From theprp.com:

SWORN ENEMY have a video in the works for their track “”Relentless Pain.”" Director Dale “”Rage”" Resteghini (Shadows Fall, Unearth) is expected to direct. The group’s new album The Beginning Of The End is tentatively expected out through Abacus on October 18th.

- Any guess on how many times the band will mention their Queens, New York heritage on this outing?

As pointed out on punknews.org, SideCho Records has posted a two song media player for THE PALE PACIFIC’s upcoming album Urgency. Take a listen to two new songs, and clips from three others right here. Fans of DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE and THE GET UP KIDS should take note!

- This band’s previous full-length, Gravity Gets Things Done was rather excellent…

From Redherring.com:

Canada’s top court has put to rest a special tax on digital music players that had been intended to compensate musicians for illegal use of their content, cheering levy opponents who argued it unfairly punished people who use MP3 devices for photos and non-music data files.

The CPCC started taking taxes on MP3 players in December 2003 after arguing that MP3 players like iPods were a way to make illegal copies of songs. The levy, the CPCC argued, was a way to pay music creators for unfair use of their work.

Read the entire article here…

Aversion.com chatted with JACKSON UNITED’s Chris Shiflett (who also does time in the FOO FIGHTERS and ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMIES) about the group’s debut full-length Western Addiction. Check out the lengthy article here.

If there’s one thing that Brian McTernan is known for, it’s his reputation for taking above average bands and bringing out qualities latent within them that were previously unaddressed. DON’T LOOK DOWN, with their second full-length, “The Fear In Love” prove that such transitions can be downright remarkable. For eleven extremely solid tracks, DON’T LOOK [...]

From the inbox:

‚ÄúThe Sound of Names Dropping,‚Äù the first single from STRETCH ARM STRONG’s new record, Free At Last, out September 13th on WPO Records, is exclusively available on the band‚Äôs pureVOLUME page. Preorder Free At Last at Smartpunk.com and receive a free autographed poster, while supplies last.

The band is also scheduled to shoot a video for the “The Sound of Names Dropping” with Jonny Rej (Further Seems Forever, Mastodon) on August 9th at the Masquerade in Atlanta. The shoot will incorporate live footage shot that night as well as band/fan interaction filmed throughout the day, so fans are encouraged to get down to the venue as early as possible to be part of the video.

Here’s a journal entry the band posted today (7/29):

All is well at team S.A.S. We are into the third day of the Pure Volume Free Fall tour with Haste the Day, Still Remains, and Kane Hodder. The shows have been great and we are in Sacto, CA tonight playing at the Underground. The trip out to Seattle, WA for the first show was a long one, but after 52 hours, one alternator, and way too much Taco Johns we rolled into Seattle only to be greeted by 5 o’clock grid lock. Sweet. We arrived at El Corazon only 30 minutes before doors and rushed to set up and get rolling. The show was awesome. There were a ton of people from Seattle as well as all over Washington state having fun and sweating it out with us. Next stop was Portland, OR. No rain and blue skies. The show was a hot one but a real blast. Solid State show was sold out and I am not sure how they squeezed everyone inside, but squeeze they did. Great show. Tonight we play Sacto, CA and get to get some rest before heading south in Cali. The tour is going great and we look forward to seeing all of you at the shows. Big ups to all the Synners and Street Teamers who have been showing up at the shows and hangin posters and post cards. It means a lot to us. Thanks and take care.

S.A.S

- Now this is a Friday treat!!

From the inbox:

The debut CD from BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE comes out August 23rd and we just launched a new video, and MP3, and the pre-ordering for the CD today. Check out the MP3 for the song “”Hand Of Blood”" (currently on the Trustkill Takeover CD), the live video for the song “”4 Words To Choke Upon”", and pre-order the CD and get yourself some free goodies.

These UK guys are just tearin’ it up overseas and they are gonna bring you the ruckus this month when they hit HELLFEST in a few weeks. We’ll also be announcing some other dates surrounding the festival, so stay tuned. The band will also be back shortly afterwards for a full US tour.

Buy BFMV CD for only $7:

http://www.trustkill.com/webstore/music.php?id=724

Listen to a BFMV MP3:

http://www.trustkill.com/artists/multimedia/mp3s/

Check out the BFMV video:

http://www.trustkill.com/artists/multimedia/videos/

- As much I can’t stand this band’s name, this song is pretty hot.

Rushmore Records’ HOUSTON CALLS have posted their entire new album A Collection of Short Stories on their pureVOLUME page. This stuff is beyond catchy… reminds me a lot of RELIENT K. Give it a whirl.