Here’s a new celtic-punk band to check out.  In honor of their 6th Anniversary, Boston Folk Punk act The Swaggerin’ Growlers have put up both their albums, as well as last years St Patrick’s Day Riot DVD as streaming content from their website.

Las Vegas pop-rockers Panic! At The Disco announced the first batch of headlining dates to promote their forthcoming album “Virtues & Vices.” The band will take Fueled By Ramen label mates Fun. on a six week jaunt through most of the continental US. Foxy Shazam will also open for the first three weeks, while Funeral Party will open the last three weeks. Check out dates here.

“Virtues & Vices” is due out next Tuesday (3/22/11).

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Detroit pop-punkers Fireworks have released the artwork and some of the deets for their new album. Check out the art over <=== to the left. The album will be called Gospel and it’s set to release May 24 on Triple Crown Records.

The band released their latest EP Bonfires on December 9th on Triple Crown Records.

British pop metalheads Bring Me The Horizon posted a teaser for their next music video, for the song “Blessed with a Curse.” The track is off their most recent album, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret, which came out last year on Epitaph.

Check out the teaser here. The full video comes out March 22.

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Hardcore supergroup S.O.S. (featuring members of Agnostic Front, Hatebreed, Madball, Terror, and Trapped Under Ice) signed to Good Fight Music.

You can expect a debut album from the group some time in late spring or early summer. The CD will come out on Good Fight with a vinyl version being released on Reaper Records.

In the meantime, you can check out a preview video here.

Several bands, including The Wonder Years, Valencia, Title Fight, La Dispute, Man Overboard, Transit and The Swellers, have teamed up to release a compilation to benefit earthquake victims in Japan. According to bands, aside from the standard fee Paypal may take, 100% of the money will be going to Americares to help the Japanese.

The compilation is $5, and you can download it here. Check out the track list here.

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Chicago punks Rise Against released their album Endgame yesterday. Bassist Joe Principe sat down recently to talk about their new music, politics and speaking out:

“Punk rock by nature is a response to the current state of the government and things like that. For me, growing up, I was never overly political. I was more in it for whatever I felt was wrong in my life. I felt like there was a place for me in punk rock and it was OK to raise my voice and say, ‘Wait a minute. I don’t have to put up with this. This is kind of fucked up.’ I think you can apply that to politics and to socially responsible situations like the environment.”

Check out the whole thing here.

Endgame is streaming right here. Check out our review of it here.

Dropkick Murphys have been busy. Their new album, Going Out in Style, debuted at number six, they’ve been touring with Against Me! and showing their support for Wisconsin workers. They’ve also been able to spare a few minutes and do some interviews.

Guitarist James Lynch spoke about how he got into playing, and about having Bruce Springsteen pop up on the track “Peg O’ My Heart.” Check out that interview here.

Singer Ken Casey also talked about working with The Boss, saying they still owe him a favor for appearing on the record. You can check out that interview, plus a video of the band playing with Springsteen, here.

The band starts a four-day-long St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Boston tonight. They’re playing at the House of Blues today, tomorrow and Friday, and at UMass on Saturday.

Vans Warped Tour has announced the addition of Less Than Jake, We’re Doomed, Ionia, So Long Arletta, Planet Smashers, Electric Touch, Motionless In White, Tess Dunn, and Black Veil Brides.

Bridge Nine Records is the latest to join the trend of labels offering subscription services.

Members of the label’s social networking community, TheB9.com, can now access Bridge Nine’s entire catalog (100+ albums, new and old), have their own URL on TheB9.com, make playlists, hide/show users and features, and much more for the low cost of only $4/month or $30/year ($2.50/month!).

It’s almost certain that more labels will be offering similar subscription packages. Whether or not this idea will help revive the music industry is yet to be seen.