Legendary pop punk act Screeching Weasel has been rocking for quite a while, and have recently announced the expected release of their 12th studio album, the first in 11 years! The album is entitled First World Manifesto and is set to hit stores March 15, 2011 on Fat Wreck Chords. In honor of this rejuvenation of such a great band, the Weasels are planning a weekend of shows to commemorate their 25 years of existence. The shows will take place in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend. Here’s what Ben Weasel himself had to say about this momentous event,

2011 marks Screeching Weasel’s 25th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re playing Reggie’s in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, and we’re pulling out all the stops on this one, my friends. Screeching Weasel will be playing Friday, May 27th and Sunday the 29th (a different set each night), with the Riverdales playing our only North American show of the year on Saturday the 28th. Tickets will be on sale this Saturday, Dec. 18th at noon CST here. Right now we’re only selling tickets at the package price for the whole weekend – single day tickets will go on sale January 1st. In the meantime, check out the line-up! We’re still working on our 2011 show schedule, but I wanted to let you guys know about this one now because it’s too good to wait.

Head here for a complete listing of all the bands playing during the weekend.

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Parisian punks Hogwash have just made a new track available to stream on their MySpace page. The song, Waffles, appears on their most recent album, Sticker Paralysis, which was released last June on Bells On Records. Check it out here.

Hogwash’s last album,  Old’s Cool, New’s Cool, came out in 2008 also on Bells On Records.

San Francisco metal/hardcore act First Blood is still celebrating the release of their newest album, Silence Is Betrayal, which came out in November on Bullet Tooth Records. The band has just uploaded a new track, entitled Survive, onto their MySpace page. The song appears as track 15 on the album, listen to it here.

Silence Is Betrayal is the latest album from First Blood since their 2006 release Killafornia on Trustkill.

In honor of the holiday season, Texas rockers Bowling For Soup have just uploaded a new track, available to stream, on their MySpace page. The song, All I Want For Christmas Is You, is a cover of  Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff’s song, and appears on Bowling For Soup’s Merry Flippin’ Christmas vol. 1, which came out last year digitally, however the album has yet to be released on CD. Fans can expect a release date in the near future. Head here to check out the track.

And it doesn’t stop there,  folks! You can now stream the entirety of Quietdrive‘s self titled album. You can check out the stream over here.

The album’s release will be handled by The Militia Group and follows up their self-released 2008 effort, “Deliverence”.

We have even more new music for you this morning. You can now listen to another new track from No Bragging Rights‘ upcoming album, “Illuminator”. You find the song “Weeding Out the Week” up on their MySpace Page here.

Also, that’s the cover art to “Illuminator” there on the left. “Illuminator” is set to be released on January 11th, 2011.

Belgium’s Generation 84 have posted the song “Colonist” to their Myspace page.

The song appears on the band’s 6 song EP released on Funtime Records.

Rodney Radke, ex-vocalist of the popular emo rock band Escape The Fate, has been released from jail. Radke was first sentenced in 2008 to 48 months in jail after having been involved in a violent altercation that lead to the death of Michael Cook.

Radke’s new band, Falling In Reverse, will now be working on releasing their debut full-length.

The good dudes over at National Underground are featuring a free download of a brand new Deep Sleep song “Always Run”. The track comes from the band’s upcoming full length “Turn Me Off” which is due out on Grave Mistake Records early next year, you can snag your download here.

In related news, you can read an interview with vocalist Tony Pence where he discusses the history of the band, their influences and a little known secret about the cover art of Strike Anywhere’s “Change Is A Sound”. You can check that noise out here.

Sakes Alive!! have posted a brand new song up for your eager ears. You can find “Art For Artists’s Sake” over at their Bandcamp Page where you can listen and download it.

Sakes Alive!! Recently resurfaced as Chris Vanderviver’s solo project after having calling it quits following the departure of founding member Dave O’Connor.