AFI‘s bassist Hunter Burgan is getting busy with side projects. Earlier today, he tweeted a picture of studio gear and titled it “Studio Day #1”. I guess he later realized fans were thinking this was a sign of new AFI, so he proceeded to tweet a series of posts:

“P.S. Not Hunter Revenge or AFI”

“P.P.S. Not with Tegan or Dan”

“P.P.P.S. It’s new”

Does this guy ever have a chance to sleep? Seems like he has on project after the other. I guess that’s what happens when you’re a musician.

Last we heard about Hunter was his planning to record a 5-song EP under his side project Dan & Hunter.

Durham, NC’s Ascetic Parade just released their debut record “Durham Has a Skyline Too” on donation based label Death to False Hope.

The record can be downloaded/streamed for free right here.

Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.  We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs.  Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs.  Good or bad.  Intriguing or mundane.  We’ll let you be the judge.

This week it’s Ramones covering Motorhead’s “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” You’d think it would be the other way around but the song first appeared on Motorhead’s album “1916”. The Ramones themselves performed a cover of it on and off until their final show in August 1996 at which C.J. Ramone and Lemmy shared lead vocals.

You can check out both the original and the cover right here.

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Southern California’s virtually-unknown punk rock group The Neighborhood Complaint is streaming a demo of a song set to appear on their debut album My Life Is… Check out the song “Illusions Of You” on their MySpace and be sure to watch out for these guys in the future.

Currently, The Neighborhood Complaint has no set plans for touring or recording, but is planning on a release sometime in 2011.

In addition to Making-Of videos, Underoath has another new song streaming on their MySpace. Remember that contest they unveiled the other day? Well, this is the song in question: “Catch Myself Catching Myself”. Well, mosey on over to their MySpace page and catch yourself catching yourself listening to their new song.

If you understood that last sentence, kudos to you.

Ø (Disambiguation) is Underoath’s follow-up to 2008’s Lost In The Sounds Of Separation.

So, Underoath has just released a new music video for their song “In Division” off their upcoming album Ø (Disambiguation). If you wanted to know exactly what went down during the video shoot, check out this behind-the-scenes video they just released to the online public. This is just “Part 1”, so be on the look out for later clips chronicling the conception of this music video.

Ø (Disambiguation) will be coming out November 9th on Roadrunner Records, their first release on the label. [Read more…]

Guitarist Kris Idol of the L.A. street punk act Time Again has formed a new band called Chelsea Arms. They’ve announced on their Facebook page that they have started recording some new songs but there’s nothing available yet to stream.

No word yet on when they will be released by we’ll keep you updated.

My Chemical Romance is streaming another new single off their upcoming album “Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys” on their MySpace page.  It’s titled “Sing” and you punk die hards are probably going to hate it but those who appreciate the newer progressive rock direction the band is going in will surely enjoy it.

The new album is slated for a November 22nd release date.

Milan, Italy’s Out Of Date have posted a pre-mix of the song “Monster” which will appear on the band’s upcoming album “D-Side”.

Check out the song here.

According to their Facebook, the band hopes to have the album out in the early months of 2011. They also mentioned that they have signed to Bells On Records (Japan).

South Bay punkers The Darlings have revealed the album art, tracklisting and release date for upcoming debut full-length album “The New Escape”. The album will be released on November 9th and will be a follow up to 2008’s self titled ep. You can check out the details and pre-order the new album here.

You can listen out a few of the songs that will be appearing on the album by visiting their MySpace.

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