If you happen to be in Munch on November 6th this bit of news is for you (and just generally interesting for the rest of us). Singer songwriter and vocalist to the legendary Hot Water Music, Chuck Ragan, has announced a special show for the refugee children there at Refugio E.v. Not only will Chuck and Joe Gaunt perform a set consisting of their own songs as well as some songs for the children but are also asking fans to come and donate old musical instruments to the kids. You can check out Chuck’s full statement and find the details here. [Read more…]

Florida’s popular screamo act Underoath have unveiled the music video to their song “In Division” from their upcoming release, “Ø (Disambiguation).” You can find the video over here. If you happen to be a fan of the band and also love watching sweaty dudes being plunged into water then this video is right up your alley.

The band is gearing up to release “Ø (Disambiguation)” on November 9th. This will be Underoath’s first release for Roadrunner Records as well as their first release following the departure of founding member and drummer Aaron Gillispie.

Every day is Christmas day for the fine folk at Suburban Home Records. Today’s goodie is a mixtape inspired by the music of Austin Lucas in celebration of his newest release, “Collection”. The best part of this is that once again the mixtape is absolutely free. You can go right ahead and swipe your download over here.

Speaking of which, if you’re a fan of good ol’ fashioned punk inspired folk  and don’t happen to already know who Austin Lucas is you can check out some of his music here.

Ridiculously long running hardcore act, MDC-Millions Of Dead Cops, have announced a short November tour. You can find the blog with the dates here.

Some line up changes aside, the band has remained active since they got together back in the early 80’s

Starting the morning off with a bit of sweet german pop-punks, NM50, have unveiled another pre-mixed song from their upcoming full-length. The song is called “Our Time Is Now” and you can find it at the band’s MySpace page over yonder.

Though no official details have been released, the band is gearing up to release their follow up to “Honestly” some time in 2011.

Massachusetts melodic hardcore act Matahari are offering a full stream of their latest release entitled “Never The Same” that was self released by the band a couple of months ago. They have also announced that will be teaming up with Get Young Records to put out their upcoming vinyl releases. Not too much else is known in terms of their next release but this great news for a great band.

You can check out the stream on their Bandcamp page or head to over to their Myspace page to check out their upcoming tour dates and some exclusive songs.

New Jersey street punk act, The Scandals, have premiered the music video for their song “Avalanche” and you can check it out right here.

The song appears on the band’s debut album “The Sound Of Your Stereo,” released in June on Skelaton Crew Records.

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Professional skate boarder Mike Vallely’s rock group Revolution Mother have recently posted high quality videos of a bunch of  live performances. You can watch them play “Above The Crawl”, “Come On”, “Born to Rock N Roll”, “Side III” and more right here.

Mike Vallely recently announced the first annual “Glory Bound Festival” which will feature an outdoor professional skateboarding All Star jam and live performances from Pennywise, joined by Alkaline Trio, Authority Zero, and Nations Afire.

For more info on the event go here. Revolution Mother’s latest release was 2009’s “Rollin’ With The Mutha” on Ferret Music.

Boston hardcore act The Carrier have posted the title track from their upcoming album “Blind To What Is Right” and you can listen to the song right here. They also revealed that the album will be released on January 18th on Deathwish Inc.

This will be band’s first release since 2008’s “No Love can Save Me”.  You can check out songs from all their releases and videos from some of their shows on their Myspace Page.

Canadian screamo act Silverstein have announced the dates for a full-US tour throughout all of January. The tour will see Pierce The Veil, Miss May I, The Chariot, and A Bullet For Pretty Boy in support of the band. Click here for the full dates.

Silverstein’s last release, “A Shipwreck In The Sand,” came out in March 2009 on Victory Records. [Read more…]