online mode where up to 8 players can play against each other over the internet.
Social Distortion continue to trickle out details about their highly anticipated and recently delayed new Epitaph Records album. The record is titled Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes and is due out January 18, 2011 via Epitaph.
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Tumbledown, the country-influenced project from Mike Herrera, are streaming their new full length, Empty Bottle.
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Bridge Nine Records‘ Lemuria have posted a new song from their debut for the label. The record is titled Pebble and is due out January 11, 2011. It’s the follow up to Get Better from 2008.
Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Spin recently posted an article looking back at Epitaph Records and the evolution of California punk rock. The feature includes background on the label and quotes from people like L7 member (and Pirates of the Caribbean director) Gore Verbinski, Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise, Fat Mike of NOFX, Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Dave Smalley of Down By Law and Dag Nasty.
Label owner Brett Gurewitz talked off punk rock prior to the explosion of bands like Green Day and The Offspring:
To the rest of the world, we were like Civil War reenactors. “You guys are still doing punk shows? How cute.”
Check out the article here.
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Some footage has been posted of Chiodos‘ recent appearance on The Daily Habit. The band is promoting their newest album Illuminaudio.
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Good Old War have announced their dates over the next few months. The band will hit the road with Dr.Dog, Here We Go Magic, Joshua Radin and Dashboard Confessional.
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