Last December, we reported that drummer Pete Parada, currently of The Offspring and formerly of Saves the Day and Face to Face, joined a new, female fronted rock band called Hot Mess. Well, they just announced on their official website that they were in the studio mixing their upcoming debut album. If you’re too lazy to click the link, then here’s exactly what it says:

“… the album is being mixed down as we speak… and it is sounding good! Are you ready for this?!”

Hot Mess is headquartered in Chico, California and their lineup also features Storey Condos on vocals, Ryan Maker on guitar back-up vocals, Marc Anderson on lap steel, Daniel Nelson on keyboards and Dave Brown on bass. A demo track from this project called “Epidemic” can be streamed on their website.

It is uncertain how Hot Mess will affect Parada’s current band The Offspring, who have also been busy recording a new album, which is the follow-up to 2008′s “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.”

The Bastard Suns have released a new song off their recent “Winter” EP entitled “One For All.” Check the song out here.

“Winter” EP was last released on December 17th. The “Spring” EP will soon follow.

Breathe Carolina have announced plans for their “Spring Break My Heart” tour with Forever the Sickest Kids, This Century, and We Are the In Crowd. You can check out the tour dates here.

Breathe Carolina’s last release was their 2009 release “Hello Fascination” released on Fearless Records.

This Time Next Year have recently finished the recording of their next album with Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory. And they want you to hear it. Well maybe not the whole album yet. But Chad is proud of his work, and he wants us to hear a little sneak peak of the band’s next album. Check out a video featuring a new song unmixed in the studio right here.

Release dates for the next album have not yet been announced. This Time Next Year last released their debut album Road Maps And Heart Attacks, last year on Equal Vision Records.

My Chemical Romance are set to embark on their UK tour. And isn’t it about time they announced some support acts? Well that little wait is over. The band has added The Blackout and LostAlone will be supporters on the bands trek to the UK. You can check out the dates here.

“Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys” was released November 22nd on Reprise Records.

Shortly following their tour with A Day To Remember, Pierce The Veil will be hitting up Australia with Escape The Fate. You can check out the tour dates here.

Pierce The Veil last released, “Selfish Machines,” last June on Equal Vision Records.

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This post is about music, but in a different way than most other posts. Instead of music you can listen, we’re now going to talk about music you can create. Kinda.

From the guys that made the banjo cool again…

Deering is proud to present the Dropkick Murphys Banjo, a 19-fret tenor banjo. I’m only posting a story about this for all those Dropkick Murphys fans/tribute bands out there reading this punk news site. The instrument is supposedly pretty legit. Even DM banjoist (is that a real word?) Jeff DeRosa praised it saying, “This thing rules! This is the best banjo I’ve ever played!”

What more do you need?

Check it out the announcement here. And get ready for their new album Going Out In Style coming out March 1st on Born & Bred Records.

Florida’s Against Me! has been busy lately. In addition to tour dates and charity, frontman Tom Gabel phoned in to the Switchboard Sessions to play two songs. For those of you who don’t know, Switchboard Sessions is a site that plays bare-bones performances over the phone. Head here to listen to Tom Gabel play “White Crosses” and a previously unreleased song called “My Nausea”.

Scroll down past the interview about Tom not coming across as an asshole (you should probably read this, actually) to find the songs.

So if you guys have been following Dying Scene for awhile, you’ll know that we frequently post about Rancid‘s “archival” material. Today’s is a demo version of the song “Axiom” off Rancid’s 2000 self-titled release. You can listen to it right here. Compare it to the finished version.

The band has recently released videos for their tunes Dead Bodies, Rattlesnake,Poison, Crane Fist, Rwanda, Spirit Of ‘87, Hooligans,  Roots Radicals, Leicester Square, Who Would’ve Thought, I Am Forever and a lot more we’re too lazy to link (just do a search for “Rancid”!)

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That Fat Mike just doesn’t know when to keep his mouth shut!

So, remember that 2-week southern US tour NOFX, Bouncing Souls, Cobra Skulls, and Old Man Markley went on? Well, due to Fat Mike getting laryngitis, the tour is being stopped prematurely. So, sorry to you guys in Charlotte and Norfolk. Yes, that same show in Charlotte, NC that was happening on this very day. Bummer.

The bands plan to reschedule these shows for later in the year.