Also, I would like to say thanks to Mr. Art from the Shrooms. We had a good chat talking about the old days in ELA Punk and the various characters we both knew. Check his site out and see his band when they're around your neck of the woods. The site is at www.theshrooms.com. With that in tow, lets go.

Saves The Dreamworks - After several, several months of rumors, it has finally been confirmed that emo quartet Saves the Day have signed to Dreamworks records. Their upcoming album, In Reverie, will be released in September and will be heading out on tour with Taking Back Sunday and Moneen soon. Is signing to Dreamworks really much different than being on Vagrant?

Thursday Go Coast To Coast - Thursday have announced plans to tour with Death by Stereo and Year of the Rabbit in order to promote their new album War All the Time, and while few specific dates have been announced yet the band has announced the tour will start September 8th in San Francisco and will take them to New York in time to mark the release of the new album only 8 days later. Keep your eyes on the Thursday tour page in order to get more specific dates, right now they're set to go up tomorrow and you can pre-order up to 8 tickets for yourself.

Calico System Gets Going - One of Eulogy's three newest bands, Calico System has released word that their debut for the label is ready for release. The disc will see shelves August 12th, and can be pre-ordered at Eulogy's store. Tracks from the album are available at the site, too, so take a listen becuase they're quite impressive. Additionally, Calico System has been added onto a whole bunch of Southeast US Warped Tour dates. Check out if they're coming through your area, and don't miss them if they are.

Maybe It's Time For The Used - Today marked the release of The Used's CD+DVD combo entitled Maybe Memories. The CD has ten tracks of live and unreleased Used stuff, and the DVD is full of documentary footage, behind the scenes shots, four "making of"'s, home movies, and of course more live show documentation than you can shake a stick at (yes, that's a lot). If you want the full lowdown on the DVD/CD combo, TheUsed.net has got it all. If your eyes and ears can't wait to get a hold of it, you can purchase it there, too. Hot.

Things Are Alright For Daly's Gone Wrong - Bronx, New York boys Daly's Gone Wrong are preparing for the release of their new full-length, and want you to hear what they have to offer. The disc will showcase the band's amazing mix of ska, punk, and everything in between and they've posted a few things to tease you until the release. One of the tracks from the album entitled The Fourth Wave, "Dear Ava," is availble in its entirety to download at their mp3.com site, as well as a mix previewing all the tracks from the upcoming release. Head over to mp3.com/dgw for all of the goods, and keep your eye out for the release of the record.

Day After Day - It's been announced that Taking Back Sunday have plans to tour with Vagrant's Saves the Day as well as Moneen. To keep up to date on all tour news head over to http://www.vagrant.com.

Thursday To Tour With Death By Stereo - Thursday have announced plans to tour with Death by Stereo and Year of the Rabbit in order to promote their new album War All the Time, and while few specific dates have been announced yet the band has announced the tour will start September 8th in San Francisco and will take them to New York in time to mark the release of the new album only 8 days later. Keep your eyes on the Thursday tour page in order to get more specific dates.

Streetlight Manifesto New Free MP3 - Streetlight Manifesto's "Here's To Life" is now available for download, visit www.victoryrecords.com/sounds.html and check out this amazing new ska/punk band. The new album, "Everything Goes Numb" hits the streets on August 26th!

Glasseater MP3 - Glasseater has a new mp3 on mp3.com. Go check it out at www.mp3.com/glasseater The cd will be released Aug 26th on Victory Records and will be called "Everything Is Beautiful When You Don't Look Down".

The tracklist for Rancid's new album - "Indestructible", out August 26th on Hellcat/Epitaph Records is:

1. Indestructible
2. Fall Back Down
3. Red Hot Moon
4. David Courtney
5. Start Now
6. Out of Control
7. Django
8. Arrested in Shanghai
9. Travis Bickle
10. Memphis
11. Spirit of '87
12. Ghost Band
13. Tropical London
14. Roadblock
15. Born Frustrated
16. Back Up Against the Wall
17. Ivory Coast
18. Stand Your Ground
19. Otherside

New Hangnail Album & Mp3 - The new album from Hangnail, "Transparent," also hits stores this Tuesday, July 22nd. Download an mp3 from the album and then make sure you're at your favorite record store this Tuesday. www.mp3.com/hangnail1

Fm Static Taking Over - The debut album from FM Static, "What Are You Waiting For?," hits stores next Tuesday, July 22nd. FM Static's songs are so contagious that you'll be hooked after just one listen. Check out the FM Static E-Card and download songs from the album here.

Mashlin Posts New Song - Mashlin have posted a new song entitled "Automated" from thier soon to be released EP The Process of Automation. Mashlin contains ex-members of the band Agent Felix . To check out the song head over to www.mp3.com/mashlin

The New Joykiller Cd - August 12th will be the day that the Joykiller's "Ready Sexed Go" album will hit the streets...ALL thirty-one tracks of it. This album is a compilation of classic Joykiller material and a bunch of unreleased stuff that was suppose to be on the "Gentleman Jack Ghrisham" record that never happened.

New Tiger Army Cd - Although there is no set release date for the new album, they are writing and practicing as a whole for the first time since Fred Hell was shot. This is all great news for them, for us and for you...TAND.

For more news directly from the band, hit the link below and check out their news page: www.tigerarmy.com

More Motion City Soundtrack - The band is currently out supporting Reggie and the Full Effect on their current tour, which has been selling out left and right. After the band finishes this tour they will be heading out on the road to work the final week of the Vans Warped Tour. They will be playing from August 3rd through the 10th on the Volcom Stage and believe you me...this is one set you DO NOT want to miss.

To see the remaining MCS tour dates go here

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.

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 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.

Please click on link for tour dates: http://www.warpedtour.com

Lollapalooza 2003 news - It seems that July 27th in Camden, NJ has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales, that sucks but here’s the bands that are playing as well as tour dates and if Steve O is there, hell I’m there.

DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
July 18

Post-Gazette Pavilion, Pittsburgh, PA
July 19

Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
July 20

PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
July 23

Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
July 25

Vernon Downs Raceway, Vernon, NY
July 26

Tweeter at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ CANCELLED
July 27

Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
July 30

Nissan Pavilion, Bristow, VA
August 1

Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
August 3

Sound Advice Amphitheatre, W. Palm Beach, FL
August 5

Smirnoff Music Centre, Dallas, TX
August 8

Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Selma, TX
August 9

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
The Woodlands, TX
August 10

Journal Pavilion, Albuquerque, NM
August 12

Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre, Greenwood Village, CO
August 13

Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
August 15

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, CA
August 16

Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
August 17

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
August 19

USANA Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, UT
August 21

White River Amphitheatre, Auburn, WA
August 23

Columbia Meadows, St. Helens, OR
August 24

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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