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At some point over the last 10 years the Punk Scene began to lose its Angst. It might have begun when mainstream media decided to dub bands of the corporate produced, high-pitched vocal variety as “punk”. Unfortunately, as some of these bands saw success among the masses, many of the punk labels responsible for the golden years of the 90’s saw the dollar signs in backing a publicly palatable sound and quickly jumped on the bandwagon.

Seemingly overnight a genre known for its desperation, anger and nonconformity became known for its goofyness, whininess and catchy hooks. At the same time the old bands that built the Punk Scene of the 90’s began to grow stale as their own success robbed them of the discontentment that once fueled their rage and drove their music.

But that angst is still out there. I created this website to expose to wider audiences the bands that still have that fire burning inside them. I created it to pump new blood into the anemic state of true Punk Rock today and to help salvage the remains of a DYING SCENE.

New Song: “An Anthem For The Young At Heart” from upcoming Amber Pacific album “Virtues”

Amber Pacific are currently streaming a brand new song on their MySpace page.  The song is titled An Anthem For The Young At Heart and it will appear on the band’s upcoming album Virtues, which is set to be released April 13th on Victory Records.  Oh, and that right there <= is the album cover [...]

Skipjack recording new full-length “Kill American Radio”

San Diego punk act Skipjack have announced that they are currently recording a brand new full-length album, which they have titled Kill American Radio and hope to release mid-summer.
The band has also recently finished a split with Santa Cruz’s Outlie (ex-members of Good Riddance) and are currently looking for a label to put it out.  [...]

Can’t Bear This Party releasing new album “Ain’t No Princess”

For those of you that like to read this here site to discover new bands, here’s a pretty cool one for ya.  Can’t Bear This Party is a post-punk/pop-punk, happy-hardcore band from Nice, France.  Their sound is hard to describe but as they that “a song is worth a thousand words” (maybe I just say [...]

New Song: “Welcome To Our World” from upcoming New Riot album “Riot. Sleep. Repeat”

If you like ska/punk then you’ll like this post.  The UK’s New Riot are releasing their new album Riot. Sleep. Repeat today and if you want to sample the album, the band has just added a new track titled Welcome To Our World to their MySpace page.
Sorta Less Than Jake-ish - definitely worth a listen.

Tuesday Release Day!

Below are a couple albums that hit stores today. Listen to a few of their tracks - if you like what you hear support the bands and go buy an album.
Before Their Eyes: Untouchable (Rise)
Stream 4 album tracks on the band’s MySpace.
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Four Year Strong: Enemy Of The World (Universal)
Stream the entire album on the band’s [...]

New Song: “WMT” from Straighten Things Out

French melodic punk act Straighten Things Out have added another demo to their MySpace page.  The song is titled WMT and like their last addition, it’s pretty damn good if you like technical melodic punk rock.
Straighten Things Out released their last album I Think We Better Split Up last year on Bells On Records.

Download the 2009 EP from Washington Squre Park for free

Washington Square Park are giving away a free download of their 2009 EP on their bandcamp page.
The band is currently working on their debut full-length which is due out in late March last time we heard.

Free Album Download: The Taxpayers - “Rhythm In The Cages”

More and more bands are just giving away their albums for free and I gotta say, I’m digging the trend.  I guess if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.  You can download Rhythm In The Cages, the latest full-length from Portland, Oregon’s The Taxpayers, at Quote Unquote Records.  The album is free but donations are [...]

Douglas Shields and the X Factors to record debut album

Gainesville, Florida’s Douglas Shields and the X Factors will be hitting Golden Tone Studios this week with Rob McGregor (who has recorded Against Me!, Hot Water Music, As Friends Rust and Anchor Arms) to record their debut full length record Beerhorse: The Album
The band will be touring around the region after releasing the record.

Free Album Download: Spanish Gamble - “It’s All Coming Down”

Spanish Gamble are giving away a digital download of their brand new album It’s All Coming Down on their MySpace page.  The album is being officially released March 23rd (I think) on Paper + Plastick Records so if you’re a physical album collector you can pre-order it here.
Spanish Gamble is currently on tour.  Check out [...]

Download an unreleased song from Shark Soup - “Moon Two Point Five”

Shark Soup have made a previously unreleased track titled Moon Two Point Five available for free download right here.  The song was recorded during the production of their album Underworld back in 2008 but didn’t make it on the actual album.

Download first 5 songs from upcoming Why I Hate album “Hieroglyphic Transmissions”

Well this is awesome.  Why I Hate has made available for free download the first 5 songs from their upcoming album Hieroglyphic Transmissions.  The songs are still un-mastered but they sound great to me and you can snag them on the band’s Bandcamp page.
Hieroglyphic Transmissions is due out in May.  Fans of Hot Water Music, [...]

New Song: “The Lights” from The Taxpayers

The Taxpayers are streaming a brand new track titled The Lights on their MySpace page.  The song will appear on the upcoming Traffic Street Records compilation Dangerous Intersections VI (a four way 7″ split) which should be available later this month.

New Song: “Between The Lines” from upcoming The Ghost Inside album “Returners”

You can check out the first single off the upcoming The Ghost Inside album Returners right now on the band’s MySpace page.  The song is titled Between The Lines (lyrics) and the album is due out June 8th on Mediaskare.
The band released their last album Fury And The Fallen Ones in 2008 on Mediaskare and [...]

Music Video: Close Your Eyes - “Song For The Broken”

You can check out the music video for the Close Your Eyes track Song For The Broken right here (jump ahead to second :45).  The song appears on the band’s new album, We Will Overcome, which was released February 16th on Victory Records. The video for Song For The Broken was filmed in Texas on [...]