I got back from Boston in mid-December and the next day, I was back in the swing of things by meeting with Kris Idol, frontman/guitarist for Chelsea Arms and guitarist for Time Again. We hung out in Hollywood at the Pig N’ Whistle and talked about the origins of Chelsea Arms, what the inspiration behind the music was, and everything that makes Kris who he is. On Kris’s recommendation, and mine as well, hit up the Pig N’ Whistle for some GREAT food and click here to read the interview.

Chelsea Arms’ long-awaited debut 3-song 7″ EP titled“Lost City” will be released mid-February via Black Cat Records. [Read more…]

Mustard Plug has been rocking the ska-punk scene for longer than many of you readers have been alive.  This year the band will celebrate their 20^th anniversary and to put it all in perspective the group’s vocalist/guitarist, Colin Clive, took some time to answer a few of our questions.

Check out what Colin had to say regarding Mustard Plug reaching the 1500 show milestone, band names, touring, future Mustard Plug plans and who he thinks the 2^nd most badass ska band on the planet would be right here.

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Hey hardcore fans, here’s another band to check out.  They’re called Tides and they hale from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The recently released a new EP titled “The Rising’ and are giving it away for free download on their bandcamp page.

Yep.

Boston hardcore act, For The Worse will be releasing a new full-length album titled “For The Good, For The Bad, For The Worse” on Arrest Records this winter.

No official release date has been set yet but you can pre-order the album, which will come in 10″ vinyl, CD and digital formats, right here.

The band released their last album, “Chaos Continues” on Bridge Nine Records in 2004.

Kids Icarus is a new pop-punk/post hardcore band from Connecticut feat ex members of Crowns of Kings and Ivy Drive (don’t worry, I don’t know who those bands are either).  If you’d like to check them out, they’re giving away a free download of their self-titled EP right here.

Newly signed SideOneDummy act The Sounds are giving away a free download of their song “Better Off Dead”.

Glad your download here.

The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album “Something to Die For” which will hit stores on March 29th.

Pop punk act Handguns have announced U.S. tour dates with Forever Came Calling.

Check out their Dying Scene shows page for dates and locations.

Handguns have a new album coming out next month. Once out it will be a follow-up to 2010’s EP “Anywhere But Home“.

NYC ska outfit The Slackers have posted the music video for their song “Mr. Tragedy”, which appears on on their latest full-length album “The Great Rocksteady Swindle”.

Check it out right here.

“The Great Rocksteady Swindle” was released last April on Hellcat Records.

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Margate have released a video for their cover of The Ramones’ classic tune “”Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”” in their latest installment of their “Live from Room 57″ series.

You can check it out here.

Each Friday for 30 weeks the band will post a new video that features a live performance by the band with “no overdubs, auto-tune or studio trickery” involved. That’s right, just live, raw and awesome punk-rock.

Margate’s last album “On The Other Side” came out in August of 2009, and you can download it, as well as the audio for all of the Room 57 Sessions, on their website for the price of “Pay what you want”.

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Long time punk act UK Subs recently released their their new album “Work in Progress” on Captain Oi.

To coincide with the release the band posted a video for the first song off “Work in Progress” titled “Creation”. Check it out here.

“Work in Progress” is a follow-up to 2002’s “Universal”.

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