The Hold Steady have posted the first single from their new album. The record is titled Stay Positive and is due out July 15, 2008. It is the follow-up to Boys and Girls in America which was released in 2006.

You can check out "Sequestered in Memphis" on their myspace page.

Russian Circles have been having a busy 2008. They released their second album, Station, and have been hitting the road quite a bit in support of it and will embark on a US tour with Daughters in June.

Our own Jason Gardner recently sat down with Russian Circles' Mike Sullivan to discuss what's been going on with the band. You can click Read More for the interview.

Legendary Detroit hardcore band Negative Approach recently played the Southpaw in Brooklyn on May 14th, 2008. Some of that footage was captured and made available for watching on the Internet. And we've got it here, too. Specifically, "Ready to Fight."

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Philadelphia, PA's None More Black have announced their first show since 2006. The band had this to say:

"On July 4th 2008 we will be coming out of hibernation. Please come make some sweet sweat with us in Old City Philadelphia at Deep Sleep to celebrate the photo exhibition of Jaime Avon. The show is FREE. Space is limited. NO OPENERS. Make sure to check out Crucial Headache presented by Perry Shall at Deep Sleep on June 6th to get some vouchers for NMB goodies. We are hoping to have the Vinyl for This Is Satire ready for this show. What does this mean? It means we are playing again."

Put that sandwich back in the fridge. The band announced their indefinite hiatus status in early 2007. Unlike Fugazi, the guys in None More Black were bitten by the Police/Van Halen/Led Zeppelin reformation bug and have scheduled a singular performance date. The group last released This Is Satire in 2006 via Fat Wreck Chords.

Aurora, CO's Fear Before The March Of Flames have brewed up a new video for their song "My (Fucking) Deer Hunter." The song comes from their album The Always Open Mouth, released by Equal Vision in 2006.

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Sleepercar, the project from Jim Ward of Sparta and At the Drive-In have released the first video from their new album. The record is titled West Texas.

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New Found Glory have posted the new video from their Bridge 9 EP, Tip of the Iceberg / Takin’ It Ova!.

You can check out the video here.

Guitarist Tony Marston, of Richmond, Virginia's Landmines, was recently interviewed by New Orleans-based blog N.O. Punks about Landmines' current U.S. tour and upcoming debut release on Paper and Plastick Records.

Marston had quite a bit to say on several topics, including how the band was discovered by Paper and Plastick's Vinnie Fiorello after their performance at last year's Fest in Gainesville. He also elaborated on his personal activities regarding illegal downloading, why CDs are pretty much dead, why vinyl isn't going away, and why the band Paramore sucks.

You can read the interview here

Metal legends Slayer have postponed their scheduled June 25th show in Moscow, Russia due to "production reasons." Russian metalheads, dont worry, Slayer has announced a make-up show set for November 29 in which all tickets for June's show will be honored.

Slayer continues to support their latest release, 2006's Christ Illusion, although the band has begun writing new material for their next album due out this year.

Huntington Beach, CA's long-running The Offspring have announced a video contest for their new song, "Hammerhead." The band has created a YouTube group for people to upload their own user created videos for judgment.

The hand-picked-by-the-band Grand Prize winner will be walking off with $10,000, the Most Viewed Submission $3,000, and the Most Favorited $2,000. Frontman Dexter Holland had this to say:

We are excited to see what people will do to add their perspective and talents to 'Hammerhead.'

After such a short quote, you might as well check out the group's website for more details, or you can visit their contest group that they've created on The YouTube.

Petaluma, CA's Love Equals Death have announced that they will be hitting the studio in August to record their sophomore album with Travis Richter (From First To Last) and Lee Dyness (From First To Last, Mayday Parade) producing. The group has been busy touring with Tiger Army and Goldfinger, causing the delay since last summer's original recording. The record will be released on a label to be announced shortly.

The group previously released Nightmerica in 2006 via Fat Wreck Chords, and even more recently discussed line up changes and a slot on this year's Warped Tour.

Philadelphia, PA's Birth Control featuring members from Pissed Jeans have posted two songs from their demo to their website. You can find the links on their webpage as well as information for ordering their demo cassette.

Oklahoma City's The Uglysuit have been picked up by long-running Chicago based label Quarterstick Records, a division of Touch and Go. The six-piece group will release their debut album on August 19th, with information available here. The group also has a few tracks from the upcoming album available on their MySpace page.