Rocknroll outsiders The Scarred are at it again! Hard on the heels of their upcoming split 7″ with legendary Portland, Oregon band Defiance, they have released the cover artwork and title of their upcoming full length for Late Summer 2011. The new album is called “Live Fast Die Poor” and is expected to be available for pre-order through Jailhouse Records in the very near future. Two rare colored vinyl versions – one with a rare insert – are expected to be released, as well as a CD format with two additional tracks.

We’ll have more details on “Live Fast Die Poor” as they come. This will be The Scarred’s first full length album since 2009’s “At Half Mast.”

San Fran rockers I the Mighty have signed a deal with Equal Vision Records. They should be putting out an EP some time in the fall. If you want to see if you like them before it comes out, they’re streaming a bunch of songs over at MySpace.

They also made a video of their contract signing (it’s full of hugs and high fives; it’s actually kind of sweet). If you want to check that out it’s right here.

[Read more…]

Pop-punkers Set Your Goals have released the official video for their new track “Certain.” Check it out over here.

“Certain” is off the group’s upcoming record, “Burning at Both Ends,” which is set to drop June 28 on Epitaph. Their last release was 2009′s “This Will Be The Death Of Us.”

While we’re waiting to hear more about Living With Lions‘ re-release of the non-FACTOR-funded version of “Holy Shit,” here’s a video to tide us over. The group is playing “Colors,” off their 2007 release “Dude Manor” live at Sneaky Dess in Toronto. Check it out here.

Living With Lions released “Holy Shit” on May 17 via Adeline Records, but then due to controversy over the biblical cover and a poop Jesus they recalled it and are planning to re-release it without backing from the Canadian government’s FACTOR program.

[Read more…]

Pennsylvania weekend-of-aweseomeness East Coast Tsunami Fest will be broadcasting its shows via online pay-per-view. It’s $8 per day, which is reduced to $6 if you pay ahead of time, and you’ll get to see the show in its entirety.

The festival is in Reading, PA, and features Leftover Crack, Murphy’s Law, Blood for Blood, No Redeeming Social Value and Such Gold, among others. Many others. Go here for the full line-up and other details.

Punk prodigy Nicolas Merritt joined Strung Out on stage to play the drums on their song “Scarecrow.” It was during a show on June 3 in Austin, TX.

Go check it out here.

Nicolas is the 9-year-old son of 16 Hour Drive‘s Chad Merritt. He’s been drumming since he was 18 months old and put out his first album at age 7, compared to the rest of us who were watching “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and eating dirt on the playground.

Strung Out will be celebrating their 20th anniversary by putting out a best-of album, which drops July 19 on Fat Wreck Chords.

[Read more…]

Head on over to Facebook to hear a new track from Of Mice and Men in exchange for liking their page. The song is called “Let Live” and it’ll appear on their upcoming album, “The Flood.”

The new record will be out June 14 on Rise Records.

After a two year hiatus of personal development/demon destroying and head-clearing, Toronto, Canadian punks Youthinasia are back stronger than ever and set to release their new EP “Feed The Machine” at the end of June on Pee Records. With new members and a more progressive sound via three guitarists and the addition of piano and violin, all performed by the 5 multi-instrumentalist members of the new Youthinasia, “Feed The Machine” EP is a precursor to a new full length album due next summer.

Title track “Feed The Machine” can be streamed here. 

Ska Nation continues to drip feed the line-up to the ska community with the most recent addition, Australian ska legends,  The Porkers.  The festival which takes place in Melbourne on Halloween have already announced The Planet Smashers will be making the trek to Australia to head line the show and do a couple of side shows on the countries east coast.  These are two names in ska that will be hard to top!  No more information is available but we’ll be watching this one closely so stay tuned as more bands are added to the line-up.

Los Angeles based melodic punk act, DC Fallout are streaming two new songs entitled  “The Great Contradiction” and “A Man Without A Country.”  You can listen to them here.

Both tracks will appear on their upcoming EP  titled “Serfs Up” which will be released on June 28th. If you want to listen to their latest album, “Retreat,” go here. Check out our interview with the band here.