Escape The Fate will be releasing their upcoming, self-titled album November 2nd on DGC/Interscope Records.  The band is streaming a brand new song on their MySpace page titled “Massacre.”

Leading up the release, the band will be doing a lot of touring throughout Mexico, South America, US and Canada.  Check out the dates here.

Escape The Fate released their last album, This War Is Ours, on Epitaph Records in 2008.

Former Dance Gavin Dance lead singer has once again become current Dance Gavin Dance lead singer according to a recent announcement by the band.  In the same announcement the post-hardcore/screamo band also mentioned they will be heading into the studio this fall to record “Downtown Battle Mountain 2”

The band released the original album “Downtown Battle Mountain” in 2007, which was followed by 2 newer releases – the most recent, “Happiness” was put out in 2009 on Rise Records.

Female fronted psychobilly act The Creepshow are releasing their upcoming album, They All Fall Down, October 5th on Stomp Records (Canada), Hellcat Records (USA, Australia) and People Like You Records (Europe).  Today you can get your first taste of the new album by streaming the title track on the People Like You Records MySpace page.

The band will be doing a North American tour in support of the new release.  Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

The Creepshow released their last album, Run For Your Life in 2008 with Stomp Records Canada and Hellcat in the US.

Punk Acts Against Me and Alkaline Trio recently appeared on JBTV.  Against Me! played great acoustic versions of High Pressure Low, I Was a Teenage Archaist, Pint of Guinness Makes You Strong, Spanish Moss, White Crosses and more. In between the songs you’ll hear bits of the interview with their vocalist / song-writer Tom Gabel in which he talks about the band’s progression and their latest album White Crosses.

Alkaline Trio got interviewed about funny Warped Tour stories and sports. The episode also features wrestler CM Punk and an archived JBTV interview with Joey Ramone. You might have to skip around depending on what you want to see but it’s worth watching for the fantastic  live performance from Against Me and the old Joey Ramone interview if nothing else. Watch it here.

Central Florida  hardcore act No Friends have announced a handful of U.S. fall tour dates which include Florida, Philadelphia, North Carolina and Maryland. If you live in any one those states visit their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

Their latest album which was self-titled, was released last year on No Idea Records. You download the band’s Traditional Failures EP for fee right here.

Florida’s Fake Problems is giving away a free download of their song titled Songs For Teenagers which will appear on the band’s upcoming sophomore album Real Ghosts Caught on Tape. Grab your download here.

“Real Ghosts Caught On Tape” will be released September 21st through SideOneDummy Records and is a follow-up to 2009’s It’s Great to be Alive.

Taking cues from Epitaph’s “Punk-O-Rama”, Fat Wreck Chords’ “Fat Music For Fat People”, and Hopeless’ “Hopelessly Devoted To You” series, Bright & Barrow Records recently released a compilation of NYC/NJ-area punk bands, titled “Cause A Scene Volume 1”.

The label enlisted bands hailing from the five boroughs, Long Island, and New Jersey for this compilation to highlight the punk scene that has taken a backseat over the past decade to the indie and pop movements.  You can stream the entire comp right here.

This isn’t exactly music related but some guy named Jeremy Stacks wrote a book called “Poisoned Fate” about a fictional punk band fighting zombies in a post-apocalyptic world.  Or something like that.  In any case, it’s got a bunch of references to punk bands like Bad Religion, Tiger Army, Bouncing Souls, Street Dogs, etc. so for those of you who actually still read books out there it might be an entertaining read.

Here’s a brief synopsis from the author:

What do you do when you find you’re now one of only a handful of inhabitants left on earth? Welcome to Remy’s world. He and a small band of friends and neighbors wake up one evening to find buildings, homes, and streets littered with corpses. Their town appears dead and they don’t understand why. As investigations begin and they struggle to find some meaning and purpose to their new lives, tensions erupt and new challenges and dangers present themselves. While searching for fuel and supplies, they realize they are not quite as alone as they thought. Remy discovers who his true friends are and what they are all capable of doing to survive. Is it the end of civilization or a new beginning?

Poisoned Fate is a fast paced and ultra-violent story of survival set to a punk rock soundtrack. Chock full of references and nods to 1980’s horror and disaster movies, comic books and of course, punk rock music.

The book is available on Amazon.

British punk act Ok Pilot have just put up a new track, Teeth, on their MySpace page.The song comes of their recently released (we think) album Nerves which was put out on Yo Yo Records.

OK Pilot’s last album was a 7″ split with The Arteries, Brother, and Banger, released last October.

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 Indianapolis post-hardcore band Gamma Pulse are doing a cover of the radio hit song, “Don’t Trust Me” by electro-pop group 3OH!3.  You can check it out on their MySpace page and then commence the shit talking/praise/asinine commentary in the comments.

Last week’s random cover song can be heard here.