If you’re still disappointed about the postponing of their Home for the Holidays shows, at least you can read a Bouncing Souls interview to tide you over for now.

The New Jersey punks sat down with Jaded in Chicago back in October when they were in town to play Riot Fest. The music fanzine posted the interview this week. They talk about the unique release format of “Ghosts on the Boardwalk,” the state of post-internet punk, and all the bands they’ve been touring with lately, which include NOFX and Bad Religion. The band’s split album with Hot Water Music comes out January 11.

Read the full interview here.

Philly hardcore act Reign Supreme announced they will be recording again come spring.

The band posted to their Twitter page that they will track a new five-song EP starting in May, with producer Will Putney, who they worked with on their earlier albums.

The band’s last release, “Testing the Limits of the Infinite,” came out in 2009.

Jerry Only from the Misfits talked recently with Eric Blair while in Santa Ana, CA. They chatted about the band’s new drummer, their upcoming album “The Devil’s Rain,” Only’s family life and his thoughts on former bandmate Glenn Danzig.

Watch the two-part video here. Read a transcript of the interview here.

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Bryan Donahue, bassist for pop-punkers Boys Like Girls, is offering up the first EP from his side project, Early Morning Blues, for free download. The four-song release, called “New Versions,” is available here.

Of course, if you’re feeling charitable, you can head over to the Early Morning Blues’ Bandcamp page and donate 50 cents or more to get the songs. The proceeds go to Dear Jack and Keep A Breast foundations, both of which deal with cancer awareness and research.

Canadian hardcore group Fucked Up has had some interesting art grace their albums. Ever wonder about the stories behind some of them? Well, ponder no more, head on over to their blog and read the explanations behind the covers.

The one pictured, for example, is of the “Manhattanhenge” phenomenon – when the setting sun lines up just right with the street grid of Manhattan and creates a cool light effect. It only happens a couple of times a year, and apparently their photographer caught it by chance when shooting in midtown.

Read about the rest of them here.

Vegas punks Last Call posted a Tweet today that they’re looking for someone to step in on guitar for their tour. No word on why they need the fill-in, but if you think you’ve got what it takes you can shoot them an email at lastcallnv@gmail.com. See the Tweet here.

The band is on tour through January. They signed to Mightier Than The Sword Records and re-released their debut EP, 12:57. Check their MySpace for the tour dates.

HorrorPops frontwoman Patricia Day is suing Mattel for using her image for their Hard Rock Barbie without her permission.

Day says that she is recognizable because “her black hair meticulously done in 50’s pin-up fashion; her retro hairstyle juxtaposed against conspicuous and heavily applied black eye shadow and liner and deep red lipstick; her form-fitting ’50s-style pencil skirts that go just past the knees; her full-color ‘sleeve tattoos’ on both upper arms; and, most importantly, her distinctive instrumental extension of her personality: her giant tattooed upright bass. This final element – the giant tattooed upright bass (also known as a bass fiddle or double bass) – has become a singularly distinctive hallmark of Day’s public persona.” Day says her image was ripped from the cover of the HorrorPops’ album “Hell Yeah,” which came out in 2004 on Hellcat Records.

Mattel also made dolls in the likenesses of Joan Jett, Debbie Harry and Cyndi Lauper, and they are identified as such in the Barbie catalogue, but they were made with compensation to the women and with their permission. Day says she was not compensated for the Hard Rock Barbie.

As a feminist, Day’s complaint notes that she takes issue with her image being used in a way that subjects it to “the erotic male gaze… a vision that runs contrary and antithetical to everything for which Mattel’s Barbie line stands.”

Day wants production of the doll stopped, existing dolls recalled and destroyed and financial compensation for violation of her right to publicity and false endorsement.

Download a PDF of the complaint here. See the Barbie and Day side-by-side here.

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This is pretty cool. The Switchboard Sessions have made available the “Switchboard Sessions: Vol. 1” as a free download. If you’re not familiar with what this is, the tracks are all acoustic songs that this dude has recorded over the phone.

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Chicago pop-punk act Allister have announced that they are releasing a 7″ 4-song EP titled “You Still Can’t Do That On Vinyl.”

The EP will be the only place where you can get the song “Swimming Up Stream.” Artwork can be seen <–there.

You can pre-order the EP on the label’s website.

The band’s latest album “Countdown To Nowhere” was their first album since 2005’s Before The Blackout (on Drive-Thru Records.)

You can watch video of Anthony Raneri’s (Bayside) full set on the “Where’s The Band?” tour by clicking here. He performs “Good Fucking Bye” (Matt Skiba cover), “Don’t Call Me Peanut”, “Landing Feet First”, “Sorrow” (Bad Religion cover), “Duality”, and “Megan” (Smoking Popes cover)

The video was filmed in Cambridge, MA on December 8th.

Bayside’s upcoming album “Killing Time” is set to be released through Wind Up Records on February 22nd, 2011. Aside from a live album, the band’s last release, “Shudder,” came out in 2008 on Victory Records.

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