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It’s almost surprising to hear Hot Water Music are relatively relaxed as they record their new album—their first since 2004’s The New What Next—at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, Colorado, with producer Bill Stevenson, according to guitarist/vocalist Chris Wollard.

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In the wake of releasing Big Kiss Goodnight, Baltimore's hardest hardcore band, Trapped Under Ice, are set to take over the globe again, and this March it will be Australia's turn to realise once again why TUI are back on the tips of everyone's tongues. Joining them around the country will be Sydney's Relentless, setting this tour up to be one of the most unforgettable tours of 2012.

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Blood Sweat & Beers #6 is on again this Saturday Feb 4th at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney. Playing times have been released for the show with La Mancha Negra opening up proceedings and Old Music For Old People wrapping things up. Click thru for the timetable.

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News out of the D.R.I. camp is that guitarist Spike Cassidy recently underwent a total colectomy, a procedure which removes the person's entire colon. Cassidy, who was diagnosed with colon cancer back in 2004, is in the hospital recovering from a surgery related infection.

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2012 is the 25th anniversary of Revelation Records and to mark the occasion, there are three amazing shows coming up in June at the Glasshouse in Pamona, California. Since the first update about the shows, Bold, Shai Hulud, Sick Of It All, and others have been added to the lineup for this three-show event.

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Bridge Nine newcomers, Expire, begin recording their debut full-length for the label on January 30th, 2012. The band will be holed up at Howl Street Recordings in Milwaukee, WI for the following week, laying down the tracks that will be their yet-to-be-titled LP.  Jay Maas of Getaway Recordings will handle the mixing and mastering aspects of the album.

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The Canberra connection of Murph & Alex Young, the dynamic duo behind such bands as I Exist, Hard Luck, A Stab In The Dark and more are back with a new band called BLACK COFFEE. They've put their 8 song demo up for free download, that even features a cover of Urban Waste's "Public Opinion".

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Fat Wreck Chords has announced plans for a limited edition box set containing 18 7" singles from NOFX, appropriately titled 126 Inches of NOFX: Singles Collection. The collection is set to contain all of the band's 7" singles, pressed up on special new colors.

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CANCER BATS will release their fourth full-length album Dead Set On Living, on April 20, 2012 through Shock Records in Australia and NZ. Once again utilizing the legendary Vespa Studios and producers Eric Ratz and Kenny Luong, Dead Set On Living brings yet another dimension to the Bats’ menacing style of thrash-tinged hardcore rock.

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Watch these three essential videos to help you become the proudest Aussie possible on this day of great celebration. Happy Straya Day. If you're in Melbourne today, make sure to get down to the Tote to check out the festivities.

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