Fans of the time-tested Aquabats can rejoice about the band not having a label on which to release their 9 November LP EP as Fearless has offered to take up signing and distribution duties, sans “six record deal or whatever other labels would want.”  As for the release date, the full-length will have to wait past the original 9 November date, however, an EP for the album will be released that same day, so it’s not a total loss.  Read the full AMP Magazine interview here with Aquabats frontman, Chris Jacobs, as he talks Aquabats TV show, Prince Adam, and more label business.

The last Aquabats Release, Charge (reissue), came out in 2006 on Nitro Records.

In other Pennsylvania news, pop-punkers Punchline have released the music video for their single 21 Forever, which appears on the August 2010 release, Delightfully Pleased, on Modern Short Stories.  Check it out on their Facebook (catch: you have to “Like” them).

Prior to Delightfully Pleased (their sixth studio album), Just Say Yes came out in 2008, also on Modern Short Stories.

SoCal’s Saosin has had a rather tumultuous year.  They left EMI/Virgin/Capitol Records in May and in July, they separated with five-year-long singer, Cove Reber.  Aside from that, the band has been MIA, that is, until a Tweet yesterday in response to a fan’s question that indicates that Saosin are back in action and recording some new material.  Let’s see where this goes.

Saosin released their last album, In Search of Solid Ground, in September 2009 on Virgin Records.

Paper + Plastic hardcore punkers, Protagonist, have finally premiered the official music video for Iamtheghost through punk music video website, BlankTV.  Watch here (and the making of here).  The song appears on the band’s 2009 album, The Chronicle, which was released on Paper + Plastick Records in 2009.

Check out Protagonist on The Fest 9 tour in their home state of Florida on 29-31 October. [Read more…]

The Menzingers–the best thing out of Scranton, PA, (aside from Dwight K. Schrute III)–have plans to release an acoustic full-length sometime in the near future on their label, Red Scare.  According to sources, the band is currently recording in their South Philly apartment.

The Menzingers’ latest release, Chamberlain Waits, came out earlier this year in April on Red Scare.

Florida’s We Are Defiance have posted the dates for a short tour with I The Breather and The Great Commission. The tour will start in 2 weeks on October 29th and will see the bands hit up both coasts-ish. Check out the dates here.

The band announced that their debut full-length will be titled Trust In Few and will be released in early 2011 through Tragic Hero Records. [Read more…]

A couple of months ago we wrote an update Set Your Goals stating that the band was set to enter the studio in October. Well, the band is officially in the studio now where they’re working on their third full-length release. The band find themselves in Maryland at Brian McTernan’s Salad Day Studios. McTernan previously worked with Senses Fail, The Movielife, and Circa Survive.

Although there’s no official release date set, the album is anticipated to drop early 2011 on Epitaph Records. Stay tuned for more information!

The band’s latest album This Will Be The Death Of Us was released on Epitaph Records in 2009.

Boston 5-piece punk act Energy are releasing their brand new EP “Walk Into The Fire” October 26th on Bridge Nine Records, and to commemorate the release we’re helping them give away a free signed copy of the 7″ to one of you.

To win, just send us a 10 track playlist with a Halloween theme (song titles and artist name, not the actual mp3s).  We’ll pass it on to the band and they will choose the playlist they like the most.  If that’s yours, boom! – you are the winner!

Send your submissions to contact(at)dyingscene.com or message us on Facebook.  Title your email “Energy” and include your contact email.

The moment many of us have been waiting for has finally arrived: new music from Face To Face! The band has released the song “Should Anything Go Wrong,”  the first single off their upcoming album “Laugh Now, Laugh Later.” album artwork <<–there. You can check out the song here.

Face To Face released their last full length How To Ruin Everything in 2002 on Vagrant Records

Nobodys Hero 305 are streaming a couple of songs off their upcoming debut album. You can listen to the songs “La Reformacion Final,” “Keep Up The Fight,” and “By Your Side” on the band’s MySpace page.

Nobodys Hero 305 is Joe Koontz’s (Against All Authority) new band. The band cites Bad Brains, Blitz, Face to Face, Against All Authority, The Clash, and Cro-mags as some of its biggest influences.

The band’s debut album is due out later this month.