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Happy Thanksgiving! Spend time with family while eating a lot of turkey and mashed potatoes. Oh and enjoy Black Friday (I know I will). Let us know what you're thankful for in the replies. Have an awesome day, everyone!

A free compilation of like-minded heavy artists titled The Outsiders can be downloaded on Bandcamp. It features unreleased tracks from Old Wounds, Astronomer and Ancient Shores along with recent material from Raindance, Casting Curses, Mountain Man and more.

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In The Clouds Records will be releasing Annuals' Be He Me with a plantable vinyl package. Pre-orders can be found here.

Mayfly Records will be donating a portion of their sales to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Statement From Owner Bob Farley

As most of you did, I sat and watched the news Monday and Tuesday in horror when I saw how much damage Sandy had done. I grew up in the Long Island/NYC area, so I unfortunately was constantly waiting to see or hear that friends and family were ok. Luckily everybody was safe, the same can’t be said for everybody’s homes or belongings. I obviously can’t help everybody, but with your help we can help get people the food and supplies they need to get through the day. For the next week we will be donating all proceeds from our bandcamp page to Long Island Food Not...

A couple of days ago on The Gunz Show, Gunz spoke with Paradise Fears member Sam Miller, in which Miller announced the band has finished recording 16 songs for a new album.

alt-J are the winners of this year's Mercury Music Prize.

The Venetia Fair has reached its initial Kickstarter goal. The band has set new benchmarks which will include new music videos and live string and brass players on the record if reached.

I'll be speaking with Chad Butler of Switchfoot today in Eugene, OR. If you have any questions, leave them in the replies.

Spotify has just signed a deal with Samsung to bring streaming exclusively to their smart TVs.

A Very GK! Holiday 2012 has started its pre-sales for the upcoming festival dates. They are Poughkeepsie, Boston, Oakland, and Chicago. Presales can be found here and admats can be found in the replies. Set Your Goals will be playing the Oakland date, Chiodos the Chicago date, Transit, A Loss For Words, and a secret special guest the Boston date, and Matchbook Romance and Anadivine will be playing the Poughkeepsie date.

On October 2nd, Jonathan Dailey went missing in the Boston area and no leads have been found. Jonathan is Kevin Dailey of Civil Twilight's brother. A Facebook event has been set up to spread the word and if you have any info please contact the Boston Police immediately. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jonathan's friends and family.

You can purchase Punch on cassette through Nerdcore Records here, which includes songs from the demo tape, the Eyeless 7", the s/t LP and the songs from the split 7" w/ Loma Prieta, the Comadre mixtape, and the Rain Fest CS. They are limited to 100.

Frank Turner now has his own signature beer. You can watch a video of him explaining his brew in the replies.

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Sick Of It All will be the special guest for the Revelation Records 25th Anniversary Night 2 at Irving Plaza in New York City on Friday, October 12th.

The Class of 2013 Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been announced, and for the first time ever fans can vote for their favorites.

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Dave Strauchman of Every Avenue was hit by a car in LA and is now in the hospital. We send out our best wishes for a speedy recovery.

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Bands, are you in need of quality design work? Sean Chamilian (Betrayal) is offering 10% off any quote when you email him with "Absolutepunk" in the subject line. Past clients include artists such as Bury Your Dead, The Ghost Inside, and Walls of Jericho. Hit the replies for more information.

The Venetia Fair has parted ways with Red Blue Records. The band will be launching a Kickstarter soon to fund a new full-length.

Zachary Garren, (ex-Dance Gavin Dance, Strawberry Girls), has just joined forces with Will Swan & Tim Feerick of Dance Gavin Dance, Matt Geise (ex-Lower Definition), and Loniel Robinson (ex-Of Machines) for a brand new project. They are currently finishing up some demos for an album set to be released sometime next year. Earlier this year you may have heard about Will, Tim, Matt, and Loniel collaborating, and now they've added Zac into the mix as a second guitarist.

Red Fang have released a new song "Crows in Swine" over on Noisey. The band recently did a tour documentary that you can check out in the replies as well as their upcoming tour dates with Black Tusk and Indian Handcrafts.

Joan of Arc have announced a self-titled limited EP, Tim Kinsella solo "living room" tour, and a new video for "King Song" which you can find in the replies.

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Bringin' It Back For Kids Fest is back, featuring reunion performances from Destro, Into The Moat, Morning Again and Where Fear and Weapons Meet, and appearances from The Chariot, For Today, Trapped Under Ice and more on October 12th and 13th in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Purchase tickets here, and watch a couple of promo videos.

Strife will be performing two record release shows.

Bon Iver may be taking a extended break in the future.

Justin Vernon

Winding it down. I look at it like a faucet. I have to turn it off and walk away from it because so much of how that music comes together is subconscious or discovering. There’s so much attention on the band, it can be distracting at times. I really feel the need to walk away from it while I still care about it. And then if I come back to it – if at all – I'll feel better about it and be renewed or something to do that.

Jason Lancaster (Go Radio) got engaged.

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Photographer Ryan Russell, known for his work with Paramore, Against Me! and more, is currently offering 20% off all orders in his webstore when using the checkout code "ilikeburritos".

I'll Be Your Mirror Festival kicks off at Pier 36 in NYC this weekend from September 21st-23rd, featuring Frank Ocean, The Afghan Whigs, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, and more.

Yes, they know it's late, but you can download a 77 track summer sampler from Topshelf Records for a tweet.

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