Epitaph Records - Epitaph has a slew of bands releasing records this August and September, and have posted bunches of mp3's so you can preview the disc. Over at this link you can hear a track from The Bouncing Souls' Anchors Aweigh, The Slackers' Close My Eyes here, The Joykiller's Ready Sexed Go here, and The Weakerthans' Reconstruction Site here. That's more new music than you can shake a stick at, so head over and check it all out.

Orange Island Set Sail For New Lands - Iodine has announced that their first official singing, Orange Island, will be leaving the label and continuing on to new endeavours. Having just finished a new full length, the band will now be associated with a new label (which is, as of now, undisclosed). Idodine sends OI off with their best wishes, and OI doesn't leave without a final goodbye, either. The guys have recorded a final EP entitled The Tease EP with four unreleased songs. The EP will also have DVD footage documenting the band's span on Iodine and will feature some some special guest appearances by bands including The Movielife, Brand New, Kill Verona, Breaking Pangaea, and much more. Keep your eyes peeled for more of the scoop on OI.

Tromatic Warped Tour -The maniacs at Troma Films have an unexpected surprise at the Warped Tour this year. MTV.com reports that they'll be shooting scenes for a movie, tentatively titled "Punk Rock Holocaust" during the tour. The premise is simple, a disgruntled employee gets fired the first day and he puts a curse on the Warped Tour, then it becomes your typical B-Movie film, filled with death and wanton destruction. So, if something weird happens at Warped Tour, blame Troma. And if it's not them, blame Simple Plan.

Ever Since Warped Tour - Ever Since Radio has announced that they've been added to the line-up at Warped Tour. They'll be playing the July 30th show at the Nissan Pavillion in Washington DC, so if you're headed out to that show, make sure you catch them. Addtionally, if you really want to show your support for the ESR guys (and you know you do, c'mon...), click over and vote for them here at the Ernie Ball Battle. Spread the love and catch Ever Since Radio this month.

Sparta - is currently on their final break for a long while. In August they begin putting together all their new songs and begin working on the new album. The band will take a quick break to play some of their favorite European Festivals (see below), then return to work on the new album that should be finished by Christmas. It will tentatively be released at the beginning of April. Keep an eye here as we'll be giving lots of updates, and other interesting stuff to keep you occupied in the meantime.

Sparta Dates:

22 Leeds Festival - Carling Stage
23 Peterborough - The Met
24 Reading Festival - Carling Stage
26 Vienna, Austria - 2 days a week festival
27 Stuttgart, Germany - Rohre
28 Pukkelpop, Belgium
29 Lowlands, Netherlands
30 Terremoto, Germany

New Fueled - Fueled By Ramen Records has launched their new site www.fueledbyramen.com They are going to be adding more and more stuff over the next couple of weeks so check back often.

The Made Tour - is officially on fire! Further Seems Forever, The Movielife, Autopilot Off, and Anberlin are rocking cities to the ground night after night after night. Check out the official tour website for info on the bands.

New Weakerthans - The Weakerthans have a new album coming out on August 26th called “Reconstruction Site” and it is simply a great record! Always known for their heartfelt lyrics and incredible arrangements, The Wekerthans continue to evolve in the right direction album after album after album

New Figure Four Record - The Figure Four Solid State debut "Suffering the Loss" is in stores now. What can you expect? Possibly one of the most blistering hardcore records this year. Figure Four has made a name for themselves perform all over America and Canada, touring with the likes of Hatebreed, Misery Signals, Beloved and more. Don't miss the opportunity to see and hear these guys.

Chiodos Bros. & Greyfield August Tour - Search & Rescue labelmates, The Chiodos Bros and Greyfield are launching a tour together on August 3rd in Toledo, OH. Flint, MI's The Chiodos Bros. have been tearing up stages across the country all summer and along the way they've been winning fans over with their intense live performances. The boys in Jacksonville, FL's, Greyfield, are psyched about finally bringing their hook-laden, sunny pop-punk to their fans after some recent lineup changes.

The Chiodos Bros., The Heartless Control Everything and Greyfield's, Soundtrack To The Summer, are both out now on Search and Rescue Records.

Tour Dates as follows:

8-03-03 at Longhorn Saloon in Toledo, OH
8-05-03 at Midgard Comics in Columbus, OH
8-06-03 at Sadie Rene's in Canton, OH
8-07-03 at The Avenue in Grand Rapids, MI
8-08-03 at The Flint Local 432 in Flint, MI
8-09-03 at TBA in Ebensburg, PA
8-10-03 at Fletcher's in Baltimore, MD
8-13-03 at Zone 13 in Queens, NY
8-14-03 at Princeton Rec Center in Princeton, WV
8-16-03 at Jackrabbit's in Jacksonville, FL

Regret Signs Edison, Maybridge Falls - New Jersey's Regret Records has picked up two up and coming acts; The Maybridge Falls, an emo/hard rock band from Kearny, New Jersey and Edison, a pop rock band from Denville, New Jersey. Edison consists of ex-members of Just Another Day and Coolidge. Both bands will have EP's coming out in August 2003.

Regret Records and Broken Star Records - has also started a new Distro. The distro team will be out attending shows throughout the Tri-State area over the summer. If you are interested in having your music distributed by Regret Records, please drop an email to lara@regretrecords.com. for additional info, visit www.regretrecords.com.

Anti-Anti - Is alive and well despite rumors that Anti-Anti was lost in a twister in Nebraska, the boys are alive and well and will continue on their U.S. tour in support of their debut label release, "Hooray for Everything." While camping in the Nebraska area, Anti-Anti came across some severe weather with winds clocked at over 100 miles per hour. Hollywood Tim sustained hand and wrist injuries from falling tree limbs while Billy Anti took embers from a fire in the right eye. They managed to save their trailer and truck and weathered the storm. Tommy Shameless and Johnny Wonder escaped with minor scrapes and bruises. You can catch Anti-Anti all summer long in a town near you, including dates with label mates Born To Lose and SOJH, and everyone's favorite Philadelphia punkers The Bedrockers. For further information, see www.fastmusic.com and www.anti-anti.com.

Iron Frenzy Is Calling It Quits - After many long years, Five Iron Frenzy are throwing in the towell after they head out this fall on their farewell tour appropriately called Winners Never Quit tour. In tow will be Tooth & Nail bands Bleach and Holland. For tour dates and other info, check out www.itickets.com Look for the new album from Bleach entitled Astronomy to hit stores on October 21st and don't forget to pick up the debut album from Holland, Photographs & Tidalwaves, in stores now. >>X 2003 DVD In Stores Now. The X 2003 DVD is in stores now and includes 14 videos from the likes of Switchfoot, Kutless, Bleach, MxPx, The Benjamin Gate, Skillet and a bunch more. Go pick yourself up a copy. You can check out X 2003 E-Card here. http://www.toothandnail.com/X2003/ecard.

Nuclear Saturday & Other New Releases - Check out Nuclear Saturday's new album "The Best Time You Never Had," at Interpunk.com. Also check out 7-10 Split's and Not Long After's new releases. For more information: http://www.newschoolrecords.com.

Shut The Punk Up Volume Three Out Now - Almost two years at work, finally the Shut The Punk Up Volume Three is out. Said to be by far the best album put out. The album includes: NOFX, Strung Out, Good Riddance, Bouncing Souls, thrice, Teen Idols, Bigwig, Yellowcard, Slick Shoes, Glasseater, Deviates, and more. Most of the "new school" bands have new unreleased tracks on the album. Pay only 5 dollars at: http://www.interpunk.com/search.cfm?what=2&searchfor=New+School

Al’s Bar in Los Angeles –The world famous Al’s Bar is reopening at a new location soon to be revealed in the Downtown area of Los Angeles, this is the same place where act’s like Beck, Bad Brains, The Misfits, L7 and The Stains to name a few have played and drank at so it will be a great see Al’s back up again and taking the reins back from what they had.

That’s going to do it for this week in Punk. If you should have some info or you just want to talk smack to me, you could always reach me at dkleyva@musictap.net Thanks again and have a great week.

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