French punk rockers Brain Shake have unveiled a video of them performing a new song live. The song is called “Own Journey” and you can watch the band play it here.

Brain Shake’s latest release is Pills & Love on Carnage Records.

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Punk Rock Vets The Turbo A.C.’s have released a new song for your listening pleasure. You can snag your free download of “Into The Vortex” right here.

The song comes from The Turbo A.C.’s upcoming album Kill Everyone which will see the light of day on June 4th of this year.

Rochester punks Polar Bear Club are currently on the Take Action Tour with Silverstein, Bayside and The Swellers, and while on the road they did a quick interview with the folks at PunkVideosRock.  They discuss the new album “Clash Battle Guilt Pride,” which they say should be out in “late August,” the Take Action Tour and future plans.  Check it out here.

“Clash Battle Guilt Pride,”will be released on Bridge Nine Records. PBC’s last album was “Chasing Hamburg,” which came out in 2009.

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Though it’s not exactly about Chuck Ragan, this is still a piece of interesting news. A trailer has been unveiled for a short film titled It’s Better In The Wind that features original music written by Ragan. The short film was written by and features Scott Topher, a good friend of the Hot Water Music vocalist. It’s Better In The Wind appears to be a documentary of Topher’s own life as he travels around on a motorcycle in search of adventure and you can check out the trailer (Which also features some of Chuck’s music) here.

Chicken and Sam from Dead to Me recently stopped by cooldudesradio during their European tour and talked about all sorts of entertaining stuff ranging from rap, punk and Dead to Me to other bizarre topics.

You can check out the full podcast for yourself right here.

The Creepshow have just released a month of tour dates for Europe this July in addition to their slew of Canadian and US dates.  You can check them all out right here.

“They All Fall Down” was The Creepshow’s last album, and it was released October 5th, 2010 on Hellcat Records.

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In addition to taking on teaching duties at Cornell this fall, Bad Religion front man Greg Graffin has a species of ancient bird named after him.

Paleontologists in London discovered the bird in Gansu Province of China and named it Qiliania graffini “in honor of Dr. Gregory Graffin, PhD: paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, professor, rock star, and inspiration to numerous budding and established scientists around the world,” said Dr. Jingmai O’Connor, one of the discoverers.

Other Bad Religion-based ideas for names? Qiliania nocontroli? Qiliania fuckarmageddonthisishellicus?

Belgium’s melodic hardcore/punk act Break Of Day have come out of nowhere with a new full-length album titled “Illusions Burn,” which they plan to release next week.

You can check out two new tracks off the album (“Daytime TV Is Your New Vietnam” and “Dry Lungs”) on the band’s MySpace page.

Calgary’s rockabilly, punk act Rum Runner are streaming a new song titled “Tonight Tonight Tonight” off a brand new 7-inch titled “Sings… Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! & Icewagon.”  You can check out the Doo Wop inspired track on the band’s MySpace page.  I dig it, but I’m a huge sucker for Doo Wop.

I can’t tell when this 7-inch is coming out.  These guys don’t make it easy to find information on them.

With the release of Set Your Goals‘ third full length album fast approaching, dual vocalists Matt Wilson and Jordan Brown took the time to explain “Burning At Both Ends” track by track. Click here to check it out and get a good idea of the driving force behind America’s favorite pop-punkers’ new album.

“Burning At Both Ends” is set for a June 28th release via Epitaph, and follow’s 2009’s “This Will Be The Death Of Us.”