Kung Fu has awoken from a considerable slumber and signed Riverside, CA punk/reggae act Knock-Out.

The label will soon digitally release the band's discography, which includes Let Go, Another Wasted Night and The Christmas EP.

The band will also support the Vandals and Voodoo Glow Skulls on their forthcoming west coast Winter Formal tour. You can click Read More for those dates.

They are likely not to be confused with the defunct Chicago pop-punk band of the same name.

Smoke Or Fire are recording a new album.

The band is looking at a tentative mid-2010 release for their third full-length under the Smoke or Fire moniker, and first since 2007's This Sinking Ship on Fat Wreck.

Saves The Day have posted a video of a new song titled "Let It All Go" performed acoustically. You can check it out by clicking Read More.

The song will appear in full-band form on Daybreak, which is expected out on Vagrant early next year, following on 2007's Under the Boards.

Glassjaw have been tapped to support Brand New's forthcoming headlining show at London's Wembley Arena. The show will take place January 23, 2010.

The two will kick off a U.S. tour together next week.

Detournement, which features members of Bigwig, Ensign, Lifetime, Plan A Project and Worthless United, have announced their second release.

The record is titled Awaken with Millions from One Heart and is due out December 1, 2009. The band commemorates the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China with the album which was produced by Bouncing Souls guitarist, Pete Steinkopf.

Check out "Chicago '86" from the album on their MySpace page.

Tonight's Fest 8 video update stars Shook Ones, who ended The Fest for many of us on Sunday night with an insane cover of the Weezer classic, "Tired of Sex". There were technical difficulties throughout the end of the band's set and kids were going apeshit all over The Atlantic, so disregard the poor quality of the video and try to imagine being there (or reminisce, if you were there).

The band is currently on tour with Make Do and Mend and We Are The Union. You can click Read More for the video.

To go with the release of African Elephants on November 10, 2009, we've got a whole bunch of Dead To Me prizes to give away to four lucky winners.

You can click Read More for the details.

Cave In's critically acclaimed 12-inch EP, Planets of Old has been announced for a January 26, 2010 on CD+DVD. The release is expected to include the entirety of the limited 12-inch as well as a DVD featuring the band's reunion show from the Great Scott in Allston, MA this past July.

The album is not currently available for pre-order, but can be found here.

Unit 91, which features Jevin Kaye of Much The Same, Jared Rohde, Andy Lareau of Counterpunch and Josh Segal of Break The Silence, have posted their new EP. The 7-song EP was recorded, engineered and mastered by Mark Michalik (The Swellers).

Check out all seven songs on their MySpace page.

Manchester Orchestra have released the new video for "Shake It Out" from their 2009 album, Mean Everything to Nothing.

You can click Read More for the video.

John K.Samson of The Weakerthans has released his debut solo EP, City Route 85. The three song EP is the first of a series of recordings based on the roadways surrounding Samson's hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and it will be available as either a vinyl 7-inch or a digital download.

City Route 85 refers to Portage Avenue, a main street in Winnipeg. The songs on the three-song EP chronicle the plights of different people on Portage Avenue, including "Cruise Night"'s tale of a young man who wants to join the age-old Winnipeg tradition of driving up and down the street on Sunday nights and "Grace General"'s story of a character preparing to lose a loved one.

Check out the EP on iTunes here . John also has some music posted on his MySpace page.

Six years after the break up of Five Iron Frenzy, the band has revealed plans for an upcoming DVD release, set tentatively for this winter. According to the new site launched for the DVD, it will be titled The Rise and Fall of Fire Iron Frenzy and feature a full length film in the style of a documentary. There will also be a bunch of extras such as music videos, short films, commentary tracks and more. The band is also promising footage of the band's final show.

Originally formed in 1995 and disbanded in 2003, Five Iron Frenzy was a Christian ska/punk band with releases on 5 Minute Walk, Asian Man Records and others.

Bowling For Soup and MC Lars will be touring together beginning next week.

You can click Read More for the dates.

We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
• Chuck Klosterman - Eating the Dinosaur [book]
• Billy Talent / Cancer Bats - live in London
• The Golden Age - Unlock Yourself
• Kowloon Walled City - Gambling on the Richter Scale [12 inch]
• Bearings - Bearings [7 inch]
• Family Force 5 - Dance or Die
• Jeff Caudill - Try to Be Here
• UNLIMITS - Mugen Shindoroomu
• Angercore - Time Reveals

Spin Earth has posted some video of Rise Against performing in Moscow, Russia. Along with interview footage, the video features clips of a few different songs.

Check it out here.