Last August we reported that British Skacore act Random Hand were working on a new album. Well recently the band have announced that their upcoming album “Seething is Believing” will be released on March 21st and to commemorate the news they are offering a free download of their song “Find What’s Out There,” from the album here.

You check out the cover art here.

If you’re unfamiliar with the band they’re streaming their 2009 album Inhale / Exhale and 2007 release A Change of Plans in their entirety on their bandcamp page.  Highly recommended for for fans of hard hitting ska-infused punk I.E. Capdown,  The Suicide Machines and The Flatliners.

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Another music video has been pulled from Rancid archive, this time for the song “Crane Fist” off the band’s 1998 album “Life Won’t Wait.”

Check it out here.

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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Craig Owen’s new band D.R.U.G.S. has released a new song entitled “My Swagger Has A First Name” and you can check it out here.

The song will appear on the band’s self-titled album, which will be released on February 22nd via Sire Records.

You can pre-order the record on their website here.

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Hardcore-punk act Wisdom in Chains have announced their new 7-inch “”Pocono Ghosts” and it’s available for pre-order.

You can stream three songs from it “In Case You Forgot”, “Spit it Back” and “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” (Motorhead cover) here.

The band released their latest album “Everything You Know” in 2009 on I Scream Records. Be sure to read our interview with them here.

Canadian punk legends DOA are heading to Australia for some tour action.  Check out out their Dying Scene shows page for dates and locations.

DOA’s latest release Talk – Action = 0 (review here), dropped last June on Sudden Death Records.

Babelgum.com has posted a 30 minute documentary about The Bronx.  It features performance footage of the band in London both as themselves and as their alter ego, Mariachi El Bronx, as well as an interview in which they discuss their label situation, song-writing, and the recording of their next album, “Mariachi El Bronx II.”

You can watch it here.

The band released their latest “Mariachi El Bronx” in 2009.

Maryland pop rockers Good Charlotte just released a video for their song “Sex on the Radio” in which the band asked people on the street what they thought of the song, with some amusing responses.

This track appears on their latest album Cardiology. You can check it out here.

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One Trax Minds is a punk band from central Italy who play a style of punk rock that would fit well on the Hellcat Records roster. Their music at times reminds you of Rancid and at others is reminiscent of early Dropkick Murphys, but to say that they actually sound like either of those bands would be an incorrect statement. One Trax Minds are their own band and, at least on this EP (“Spit, Debts & Tears”), they know how to put together some really solid tunes.

The first three songs on this EP fall into the category of what I call street punk. The first one, “Take another”, has a little bit of a Clash feel to it. It’s similar to something that would be found on the Clash’s debut record. “The Number Two (In Love)” and “Bye Bye Enemy”, track 2 and 3, are the ones where the Rancid comparison comes into play. Vocally, the One Trax Minds singer actually sounds like a non-slurring version of Tim Armstrong (at least on these two songs) and the music in “Bye Bye Enemy” sounds like it was influenced by Rancid’s “And Out Comes The Wolves” album.

“Abruzzo Bull” (Abruzzo is a region in Italy) is where a possible comparison to Social Distortion would come into play. (They list Social Distortion as an influence). The song starts out with a cowpunk guitar sound and has a girl adding harmony before the songs speed up into a full on punk riot.

The last song, listed as a bonus track is called “Someone Before You”. This one features a guest appearance by Daniel O’Day, vocalist and main songwriter of the River City Rebels, and has a bit of a Celtic feel to it. In truth, the influence is probably from the Gypsy culture that is prevalent in parts of Italy but it sounds kinda Celtic to me.

These last two songs are my favorites on this release. I like it when a band mixes their sound up a bit from time to time, but I really enjoyed the album in its entirety – there isn’t a bad song in this bunch. If you are a fan of any of the other bands that I mentioned during this review, or a fan of no frills, straight up punk rock do yourself a favor and give these guys a listen, you might find something you like. You can check out the songs here before you buy them.

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New England hardcore/metalcore act, Auburn, will be releasing their debut full-length album, “Parallels,” April 26th, 2011.

The album was produced and mixed by Chris Curran (Four Year Strong, Therefore I Am, Vanna) and mastered by Alan Douches (Everytime I Die, Underoath, Norma Jean).  “Parallels” will also feature guest vocals by members of Vanna, Longshot and Lions Lions.

It seems like Andrew Jackson Jihad has been getting a ton of attention over the last few years after Against Me! got huge and more people started listening to folk-punk. However, there isn’t much resembling punk in Andrew Jackson Jihad’s music aside from maybe their lyrics, name and their off-key singing.

First of all, I bought this for Apocalypse Meow, so I wasn’t really expecting much from AJJ. If you’ve heard them before, you pretty much know what to expect here. Acoustic instruments, very DIY-sounding recording, exasperated vocals, and ridiculous lyrics like on the first track “Island Song”: “I love this island dearly but I’ve hunted all the animals to extinction.” It’s actually a decent song, but the second one “Growing Up” is harder to listen to due to the wailing vocals (though not terrible).

Apocalypse Meow is a band fronted by Off With Their Heads drummer Justin Francis. They play super catchy, fast pop-punk in the same style as a lot of the great Lookout! bands of the past and are totally underrated in my opinion. “Rehab” is a fun song about getting drunk and watching rehab shows on television, which shows the band’s dark humor. The second song is “Where Would Jesus Work?” which comes together poking fun at the Caucasian portrayals of Jesus among white people.

Like I said, I bought this for the Apocalypse Meow side, but even the Andrew Jackson Jihad songs weren’t too bad. Mine is on white vinyl but apparently there’s an orange swirl vinyl too. Check this out if you like pop-punk because the Apocalypse Meow songs alone are worth it for the money.