Ruiner has announced that they will release a 2-song teaser EP entitled The Lives We Fear as a pre-cursor to their debut full-length, Prepare to Be Let Down, which is set for release on June 19th via Bridge 9. The EP will be released in digital and limited vinyl formats May 1st on the same label.

The band will hit the road in support of their forthcoming album with Pulling Teeth, Killing the Dream and Life Long Tragedy among others for a two-month North American tour before heading to Europe. Those dates are expected soon.

The What Could Possibly Go Right… EP (1917) was released in 2005.
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A stream of Circa Survive‘s “The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is In The Dose” is now available online via their myspace page. The track is taken from the band’s sophomore full-length, On Letting Go.

The album is due out May 29 via Equal Vision, following up 2005’s Juturna.

The band is currently on a co-headlining tour with Cute Is What We Aim For.
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Hardcore label Reflections Records has announced the formation of a new imprint dubbed Momentum Records. The new label reflects an interest in music outside of hardcore/punk and will include genres like classic rock / metal , dark blues/folk and black metal.

The first releases from the label include records from Nihill, Burning Saviours and Black Anvil. Music from the records can be found on the label’s myspace page.
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No Turning Back have announced plans to reissue their first two records on their own newly minted label, Bust Records. The band’s albums, Damage Done and Revenge is a Right will include new artwork and extra bonus tracks and are being distributed through Reflections Records.

The band released Holding On in 2006.
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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has been working with Habitat for Humanity. He and his family are currently in New Orleans working on a house and they plan to document the process via Greenday.net.

Here is a bit of Billie Joe’s latest update:

Today we worked at the upper 9th ward. I hung soffit over the front porch. I had to do some upside down hammering technique but we managed to get the job done. We felt a great sense of accomplishment when we finished.

Billie Joe and his band have been quite involved with New Orleans, with the band collaborating with U2 on a special single to benefit the struggling city last year.

New updates and photos are expected each day for the duration of the job.
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