Sacramento, CA screamo outfit Dance Gavin Dance are keeping busy with the announcement that they will be releasing a new 7″, entitled “People You Knew.” The 7″ will be released by Rise Records, and will be limited to only 1000 pressings. You can head over here to pre-order your own copy. The 7″ will hit the shelves on May 24th.

The band’s latest LP, “Downhill Battle Mountain II” hit the shelves a mere couple of weeks ago, also via Rise Records. The band are currently on tour in support of this album. You can check out the tour dates here.

California pop-punkers The Story So Far have launched a stream of a brand-new track, entitled “Rally Cap.” The track will also be available on the band’s upcoming split with Morgan Foster. The split will be available sometime in May via Barrett Records. You can check out the track here.

The Story So Far last released another split in 2010 with the band Maker, which was released by Pure Noise Entertainment.

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If you live in Richmond, Virginia, you’ll be thanking your lucky stars when you read the lineup for the 2011 Best Friends Day festival. This year, the festival will be hosting Against Me!, Converge, Off With Their Heads, 7 Seconds, Strike Anywhere, and many more. The festival “is a Richmond tradition of bringing together friends from all over the country (and world) for a weekend of bands, events and more!”

The festival will be taking place from August 18 to August 21. For the complete lineup and other information about the festival, check out the Best Friends Day website.

Seattle goth punks Aiden have premiered the music video for “Hysteria,” which is the first single off their brand-spanking-new record Disguises. The label referred to the video as “controversial;” check it out here and judge for yourself.

Disguises came out March 29 on Victory Records and is a follow-up to From Hell…With Love, a live album that came out last year.

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To celebrate reaching the milestone of 200,000 users on their website, Paramore posted a video thanking their fans. It includes an acoustic performance of “Looking Up,” off their 2009 album Brand New Eyes.

Check out the video here.

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Did you know Roger Miret has a day job? That’s right, in addition to fronting seminal NYHC band Agnostic Front as well as Roger Miret and the Disasters, he’s a certified electrician and Harley Davidson mechanic.

Miret talks about that in an interview where he also discusses the duality of playing in both of his bands, the weird dichotomy of punk fame, and what it’s like to be one of the remaining descendants of the early New York punk scene. Check out the whole thing over here.

Roger Miret and the Disasters released their most recent album, Gotta Get Up Now, January 25 on People Like You Records. Agnostic Front’s newest record is My Life My Way, which came out March 22 on Nuclear Blast.

Pennsylvania’s Texas in July have debuted a new song off their upcoming album, One Reality. The track is called “Magnolia” and you can check it out here.

One Reality is set to drop April 26 on Equal Vision Records. Check here for the full track list. Their most recent release was I Am, which came out in September 2009.

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Philly punks The Anchor Boys have posted their entire new album, Devastator, for free streaming. Head on over here to check it out.

Devastator came out February 22 on Panic Records. The group just signed to the label in December.

Well, this may not come as a shock, but Reggie’s, the Chicago club that was going to host Weasel Fest, announced that the event is canceled (scroll way down on that page to find the info). There’s no word yet on refunds for purchased tickets, but the venue does say they will try to re-schedule some of the other bands to play solo shows.

After Ben Weasel was caught on video assaulting a female fan, some bands who were slated to play Weasel Fest, including Teenage Bottlerocket, The Soviettes, Chinese Telephones and Banner Pilot pulled out of the event. In addition, the rest of Screeching Weasel quit playing as a band altogether. Weasel Fest was supposed to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.

Canadian political punk legends Propagandhi made a rather unexpected announcement today. After years of fighting against the corporate profiteers in the music industry, the band have decided to sign with Warner Bros. Records in time for the release of their next album.

Lead singer Chris Hannah had this to say on their official facebook page: “We figured it was about time. We’ve reached a point in our careers where we have to think first and foremost about our families and our futures. Plus, as Winston Churchill said so many years ago, ‘Anyone who isn’t a Liberal before the age of 30 has no heart …. and anyone who is still a Liberal after the age of 30 has no brain.'”

Click here for details on the new album and to read more from Hannah.

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