The notorious homophobes at the Westboro Baptist Church will take break from picketing the funerals of dead soldiers to go after pop-punk outfit All Time Low. The "church" posted an explanation of the reasons for the protest in their schedule, but the gist is this:

How do you know how far gone a society is? You look at their social icons. When you look at these gender-confused, haphazard freakazoids then you can plainly see that america is DOOMED, for real! This is the final generation, and a little concussion is the least of their worries. Here is what they have to look forward to when this once great nation finally falls - for her fall is already started. She is such a big, fat, disgusting, stupid whore that it is going to take a while to fall (brings to mind the comedy routine that Eddie Murphy does about his drunken cow of an aunt who falls down the stairs at each of their summer bar-b-ques as he was growing up). That is the picture of this nation falling slow, steady, hard and sure.

The statement goes on to call Obama to the Antichrist, before describing Cain as "the father of all musicians." For more information on the organization, you can check out this documentary produced by Louis Theroux titled The Most Hated Family in America, here.

The protest will be held outside the December 6th show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia.

To celebrate the release of Cokie the Clown and My Orphan Year tomorrow, November 24, 2009, we've got some special prize packages from NOFX including vinyl, merch and more.

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Paramore have posted the latest video from brand new eyes.

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Manchester Orchestra have announced some shows in early 2010. On January 29th and 30th the band will hit Utah and Colorado with Brand New before headlining some dates on their own.

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Terror, Emmure, After The Burial, Miss May I and Thick As Blood have begun announcing dates for a 2010 tour.

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In addition to their upcoming shows with Against Me!, O Pioneers!!! have kicked off a run of US dates which will feature shows with Lemuria, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists and more.

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Pour Habit have announced the date for their first tour of 2010. The Fat Wreck Chords-signed act will be on the road for two months starting in early January. The run will feature The Expendables, Iration, Passafire and Roots Down Below on various stops.

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Pennywise have announced a run of UK dates in May 2010.

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Horror-punk outfit Schoolyard Heroes have called it quits. The band explained their reasons in an interview with The Stranger:

Steve [Bonnell] and Brian [Turner] have kind of phased themselves out over the last year or so, and it'd be weird going on with them. So our Home for the Horrordays show is going to be our last one. This band has been the only thing that we’ve thought about, and done every day for the last 10 years and now it’s gonna be done.

Their final show, "Home for the Horrordays" is Saturday, December 19th, at El Corazon Seattle with Schoolyard Heroes, These Arms Are Snakes, Kane Hodder, Sirens Sister, and special guests.

Set Your Goals, Broadway Calls and Fireworks have fleshed out their Europe and UK tour set to kick off later this month.

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According to a report from the Globe & Mail, legendary musician Billy Bragg recently appeared before the Canadian Parliament to talk about the file sharing problem.

The singer and the Canadian New Democratic Party is calling on the government to let artists find a way to make music file swapping a legitimate part of promotion and sales. He is hoping to see new ways to compensate performers while protecting downloaders. One of the options proposed was to impose a levy on MP3 players similarly to how the Canadian government taxes blank CD purchases.

Though that levy is ostensibly to compensate for downloading, the tax is imposed on everyone, even those who do not download music illegally.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced the full line-up for their 12th annual Hometown Throwdown, being held at the House of Blues in Boston from December 26 - 28. The band has confirmed that Pilfers and Razors In The Night will support the first night, Darkbuster and The Void Union on the second and Bim Skala Bim and The Pietasters will perform on the third night.

Additionally, the band will be playing on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in LA on December 11. They will be playing a mini-set for the fans in attendance. Tickets for that can be found here.

Vampire Weekend have released the new video from their highly anticipated sophomore album. The record is titled Contra and is due out January 12, 2010. It is the follow-up to Vampire Weekend which was released in 2008.

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The Almost have posted the new video for "Lonely Wheel" from their sophomore album, Monster Monster.

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This week, Dirty Laundry talks to progressive psych/rock duo Tweak Bird. The Volcom Entertainment band talks about opening for Tool, their EP and more.

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Some of the new releases out this week.

• Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom
• NOFX - Cokie the Clown
• Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart [Reissue]
• NOFX - My Orphan Year
• Black Diamond Heavies - Alive as Fuck