As you may or may not know, Georgia-based four piece Showbread have just released a new music video for their song You’re Like A Taxi, which appears on the band’s newest album, Who Can Know It?. The album was just recently released on Come&Live Records for free! Head here for a completely free download of Who Can Know It? . To watch the video for You’re Like A Taxi, head here.

Showbread’s last work is their 2009 album The Fear of God which was released on Tooth & Nail Records.

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California-based record label Facedown Records has just announced the addition of a new member to their family, this time in the form of Hope For The Dying. The southern Illinois-based metalheads have just signed with Facedown, and have stated plans for their newest album which is set to hit stores next April. You can check out one of the tracks off the new album, Perpetual Rain, by heading to their MySpace page. Here’s what Facedown had to say about the signing,

The members boast the “bringing together of influences as vast as the seven seas, ranging from the metal of years past to the modern kings of metal that reign today.” By combining their superior individual abilities and unique musicianship to produce the 80s influenced progressive metal fans have come to expect, Hope for the Dying prove the sincerity behind their determination to push forward into previously uncharted territory.

This new album will be the latest work from Hope For The Dying since their self-titled 2009 release, which came out on Strike First Records.

In a recent blog update, Monte Sereno, CA based record label Asian Man Records has announced the tentative line-up for their 15th anniversary show. No details of dates or locations have been announced, so be sure to keep checking back on DyingScene for updates.

In its 15 year existence, Asian Man Records has helped spur the success of bands like Less Than Jake, Alkaline Trio, Blue Meanies, Mu330, Slapstick (Broadways, Lawrence Arms), and many, many more. For the complete tentative line-up, head here; this is a show not to be missed.

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SoCal pop punk act Joyce Manor has just uploaded a new song on their MySpace page. The track is entitled Derailed and will be featured on the band’s new LP. No release date information is available however record label 6131 has stated that pre-orders for the album will be available “soon”. Check out the track right here.

Huh.  This is news to me, but apparently H20 frontman Toby Morse heads up an organization called One Life One Chance that is aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and discouraging kids from getting involved with drugs and alcohol.  To help raise awareness Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker is getting involved, donating several drum kits to a handful of schools in NYC to promote healthy alternatives to self-destructive behavior; his clothing brand, Famous Stars and Straps, is also getting involved with the cause.

“I love and support what Toby is doing for the youth,” Barker says. “It’s good that these kids can see that not every rock star is a drug addict and he is such a positive, all-around role model for them.”

Barker, who lost his good friend DJ A.M. to a drug overdose in August 2009, can certainly relate; He hopes that through the OLOC, kids will see that “they can be drug free and be cool too.”

“Most people that come and speak at a school are immediately written off by the kids, but Toby looks like them and they can relate to him,” the drummer says. “I am getting involved to help any school Toby speaks at that is in need of instruments and/or a music program.”

“Toby’s passion is undeniable and sincere, and understanding that kids all across America may benefit from Toby’s message, we wanted to provide any support we could,” Barker says. “If it’s providing promotional goods or helping him get to schools who cant afford to have a speaker, we understand that Toby’s message of PMA (positive mental attitude) and way of life is something we all could use.”

Austrian pop punk act 7yearsbadluck are releasing a new album titled “Sleep Now, Pay Later” in February of 2011.  Not much more info other than that is known, but you can stream a song from the album titled “The Fever” on the band’s MySpace Page.

Fans of Alkaline Trio should definitely give these guys a listen.

Metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine have premiered the music video for their song “Bittersweet Memories”and you can check it out right here.

The song appears on the band’s latest album “Fever” which was  released in April.

San Diego punk act Rat City Riot have posted their cover of Fugazi’s “Waiting Room.”  The song will be the first song on their upcoming album “Better Than Nothing, ” which is scheduled to be released in early 2011 through I Hate People Records.

Check out the song here.

I’m lazy so I’m just copying and pasting this press release from SideOneDummy:

A compilation of The Casualties biggest hits (on SideOneDummy) titled “For The Casualties Army” is available for download today at iTunes, Amazon, Shockhound and anywhere else you can download music digitally.

The album includes 28 tracks that span from 2001′s Die Hards to 2009′s We Are All We Have. When you download the album from iTunes you will also get 2 bonus videos.

Seminal punk band, Swingin’ Utters, are streaming all 3 songs from their brand new digital 7-inch “Taking the Long Way” on their MySpace page.

The album was released November 23rd on Fat Wreck Chords and features two songs from their upcoming full length and one exclusive to the 7”.