Congratulations! You're the lucky reader of the 45th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed of upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite bands' own collections and labels with a history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.



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With the release of Controller, the third album from Misery Signals, the band further solidifies themselves as longtime players in the metalcore scene.

Punknews interviewer Sarah El-Hamzawi had a chance to talk with the band's bassist, Kyle Johnson. You can click Read More to read how that went down.

The beleaguered Dead Kennedys have decided to hang up their touring boots. With both bassist Klaus Flouride and drummer D.H. Peligro sidelined with health issues, the band is putting themselves on a self-described "indefinite touring hiatus." Flouride spoke on his departure earlier this week. Guitarist East Bay Ray will form a new band with the Wynona Riders' Skip, who was singing for the Kennedys on their last two tours. While the band has not announced a formal breakup the did phrase their recent years in a retrospective light:

"Earlier this year, in May 2008, Dead Kennedys were awarded a Gold Record in both the United States and the United Kingdom for "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death." "In God We Trust Inc. EP." was also certified Gold in the United Kingdom. This is significant achievement because the recordings were all released on independent labels.

On Dead Kennedys' recent UK and Californian tours, the audience reception was enthusiastic and genuine (including two new songs performed by the band). Thanks to those that came to those shows and for their encouragement."

Following the messy legal battles of the late 90s, the Dead Kennedys reunited in 2001 without vocalist and songwriter Jello Biafra. Ray, Peligro, and Fluoride performed with Dr. Know frontman (and former child star) Brandon Cruz singing. Cruz left the band in May of 2003 and was replaced by Jeff Penalty (a punk filmmaker known for documentaries on the Bouncing Souls, Youth Brigade and most recently NOFX's "Backstage Passport"). Penalty split with the band in March of 2008 and now moonlights as the vocalist to Black Fag. With Penalty and Peligro both leaving the band in this period, the group most recently featured Wynona Riders singer Skip and Translator drummer Dave Scheff.

Copeland has landed at Tooth and Nail after parting ways with their major label last year. The band's next record is titled You Are My Sunshine and is due out October 14, 2008.

The band released the b-sides/rarities collection, Dressed Up & in Line, last year.

Equal Vision has announced the signing of Boston, MA-based Therefore I Am. The five-piece is set to record their debut full length later this year at Strangeways Recording studio in Providence, RI with producer and ex-Hot Rod Circuit drummer Michael Poorman (Piebald, Tsunami Bomb, Paulson) for a Spring 2009 release. Poorman also produced the band's 2007 EP, Escape.

All six songs from the EP can be streamed on their myspace page.

The seemingly endless tour for Lemuria keeps rolling on. The band has updated it's October and November schedule, including their stops at the Fest. You can see the dates below by clicking Read More.

The band is touring in support of Get Better and The First Collection, a collection of their early releases.

Rx Bandits have posted two acoustic tracks for streaming. The songs, "To Our Unborn Daughters" and "1980" can be streamed on their myspace page.

The band released ...And the Battle Begun in 2006.

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.