A couple weeks ago, we told you San Diego’s Rat City Riot had released a cover of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room”, and it was to be on their upcoming release Better Than Nothing. In addition to this song, Rat City Riot has another new song for you called “Long Run”, also on the album. Listen to both songs here.

Rat City Riot will be releasing Better Than Nothing through I Hate People Records on January 25th.

New York’s punk group Timeshares (from the ashes of The Knockdown) have a new song up on MySpace if you want to check them out. The song is called “Little Full, Lotta Sap”. It’s a pretty feel-good song, so I suggest you listen to it here.

Last we heard of Timeshares, they were working on a split with Captain We’re Sinking.

Texas punks Samuell Caldwell’s Revenge are giving away free downloads of their split EP with In Bad Taste titled “Wyld Stallyns“. If you dug punk rock in the mid 90’s this is for you!

You can grab your copy right here.

The split was released on June 19th through Dang! Records.

The latest in a string of unexpected signings to Rise Records, UK rockers Sharks have inked a deal with the Portland, OR, label. The band will be releasing The Joys of Living, 2008-2010, which will contain the band’s recordings in the first two years (two EP’s and a single) plus two new songs, in April 2011 on Rise.

California punkers Face To Face are celebrating the holidays by streaming Merry Christmas on their BandCamp site.

The band, which split in 2004 and reunited in 2008, is releasing its first studio album since 2002 next month. It’s titled Laugh Now, Laugh Later and will be released on Antagonist Records.

Check out Florida pop-punk act Go Radio in a video from the studio featuring first previews of their new songs.  The video features material written for an as-yet-untitled release due on Fearless Records.  While no date has been announced for the album, Go Radio are one of the first bands announced to headline Warped Tour 2011.

The band released their last album “Do Overs and Second Chances” April 20th on Fearless Records.

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Flint, MI, punk band The Swellers are a fun bunch of dudes – if you’ve never caught their live show, here’s a chance to see Nick and Jono working on some new songs in their kitchen. And by “working on” of course I mean “probably making it up as they go” and by “new songs” I mean “songs like ‘What Happens To Your Pets [When They Get Sick] [And You Don’t Go To the Vet]’ that I have to kind of doubt we’ll see on the new album”. The video clocks in at just under 4 minutes of shenanigans, check it out here.

The band’s last album, Ups And Downsizing, came out in 2009 on Fueled By Ramen

And yes that is Jono (the band’s drummer) playing the guitar in the video. I wonder if he has any other talents that he’s hiding from us?

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Massachusetts label Bridge Nine Records got started 15 years ago, and founder Chris Wrenn is taking us all on a stroll down memory lane, one blog post at a time. The first installment is the story of the label’s first release, a 7″ split from CT hardcore bands Tenfold and Sum of All Fears (both of which disbanded a while back). Check it out here.

DC DIY punks The Max Levine Ensemble are turning 10 years old next month! To further commemorate the occasion, they’re re-recording 13 tracks from the first half of their existence (2000-2005) and releasing them on CD (via Plan-It-X Records) and vinyl (via No Brakes Records)

The band is also throwing itself a 10-year anniversary party at DC’s Black Cat, with help from some other awesome bands (full announcement here). If you’d like to go, it’s on January 8 and rumor has it there will be commemorative pillow cases!

Maryland’s pop punkers All Time Low have recorded an original Christmas song titled “Merry Christmas, Kiss My Ass” and you can stream it right here.