I recently got the chance to interview one of my favorite bands, Swedish skate punk act, Atlas Losing Grip. We discussed their new album “State of Unrest,” punk rock and more. Check out the interview here.

While your reading stream the full album here.  “State of Unrest” will be released on the 28th of May on Black Star Foundation.

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The Complete Control Sessions is a series of live recording that are being released by SideOneDummy records. The plan is to get a bunch of punk rocks most talented bands, record them live in studio and release the music on vinyl and digital download. The first band to get their Complete Control recording session released is The Bouncing Souls.

Now if you’ve ever seen The Bouncing Souls live (or heard them live on CD) you should have a pretty good idea of what to expect from this EP. If you haven’t, you may be surprised, as I was the first time I saw them play at Warped Tour several years ago. Greg Attonito has a very unique singing voice and I really didn’t think that he could pull it off in a live setting, especially in a massive outdoor setting like the Warped Tour but I was wrong. Vocally and musically the Bouncing Souls sound just as good, if not better, in concert than they do on CD.

For their Complete Control Session, the Souls chose songs that spanned the majority of their long career. The oldest song, “The Guest,” was originally released on their first CD, “The Good, The Bad and The Argyle” back in ’94 and the most recent track, “Highway Kings,” came from their ’03 album, “Anchors Aweigh”. We are also treated to new versions of “Freaks, Nerds and Romantics”, crowd favorite “Gone” and the seldom played live “The Fall Song”. But the high point of this EP is the inclusion of “Hybrid Moments”, a cover of a Misfits song that features Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio singing backup vocals. The Bouncing Souls have been playing “Hybrid Moments” at their live shows for a while now but this is the first time they have the chance to sit down and record their version of it.

All of these songs sound good and the Bouncing Souls stay pretty faithful to the original versions. A few of the tracks seem slowed down somewhat but thats the only really noticeable difference. I liked the song selection well enough, “Gone” and “Hybrid Moments” are awesome but if it was me I would have left room for the song “True Believers” (possibly my favorite song by them) or maybe a track from their latest release “Ghosts On The Boardwalk” but thats just my opinion.

As I said earlier, the album comes in two formats, a limited (and almost sold out) 10 inch vinyl version is available through SideOneDummy.com and Chunksaah.com and a digital version is available on iTunes, which has a seventh track, an interview by Joe Sib of a couple of the band members. The interview also can be obtained by redeeming the download card that comes inside the vinyl.

Black Numbers has signed Brooklyn punk act The Reveling. The label will release the band’s debut full-length album “Tributaries” on June 21, 2011.

Check out the artwork and tracklist here. “Tributaries” will be a follow-up to their 2009 EP “3D Radio.”

You can stream the song “Left At Forkright” off “Tributaries” here.

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Good news! California’s Pour Habit has recovered their stolen van, trailer, merch and equipment. Here’s what Felony Ron of Felony Records had to say,

After hearing nothing positive on the search for Pour Habits stolen Van, Trailer & Equipment, Last night at Steve Habit & Felony Ron’s work we got to talking about the robbery to only find out the Van was recovered up north in Palmdale, and the trailer that was recovered separately in Long Beach. Unfortunately both were recovered empty and the trailer had impound fees due before being released.

Cheers!
-FR

“Got Your Back” was released April 12th via Fat Wreck Chords. Check out our interview with Pour Habit here.

Ontario punks The Flatliners have announced a Russian tour for this September. The band has also announced some European and U.K tour dates, which will soon follow. For now, you can see the Russian dates here.

The Flatliners last album was Cavalcade, released April 13th, 2010 on Fat Wreck Chords.

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Last time we talked about The Summer Set, we mentioned how the band was working on their new album Everything’s Fine. Well now, the album has a release date, and you can expect it July 17th via Razor & Tie Records.

The band last released their debut Razor & Tie Records album Love Like This in October of 2009.

Grand Rapids hardcore act Tall Ships are giving away their latest EP “Vultures” and debut full-length “Voyages” for free.

You can snag them here. (Recommended!)

For Fans of good hardcore punk. “Vultures” was released last month.

Maryland pop-punkers All Time Low have got a pretty big tour coming up. The band has announced the “Gimme Summer Ya Love” tour with supporting acts Mayday Parade, We Are the In Crowd playing most of the tour. Select dates will feature the Starting Line, The Cab, Cartel, and Brighter. To see when the guys will be spreading the summer love, click here.

All Time Low will release their next album Dirty Work June 7th via Interscope Records.

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Legend will soon be releasing a new album The Pale Horse this coming Tuesday. And you probably can’t wait to hear it, right? That’s why Rise Records has posted the entire album for streaming on their YouTube page. You can listen right here.

The Pale Horse hits stores on May 17th throughRise Records.

Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio recently announced details of his upcoming solo album Hurricane Season. Well the cover art has just been released, and you can see it just by looking to your left. More details will be announced as the release date comes closer.

Hurricane Season will be released on August 9th.