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Man Overboard are giving away a 12-song sampler.

  Saosin is at work on new material, according to this post on their official Facebook page. No word on who's doing the vocals in place of Cove Reber, who was kicked out of the band in July 2010, but Altpress.com will keep you updated on any emerging details. Check out the statement below: "We are working on a NEW release. I wont say its for everyone , but its something we have been wanting to do for a LONG time. We will release more details in the form of MUSIC, since thats really what we do. But in the meantime, an interesting read from TRENT RENZNOR [sic]. We have gone from self-released , to Major label bread winners, to tax write offs and back to independenence and this may shed a little light on what being an ARTIST in the music industry today feels like." Saosin last released In Search Of Solid Ground in 2009.

 Guitarist Adam Juwig has announced his departure from Anarbor. Juwig plans to go back to school, as explained in the statement below: "So, some of you might have been wondering if I had fallen off the face of the world or not. About two months ago, I made the decision to leave Anarbor and go back to school full time and live a normal life. It was a very hard decision to make and wasn't a spontaneous decision. The whole time we had been touring, I had always had a yearning to go back to school and get my degree. After the "Do America" Tour, we had the longest break at home that we've had since we first began touring. Over the past few months, I was reminded of how much I loved being home and living a normal life. Being away from home for 8 to 10 months out of the year is just something that doesn't interest me anymore. Don't get me wrong, I loved touring and playing shows everyday with my best friends, just being gone so much and not having stability can get a little irritating. T...

 Close Your Eyes has released a video for track "Carry You" The song is taken from the band's latest album Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts, which was released last year through Victory Records.

  Sent By Ravens have released the title track from their upcoming album, Mean What You Say. The album is set to drop February 28 via Tooth & Nail Records. You can stream "Mean What You Say" below.

  Never Shout Never recently performed an acoustic session of two new tracks, "Till The Sun Comes Up" and "Good Times." You can check out the performance here. Their new album, also titled Good Times, is aimed to be released towards the end of this year.

  Life On Repeat have released a live music video for their song "Sinking". The video can be viewed below. The track is taken from the band's debut album, Struggle + Sleep, which was released last year through Equal Vision Records.

Critically acclaimed melodic-hardcore band Basement have announced that they will premiere a new song called 'Whole' later today. The track will be featured on the band's Maida Vale live session, which fans can listen to here.

Indie rock trio Lemuria have announced that they will be releasing a new music video for their song 'Wise People' later this week. The track is featured on the band's latest album 'Pebbles', which was released last year to critical acclaim.

VICE is putting on a party this Saturday Feb 4th, taking over Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel and cramming it full of bands including Das Racist, Canyons, Alpine, Collarbones, Jonti and more. There’s going to be DJ sets from Twin Shadow & Austra too, a bunch of hotel rooms in play and there’ll also be a one 1-year Rdio subscription in it for one lucky punter. People can head to rdio.vice.com for their chance at one of 300 double passes – and to grab their trial. For those readers outside of Sydney there’s the chance to be flown (with three mates) to the show and to be put up in a hotel room – plus the 7-day trial too of course. Rdio | 7 day trials freely available at bit.ly/wJ0bw1 a million songs in your pocket | play the music you want, when you want, with no ads | discover and share music through friends, influencers, facebook and twitter | sync music to your iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android and listen while offline