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Southern Lord have announced the signing of Toronto, Ontario’s Burning Love to their roster.  The label will be releasing the band’s sophomore full-length, entitled Rotten Thing To Say and recorded with Converge’s Kurt Ballou at his Godcity Studio in March or April of 2012.

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Wisdom In Chains will be releasing a new album called “The Missing Link” which is due out either late December or sometime in January. One of the tracks off this album has now been released by the band in the form of a music video. The song is called “My Friend”, check it out.

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Melodic punk pioneers BODYJAR are putting aside retirement, re-stringing their axes and getting ready to deliver one of Aussie punk's great albums live on stage from start to finish at the CORNER HOTEL Saturday 31 March 2012. This is a once only event to celebrate the release of their landmark album "NO TOUCH RED" on coloured vinyl.

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THURSDAY who recently announced their plans to go on hiatus will be playing their second album "Full Collapse" in its entirety on their Soundwave sideshows in both Sydney and Melbourne. Support comes from Saves The Day and Circa Survive.

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What happens when you take the former frontman from Kill Your Idols, add in a 25 Ta Life guitarist, Texas Is The Reason bassplayer, 108 drummer and another guitarist from The Last Crime? Well you get a new supergroup that sounds remarkedbly a lot like Can I Say era DAG NASTY. You can download their demo for a listen.

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Poignant recent interviews with the band's two surviving members Mike Watt and George Hurley, and interviews with the likes of Flea, Henry Rollins and Thurston Moore, complement the archival concert and interview footage of the band, creating an informative and moving film for those interested in the band or punk rock in general.

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California punks Angry Samoans have posted a handful of dates for December, taking place in Hawaii and California. Angry Samoans' most recent release was the Fuck the War EP in 2006.

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Over the summer Dave Smalley (Down By Law, Dag Nasty, ALL, DYS) decided to take some of the songs from his 30 year back catalog and reinvent them a bit.  The result is Dave Smalley and The Farmhouse 5, which Dave fronts along with Curtis Creager of SNFU on bass, Sean Sellers of Good Riddance on drums, and more.

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On the weekend of Saturday Febuary the 4th and Sunday Febuary the 5th BLOOD SWEAT & BEERS #6 returns to the Annandale Hotel. In the second announcement of bands the likes of STOLEN YOUTH, ARMY OF CHAMPIONS, FRANK RIZZO and more have been announced.

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Better late than never, regardless if this is old news or not this really is a great concept initiated by H2O's Toby Morse. Basically Toby visits schools to address students on the benefits of alternative lifestyle choices to drugs and alcohol, teaching them about straight edge and PMA.

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