The Dopamines are heading out on the road with Less Than Jake and Off With Their Heads for a handful of dates. The pop-punkers are supporting their newest album, Expect the Worst, which was their debut on Paper+Plastick, the label owned by LTJ’s Vinnie Fiorello.

The Cincinnati group is heading back into the studio in March, and will be recording a split 7-inch with Dear Landlord, which will be released on Paper+Plastick. They are also recording material for some other unconfirmed splits, and when the details of those are released, you’ll be the first to know.

Check out the dates here.

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SideOneDummy recently added Pennsylvania punks Title Fight to their roster. The band is planning to release a full-length LP in the spring and hit the road for a headlining tour.

The album was tracked in December and is still in the late stages of production. No word yet on the title, an official release date or tour details, but we’ll let you know as soon as we hear.

Title Fight’s most recent EP, “The Last Thing You Forget,” was released in 2009 on Run for Cover Records. Their first EP, “Kingston,” came out in 2008.

Anchorless Records has announced the first of their Four way split series. The artists contributing to the first split will be Brendan Kelly (Lawrence Arms), Chris Crewswell (The Flatliners), Mike Hale (Gunmoll, In The Red) and Jeff Rowe.The label promises to unveil more details soon, which the release coming out in the early spring.

Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names?  Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it.  We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene.  Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different musician and this week it’s San Diego metalheads As I Lay Dying.

The band named themselves after the 1930’s novel “As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner which is about the death of Addie Bundren and her family’s quest to bury her.  According to the band there is no correlation between the book and the band, they just thought it sounded like a cool band name so they decided to steal it.

Coachella is more known for attracting the indie crowd, but the 2011 lineup was just announced and it looks like there will be at least a few punk bands playing.

The fest runs from Friday, April 15 through Sunday, April 17 in California. The Aquabats and Flogging Molly are on Friday’s roster, Gogol Bordello will play Saturday and punk supergroup OFF! is on the bill for Sunday.

See the full line-up here or at the festival’s official site.

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Some more new music for you dudes. Here we have the new full-length from The Haunted Continents, The Loudest Year Ever. You can listen to it in it’s entirety and if you like what you hear you can also download it right here. You can also check out their music video for “2nd Avenue Blues” right here.

If you like Lucero, Two Cow Garage, Frank Turner these tunes are right up your alley.

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The Vans Warped Tour has announced more bands to the popular festival’s 2011 incarnation. Abandon All Ships, MC Lars, Set Your Goals, The Dance Party, I Set My Friends On Fire and Foxy Shazam have now been officially added to the tour’s expanding line-up.

You can check out the whole line-up right here.

Always ones for oddity, the self-proclaimed punk rock superheroes, The Aquabats, have unleashed a full album stream of their upcoming full-length Hi-Five Soup in the form of a YouTube playlist. You can listen to the entire thing right here.

The Aquabats released Hi-Five Soup on January 18th via Fearless Records.

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Today we’re happy to bring you the latest full-length from Underground Communique punk rock act, Mexican Cheerleader. The album is titled Genghis Puss and you can nab your copy right here.

Honestly, this is good stuff. A little New Mexican Disaster Squad (coincidence?), a little Smoking Popes, a little Copyrights. Simple, digestible and filling pop punk.

Tragic Hero Records have announced the signing of ambient hardcore metal act, Delusions. Their debut album, The Language Barrier, will be released in the summer of 2011. The band has posted a series of studio updates that you can watch here.

Though there’s no music up yet, you can check out tour dates (and possibly hear their music in the immediate future) right here.