San Francisco oi!/street punk act Stagger And Fall recently released their newest album “Smash The Bottle, Smash The State” and are streaming 3 new songs (“Horseshoes And Hand Grenades”, “America”, “Bastards”) on their MySpace page.

You can also stream a snippet of all 16 tracks (and purchase the album) right here.

San Diego punk act, Dan Padilla (the band, not the person) has released their new album “As The Ox Plows” and are offering the album for free download right here via Paper + Plastick Records.

The dudes in Dan Padilla, which features members of Tiltwheel and Madison Bloodbath, have been involved in the San Diego DIY punk scene for two decades, setting up and running shows, recording, and helping touring bands with food and a floor to sleep on. Keeping the scene alive, the partnership of Dan Padilla and Paper + Plastick allowed the band to stay true to their DIY ethics and morals, while releasing their music to a broader audience. “We are very happy to put the record out with Paper and Plastick,” says vocalist/guitarist J. Wang. “We wanted some different ears to hear this record, and from the beginning Vinnie made it very clear that we didn’t have to do anything we were not comfortable with, and told us he wanted everyone involved with this record to come out of the project happy.”

New Jersey’s The Measure (SA) have leaked another track off their upcoming album Notes, due out October 5th on No Idea Records. The song, titled Unwritten, can be heard here and an acoustic version of the song performed for IfYouMakeIt.com can be seen here.

Notes will be The Measure (SA)’s first full-length since Historical Fiction, released back in 2006. [Read more…]

Los Angeles metal act Black Veil Brides have announced the dates for their headlining “Entertainment Or Death” tour with William Control and Motionless In White. The month-long tour will see the band hit up most of the country, so click here to check out the full dates.

If you’re not yet familiar with the band, you can check out a few songs on their MySpace Page.Their upcoming debut album We Stitch These Wounds was released July 20th on Standby Records. [Read more…]

So, if you’ve spent the last couple of days under a rock you might not know that Australia and New Zealand’s Metal and Punk “No Sleep Til” Festival have announced their official line-up and it includes:

MEGADETH (who will be performing their now-classic release RUST IN PEACE in its entirety), NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Descendents (Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne only), GWAR, A Day To Remember, Alkaline Trio, Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s (Australia only), Katatonia, Atreyu (Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane only), 3 Inches of Blood, Suicide Silence, August Burns Red, We Came As Romans.

Australia will be represented with Parkway Drive, Frenzal Rhomb, Hero’s For Hire, Break Even and Confession joining all Australian dates while Antagonist AD, The Outsiders, Shitripper and Leechs will take care of the New Zealand side of the tour. Tickets are on sale from the 9th of September and you can head on over to the No Sleep Til website for all dates, venues and information.

South Florida hardcore melodic punk act, Mute Issue, are giving away their 2008 debut album “The Social” for free right here.

The band recently announced their come back tour after 2 years of inactivity and expects to release new material in the upcoming months.

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Boston’s beard-punk outfit Furnace have announced a couple of European tour dates in support of their latest release Doublewalker. You can check out the full dates here. The band will hitting the road the road with Miami’s own Capsule in early September and will cover most of Europe, with the exception of the UK.

For those of you unfamiliar with Furnace, they have played with the likes of Converge and Lewd Acts amongst other heavy hitters from the genre and play in the same vein as the aforementioned bands. Check out their MySpace Page to listen to a couple of their songs. [Read more…]

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I’d be screwed without the internet.  It’s true.   I don’t know how I’d get through the working week without it.  Wasting time trawling through pages upon pages of mind-numbing crap has become an integral part of my work day.  I hope my boss never reads this.  Back to my point.  Recently, deep in internet exploration, I came across a Melbourne-based band called Backyard Surgeons.  After raping their MySpace page for a week or so, I gave in and purchased their EP, Totally Numb.  Ten points for the internet.

In 2009, the five members took themselves to Rangemaster Studios and spent a week with notable Australian producer, Dave Carr.  While the process was expedited due to many circumstances, this is not evident in the release.  It is evident that all songs were well polished before the band hit the studio. All songs in the release were already solid inclusions within the Surgeons live show making them easy choices for recording and pressing.

Opener, Amigo Let Me Go, would be an obvious standout even if the EP wasn’t only five tracks long.  A slow guitar introduction shifts into a full band assault before a small bass-driven breakdown bursts when you least expect it.  A classy move of musicianship by the five piece.  It also features the EP’s best lyric, ‘don’t push me, I don’t want to spill my drink on you tonight’.  That is going straight to my everyday vocabulary bank.

Don’t Expect A Change kicks in with back-and-forth guitar between Ryan Melder and Matt Hunter.   Heavy gang vocals bite and snap around effectively Morgan Boal’s more melodic additions.  Lyrically, it’s politically charged as it denounces the lack of public control over issues of a political nature.  It doesn’t once come off as if the band is attempting to preach to the listener.

One of the shining qualities of this release is that it is sans the bleeding heart bullshit that has saturated the punk-rock market.  Bad Intent strikes this cord from the second it starts.  Well executed pauses with drums fills are quickly followed by a punchy guitar riff coupled with a structured thrashing of the skins before kicking back into the song.  The song meanders through many changes but never do they feel out of place rather they leave the bands predictability at a zero.

While you’d think with a title like Good Luck the song would be delivered with a softer message, however the tune’s ‘catch ya later’ and raised middle finger attitude becomes quite clear early on.  While beginning in a nice tone, it turns into one of the best ‘fuck you’ songs that I’ve heard in 2010.

I have one major issue with this release.  At five tracks, it’s just not long enough.  This EP has a lot going for it and by the time that is realized it finishes.  I’d like to pick out a track or two that rise above the others but the truth is that all five hold their own.  Nothing is overdone or overtly technical. The simplicity is its strength; straight-up, fast, honest, melodic punk rock.  The way it should be.  None of this ‘she doesn’t love me’ hogwash that gets old and uninspired real quick.  Whatever they’re doing, it works.  Best ten bucks I’ve spent in while.  You can stream Totally Numb, in its entirety, on  their MySpace Page.  Nice one internet!

Of all injuries a drummer can get! Teenage Bottlerocket‘s Brandon Carlisle broke his hand. No bueno. Fortunately, fellow Fat Wreck Chords artist The Lawrence Arms‘ drummer Neil Hennessy is taking over for any upcoming shows. So don’t fear! A mere injury cannot keep punk rock down.

Teenage Bottlerocket’s last album, They Came From The Shadows, was released last September on Fat Wreck Chords.

San Diego’s pop punkers Fight Fair have just released a new album, but are now losing their bassist Chris Begley, according to a recent tweet:

“Aaaaannnnd…. done! Gonna miss the guys. Good luck @fightfairsd. You’ll always be family!”

Seems like it was on good terms, but you never know these days in the world of music. No word yet on how this will affect their upcoming US tour.

Fight Fair released California Kicks this past June on Triple Crown Records.