Lookout Records has announced that they will digitally release titles from their catalog that are either rare or out of print. They will feature bands like Pot Valiant, Gene Defcon, Skinflutes, Common Rider, The Splash Four, and much more. Volume 1, containing Skinflutes, Fun Bug, The Lookouts and Wat Tyler is out now and available here.

The Gaslight Anthem have finished their new album, and have scheduled it to be released in April, via XoXo Records. The band promises to post a few songs on their MySpace page once they receive the album's masters.

The band will also be heading on an east coast tour, starting December 27 in Washington, DC. The new album will be availble at shows.

Punknews.org community hooligan FuckYouOiOiOi has informed us of the completion and release of his band Teh Revolt's sophmore record Degenerate Warriors.

The album is available for streaming and full download. You can find it at band's website.

Life In Your Way have posted a new track online. The song, "Making Waves," will be featured on the band's forthcoming Solid-State debut Waking Giants. The band completed the album last month and plan to release it in February.

You can check out the song on MySpace.

Victory act Darkest Hour has sent an update on touring plans and their upcoming record. The band was recently forced to cancel the shows on their tour with Soilwork but are headed to the UK for a series of shows with Between the Buried and Me and Misery Signals.

We are stoked as hell to travel to the land of Zeppelin, The Darkness, The Beatles, The Who, (insert every other great rock band here....!), DaveO!, and FISH AND CHIPS! This wiil be our last performances on the Undoing Ruin record! Make sure you guys check out Kris's auction that will be up soon. All the proceeds will go to help pay for his medical bills. Its gonna be sweet!

Speaking of a new record we have been hard at work. We will be traveling to Vancover, BC to record once again with

Devin Townsend, who will produce and mix the record. We figured that no one else could help us put together the follow up to Undoing Ruin better then he (and we missed the coffee and great scenery!). So if you live in the Vancouver area and are going to be around between Feb and March then get in touch we want to hang, there may even be some guest hanging with TITO! We hope to see the new record out late June/July.

Punknews.org recently spoke with the band about their upcoming full length as well as their recently unveiled rarities compilation.

Terror have announced that they'll be kicking off 2007 with a headlining tour dubbed the All For Revenge Tour. The tour will run from mid-January to mid-February and feature the Warriors, All Shall Perish, War of Ages, and Stick to Your Guns as support. Scott Vogel (vocals) notes the bands excitement:

Touring is what we have built this band off of and what we love to do. With the new record being out, we want to live on the road. This time around we are going to be closing the shows with some fresh young bands before us and its going to be a great time.

A clip from Taking Back Sunday's upcoming DVD, Louder Now: Partone has been made available online for your viewing pleasure. The clip is of the single "Liar (It Takes One to Know One)," from the band's recent release Louder Now. The DVD is scheduled for release December 12.

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Project Active Media artists Love And Squalor have announced dates for a brief tour, starting tonight. The band has also has also posted four songs from of their upcoming full length online. The album will be out before the end of the year, with artwork done by frequent Punknews.org contributor, Colin, from Distorted Perspective .

You can hear the new songs at the Love and Squalor MySpace page. Click Read More to check out the upcoming dates.

A memorial / benefit show for late Runaways drummer Sandy West will feature a reunion of several past members of White Flag.

Al Bum, the original vocalist for the long running Los Angeles punk act, will reunite with the band on stage for the first time since 1985. He originally left the band after a surfing accident left him wheelchair bound. Bassist Jello B. Afro will also rejoin the group for the gig. He left the band that same following a "skinhead racist incident while supporting Circle Jerks in Phoenix." The group's line up for the show will feature founding members Pat Fear and Trace Element as well.

The December 9th show will take place at Hollywood's Knitting Factory and will also feature appearances by Adolescents, the Donnas, D.H. Peligro of the Dead Kennedys, and 80s pop rock act the Bangles.

In other White Flag news, the band will support Me First and The Gimme Gimmes on their December 13th gig at the House Of Blues in Anaheim. This will be the first US gigs for any line up of the band since the early 90s, as much of their touring since has concentrated on Europe.

Electric Frankenstein will tour the southern US this December following their appearance at today's FunFunFun Fest (with the Circle Jerks, Negative Approach and many others). The band will have CDs and posters to give away at the gigs, so show up early for the freebies. The band will tour outside the US for much of next year, ominously warning that this may be their last US club tour.

The band, now celebrating 15 years together, released Burn Bright, Burn Fast! in 2005 via TKO.

Punknews.org's Brazilian brothers-in-arms Zona Punk (Brazil's punk webzine similar to us) are looking for bands to play 2007's Vans Zona Punk Tour, the Brazilian version of Warped. In 2006 bands such as US Bombs, The Ataris, MIssion, Pericles, Noção De nada among others played the tour.

Tha tour will take place at September 2007 in 15 different Brazilian cities. For anyone interested, you can email Zona Punk at info@zonapunk.com.br.

Fall Out Boy has announced the openers for their headlining tour with New Found Glory via FriendsorEnemies.com.

While the two constant openers will be the Early November and Permanent Me, Lifetime is also set to appear on select dates. No specific dates have yet been announced, however it will run from Jan. 4-20, 2007.

All the bands will be supporting recent/forthcoming albums of sorts. Fall Out Boy will release LP4, Infinity on High on Feb. 6; New Found Glory released Coming Home this year; Lifetime will release their first full-length in nearly a decade, Lifetime, on Feb. 27; the Early November released their triple-disc effort, The Mother, The Mechanic, And the Path this year; Permanent Me's After the Room Clears drops in early 2007.

Assassinated Records recently signed UK based punk/hardcore band the Fight Back to release a 7'' split with NJ based punk/hardcore group Cash In. The split will be released in February. To hear the bands check out their myspaces:

Cash In MySpace page
the Fight Back MySpace page

Scottish party punks the Try Hards have posted their debut EP A Good Night Out for download free on their website.

You can download the EP here.

Recently unbroken up act Controlling the Famous has posted a new video from their Militia Group debut, Automatic City,. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in October but announced plans to resume performing live in January.

As for the video itself, it was produced: ""in one alcohol-fueled day and night in a house in Northern California, which was located in the Ewok forest from Star Wars."

You can check out "If You Die" via Spin.com.