In anticipation of the release of their debut full-length, “Don’t Be A Dick,” Cole and Joey of Emily’s Army recently sat down for a little chat with AMP Magazine. During the course of the interview, the whippersnappers discuss the origins of the band (which sounds odd coming from a band whose oldest member is 17), the band’s sound, and the songwriting process. Oh, they also touch on what it was like to work with Joey’s daddy, none other than Billie Joe Armstrong. Check out the full interview here.

“Don’t Be A Dick” was released yesterday on Adeline Records. The album’s artwork can be seen at the left. If you like it, head to our Cover Art of the Week contest and cast your vote!

SoCal punk rock boys and girls, take notice: the full lineup was finally announced today for this year’s FYF Fest! The annual gig takes place Labor Day weekend in Downtown LA, and this year’s edition features a pretty solid roster headlined by punk legends The Descendents and recently reunited Dead Milkmen!

Also featured will be newer bands like Title Fight, Touche Amore, Death From Above 1979, Broken Social Scene and Kid Dynamite. Click here for the full roster. Or you can stop by the official FYF Fest website for more details.

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Hardworking Fat Wreck punks Dead to Me have announced a new 7″ split with Riverboat Gamblers and Off With Their Heads, which will feature brand spanking new songs from Dead to Me and Riverboat Gamblers.

The catch?  Apparently the split will only be available on tour.  So be sure to check out all the Dead to Me/Riverboat Gambler/Off With Their Heads tour dates right here.

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Pop-punk fans, if you haven’t heard of Margate yet, it’s time to take notice.  This Los Angeles based three piece has been making quite a name for themselves lately and today we’re stoked to bring you an exclusive stream of their newest single “Live It Up,” which you can listen to right here.

“Live It Up” will appear on the band’s upcoming EP, “Rock ‘n Roll Reserve,” which will be released July 26th on the band’s own Room 57 Records.  It was recorded and produced by Margate and Paul Miner (ex-bassist for Death By Stereo, engineer for New Found Glory, Thrice, Atreyu, etc…) at Buzzbomb Sound Labs in Orange, CA.  The tracklisting and cover art can be found here.

Margate has two prior full-length albums, “Songs In The Key Of Awesome” (2006) and “On The Other Side” (2009).

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Mike Herrera (MxPx, Tumbledown)  appears to have quite a busy summer planned.  In addition to working on a brand new MxPx full length, Mike has also announced plans for a European tour this coming August.

Although some of the details have been hard to find, it appears that Mike will be doing a solo acoustic performance at all the shows and then doing a full band set of MxPx songs (of course, without fellow band mates Tom and Yuri as they have both retired from full time touring).

Don’t miss out on the shows, you can check the dates right here.

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Jacksonville, Florida Pop-punk outfit Boys No Good are streaming the first track, “Crash and Burn,” off their upcoming debut album, “Never Felt Better,” on their Facebook page.

Boys No Good are releasing “Never Felt Better” on July 26th through Indianola Records.

One great part of 2011 has been the abundance of Descendents news as the band has seemingly risen from the dead.

Bill Stevenson recently caught up with…well I’m not sure…the website is in a foreign language (someone want to tell me what it is?) However, there is a nice long interview (in English!) and touches on all things Descendents, punk rock, recording and life.

And perhaps most exciting is Stevenson’s belief that another Descendents album is not out of the question.  Check out the full read right here.

This past weekend The Gaslight Anthem performed at the Netherlands Pinkpop festival and they are now giving you a chance to listen to the set in its entirety.

Sorry folks – no video – but there is still great audio quality.  You can check out all the goodness for yourself right here.

Miami post-hardcore outfit Black Tide have released a music video for their song “Walking Dead Man” and you can watch it here. The song is currently available for download on iTunes as a single and will also appear on their forthcoming release, “Post Mortem.”

Black Tide release “Post Mortem” August 23rd on Interscope Records.

The votes are in!  Congrats to last week’s Cover Art of the Week winner, Frank Turner, for the classy, looks-like-an-old-book artwork featured on the cover of his latest album, “England Keep My Bones.”

The polls are now open for this week’s Best Cover Art of the Week where Emily’s Army, The Swellers, The Wonder Years and more are going head to head.  Go cast your vote here.