If you've ever seen Fucked Up live, then you know that between their gigantic, bald, half naked singer, their THREE guitars, and wall of sound attack, they put on one hell of a raucous show. But, despite the chaos all around him, founding member and lead guitarist Mike Haliechuk never seems to flinch. While bodies are flying all about (including his own) Haliechuk never seems to smile or grimace or sneer- he just stares nearly unblinkingly at the audience... like a Canadian terminator. Frankly, it kind of creeps me out!

Just what is going inside that head? Haliechuk has been responsible for taking punk to a new level, writing songs about illegal police searches as well as the effervescence of the sun. He's been adamant in supporting local charities and has also been fiercely ardent in the concept of bands controlling their own destinies as opposed to being the subject of whims and record labels. But on the other hand, for years he spread mis-information about the band, released records in obscure and outdated formats... all while remaining 100 percent accessible via e-mail. Punknews interviewer John Gentile recently talked with Haliechuck in an attempt to clear up some of the mysteries still surrounding the band and we fear that he may have simply found myself to be a rat in a maze...

You can click Read More to journey further down the rabbit hole.

Justin Sane of Anti-Flag visited Toronto this past week for the controversial G20 demonstrations and recorded a song based on his experiences titled "Solidarity In The Face Of Anti-Progressives." With regards to the protests, Justin explained his feelings on the widely criticized police response to protestors:

Toronto was turned into a police state by the G20, with over a billion dollars spent on “security” or more accurately “oppression measures.” As is often the case, the police were incredibly brutal in their attempt to silence dissent by those of us who believe that the G20 summit is anti-democratic and only concerned with maintaining corporate dominance over the world. While the police oppression was unnerving and enraging, seeing people stand up for their rights and fighting for survival of the world was inspiring. More inspiration came from viewing Sounds Like A Revolution in its final cut! It is an incredible film that in the words of the great Micheal Franti, “enrages, enlightens and inspires.

You can click Read More for the song.

This fall, Alice in Chains, Deftones and Mastodon will be hitting the road together for the Black Diamond Skye tour. The tour kicks off mid-September and will see the three bands hitting venues in the US and Canada through mid-October.

To warm you up for the tour, we've got a prize package featuring the latest albums from each of the three touring bands. You can click Read More for the details.

My Heart to Joy begin an extensive American tour tonight that includes dates with Native, Snowing, Into It. Over It., Former Thieves, Grown Ups and others. You can click Read More for the details.

The band continues to support 2009's Seasons in Verse, and information regarding a new EP is expected to be announced soon.

Cancer Bats have booked a run of Canadian shows kicking off in August and running for two weeks. The Toronto-based punk/metal outfit is supporting Bears, Mayors, Scraps, & Bones.

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Our stream today comes from Hartford, CT-based (post-)melodic hardcore act Hostage Calm. While their self-titled, sophomore full-length won't be released until July 20, we've got a full stream available for you now.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.

Underoath have posted thefourth video update from the studio as they record their new album with a new drummer. The band is recording with producers Matt Goldman (Lost In The Sound Of Separation and Define The Great Line) and Jeremy SH Griffith. The band also recently announced that Daniel Davison (ex-Norma Jean) will be handling the drumming duties on both the new record as well as the upcoming COOL TOUR with As I Lay Dying, Blessthefall, Between The Buried And Me, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War Of Ages.

The album will be the first since Lost in the Sound of Separation. The band will be on the road this summer with As I Lay Dying, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats and War Of Ages. Check out the update here.

Blink 182 have begun recording. Bassist Mark Hoppus posted this brief Twitter update:

blink-182 recording today. new album type stuff.

The band released their last studio album, Blink 182, in 2003.

TMZ, from where we get all our news apparently, is reporting that Glenn Danzig has been sued in L.A. County Superior Court for allegedly "recklessly crash[ing]" his car into the rear-end of another vehicle back in January. The victim named in the suit is Guy Wilson who claims that he has had to endure "pain and suffering" and "emotional distress" as a result of the crash. He is suing for unspecified damages.

Check out the report here and for no reason, the video for "Mother" and one for "Sistinas."

Andrew W.K. has posted the video for "I Want To See You Go Wild." The track comes from Close Calls With Brick Walls which was issued in North America earlier this year after an initial run limited to Japan in 2006.

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Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship and Midtown fame has been named PETA2's sexiest vegetarian. Nominees were unveiled two weeks ago and included members of Youth of Today, Shelter, Against Me!, AFI, Comeback Kid, Earth Crisis, My Chemical Romance, Paint It Black, Lifetime , Silverstein, The Black Keys , The Swellers , Fugazi and many more.

Details about the process can be found here.

In a recent interview at Pitchfork, Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning discussed his band's role in the film. The Toronto indie rock act wrote the music for the fictional act Crash And The Boys, with actor Erik Knudsen (aka Crash) providing vocals. Brendan described the songs to Pitchfork:

They're really short punk rock jams. One tune is four seconds long-- it's in Napalm Death territory. After that one, someone in the movie yells, "Hey, it's not a race!" The longest tune we recorded for it was 42 seconds. Another one is a little more in D.R.I. territory. We're all fans of that type of thrashy music-- Charles [Spearin] and Ohad [Benchetrit] played in a metal band growing up. I definitely bought Suicidal Tendencies' first record when it came out.

The soundtrack to Edgar Wright's adaption of Bryan Lee O'Malley's comic series will feature contributions from Frank Black of the Pixies, the Black Lips and Metric as well. As previously reported Beck is writing the music for the title character's band Sex Bob-Omb.

New York City will play host to the first live performance from early hardcore act Inside Out in 21 years. The Inside Out reunion performance is set for August 14, 2010 and will include Razorblade Handgrenade, No Tolerance, Vigilant Hotel and Activator. It all takes place at Santos Party House in New York. Ypu can find ticket info here.

UPDATE: This is not, as originally reported, the Inside Out that featured Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine and Vic DiCara of Shelter and 108. Wrong Inside Out. Sorry about that.

The Weakerthans founder (and former Propagandhi member) John K. Samson was recently named Winnipeg’s Art Ambassador for Music by the city’s Arts Council. Samson joins ambassadors in the fields of theater, visual arts, music, dance, and literary arts, who will advocate for their art forms within the city and beyond.

Along with his award winning work in the Weakerthans, Samson is a founding member of Arbeiter Ring Publishing, a publishing collective. He also released City Route 85 [7 inch] last year.

The Thermals have released the first single from their next album. The record is titled Personal Life and is due out September 7, 2010 via Kill Rock Stars. It is the follow-up to Now We Can See which was released in 2009.

Check out "I Don't Believe You" via Pitchfork.