Fans of Rancid can rejoice as the new Devil’s Brigade album (artwork to the left) is up for your listening pleasure on the band’s Facebook page.  For those that are uninformed, Devil’s Brigade consists of Rancid bassist Matt Freeman on vocals, and frontman Tim Armstrong doing the guitar work.  Drumming is left up to band mate Brett Reed.  The self-titled psychbilly album will be released on Hellcat Records next Tuesday, 31 August.  Read what Freeman had to say of the concept of the album here.

Female-fronted Ozzie speed punkers, Friends With The Enemy, have delighted us with a couple of new tracks from their upcoming EP, New World disOrder (cover art featured to the left).  Available 1 September, the disc can be obtained either by checking them out on their tour that kicks off 2 Sept in San Diego, CA or by messaging the band via MySpace.

For all of the tour dates, check out Dying Scene’s Shows page.

Pour Habit have announced a 2-month long US tour that will see them start off on the West coast, hit up the East, and end up in the Midwest. If you haven’t seen the video of lead vocalist Chuck throwing up all over the stage, you’re missing out. Click here to check out the full dates but heed my warning: to all of you that like to watch from the front row, be wary of the upchuck.

Pour Habit is currently working on a new album, which will be released soonish on Fat Wreck Chords.

Jimmy Eat World fans can now check out the first vinyl single for the My Best Theory 7″ release. The song, titled Stop, can be heard here. If you like reading lyrics, the words to the songs are also posted.

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

Orlando street punk act Big City Bombers are streaming their entire discography on their Bandcamp page. These guys keep it real and put on a high-energy live show so make sure you check out what BCB are all about.

The band has an upcoming 5-song EP titled Under The Gun coming out soon. Keep checking back here for more info.

Simi Valley’s powerpunk act Strung Out have added more dates to their North American Tour in which Rufio, We Are The Union, and Larry And His Flask set to support. You can check out the full dates here.

The band will be supporting their latest album Agents of the Underground which was released on Fat Wreck Chords on September 29, 2009. [Read more…]

Nations Afire is a band that formed early last year consisting of former members of Rise Against, Ignite and Death By Stereo.  They released their debut EP, The Uprising, in April 2009 and then earlier this year singer Scott Ludwig disappeared from the lienup without explanation.

Things have been reletively quiet until today when the band posted 5 “new” songs on their MySpace page.  One of the songs (“Exit Strategy”) appeared on the previously released EP but it appears to have been re-recorded with new vocals and a much less punky vibe.  In fact, all the new songs seem to be much more in the vein of “hard rock” than “punk rock” but if you’ve been following the band or any of its members’ former bands you might want to check them out.

Australian hardcore fans, mark your calendars! Miles Away is hitting the road with Hopeless, Phantoms, and more to bring the music to your neighborhood. The tour kicks off on September 22 and runs through October 17 – get all the details right here.

Miles Away will also be releasing a new full-length album titled Roads End “soon” on Resist Records. Hopeless released Dear World in 2009 through Trial and Error Records.

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Berlin psychobilly crew Killing Irie has put up 5 new tracks for streaming on their Myspace page. If you don’t sprechen sie Deutsch – ya know, speak German – fear not, because the words are in English.

No word on if these songs will be released on a full-length, an EP, or maybe some kind of highly-efficient German release format that we don’t have in the States yet, but we’ll keep you posted on the details as soon as we get ’em.

Connecticut punks Hostage Calm have put their entire self-titled album up on their BandCamp page. The album came out on July 20 through Run For Cover Records and the cover looks like <|—– that. You can also get the lyrics to some of the songs on the album here.

Hostage Calm’s last release was 2008’s Lens on Redscroll Records.