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The organizers of Chicago's Riot Fest have announced the first wave of bands that will be playing the festival, including Iggy & the Stooges, Elvis Costello , Descendents , The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gaslight Anthem , Coheed and Cambria , Dropkick Murphys , NOFX , and a reunion from Chicago ska-punk act Slapstick , among many others. The festival will take place September 14th - 16th, at the Congress Theater and Humboldt Park. Tickets are on sale now.

Make Do and Mend have unveiled a music video for their new song, "Lucky," which will appear on the band's upcoming Rise Records debut, Everything You Ever Loved . The album is due out June 19th, 2012 .

Self Defense Family are streaming a new song from their upcoming 7" . The song is called "Self Immolation Family."

Richmond, VA's Hold Tight! will be hitting the road this summer with Pedals on Our Pirate Ships . Hold Tight! will be supporting their sophomore album , Blizzard of '96 , due out June 26, 2012 .

BREAKING NEWS: Punknews endorses Hot Water Music. "I did not see that coming," says no one. Also, has anyone noticed our streak of OFF! reviews? Because I for one am stoked on all this Keith Morris love. We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below: Hot Water Music - Exister mewithoutYou - Ten Stories OFF! - Live in San Francisco Sick Sick Birds - [...]

As the release of The Thing that Ate Larry Livermore (and thus our imminent disctruction) looms ever closer we continue our series of Livermore conducted interviews with bands featured on the compilation. This week LL Coolmore sits down with The Max Levine Ensemble to discuss pop-punk, politics and why Boy George hates them.

With this year's Bamboozle Festival boasting its most eclectic lineup yet, your friends here at Punknews saw fit to craft a guide of sorts to Asbury Park's biggest party. We're cool like that. Here's a list of must-see acts for Sat., May 19. Doors are at 2 p.m., so bring your dancing shoes. Check back tomorrow for a preview of Sun., May 20. As for the Friday show... go see Skrillex. I hear he's big with the kids.

Nations Afire have posted a video from their full length debut, The Ghosts We Will Become , which is due out later this year. The group is the new project from former and current members of some notable bands including Chris Chasse of Rise Against , Nik Hill and Brett Rasmussen of Ignite , and Todd Hennig of Death By Stereo .

Today's stream comes from San Pedro, CA-based Toys That Kill . We've got a stream of the band's new release, Fambly 42 . It comes out tomorrow - May 15, 2012 - on Recess Records . It's the first new album from the band since Shanked! in 2006. You can find it on their Punknews.org Profile

While recording their upcoming third album , Gallows recorded a studio version of the Minor Threat classic, "Seeing Red."

Death By Stereo have announced a North American headlining tour.

Baroness have premiered the first song from their upcoming double album, Yellow & Green which is due out July 17th, 2012 .

Big D and the Kids Table frontman, David McWane, released the album cover for their upcoming record via his twitter . According to the album art the new release will be titled Built Up From Nothing: The D Sides , a line that comes from the classic Big D song, "LAX" . McWane also went on to mention in the tweet that they will be filming a video at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA May 25th. Big D and the Kids Table last released [...]

Dead To Me have unveiled the dates for their upcoming summer tour with Broadway Calls and The Arteries . The groups will travel throughout the west coast for the month of May. Dead To Me last released Moscow Penny Ante in 2011.

Louder Than War are reporting that the BBC are planning a season of programming on the topic of punk, it's history, and it's ongoing influence. The season, marking 35 years since punk achieved mainstream national attention within the UK, will centre around BBC4 documentary series Punk Britannia . The series, comprised of three parts, will feature the likes of John Lydon, Mike Jones, Siouxsie Sioux, Mark E, Smith, Pete Shelley, and Adam Ant. In a marked contrast from much of the BBC's 25 years of punk coverage in 2002, the importance of US proto-punk [...]

Spinner is streaming a new song from Toys That Kill 's upcoming full-length, Fambly 42 titled "V-Chip." Frontman Todd Congelliere says of the song: "this song is about parents living vicariously through their kids. The verses are sung from the offending parent's standpoint and the choruses is my oath to never do that. We'll see... " You can check out the song here . Fambly 42 and is due out May 15th, 2012 via Recess Records .

AbsolutePunk are streaming a new song from Ohio's Mixtapes , titled "Hey Ma Pt. 2." The song will appear on their upcoming No Sleep Records debut, Even on the Worst Nights , due out June 26th, 2012 . You can check out the new song here . In addition, the band has unveiled the track list and cover art for the new album.

Alternative Press has a new video from The Downtown Struts for their song "Anchors." The song appears on their upcoming album, Victoria! due out tomorrow, May 15th, 2012 .

The lineup for this year's This is Hardcore Fest has been announced, and includes such acts as Gorilla Biscuits , Lifetime , Cro-Mags , Terror , Earth Crisis , Bane , H2O , and many more. The festival will take place August 9th through 12th in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to the announced bands, the festival organizers are saving one last headliner as a surprise, to be unveiled when tickets go on sale, May 17th.

The Atom Age will be hitting the road for the span of June in support of their upcoming release, The Hottest Thing That's Cool , which is due for a May 29th release on Asian Man Records . The record can be pre-ordered here where the first 100 people will receive the record and The Atom Age's first release Kill Surf City for the first time on vinyl.