Social Distortion frontman, Mike Ness, was recently interviewed by indie-folks singer/songwriter Frank Turner while on tour in Berlin.  The two discuss whether Social Distortion should be considered a “punk band,” the punk scene in ’78, being a punk rock dad, why Social Distortion took Frank Turner on tour, what it means to be “punk,” and when fans can expect the next Social Distortion album (“in 2 years”).

Check it out here: part 1 and part 2.

“Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes,” Social Distortion’s first album since 2004, was released in January on Epitaph Records.

Miss May I have premiered the music video for their song “Masses Of A Dying Breed” and you can check it out in all it’s Civil War reenactment glory right here.

The appears on the band’s most recent album “Monument”, which was released out August 17th on Rise Records.

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Dang!Records has posted a teaser for the upcoming music video for Perdition‘s song “”I’ll be Careful, You’ll be Dead and you can check it out here.

The full video will be released on July 6th.

The song appears on upcoming split between the two bands which is due out on July 15th. You can stream the split in its entirety here. SCR released a split last year with In Bad Taste, also on Dang!Records.

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The generous people over at Either/Or Records have put together a free comp download entitled “Either​/​Or and More Vol. 3.”.

It features songs from Citizen, Louder Than Bombs, Stickup Kid, Our Life Story, Seahaven and many more.

You can snag your free download here.

Chicago punk act All Eyes West have posted the music video for their song “Help is on the Way.”

Check it out right here.

The song will appear on the band’s upcoming self titled debut LP which is expected out on August 23, 2011 via Jump Start Records.

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U.K. Melodic punk act Failsafe are currently hard at work on their third album with Producer Dave Eringa. They’ve posted several updates. Here’s a portion of the latest update:

“We are thrilled with the songs that we have completed so far. Without blowing our own trumpet(s) and at the risk of sounding corny/ cliche/ big headed/ moronic, we are exceptionally proud of the way they are sounding and think that Dave is doing a remarkable job of bringing them to life. He is very hands on with his approach and is constantly challenging our performance and the parts of the songs. It is also very humbling to know that we feel like we are making the best possible record we could have done with the money we managed to get together. The generosity of every pledger, and everybody who gives a moments notice to what we are trying to do, is astounding. We consider ourselves to be very proud and very lucky to be doing this right now. So… on the cards tomorrow… 2 tracks of vocals, 2 more tracks of guitar, and 2 tracks of backing vocals…… Dave likes to run a tight ship.”

To read and watch all of the updates in their entirety go here. The band released their latest album “The Truth is…” in 2008 through Small Town Records (U.K.) / Fond Of Life Records (Europe).

Massachusetts based punk rock act Late Nite Wars put out an album in May entitled “Who’s Going To Miss You If You Go?” on Panic Records, but today the band has announced that they are breaking up due to personal reasons as well as recent touring issues. The band will be playing four final shows throughout July and August. Here’s a portion of  what the band had to say,

“It’s tough to keep a band together when everyone’s priorities are different. Touring isn’t for everyone. Being in this band proved that. After three years as a band, we feel like we’ve exhausted all of our efforts to continue. We’ve come to the point as friends and bandmates where we want to pursue different directions in music and in our personal lives. We released our first full length earlier this year called, “Who’s Going to Miss You If You Go?” on Panic Records. I guess that title has become more fitting than ever.”

Click here to read the full statement and check out the final show details.

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Richmond pop punk act Hold Tight have released a new EP, “Call The Zoo,” and have posted it for donation based download.

You can snag it right here.

You can download  “Can’t Take This Away,” their previous release, there as well.

San Francisco punk rockers Nothington have posted a new song entitled “Tired Hearts.”

You can have a listen right here.

The song appears on their upcoming EP, “More Than Obvious,” out July 12th on Red Scare. Nothington’s last released Roads Bridges and Ruins in 2009 on BYO Records.

Sacramento rockers Middle Class Rut have posted the music video for their song “Busy Bein’ Born.”

You can check it out right here.

The song appears on their 2010 album “No Name No Color.”