In an interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Sublime With Rome vocalist/guitarist Rome Ramirez discussed a lot of things: how he hooked up with the surviving members of Sublime, how he resurrected the band prior to a lawsuit (which has since been resolved, and Sublime With Rome’s anticipated debut and their future. On the new material, Rome reveals:

“In Utah when we played our show, we had a few days. I worked out some chords and lyrics. We went into band practice and I played it for Bud and Eric. We took it from there. Those guys totally worked the Sublime into it. Nobody can ever emulate that because they are the only guys that have it. I can just sit back and not even sing or play the guitar, and just listen to Bud and Eric groove out. It’s just so tight. They have that insane groove that works within the songs. Anytime I have ideas, I’ll take it to them and we’ll chop it up and we’ll get an even better song. We’re stoked. We’ve gone into the studio to do a few demos.”

Sublime With Rome is heading into the studio next month to begin pre-production on their debut full-length album, the band’s first with new singer Rome Ramirez. Amongst a couple of greatest hits and live discs, and a box set release, Sublime’s last LP, titled Sublime, came out in 1996, shortly after the death of lead singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell.

In an interview with A.V. Club, Weezer front-man, Rivers Cuomo, revealed that he has already started working on the group’s next album.

The band, who just released their ninth studio album “Hurley” this week on Epitaph Records, have plenty of songs in the pipeline for the follow-up according Cuomo.

“We just started working on our 10th record,” he explained. “I was talking to the producer and he was saying, ‘These songs sound totally different from ‘Hurley’. That was kind of dark and the new songs sound like you’re 16, riding your bicycle to get a Slurpee.'”

He continued: “As a writer, I had no idea – I wasn’t shooting for anything different. That’s just what happened to come up.”

The album – which will be released in 2011 – will be their fifth in four years.

“It hardly feels like a regimen, because it’s the greatest joy in the world for me,” Cuomo told Avclub.com. “I’m constantly fighting with my manager to reduce the amount of time I have to spend on promotional activities, so I can get back in the studio and work on new music.”

Jimmy Eat World is streaming another track off their upcoming album Invented. The song, titled Movielike, can be heard here.

Invented is the band’s 7th studio album and will be released September 28th on Interscope Records.

Ontario’s progressive metal-punk act, Protest The Hero, are currently in the studio working on their newest album.  They haven’t leaked any info yet about the coming release other than it will contain more than 10 songs, but you can check out this video of the band laying down tracks and generally goofing around in the studio right here.

Vagrant released the band’s last album, Fortress in 2008.

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Dutch hardcore act No Turning Back announced today that they have returned to the studio to record their next full-length album, which they’ve already named “Take Control.”  The band expects to release the album worldwide in January.

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

Alexander Hudjohn, former lead singer and guitar player for Anchor Down, released his second album, “We Don’t Need A Map,” yesterday and you can stream (and purchase) the entire thing on his bandcamp page.

Here’s what Alexander had to say about the release:

In a world where digitally altered voices rule the airwaves and manufactured “artists” are plastered all over our children’s lunch boxes. I still believe there are musicians out there wiling to spill their guts onto tape and let the listener sort it out. There is a reason we love to go watch musicians perform live. It’s raw, it’s real and all the true emotion is still evident. These tracks are simply me. One mic, one guitar, one voice. recorded in my living room one rainy September evening in Northeast Portland. What you hear, is what you get friends. This is tangible, this is real. Art is subjective and we don’t need a map. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for your support.

Sydney hardcore act Phantoms are streaming a brand new song on their MySpace page.  It’s titled “Cursed Earth” and it will appear on their upcoming album “As Above, So Below” scheduled for a September 20th release on from Trial And Error Records

You can download the band’s demo for free right here.

Calgary punk ‘n roll band Bad Habits Die Hard are streaming 3 brand new songs on their MySpace page.  “Victors Of None,” Playing For Keeps” and “Contagious” will appear on an upcoming full-length the band is currently recording.

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Punk rock always has been, and forever will be, the voice of a generation that is striving for change and enlightens people to the perceived affront against their fellow man. Punk has never been afraid to take on the toughest issues facing us as a society. Punk has shown a light into the deepest and darkest recesses of our souls. While the mainstream world was buying up The New Kids on The Block’s “Hangin Tough” album, Jeff Nelson of Minor Threat fame was attacking the establishment with his “Meese is a Pig” t-shirts and posters.

Fast forward to 2010. Once again a punk band has laid their hearts and souls bare on a very solid release by Warbird Entertainment. Without sounding pretentious or accusatory, Guns on the Run put together a very solid and hard hitting album. The band hails from Philadelphia and I was fortunate enough recently to get a hold of their “The Spirit is Eternal” release on Warbird Entertainment. The songs on this, The Guns fourth studio release in almost as many years, are songs of frustration and anger at a system that seems more content to eat itself from the inside. When you open the CD you find liner notes that have a well written prologue by Tommy Gunnz. He expresses his frustration with the status quo world that devours it’s young and breaks wills. A system that has done nothing but spend us into an almost insurmountable debt and sent our best and brightest to die on foreign soil for a country that is more interested in attacking political beliefs than fixing the state. The first track, “On the Run” bursts from the CD with an admission that we have all committed infractions in our lives and that taking a stand is one of the greatest things a man can do in his life. “For the Fallen” starts off with the final paragraph of Patrick Henry’s famous treason speech in front of the House of Burgesses. The song that follows is an anthem of appreciation for all of those who have shed blood in defense of this great nation, a plea for all of those listening to open their eyes to the world around them and make a stand for the common man. Another solid song on this album is “Rock n Roll Rebel”, a song that reminds us to never forget family.

“Guns on The Run” all in all, put together a very solid album of anthems that appeals to all of us. “Guns on The Run” play music that is heavily influenced by both past and present. The album encompasses so many different problems the common man faces now a days. With poverty, crime and love being underlying themes, the band consisting of Tommy Gunnz, Bobby Guns, Johnny Guns and Paddy Guns, kick your door in with a sound that cannot be ignored. Although this is the forth release by the Philadelphia based band. It is their first on Warbird Entertainment. Having previous released on legendary Blackout! Records, Creep and Battle Hymns Records, This release is their finest to date. Guns on The Run have done three U.S tours and hopefully will drag their carcasses across the dusty pot holed highways of this great nation again soon. If Guns on The Run are as good live, it promises to be a great show.

OFF! is a Los Angeles punk band fronted by Keith Morris of Black Flag and The Circle Jerks and they have premiered a music video for their song “Upside Down” which you can check out right here.

The track will appear on the band’s 1st EP, creatively titled “1st EP”.  It will be released on October 12th and is the 1st of 4 EP/7-inch releases which will be compiled onto a single release titled “First Four EPs” (obviously a nod to Black Flag) slated for release on November 23rd.

You can download an mp3 of “Upside Down” for free right here.

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