What happens when members of influential hardcore bands like City Of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, malady and pg.99 get together? Well, something very different than you might expect, and that something is Pygmy Lush.

Their first record, Bitter River (Robotic Empire), was noise-punk tracks mixed in with some of the quieter songs. Those more restrained songs, which had at first been an aside, began to over take the set: "Still filled to the brim with a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for introspection, traded their aggression for a slow grit. "

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.

Brooklyn, NY's punk cabaret World/Inferno Friendship Society have begin announcing East Coast dates that follow a string of dates in Europe. The band last released Addicted to Bad Ideas in 2007 on Chunksaah Records.

The dates include a three day stint at Montclair State University performing their most recent album in full.

Death in the Park, which includes Andy Jackson and Joe Ballaro from Hot Rod Circuit, have posted three songs from their debut EP. The disc will only be available at shows and (eventually) online. The five song EP also features an acoustic version of "Fallen" with guest vocals provided by Hayley Williams of Paramore.

You can check out the songs on their myspace page.

The Measure [SA] have unveiled details for their upcoming collection release One Chapter In The Book: A Collection of Standard Waits and Measurements. The CD/LP collects their previous 7"'s and is expected on September 9th via Kiss of Death and Team Science.

All of the songs have been remastered and include cuts from the Union Pool 7” on Idiot Box Records, the Old Crow 7” on Los Diapers Records, the split 7” with the Modern Machines on Salinas Records, the split 7” with O Pioneers on Kiss of Death Records, the split 7” with Off With Their Heads on Chunksaah Records, the Means To An End 7” on Salinas Records, the Historical Fiction 7” on Kiss of Death/Team Science Records, and a previously unreleased track. The band has posted two remastered tracks, “Historical Fiction” and “Union Pool,” at their MySpace page.

Expect to see them at this year's FEST in Gainesville.

Bloc Party's bassist Gordon Moakes spoke to Pitchfork about the band's decision to release their album without the normal 2-3 month lead up that most bands take:

The recording effectively was finished in July. So not a huge amount of time ago. It was mixed fairly recently, so I got a final master CD probably last week. [With the leak of the previous album], the drawback for me with that was that it just felt like it dribbled out a bit, you know. You want a sense of occasion, I suppose, when you put out a record. But I'm very much of the opinion that it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Certainly, as a listener to music, I don't necessarily go looking for illegal versions of records that aren't out yet. You know, a reasonably legitimate way to get used to music is to download it. It's a very good thing to download if it's legal, but I think it's just one of those new phenomena, the dissemination of music, I suppose.

You can find the rest of the interview here and three new songs from Intimacy posted on their myspace page. The album itself can be purchased digitally for $10.00 via this page.

Red Scare has announced day two of Red Oktoberfest, without any details whatsoever. The event will take place on October 19th at Subterranean in Chicago. Mr. Jeg has not offered up any list of performers but promises that "it's fixin' to be a good time." You can grab tickets early here.

Day one will feature The Falcon, The Methadones, The Sidekicks, and Chicago locals Rule 22 performing at subterranean on October 18th. Free Red Scare beer steins will also be passed out.

Fat has announced that they will be releasing the long-awaited b-sides/rarities compilation from the Swingin’ Utters. The record is titled Hatest Grits: B-Sides and Other Bullshit and is due out October 26, 2008. It will feature out of print singles & B-sides, rare compilation tracks, previously unreleased album outtakes, and early band demos.

The band released their previous studio album, Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass, and Bones, in 2003 and a live album, Live in a Dive, in 2004. Members of the band also perform with Filthy Thieving Bastards who have released several albums since forming in 2000. Bassist Spike Slawson has also kept busy performing with Me First and The Gimme Gimmes. Jonny Bonnel's Druglords of the Avenues recently signed with Red Scare.

Transistor Transistor has posted "Morning Sickness" from their recent LP Ruined Lives. Check out the track at their Myspace page. The band tells us that a European tour is being discussed.

We recently talked with Nat about his appendix issues that canceled their recent tour.

Down By Law have resurfaced with an update on their status as well as a new track:

Dave [Smalley] and Sam [Williams] have been working on new Down By Law songs. They've got several recorded and mixed, and they are now actively looking for a label.

The band has posted a new track here: "Bullets."

The long-running punk band, which features members of Dag Nasty, ALL, released their last album, windwardtidesandwaywardsails, in 2003.

Dates have been announced for In Flames's upcoming headlining tour in support of A Sense of Purpose. The band will be joined by All That Remains, Gojira and 36 Crazyfists.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Suburban Home has posted three tracks from upcoming releases from Useless ID, Joey Cape and Two Cow Garage. You can grab them below:

• Useless I.D. -"Blood Pressure" from Lost Broken Bones
• Joey Cape - "Errands" from Bridge
• Two Cow Garage - "Your Humble Narrator" from Speaking In Cursive

All three releases are due out in October on the normal gamut of Vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Kane Hodder have posted three songs from their brand new EP, Through the Bloody Channels. The digital, self-released EP is the follow up to 2004's The Pleasure To Remain So Heartless and is available through Amazon, eMusic and iTunes.

You can find the songs here.

Heavy Heavy Low Low have launched a full album stream of their new SST/Dischord influenced release. The record is titled Turtle Nipple and the Toxic Shock and is due out August 19, 2008.

You can check it out here.

Philly's Jena Berlin will be releasing their new 7" This Is Yours As Much As It Is Mine via Jump Start and its now available for preorder. The limited vinyl features two new tracks (complete with digital download) recorded by Vince Ratti (Zolof, Circa Survive, None More Black). You can check out "Great Plains" at the band's MySpace page and "Foolish Optimism" at Jump Start's MySpace.

The band's most recent LP Quo Vadimus is about to get the vinyl treatment via Ass-Card records in Europe. The band expects to have it for their upcoming european tour. Before their trek overseas, they'll be doing a five-day tour with Scream Hello and a few days with Static Radio NJ.

The Mighty Aquabats will be taking their mightiness on the road this fall as they continue to support their mighty upcoming television pilot. The bill will also feature Suburban Legends.

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