Not long ago we wrote to you about Australian independent label Resist Records setting up a disaster relief auction to raise money for victims of the recent flooding in Queensland.

As the auction has progressed, more bands have contributed items from rare colored vinyl and limited test pressings to help the effort.  Among the items now up for bidding are the classic NOFX album “Punk In Drublic” on green vinyl, Bad Religion‘s “Stranger Than Fiction” on red vinyl, and even a First Act guitar customized by Tom Gabel and signed by Against Me!

Check out the auction here and support a good cause!

San Diego rockers Unwritten Law have premiered the first single off their upcoming album “Swan”.  The song is called “Starships and Apocalypse” and you can check it out on the band’s MySpace profile.  The album will be released in March Suburban Noize Records.

“Swan” will be the band’s first new full length record since 2005’s “Here’s to the Mourning”.

LA reggae-soul outfit The Aggrolites have released a new song/music video for their new song “Complicated Girl,” off of their upcoming album “Rugged Road.” Give it a listen here.

The album will be released on vinyl and digitally on February 22nd, 2011, and will be available in CD format on March 22nd.

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No Trigger disappeared for while but they’re back in business, baby!  The band released “Canyoneer” back in 2006, toured their asses off for a few years then everything went quiet in the camp. After the unintended break the band released the EP, “Be Honest” in 2010 and a full length is expected for release in 2011. Get stoked on it!

The band will be stepping out this week to lose their Australian tour virginity.  Vocalist, Tom Rheault took a few minutes to tell us at Dying Scene why they were away for so long, what their return means for affiliated side projects, signing to No Sleep Records and the No Trigger / A Wilhelm Scream connection. You can read the full interview here.

If, like me, you are lucky enough to be in an Australian capital city over the next week, check the dates, get your ass a ticket and get to their show!

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Wow!  This just made my weekend.  It looks like Face To Face and Rise Against will be putting out a split album.  I know, I know.  Insane!  According to Trevor Keith, lead singer of the recently reunited Face To Face, his band will be contributing at least one Rise Against cover (“The Good Left Undone”) to the album.  Not much else known at this point but we’ll let you know as soon as more details surface.  Here’s Trevor’s exact statment:

I’m recutting my vocal for Rise Against’s “The Good Left Undone” for the split side vinyl release we’re doing together. Coming soon!

Both Face To Face and Rise Against are working on new full-length albums.

Belgian melodic punk act State of Mine are streaming 2 more songs off their upcoming album “Accelerate.”  You can listen to “An Ab Poke A Lips Near You” and “Mc Know It All” on the band’s MySpace page.

“Accelerate” is due out January 29th on Kickass Records.

State Of Mine formerly released a split with The Octopussys in 2009.

I’m extremely disappointed that this news managed to escape my attention for so long but now that I know about it, I’m stoked! Israeli pop-punk act Useless ID announced that they were working on a new album.

“These days we are working hard on writing songs for the next Useless ID record to be recorded at the Blasting Room with Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore Jan/Feb’ 2011 and to be released around summer time 2011
more updates soon!”

Useless I.D. latest album “The Lost Broken Bones” was released in 2008 through Suburban Home Records.

Tony Sly of No Use For A Name has announced a few solo California shows starting in February.  He is also working on a new solo album.

Check out the dates and locations here.

His latest album “12 Song Program” came out on February 16th 2010 on Fat Wreck Chords.

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Today we bring you the second part of our Dying Scene Sessions with The Flatliners. In addition to the band performing a couple of tracks for us, they also did a 15 minute long video interview where they talk about everything…seriously. Watch it here. For those of you wondering what the inspiration behind the song “Eulogy” is, you’ll finally be able to relax as the band tells you exactly what it means. You can also check the band’s choices for their “Top 10 albums of 2010” at the end of the video.

The Sessions were shot at Underworld Skate Shop where guitarist Scott and guitarist/vocalist Chris perform acoustic versions of their classic songs “Monumental” and “Count Your Bruises.” Watch them here.

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The Heat Tape, the new garage rock project from Brett Hunter (Dear Landlord, The Copyrights), have released the details to their debut album Raccoon Valley Recordings due out February 15th of 2011 on Red Scare.

You can check out the tracklisting here, and the cover art is over on the left.

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