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PUNK NEWS
*Sources are reporting that the legendary NYC club CBGB's may be forced to close its doors. The clock is counting down to August when it, if lease-renewal negotiations with its landlord aren't settled with a new agreement, has to close. The club have been receiving tons of e-mails on
*THE GET UP KIDS are calling it quits. The band will go on a final tour this spring. Read the full story here: www.punkbands.com-board-viewtopic.php?t=12142
*The title, track listing and release date have been set for the upcoming release from ALKALINE TRIO. The record, titled Crimson, is expected on May 24th. Go to www.alkalinetrio.com for full tracklist and album cover.
*NO USE FOR A NAME has announced that their upcoming "teaser" EP Black Box has been delayed indefinitely. The band will be releasing their next full length Keep Them Confused on June 14th.
*GOLDFINGER has announced the upcoming release of their Best of Goldfinger retrospective release. The collection will also includes several hard-to-find soundtrack songs, an unreleased track as well as a DVD of music videos from the band.
*Epitaph has announced that the tenth edition of their PUNK-O-RAMA compilation series will arrive on June 7th of this year.
*LESS THAN JAKE are currently working on a new album. A message from the band says: Right now we are pouring over new songs ......recording drums in a bright blue bedroom, horns in a hallway, vocals in what used to be the dining room (.)twelve songs for our first round of demos.
*MXPX have announced the title and the release date of for their new record. The new record is called "Panic" and the release date is July 12.
*Head over to www.falloutboyrock.com to check out the mp3 sampler from their upcoming new album From Under The Cork Tree in stores May 3, 2005.
*Don't Know What To Do With $ 30.000? For $ 20-30.000 you can hire Bad Religion for a night or some other acts? The website CLEAR CHANNEL COLLEGE ENTERTAINMENT has got a list "price list" of available artists. Full pricelist can be found here: www.punkbands.com-board-viewtopic.php?t=12254
*Sometimes the rumours are actually true. SAOSIN has signed with Capitol Records. After the band returns home from the Taste Of Chaos tour, they'll go into the studio to finish work on their debut full-length.
*THRICE have posted one tracks from their upcoming DVD-CD release, If We Could Only See Us Now, which hits stores on March 29th. Check out the track at the link below: www.purevolume.com-thrice
*Epitaph have just posted the first video from MILLENCOLIN's new record 'Kingwood'! It is an animated video for the song "Ray". Watch it at the bands title page here: www.epitaph.com-bands-index.php?id=426
*WEEZER's "Beverly Hills", the first single off their new album, Make Believe, has been released. You can find a MP3 for it here www.albumfive.com-downloads.html
*AGAINST ME! will be heading into the studio with J.Robbins in Baltimore to record the follow up to As the Eternal Cowboy. The recording is expected to take place from April 18th to May 13th and is slated for a September 6th release on Fat.
*BANE have posted a brand new song entitled "Pot Committed" from their forthcoming album, The Note (out May 17th) on PureVolume - www.purevolume.com-bane
*REEL BIG FISH has posted the first track, "The Fire," from their forthcoming effort We're Not Happy 'Til You're Not Happy on the band's new Myspace page www.myspace.com-thereelbigfish The album is due out April 5th on Jive.
*BOY SETS FIRE has confirmed the authenticity of an announcement on their message board which says that the band has parted ways with Wind Up Records and their management. We'll keep you informed when we get more info.
*We just got information this week that the STRUNG OUT studio are in ruins and they need your help. This letter came over the Strung Out mailing list - www.punkbands.com-board-viewtopic.php?t=12321
PUNKBANDS.COM UPDATES
*We are hosting a contest for the great band Gratitude this month. giving away a rare signed Gratitude EP, their new album and a t-shirt to one lucky winner! Three runners-up will receive their self-titled debut album Go to our contest page www.punkbands.com-contests.php to enter.
*Our "On the Radar" section that focuses new, upcoming acts have been a great success, Take a look at the feature and listen to some great music on the front page.
*Featured band this month is Emanuel. Check them out the featured band spot on punkbands.com
gerrard for englandmostly panned for a well under par performance, fwiw i thought SG played better than during most of his Euro 2004 games but he wasn't playing Azerbaijan in Portugal. Swashbucklers...
*New reviews this month. Album covered comes from Emanuel, Millencolin, Strike Anywhere, The Falcon, Gratitude, Smoke Or Fire, Lagwagon, Kaddisfly, Open Hand, Goldfinger, Anberlin and many more. Check them out here www.punkbands.com-reviews.php
*MP3 of the week comes from Millencolin. Their new LP "Kingwood" will hit stores in April (US). Check it out on the front page: punkbands.com
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