Boing Boing TV has a sneak preview of the new show featuring So-Cal's favorite true life superheroes, The Aquabats. More details about the show and it's premier debut are available at the band's homepage.

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No Trigger frontman Tom Rheault dropped us a line denying recent break-up rumors, and to provide some updates on the band's recent happenings. Included are an upcoming set at this year's The Fest 7, a new record, and two band members currently playing with fellow melodic hardcore brethren Set Your Goals. Here's what Tom had to say:

So it dawned on me that there has not been any official updates from No Trigger Land recently, and today seemed like the perfect day to fill in the gaps. Today is special for a couple reasons. First of all, we would like to announce that yet again, true to all of our deep-rooted personal convictions, we will be making the pilgrimage south this fall to play THE FEST in Gainesville, Florida. This will be our next show, and its pretty spectacular because other than one show we played in Boston in May, the last show we played for you guys was last years Fest!

According to our spreadsheets, this has been the slowest touring year for No Trigger since we formed back in 2001, but there are a couple very good reasons for that. First off, Billy and Erik are also in another band called Smartbomb and they have been busy putting out a new record and touring and such, so get off our back and pick up their new CD. It's on ThinkFast. Then, Jon has been graciously tapped by our good friends in Set Your Goals to play guitar for them for this year. We are talking the UK tour, all of Warped Tour, and more... so he has been super busy preparing and touring for that little gig. And THEN, for the next week or so, if you guys check out Set Your Goals on Warped Tour, our drummer Erik is ALSO filling in. They are playing in Massachusetts today so do not miss Set Your Goals with two No Trigger dudes filling in!

Other than that, me (singing Tom) and Tom (bass Tom) have been doing other things like working, camping, and investing in property, but we have also been writing new material. Yes, new No Trigger songs. The songs are in the early stages, but its super exciting to be working on new stuff and we will be previewing some new songs at this years FEST. The plan is also to get a bunch of songs together and record sometime this winter so we can put out a new disc and come visit you guys again, where ever you live. Its probably hard to believe but yes, we plan on putting out a new CD. And touring off of it as much as we possibly can.

The band's last output was Canyoneer, released in 2006 via Nitro Records.

Sing It Loud have posted the first video from their Epitaph debut self-titled EP.

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Underoath has released a new track, titled "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures," from the band's forthcoming release Lost In The Sound Of Separation.

You can check out "Desperate Times" on MySpace.

Lost In The Sound Of Separation, the follow-up to Define the Great Line, is slated for a September 2 release.

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness recently spoke with Synthesis.net about the band's future recording plans, a new solo album and a possible documentary on Social D.

We’ve got studio albums for both projects. It’s wide open. [I’m taking] the most part of this year off, and then next year it’s time to gear up and get focused, and create. I think it’s gonna be great. The time off always helps me prepare for creating subconsciously.

A follow-up to 2004's Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll has been mentioned, but delayed several times while the band had been touring constantly for the last few years. Although a title and release date for the new Social Distortion album have not yet been officially confirmed, the band plans to release it sometime in 2009 as well as an acoustic album.

A new solo record would follow Ness' last two outputs; Cheating At Solitaire, and the country music covers compilation, Under The Influences. Both records were released in 1999.

Hopeless has announced the launch of a new imprint. Named P is for Panda, the label is the project of Chad Pearson who founded and ran The Militia Group for 12 years. While the company initially began as a t-shirt company, Chad is now branching out into a proper indie label. Like Hopeless' other imprint, Subcity Records, P is for Panda has a strong charitable arm, with a third of its profits going to various charities.

The first release on P Is For Panda is a compilation featuring 16 songs from eight up-and-coming groups, including Gasoline Heart, Discover America, Damion Suomi, Mike Dunn & The Kings Of New England, and more. The album will retail for $1.98 and be available digitally August 5th, with a physical street date of September 2nd. In continuing with the clothing side, P is for Panda has also unveiled a new summer line of t-shirt designs from artists Jesse LeDoux, M. Brady Clark, Brian Manley and Roy Fleeman.

To celebrate the new musical venture, a CD release show and label launch for P Is For Panda will be taking place July 25th in Atlanta at the Highland Inn Ballroom Lounge. Featuring music and artwork from the company’s collaborators, admission is two cans of food that will be donated to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Ten percent of all art sold will also be donated to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation in order to help rebuild schools in southern Sudan.

Dear and the Headlights has set a September 30 release date for their sophomore album Drunk Like Bible Times.

Drunk Like Bibles Times is the follow-up to 2007's Small Steps, Heavy Hooves. You can click Read More to check out the album's track listing.

Rob Rampy, longtime drummer for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles has joined Tampa, Florida based Pig Pen. The band has begun writing new material with the drummer for a future release by New Anthem Records. Pig Pen has a number of shows on the way alongside acts like Michale Graves and The Boils. For more info check MySpace.

Tallahassee, Florida's Lipona have a new song online from their upcoming untitled EP. The self-produced release will be released by the band at some point in the near future. The new song is titled "Tragedy of The Commons" and can be downloaded at MySpace or Last.fm. .

Fullerton, CA's Forever Wings Fold have broken up. The band's singer Mike is taking a chance at a normal life and the rest of the group plan to continue on under a different name. The full announcement can be found at MySpace.

Punknews interviewer Ryan Raffin recently caught up with Transistor Transistor's Nat Coghlan to speak about their new album, Ruined Lives, as well as Coghlan's recent trip to the hospital to deal with a trouble-making appendix.

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NME and The Guardian are reporting that Russia is currently formulating legislation to crack down on emo. The plan involves heavy regulation of emo websites and a ban on the display of emo and goth fashion in schools and government buildings. The legislation was first presented last month at a hearing held by at the State Duma on "Government Strategy in the Sphere of Spiritual and Ethical Education," a piece of legislation which aims to curb "dangerous teen trends". Among the stereotypes that are driving fears are claims that emo culture leads to depression, glorifies suicide and encourages anti-social behavior. Bill sponsor Yevgeny Yuryev hopes to pass the legistlation by the end of the year. From Guardian reports:

The new bill describes "emos" as 12-16 year-olds with black and pink clothing, studded belts, painted fingernails, ear and eyebrow piercings, and black hair with fringes that "cover half the face". Emo culture's "negative ideology" may encourage depression, social withdrawal and even suicide, the bill alleges - with young girls being particularly vulnerable.

Bill co-author Igor Ponkin explained to the Moscow Times "Of course, there are emo teens who just listen to their music. But our actions are not directed at them but rather at those who also hurt themselves, commit suicide and promote those acts." Advisor Alexander Grishunin explained "The point of the bill is so that by 2020, Moscow will have someone to rule its government... This is the first step in the public discourse."

Members of Russian bands have spoken out, with Dmitry Gilevich of Moscow's MAIO underlining "Expressing psychological emotions is not forbidden by law." Fans have also begun to hit the streets in protest, notably in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where the legislation is being fast tracked.

Silent Drive and Equal Vision Records have parted ways, according to a blog post recently made by the band:

It looks like this next record will NOT be coming out on Equal Vision. I am sad to say that because all of us and EVR go back a long way and we love those dudes. But they just can't offer us what we need right now. It's a 100% mutual split with absolutely no hard feelings whatsoever. That said, we've been talking to a few other well known labels and are currently waiting for things to solidify. That type of shit doesn't happen over night. Our good friend and producer Bill Stevenson is also helping to pitch the record to other labels. We'll get a budget soon enough and be back in the studio as quick as we can.

The band also made mention that their long-awaited follow-up to Love Is Worth It is nearing completion.

We've got a new stream of Richmond, VA's Landmines. The melodic hardcore band is one of the first signings to Vinnie from Less Than Jake's Paper & Plastick and the record was recorded last year with Brian McTernan (Hot Water Music, Strike Anywhere, Bane).

As with all the label's releases, the record is available digitally and also as a vinyl LP.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.

Los Angeles, CA's Jughead’s Revenge will have their albums Image Is Everything, Just Joined, and Pearly Gates re-issued through Nitro via iTunes. The albums had been out of print due to a lawsuit with Archie comics, which has since been resolved, leaving the band to change their name to Jugg's Revenge.

The band has been on an undetermined hiatus since 1999.

Portland, OR's 31 Knots have two new tracks available for streaming. Titled "The Breaks," and "Compass Commands," the songs are from their upcoming Polyvinyl release, Worried Well. The group released The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere last year.

"Compass Commands" can be found through Polyvinyl here, while "The Breaks" is exclusively streaming at Bitter Press

Israel's Useless ID has signed to Suburban Home for the North American release of their upcoming album The Lost Broken Bones. The label will issue the work on vinyl, CD and digitally. Label head Virgil Dickerson recounted how such a pairing came to be:

I first met Useless I.D. when I was out on the Warped tour with the Gamits back in the day. We ended up having our tent next to theirs and we quickly became friends. I remember on at least a one occasion getting really drunk around those guys when the Gamits had called it quits in the middle of Warped and they were there for moral support. Chris from the Gamits even sang on a track on their last album, Redemption.

I ran into Ishay and Guy from Useless I.D. earlier this year in Ft Collins (of all places) while the band were recording their album at the Blasting Room. I was in the middle of the Drag the River reunion weekend and they had come out to the show after a day of recording. They had mentioned that they were looking for a label in the states to release their new album and I was way into the idea. We have been talking on and off since then and today, we have come to an agreement.

Suburban Home will release the The Lost Broken Bones in October of this year.