It’s been a while since we had a good scandal to write about, but Jonny Craig (singer for Emarosa and Dance Gavin Dance) has seen fit to change that, and for that we thank him (Tosh.0, anybody?).  Last week it came to light that the frontman had been using twitter to convince a good handful of fans to send him money for a MacBook he claimed to be selling before the goods actually changed hands.  A brilliant scam, but with one tiny flaw.  People actually get pissed off when they pay for things and don’t receive them, even if it is a rock star who has ripped them off.  Craig isn’t exactly an anonymous internet scam artist from Nigeria so it didn’t take long before he was busted.

If you’re wondering what could lead somebody to do something so clearly idiotic, the answer is relatively simple; Drugs.  Turns out Jonny has himself a bit of a drug problem and getting called out on his shenanigans was apparently just enough to send him packing for rehab.  Word is he’s now checked in to a North Hollywood detox facility and his benevolent management company and record label (Artery Foundation and Rise Records) are making things right financially with the fans he duped in his genius MacBook scam.

If you need more juicy details on this overly hyped story you can find them here.

Alright, you Canadians, get pumped.  NOFX has announced the “Great White No(fx)rth Tour,” which will see the band head up North this summer for a slew of Canadian dates over the summer.  They’ll be bringing along Teenage Bottlerocket and Old Man Markley too.  Hey oh!

Check out the dates and locations here.

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Rise Against have posted the 4th webisode from their “making of the album” series, which features the band talking about… well, the making of the album, but also about how they reunited The Lemons (guitarist Zach’s favorite band) just to play one show as a surprise for Zach.   You can check it out here.

Rise Against’s latest album is their 2008 release, Appeal To Reason, which came out on Interscope.

Sum 41 have premiered another track off their upcoming album “Screaming Bloody Murder.”  It’s titled “Blood In My Eyes” and you can giver ‘er a listen right here.

“Screaming Bloody Murder” is slated for release on March 29th.

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Smoking Popes are streaming their entire upcoming album “This Is Only A Test” right here.

The album is due out on March 15th via Asian Man Records.

The band last released “It’s Been A Long Day” in 2010.

A while ago Gaslight Anthem did a great cover of Fake Problems‘ song “Songs For Teenagers.”  For those of you that liked it, you’ll be stoked to know that SideOneDummy is releasing a split 7 inch featuring Fake Problem’s studio version on the song on side A and Gaslight Anthem’s acoustic version of it on side B.

Pre-orders just went up on SideOneDummy’s website.

“Songs For Teenagers” appeared on Fake Problems’ latest release “Real Ghosts Caught On Tape.”

South Boston’s Dropkick Murphys continue the promotion onslaught for their forthcoming album “Going Out In Style.” Today’s post-of-the-day on their facebook page features the band discussing the origin of the album’s final  track, “The Irish Rover,” which is a cover song and features vocals from the band’s various family members. The post also features a clip of the song. Click here to check it out.

In case you live under a rock, “Going Out In Style” drops this Tuesday, March 1, on the band’s own Born & Bred Records imprint.

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You can stream a brand new song from Maryland rock quartet The Dangerous Summer if you’re willing to “like” them.  The band is streaming the new song “Good Things” right here (you have to “like” their FB page to hear it).

The band has also recently announced the dates for their upcoming spring tour, which is set to kick off next month. The band will be playing with Sparks The Rescue, The Scenic, and The Graduate, and is planning on hitting up 14 states for 18 shows.

Check out dates and locations right here.

The Dangerous Summer have stated plans to release an acoustic version of their album Reach For the Sun sometime this year.

Fist Of The North Star are a metal infused punk band from Nashville and they’re streaming a new song titled “Roaches” on their MySpace page.  The track is taken from a forthcoming international EP to be released in April 2011 on TNS (UK), 5FeetUnder (Denmark) and Stikman (USA).

The EP also features Revenge of the Psychotronic Man, The Mighty Midgets (Denmark), Fist of the North Star (USA) and Broken Aris (Sweden). Each band gives an individual take on fast punk rock.

Fist Of The North Star released their last album, ” Here’s To An Early Grave” on Stik Man in 2009.

D.C. hardcore-punk act Walk The Plank are streaming 2 brand new songs on their bandcamp page.  “No Ears” and “Nothing In Common” will appear on an upcoming EP due out sometime this Spring.