Tim Barry recently spoke to Andy Thomas for the Vinyl Collective podcast. In the interview, Tim talks about his forthcoming full length, Manchester, (due out November 4, 2008) and also about the future of his other band, Avail.

You can check it out here.

The Clash have a new live video featuring one of the tracks from their brand new live album, Live at Shea Stadium, which was released earlier this week.

You can click Read More for the video.

The Status have launched a full album stream of their new full length. The record is titled So This Is Progress and is due out October 7, 2008.

You can stream the full album via purevolume.

Billboard is reporting that the Beastie Boys have recruited Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour. The tour will kick off October 28th in Richmond, Virginia and feature shows in St. Paul, Minnesota and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The band is endorsing Senator Barack Obama and explained:

This election is too important to stay at home. We hope that you can come out, have a nice night, dance, sing, get your freak on, and then wake up the next morning and get everyone that you possibly can to get out and vote.

The band released the instrumental album, The Mix-Up, in 2007.

Haste The Day have posted a full album stream of their upcoming full length. The record is titled Dreamer and is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to Pressure The Hinges which was released in 2007.

You can check out the stream via Fuse.

Deathwish has announced the signing of Stockholm, Sweden-based hardcore act Victims. The label will be releasing the band's new album, Killer, in North America before the end of the year. The album was recorded at Studio Overlook in Gavle, Sweden and features art from Ryan Patterson (Coliseum).

You can find some music on their myspace page.

Japanther were the subject of a recent Village Voice piece which discusses the band's upcoming album, Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt, which is due out October 14, 2008. You can check out the story here.

The band, who toured with Against Me! this fall, have also launched a full album stream of the record and you can find that one their myspace page.

The (International) Noise Conspiracy have announced some US dates in support of their forthcoming full length. The record is titled Cross of My Calling and is due out November 25, 2008. It is the second album recorded with producer Rick Rubin for his American label.

All the shows are with Taking Back Sunday. You can click Read More for the dates.

Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy / Common Rider fame has recently released three new demos. Titled "Leave Home Young," "Walking in Shadows," and "Underneath the Wheel," the songs feature just Michaells and a guitar. Michaels will also be out on the road to promote the Plea for Peace Foundation venue.

You can listen to the demos on his MySpace page.

Complete Control Radio, the weekly punk rock show hosted by Joe Sib of SideOneDummy, has posted three new interviews online. The first features Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, the second includes Civet who discuss their arrest and experience being "tased" and finally Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett who talks about life in the Foo's as well as his other band, Jackson United.

You can check out the segments here.

Portugal. The Man's recent commentary on vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has spawned a lengthier article with Los Angeles' Metromix where the band further commented on the governor and former Wasilla mayor:

What is it about her that you don’t like? Just everything that she represents. When she came into office, they made this big deal out of her firing all the corrupt people. So who gets the jobs that were just all opened up? It ends up, it’s all people from her church. They get the jobs at the hospital and they get abortion out of the hospital; [they] pretty much enforced their own rules. I’ll always be the first to say: we’re not a political band. We’re not into voicing opinions on things like this. It’s just—that’s our hometown.

You can find the interview here.

Toronto, ON's Fucked Up recently stopped by MTV Canada's MTV Live for a performance taped in the bathroom. The song was "Twice Born," from their new album The Chemistry of Common Life that came out October 7, 2008. The station also blogged the incident and posted some pictures.

The bathroom, it seems, did not survive the performance. Host of the show Daryn Jones had this to say:

We figured that having them perform in the bathroom would look cool.

Cool indeed. You can click here for a rundown of the chaos, or you can click Read More for the video.

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

• Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
• Crime in Stereo - Selective Wreckage
• Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
• Ruiner - I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes.
• Suicide Note - Empty Rooms
• Portraits of Past - Discography
• Rogue Set - Shake Those Hands
• Blues - Snakepit
• Matt Diehl - My So-Called Punk [book]
• Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities [CD/DVD]

Just Surrender have posted the title track from their iTunes-exclusive digital EP, Stronger Now. The EP follows the band's 2007 full length, We’re in Like Sin.

You can purchase the EP via this iTunes link.

The song is streaming on their myspace page.

Unearth have posted a stream of their forthcoming album. The record is titled The March and is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to III: In the Eyes of Fire which was released in 2006.

You can check out The March on their myspace page.