Warped Tour announced a few more bands joining the 2011 line-up. Terrible Things, Freshman 15, illScarlett, It Boys!, Larry and His Flask, Shut Up and Deal, The Black Pacific, and The Bots have been added to the growing list of acts on this year’s tour.

They will join already-announced acts A Skylit Drive, Unwritten Law, Blacklist Royals, Hellogoodbye, Abandon All Ships, Set Your Goals, The Ready Set, There For Tomorrow, Simple Plan, Sharks, The Aggrolites, The Exposed, Lucero, Big D and the Kids Table, Enter Shikari, Family Force Five, Of Mice & Men, and more. For a full list of bands check here. And go here for dates.

More bands will be announced weekly until they reveal the main stage acts on March 26.

Yesterday we mentioned that Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker had announced that the band’s new album would be out this summer. Turns out the band has five songs done for the record and according to the drummer, they’re worth waiting for.

“I think we’ll turn in our album in June or July, honestly, and, I mean, the stuff’s awesome,” Barker told MTV News. “It’s coming close, to the point where these are completed songs and they’re not going to change. These are album versions.”

The as-yet-untitled album is the band’s first since their self-titled LP came out in 2003. Barker is also releasing a solo album, Give the Drummer Some, on March 15.

Hot Water Music frontman and folk revivalist Chuck Ragan took time out of his tour with Social Distortion to talk about his touring experiences and what’s in the future for him, and also for HWM.

You can find the interview here.

SoCal act Chaser is preparing to release their new EP, “Action,” on both CD and 7″ vinyl. The 7″ version consists of B sides from their last full-length “The Big Picture,” and the CD will have the same four songs, plus one bonus track. All vinyl records will also come with the CD version of the EP.

No word yet on a release date, pre-orders begin March 1st right here.

Chaser last released “The Big Picture” on Drop Anchor! Entertainment.

UK ska-punks Citizen Fish have posted their new song “Wake Up” for your listening pleasure. It will appear on their upcoming album “Goods,” which will be released March 1st through Alternative Tentacles. Check out the song here.

“Goods” will be Citizen Fish’s first release since their 2007 split with Leftover Crack.

Prepare your livers, people. The 13th annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival is fast approaching, and this year’s lineup is shaping up to be one to remember forever (or not, depending on your alcohol intake).

Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, Cock Sparrer, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes,Bouncing Souls, Dwarves, Manic Hispanic, and The Undertones have all been announced as headliners of the festival with more bands still to be announced.

The tournament/fest will be held Memorial Day weekend May 27-30 in Las Vegas.

In what could be go down as one of the best compilations of the year, Where It Ends Zine have released a 37 song release which covers a vast majority of the current Massachusetts hardcore scene. It is available as a free download or full stream from a Bandcamp page.

It features such bands as The Carrier,  Powerwolves,  and Death Before Dishonor amongst many others. You can download it here.

As promised, D.R.U.G.S. have released another music video off of their upcoming self-titled album. The song is entitled “Laminated E.T. Animal”  and you can watch it right here.

Sire Records will be releasing the album on February 22nd.

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Rebel Time Records released “Beautiful Future,” the latest album from Canadian political punk act The Rebel Spell, today and you don’t even have to purchase it to hear the whole thing.  Head over here to stream the new release in its entirety and while you’re there you can also stream the band’s entire discography.

The band last released an EP titled “Four Songs About Freedom” back in 2007 on Clandestine Collective.

Pennsylvania punk band Daylight have signed to Run For Cover Records and are planning on releasing an acoustic 7″, a new EP, and a full-length with a 2012 release date.

The band will be releasing the 7″ first, as it will be the third installment of the label’s acoustic series. The other bands to have released acoustic albums on the label are Tigers Jaw and Fireworks.

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