Chula Vista, CA hardcore exports Take Offense are to release a new EP. “Tensions On High” is out March 30th via Flatspot Records. The band streamed the title track and EP opener recently – they’re now streaming the last track from the release , “Just Because You Believe”. You can have a listen to the song below.

Pre-orders are up now.

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Connecticut ska exports The Hempsteadys have set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund the pressing of new album “Seance! Seance!”. The album is the follow up to 2015’s “El Amor De Los Muertos” and they will be using the money raised to finish the record up and then press it on vinyl.

You can get more details, pledge, see a video about the campaign and view the album artwork over on the Kickstarter page.

The Exploited frontman Wattie Buchan recently explained to Metal Underground why it’s taken so long for the band to release a follow-up to 2003’s Fuck the System. He says:

“We told the label six years ago that we had an album almost ready. We’ve got at least sixteen brilliant songs written, I just need to put lyrics to them, but with my health problems I’ve not been able to do it. We’ve got a couple of songs written but it’s hard to get us together once a week for practice because we all live far away and our guitarist and bassist have jobs. Hopefully with my health being better, we’ll try and get something done, but I’ll never do anything unless it’s a hundrsd percent. We could go into the studio tomorrow and I could throw out some some lyrics, but it wouldn’t be hundred percent and that would be exploiting the punks.”

You can watch the interview in full below.

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In what must be one of the most high profile tours of the year, Rise Against, AFI and Anti-Flag are to embark on a lengthy stadium tour, starting July 28th in Toronto. The tour has been dubbed the “Mourning in Amerika” tour.

Full details of dates are below. Tickets go on sale on Friday at 10am.

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Brazilian ska punks Abraskadabra follow up the release of new album “Welcome”, which came out last month, with a 15 date US tour.

“We had a great time there four years ago and met one of the greatest ska icons, Brent Friedmann,” says guitarist/vocalist Buga. “He’s setting us up with awesome gigs and bands from all over the country and has become a very good friend of ours. We’re very excited to be coming back for the second time.”

You can see full details of the dates below.

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Strung Out have released a video for recent single “Town Of Carazon”, one of the tracks featured on the band’s upcoming acoustic album “Black Out The Sun”, due out May 11th via Fat Wreck Chords.

The album will feature 6 new, acoustic songs as well as acoustic renditions of songs from their back catalogue. You can watch the video below.

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Nofx’s Fat Mike has announced the first edition of a new music festival. The event is called Camp Punk in Drublic and will be a three day celebration of punk rock, craft beer, and general debauchery. It will be held on the first weekend of June, from the Friday through until Sunday in Legend Valley, Thornville, OH.

Comprising the line up will be many Fat Wreck favourites plus a few other legendary punk rock bands. These will include: Nofx, Rancid, Goldfinger, Pennywise, Lagwagon, The Bouncing Souls, Face to Face, and many more. There will also be various other attractions such as flea markets, funfairs, and camp fire stories from the likes of Jello Biafra, Eric Melvin, and Mike himself.

Fat Mike had the following to say about his new venture:

“The thing about camping is that really nothing can go wrong, because everything is already wrong. Punk rockers don’t really know how to camp. They know how to wear hoodies, drink, and lean on each other… 

“…Let me be clear: A rabbi, a priest and a few thousand punk rockers go camping in Ohio…Sorry, no punchline. But there will be 17 great bands, 2 mediocre bands, and 5,000 kegs of beer. What could possibly go wrong?”

If you’re interested in attending the first Camp Punk in Drublic, head over to the official website to check out all the details.

Vancouver punk rockers YOU BIG IDIOT are set to release their new album, Mega Donair on April 20th. According to an email from the band, the record is a dedication to a local donair shop. Mega Donair will feature 12 tracks and YOUBIG IDIOT had the following to say about it:

“[It’s] packed with fast and fun skate punk guaranteed to put a smile on your face.”

The previous studio release from the band was the 2014 effort Happy Thoughts. 

Emotional pop punkers Hot Mulligan are allowing fans to stream their latest full-length record. The album is titled Pilot and will feature eleven tracks. The band also have a few shows in the coming weeks. We’ve listed these and provided the stream for Pilot below.

The previous effort from Hot Mulligan was the 2017 EP Opportunities.

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Boston punks OC45 have announced a string of tour dates around North America this spring. The band will start on April 18 in Pittsburgh, PA and will be joined on drums by April Schupmann of Sniper 66 and Starving Wolves throughout all 29 dates. They’ll be supported by Walk the Plank from DC, Avenues from Milwaukee, and Burn Burn Burn from Seattle at various points. 

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