Michigan hardcore act Hellmouth have uploaded the song “Valley Of Armageddon” to their MySpace page.

The song can be found on the band’s latest release, and first for Paper + Plastick Records,  “Graveyard Skylines.”

The band’s previous release was a split 7″ with Explode and Make Up which was released last July.

Montreal punks Pole Position, and Raw Cut Media, have released the music video for the song “Motormetal.”

If you’re into making songs your ringtone, or you’re looking for an alarm that will surely wake you up, this song is perfect for you! If you’re not that person, this song still goes hard anyway so make sure you check it out here.

The song is off of their forthcoming, super mysterious and super secretive EP. Keep checking back here for more info. [Read more…]

Remember Honest Don’s Hardly Used Records?  For those of you young whippersnappers out there that might not, it was a subsidiary of Fat Wreck Chords that released albums from 1996 to 2003.  Mostly it was just a way for Fat to put out non-Fat sounding bands without damaging their brand.  There were some really great releases over the years; Diesel Boy, Limp, Teen Idols, The Real McKenzies to name just a few of the artists.

Anywho, Fat is putting on a sale that includes 37 of the 39 Honest Don’s releases for only $50.00.  Sale ends December 3rd.  Go here for details about the releases included.

Say-10 Records will be releasing a collection of The Riot Before songs from their 2005-2007 recordings.  It will include the releases “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades,” “So Long,” “The Lighthouse” and the band’s side of their split with Broadway Calls, as well as unreleased material.

Fan’s can expect an early 2011 on CD and 2xLP.  Check out the tracklisting here.

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Los Angeles based progressive punk act, Seahaven, are streaming an acoustic version of their song “Plague” on their MySpace page.  The song will appear on an “Acoustic Sessions” EP which is slated for release on December 7th.  The album will feature a different spin on three songs off of their “Ghost” EP (“Bottled”, “Plagued” and “Head In The Sand”), as well as an acoustic demo (“Goodnight”) that they are currently working on for a 2011 yet to be announced release.

The band’s debut release, “Ghost,” was put out on Creator-Destructor Records last May.

Long Island rockers Glassjaw have premiered the music video for their song “All Good Junkies Go To Heaven” and you can check it out right here.

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By now most everyone has heard of and heard music by My Chemical Romance. For the small number of you who have not…

My chemical Romance came on the scene in ’02 with the album “I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love.” The sound was a metal infused version of poppy punk, and was considered by many to be more of an alternative album than a punk one. By ’04 they signed to Reprise records and released “Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge”. This album fit more into the category of Emo but still had its metal moments. The singles “Helena” and “The Ghost of You” brought the band mainstream attention and helped to propel the album to platinum sales. In ’06 the band released “The Black Parade,” an album that would rocket the group to superstardom. “The Black Parade” was a concept album about death that contained a wide range of different musical styles, including nods to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” and David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” and the music of The Smashing Pumpkins. The album went on to sell over three million copies worldwide.

And that brings us to their new release “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys”. To say that this album was highly anticipated would be an understatement. With “Danger Days” My Chemical Romance are in a position to possibly have the highest selling rock album in the past couple of years. Is the new release worthy of such an achievement?? I’m not too sure it is.

I was not a fan of My Chemical Romance until I heard the song “The Black Parade”. They played it live on some MTV awards show while standing on top of a skyscraper in NYC, dressed in their black parade uniforms. The song and the performance were unique and the next chance I had I went out and got the album; I loved it and still listen to most of the songs today. So when I heard that they were FINALLY going to release a new record I was stoked, especially after hearing their cover of Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” from The Watchmen soundtrack. Now that I have the CD in my hands, I’m a little let down. It’s sometimes difficult to judge an album without taking into account the bands other releases, especially the preceding one and “Danger Days…” doesn’t stack up against “The Black Parade”. But that doesn’t mean that “Danger Days…” is not good, it is in fact very good; It’s just not what I had hoped for. To me “Danger Days…” sounds like it should have been released after “Three Cheers…”, it would have perfectly bridged the gap between the more Emo rock of the first two releases and the genre bending rock opera that was “The Black Parade”.

“Danger Days…” is another concept album, this time about a futuristic band of outlaws (The Killjoys) fighting against an evil corporation (Better Living Industries). The heroes are guided through the adventure by a pirate radio DJ called Dr. Death Defying (Voiced by Steve, Righ? From Mindless Self Indulgence). Most of this can be seen in the post apocalyptic looking video for the song “Na, Na , Na”. It’s a cool idea but, as with most concept albums, the songs don’t always convey the story.

The album plays like a late 80’s hair metal release, most of the songs are at a similar rocking tempo with the exception of a power ballad or two but My Chemical Romance has a lot more depth to their music than those spandex clad rockers did.

Here’s my take on several of the albums key songs.

“Na, Na, Na” is a catchy, rocking track with the only downside being the reference to “jazz hands” in the lyrics.

“Bulletproof Heart” has an 80’s synth intro that leads in a somewhat poppy rock song.

“Sing” is a power ballad that is destined to have people holding up their lighters (or more commonly these days, cell phones).

“Planetary (GO!)” at times sounds like a Black Eyed Peas song.

“S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W” , to me, sounds like it fits the post apocalyptic storyline the best. It’s a slower track with distorted vocals.

“Destroya” after a tribal/industrial sounding intro the song turns into a punk song reminiscent of The Refused.

“The Kids From Yesterday” has a driving beat and sound a little bit like The Cure.

“Vampire Money” has a surf punk sound and reminds me of Iggy Pop’s song “Lust For Life”

To some people this may be My Chemical Romance’s best record (so far) to others it may be their worst. Personally, I feel the band has taken a step back in creativity; I was hoping for something as daring and unexpected as “The Black Parade” but what I got sounds more like updated Hair metal. It’s not bad at all, quite good actually but I guess the only problem that I really have with it is that it was not what I was expecting.

Alright, this story would be a lot cooler if Civet was in a high speed chase and shoot out instead of just their van but it’s still kinda interesting.

After just having returned from a Canadian Tour the band’s white Ford Econoline van was stolen in the early hours of yesterday morning.  Some details are missing as to how the band discovered the van was missing and how exactly the cops tracked it down but apparently the suspect ended up leading the police on a chase that started in Long Beach and ended in a watery crash with a fire hydrant and included gunfire, in the city of Paramount. At one point the “band van” was even seen driving the wrong way on the 91 fwy.

“We are just thankful to have unloaded almost all the equipment 2 days ago. It could have been a lot worse. That was a close call!” says guitarist Suzi Stefano. And this van has a had more than its share of close calls in the past weeks as another attempt at theft had been made when the girls were passing through Edmonton, Alberta on Halloween.

The best part?  It’s on tape!  Check it out here.

Apparently one side project wasn’t enough for MxPx front man Mike Herrera.  This time the entire band is involved plus their tech assistant Neil Hundt.  The band is called Arthur, and not surprisingly they sound like MxPx – just a lot slower.  Anyway, the band is releasing their debut full-length, “Watch The Years Crawl By” on December 7th and you can stream 2 of the new songs (“Cold Outside” and “America”) on the band’s MySpace page.

The band released an EP titled “Loneliness Is Bliss” in 1999.

Dutch hardcore act No Turning Back are streaming a brand new song on their MySpace page.  It’s titled “Always Will Be” and it will appear on their upcoming album “Take Control,” which is slated for released sometime in January.

No Turning Back released their last album, “Stronger,” in 2008.