Florida pop-punk band Go Radio has announced that their first full-length album will be called Lucky Street and will be released on March 1, 2011 through Fearless Records. The cover art can be seen –<<– there, and the band also announced the track listing for the album – check it out here.

Go Radio was one of the first bands to announce their participation in all of the 2011 Vans Warped Tour earlier this month. Their only previous release is an EP titled Do Overs and Second Chances, released earlier this year through Fearless.

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New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert counts the group What’s Eating Gilbert among his many off-hours activities (he also produced the last Terror record and the new Lisa Loeb record – for real). They’ve released their third and final (for now at least) 7″ today through Epitaph Records. What I’d Do is available on vinyl with 4 tracks, 1 of which was previously unreleased. The cover looks like –<<– that and more details are available here.

The group’s two other 7″s are also available through the link above – Thinking ‘Bout Her and Dear God were released earlier this year.

NYHC veterans Sick Of It All are hitting the road in a few weeks, along with Maine’s Outbreak and LA’s Alpha & Omega, to bring some very lucky kids a pretty rad tour. The bands will be on the road from 1/12 to 1/30, starting in Buffalo, NY, and ending in Houston, TX. Bitter End is also supporting on all dates (don’t sleep on them or A&O, both great bands!) and The Suicide Machines will jump on the bill for the 1/15 date. Get all the details here.

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Floridians Fake Problems stopped by Daytrotter during their recent tour with The Gaslight Anthem to lay down some of their folk-punk tunes in the studio. They recorded four songs from their recent album Real Ghosts Caught On Tape (SideOneDummy Records, 2010) as well as a new song called I Love To Boogie. You can check everything out right here.

Fake Problems recorded a previous session at Daytrotter last year (check it out here) and Real Ghosts Caught On Tape is their most recent release.

Well, another year is drawing to a close. People are gearing up for the holidays and it’s almost time to start creating your New Year’s resolution list. But before we begin looking to the future, let’s employ a different kind of list to help us appreciate the past. You know what I’m talking about. Yep, a Top Ten list! Each day I’m going to publish a different editor’s Top 10 albums of 2010 list for you to praise, completely disagree with, or just outright ignore.

Today’s list comes from Dying Scene news writer Liza Eckert. You can check out her picks for the 10 Best Albums of 2010 right here.

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Friends With The Enemy are five melodic punk rockers hailing from the superficial Gold Coast in Australia but there is nothing fake about these guys despite of where they come from. The band released the EP, “New World Disorder” this year and has been busy touring the world off the back of the release. The band pull off extremely fast, extremely technical riffs then overlay these catchy-as-sin melodies and the final result is no-bullshit punk rock, just the way it should be.

Front woman, Chelsie Gardiner, and guitarist, Stu Petrie, talked to Dying Scene about their new EP, touring the United States, having a front woman, line-up changes, their love of Four Lokos and shooting guns. You can read the full interview here.

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Being a longtime fan of Kalnoky-related bands such as Catch 22, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, and, of course, Streetlight Manifesto, I was happy to hear that singer/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky would be embarking on a solo acoustic project under the name of Toh Kay. I couldn’t wait to hear some new material.

So when Pentimento Music Company announced that Toh Kay and Mu330 singer Dan Potthast would be doing a split covering each other’s work, I immediately pre-ordered it, expecting no less than the best of both artists.

However, when the album’s single, entitled “I’ve Set Sail,” was released, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed. The song was far too cute for me. While it’s grown on me since then, I still think it’s the weakest track of the album.

The next four Toh Kay tracks give us that Kalnoky style that we all know and love, while revealing some new diversity, as well. It’s clear that he spent a lot of time reworking these songs to form something unique.

Potthast, on the other hand, seemed to be more conservative with his covers. Now, tracks 6-10 are fine covers, but they just lack some originality. They all fall victim to the ska beat at some time or another. Which, again, is fine, but they just don’t have the same feel as the originals.

My personal favorites are Downtown, Got Through Another One, A Moment of Silence, and Watch It Crash.

Does this album break any new ground for either artist? Not really. But is it fun and worth a listen? You bet it is.

Dutch hardcore band No Turning Back has signed to US label Think Fast! Records for their next release. The album, titled Take Control will be released in LP and digital formats on April 19. You can currently stream the song Always Will Be from the album on the band’s MySpace page.

The band’s last album was 2008’s Stronger.

No Sleep Records has released the latest in the annual “No Sleep ‘Till Christmas” series. This year the comp features originals, covers, as well as acoustic tracks from bands like The Flatliners, The Swellers, This Time Next Year, La Dispute, Tumbledown, The Braces… ya know what?… just look at the tracklisting, when you download or stream it here – it’s a sick lineup, trust me.

All proceeds from this compilation will be donated to RESOLVE (www.theresolve.org). Donate as little as a 50 cents (Bandcamp Minimum), or be generous! Tis the season.

Resolve works to get US political leaders to take the steps needed to end Lord’s Resistance Army atrocities and to support efforts toward just and lasting peace in LRA affected communities across Central Africa.

Midwest pop-punk act Chase This City, have recently released the music video for their song “Tuxedo Lazertag” and you can check it out right here.

The track appears on the band’s debut EP “The World On Our Side.”

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