Anthony Raneri of Bayside and Steve Soboslai of Punchline recently wrapped a brief tour together, and I captured the final date at T.T. the Bear's Place in Cambridge, MA on April 29 for our Live Sessions. Head to the replies to watch full acoustic sets from each musician.

"364 days until next year's hockey tryouts, I have to toughen up."

Staff Interviews

Ed Sheeran (Jake Denning)

Periphery's new, as-yet-untitled album will be coming out July 3 through Sumerian Records. It will feature guest guitar solos from Wes Hauch (The Faceless), Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats) and John Petrucci (Dream Theater).

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Lupe Fiasco's new single, titled "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)," will be released on Tuesday, May 22, via iTunes. It's the first single from his new album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap, and the art for the single can be seen in the replies.

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Fun. covered Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" for the BBC Live Lounge and they were joined by Paramore's Hayley Williams. Listen to the cover in the replies.

Hold Tight and Pedals On Pirate Ships are going on tour. Dates in the replies.

The Fake Boys are going on tour. Dates in the replies.

Check out our interview with Ed Sheeran here. Sheeran's debut album, +, has already sold over one million copies outside the U.S. alone; it releases June 12th in the U.S. through Atlantic Records.

From The Interview

Your debut album + (Plus) is about to come out in America in June; however it's been out everywhere else since September of last year. What some people might not know is that you've already sold 1 MILLION copies of this record. That's a huge accomplishment! Were you overwhelmed at the massive response you've received so far?

Thanks man, yeah I was overwhelmed by how many people have related to some of my songs, I've had a brilliant time travelling the world playing this record.

You can stream a new song from The Spill Canvas, and read a new interview, here.

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You can stream Flatfoot 56's new single, "I Believe It," here. Just click "listen now" and fast forward to 40:40. The song comes from their Paper + Plastick Records debut full-length Toil, which will be available on July 24.

Today's interview from the random questionnaire offered to any and all bands comes from The Holiday Electric. You can read the interview here.

PropertyOfZack has a few things to share today: an Escape The Fate interview that is quite odd, a Pianos Become the Teeth road blog, a Lowtalker studio feature, and a Foreign Tongues track-by-track.

The Receiving End Of Sirens have set up a make-shift live stream of tonight's show. Head here at 6:30 PST for their set.

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Stacy Clark's new video for "Sign" can be found in the replies.

Three live videos of Set Your Goals performing "Goonies Never Say Die,” “Summer Jam,” and “The Few That Remain" can be found in the replies.

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Seems like the jam sessions always happen at night - let's listen while the sun's still up. Come over to the AbsolutePunk Turntable room for good times and good tunes.

EDIT: Thanks for coming by people!

American Gospel just released a video cover of Radiohead's "Lucky" (in the replies) and an interview for You, Me & Charlie.

Breathe Carolina want fans to help unlock "Hit and Run" -- each 1000 'Likes" unlocks another 15 seconds.

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Lamb of God and Dethklok will co-headline a tour with support from Gojira. Dates can be found in the replies.

Testament will release Dark Roots of Earth on July 31st via Nuclear Blast Records. The artwork can be seen in our gallery.

Track Listing
1. Rise Up
2. Native Blood
3. Dark Roots Of Earth
4. True American Hate
5. A Day In The Death
6. Cold Embrace
7. Man Kills Mankind
8. Throne Of Thorns
9. Last Stand For Independence

I'm procrastinating from answering all the emails in my inbox, so .... Paris Hilton announces she's going on a DJ tour and will be releasing an album of house music.

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Four Year Strong is no longer on Universal/Motown records.

From the Band

When the merger between Motown and Republic happened, our album was essentially done. Republic put out the album since it was done and didn't seem like they had much intention other than that, so we were able to get off the label. Nobody is unhappy about this on our side.

Check out a new feature on the albums that changed Kevin Devine's life.

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Tegan and Sara's latest video update is in the replies.

My Chemical Romance have confirmed that Jarrod Alexander will be drumming on the band's new album.

The Menzingers video for "Nice Things" is in the replies.

Update: We have a winner!

In honor of Cherri Bomb's debut record, This Is The End Of Control, being released today, we've teamed up for a giveaway. The first person to reply to this thread will get a signed copy of the record and a signed poster (seen in the replies).

Head here to stream the new The Orphan, The Poet EP, An Exercise in Form. Read our review of it here.

Drummer Bill Ward will officially not be participating in the Black Sabbath reunion.

Dear Sabbath Fans and Fellow Musicians

I sincerely regret to inform you that after a final effort to participate in the upcoming Sabbath shows a failure to agree has continued. At this time I have to inform you that I won’t be playing with Black Sabbath at the Birmingham gig dated May 19th, 2012, nor will I be playing at Download on June 10th, 2012. Further, I will not be playing at Lollapalooza on August 3, 2012.

It is with a very sad heart that I bring you this news. I am sincerely passionate in my desire to play with the band, and I’m very, very sorry that it’s fallen to this. This statement is even...

NOFX will release a 7" single titled My Stepdad's a Cop and My Stepmom's a Domme. It will be released on June 19th, but you can get an instant download if you pre-order it right now.

Refused will be in western Canada at the end of August and tour dates can be found in the replies.

Bonnaroo have announced the set times/schedule for the 2012 festival.

Clips of every song on the new Beach Boys album are on Amazon.

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Green Day will headline Voodoo Fest this year. Their only scheduled US date all year.

4 of the 5 members of The Air I Breathe have left the band. The only remaining member is vocalist Tony Dougard. However, it looks like he has found replacements for the Rise Records Freshman Tour.

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