Metallers August Burns Red have made the trailer for album “Leveller” available on YouTube. You can view it here. The album was released on June 21st on Solid State Records. . . .
Metallers August Burns Red have made the trailer for album “Leveller” available on YouTube. You can view it here. The album was released on June 21st on Solid State Records.
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Socal fun punx Madison Bloodbath have signed to Paper + Plastick Records for their upcoming 7″, “Get Deckered”. In celebration of this they’re offering a free download of “Tears for Beers” from the release. You can get your hands on that here. The band have had a number of previous split 7″ releases with artists […]
Socal fun punx Madison Bloodbath have signed to Paper + Plastick Records for their upcoming 7″, “Get Deckered”. In celebration of this they’re offering a free download of “Tears for Beers” from the release. You can get your hands on that here.
The band have had a number of previous split 7″ releases with artists including Dan Padilla, Calvinball and Anchor Arms as well as a full length album on A.D.D. Records in 2008.
It’s not every day that we get to cover punk rock movie news here at Dying Scene. If you haven’t heard about this yet, there’s a film called “The Last Summer” that is due out later this year and is billed as a “punk rock movie,” in that it was “made by a bunch of […]
It’s not every day that we get to cover punk rock movie news here at Dying Scene. If you haven’t heard about this yet, there’s a film called “The Last Summer” that is due out later this year and is billed as a “punk rock movie,” in that it was “made by a bunch of punk rock kids” with no real budget and no corporate sponsorship.
“The Last Summer” also has a kick-ass soundtrack lined up, with most sub-genres of the punk rock world thoroughly represented. We don’t have a formal release date or track list yet, but we can tell you that the Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, Kevin Seconds, Big D & The Kids Table and Old Man Markley are among those confirmed for the soundtrack. Click here for the full lineup, and we’ll keep you posted as more info is released.
Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights announced plans for their You Are Not Alone 2011 tour, and it looks like it’ll keep the fellas busy for a good chunk of the rest of the year. The tour starts August 21st in Toronto (which is not in the US, I know) and meanders most of the East Coast, southeast, […]
Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights announced plans for their You Are Not Alone 2011 tour, and it looks like it’ll keep the fellas busy for a good chunk of the rest of the year. The tour starts August 21st in Toronto (which is not in the US, I know) and meanders most of the East Coast, southeast, Midwest, and West Coast before coming to a close in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 29th. Click here for the full itinerary.
Hawthorne Heights released a full-length album, “Skeletons,” on Wind-Up Records and a greatest hits comp, “Midwesterners: The Hits,” on Victory Records last year. [Read more…]
A couple of Massachusetts-based acts announced joint plans to hit the road together this summer for a handful of dates. Post-punk/folk band Dreamtigers (pictured at left, featuring members of Defeater) and folk act The First Annual will head out July 8th for a few weeks that will take them around the eastern US. Click here […]
A couple of Massachusetts-based acts announced joint plans to hit the road together this summer for a handful of dates. Post-punk/folk band Dreamtigers (pictured at left, featuring members of Defeater) and folk act The First Annual will head out July 8th for a few weeks that will take them around the eastern US. Click here for the itinerary.
Beverly, MA’s Dreamtigers are supporting last year’s “Fools” EP, while Boston’s The First Annual are supporting their recent “Lovesick” EP.
D.R.U.G.S. announced today that they are set to release a brand new EP next month. “Live From Hot Topic” was recorded at the headquarters of, you guessed it, Hot Topic, and its cover art can be seen over on the left-hand side of this post. “Live From Hot Topic” will be available on July 12th, […]
D.R.U.G.S. announced today that they are set to release a brand new EP next month. “Live From Hot Topic” was recorded at the headquarters of, you guessed it, Hot Topic, and its cover art can be seen over on the left-hand side of this post.
“Live From Hot Topic” will be available on July 12th, only at Hot Topic locations. Click here to see the tracklist.
D.R.U.G.S. (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) released their debut, self-titled full length album in February 2011 on Sire Records.
Everyone loves a little free music to celebrate the first Hump Day of the summer season, am I right? For your listening pleasure, French-language webzine Alternativ News is offering up a free, thirty-three track compilation that they are dubbing “A Pop Punk Summer.” The comp features the likes of Living With Lions, Crucial Dudes, The […]
Everyone loves a little free music to celebrate the first Hump Day of the summer season, am I right? For your listening pleasure, French-language webzine Alternativ News is offering up a free, thirty-three track compilation that they are dubbing “A Pop Punk Summer.” The comp features the likes of Living With Lions, Crucial Dudes, The Anchor Boys, Handguns, The Story So Far, and more than a couple dozen more. Tres bien!
Check out the full tracklist here, then click here to download your very own copy.
There’s a saying that goes: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This saying can easily be applied to SoCal punk outfit Pulley, and their latest EP, “The Long and the Short of It.” While many things about the punk music scene have changed over the years, Pulley has remained determined to […]
There’s a saying that goes: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This saying can easily be applied to SoCal punk outfit Pulley, and their latest EP, “The Long and the Short of It.” While many things about the punk music scene have changed over the years, Pulley has remained determined to craft skate-punk like it’s 1995 all over again.
This is certainly not a bad thing, as Pulley is composed of strong musicians, and are the sort of band that listeners will want to listen to over and over again. Really, “The Long and the Short of It” would only be a disappointment if anyone expected Pulley to delve into screamo, death metal, or anything equally bizarre for a melodic skate-punk band.
For Pulley fans, this EP is pretty much what you’ve grown to expect by now. It’s catchy, mosh-able skate punk that isn’t repetitive or boring. It’s the sort of skate punk that fans would yearn to hear live, played as fast and furiously as possible.
One issue with the EP is that while all three tracks are classic Pulley, none of them fully capture the many facets of the band’s sound. Pulley’s 2009 EP, “Time-Insensitive Material,” did a better job of this with tracks like “Ghost Inside My Skin,” a darker, less punk-y tune that showcased the band as great musicians who are able to push the skate punk boundaries. Frontman Scott Radinsky’s songwriting abilities really shined through on their last EP, but doesn’t manage to capture the same feeling with “The Long and the Short of It.” Then again, this is only a three-song EP, so the band were rather limited in how experimental they could go
The first track of the EP, “No Mans Flute,” gets the album off to an energetic and aggressive start. The track contains the best guitar solo of the EP, and proves that while Pulley make have taken it slower in the release department lately, that hasn’t diminished the overall quality of the work they produce. When track 2, “The Long and the Short of It” starts up, Pulley fans will already have developed a strong addiction to the catchy and bombastic sound that Pulley have crafted over the years.
“Which Way To Go” is an appropriate album closer, depicting a band looking for the next step. It’s funny that the song fits in so well, as it is actually a cover of a song by Texas punk act The Big Boys, but fits in perfectly with the other two songs on the EP, and all of Pulley’s work to date.
So while “The Long and the Short of It” may not exactly reinvent the wheel, it will definitely remind fans of why they first started listening to Pulley in the first place. This is classic Pulley, and as another saying goes, if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.
Michigan post-hardcore act Chiodos is gearing up for a busy second half of 2011. The band were already slated to play the Scream It Like You Mean It Tour that spans most of July and all of August. Today, they announced plans to head to the UK and mainland Europe for three weeks in November […]
Michigan post-hardcore act Chiodos is gearing up for a busy second half of 2011. The band were already slated to play the Scream It Like You Mean It Tour that spans most of July and all of August. Today, they announced plans to head to the UK and mainland Europe for three weeks in November with the likes of Chicago, Illinois’, based Madina Lake.
The Scream It Like You Mean It Tour also features Breathe Carolina, I See Stars, The Color Morale, Mod Sun and The Air I Breathe. Click here for the full itinerary of Scream It Like You Mean It US dates and UK/Europe Madina Lake dates.
Chiodos’ latest release was last year’s “Illuminaudio,” released on Equal Vision Records.
Seattle pop-punkers, Still Automatic, have just signed to When’s Lunch Records for the release of their upcoming EP “Hatred Of Release.” The 10 minutes long EP will contain 3 songs and is expected for a digital release on August 16th. If your a fan of No Use For A Name, The Ataris, The Getup Kids […]
Seattle pop-punkers, Still Automatic, have just signed to When’s Lunch Records for the release of their upcoming EP “Hatred Of Release.”
The 10 minutes long EP will contain 3 songs and is expected for a digital release on August 16th.
If your a fan of No Use For A Name, The Ataris, The Getup Kids and Saves The Day you should give them a listen.