Looks like Oceana have been busy these past few months. After a couple of months of silence, the band announced that they have been working on material for their new record and should begin recording soon. Although more details on the album aren’t available at this time, the band anticipates it being available Spring of 2011. Also, the band announced plans for a US tour in October/November. Stay tuned for dates as they become available.

The band last released the Clean Head EP on May 2010 on Rise Records. You can check a new song off that album titled Barracuda Capital Of The World on their MySpace Page.

OG DC-area punks Dag Nasty have announced the title of their upcoming LP of old recordings. The album, titled Dag With Shawn, will include 9 songs that were recorded with vocalist Shawn Brown back on Halloween of 1985, and will feature the entire original lineup.

There’s no word on a release date although the Dischord website mentions it will be out some time in November 2010 and will include a coupon to download it for free as an MP3 with each album.

Virginia based punk act Rain Over Battle are currently working on a new full-length album and to give you a taste of what’s to come they are streaming a new song off the coming record.  The song is “The Rose”, a Bette Midler cover (interesting choice) and you can check it out right here.

If you’re unfamiliar with these guys and like bands like The Menzingers and Loved Ones we highly recommend you check out their most recent release, “The Full Effect Of Thunder”, which you can stream in its entirety (and download for free) right here.

We wrote a couple of days ago that Weezer were releasing the Jackass remix of their song Memories as a response to the original track being leaked on Youtube. Now, the band has teamed up with Spinner and made the original version of the song available as a free download. Click here to grab your free copy.

Hurley will be released September 14th on Epitaph Records.

Merrimack Valley, MA’s punk act Late Nite Wars have just hit the studio to record their debut full-length for Panic Records.  Not much more than that is known at this point other than we can expect to see the album released sometime this fall.  We’ll keep you posted.

The band’s most recent release was a 7″ titled, It’s OK Or Even Worse, also released on Panic.

This made my day! One of my favorite musicians, 7Seconds frontman Kevin Seconds, recently sat down for an interview with ChangeTheRecord.net and talked about the hardcore scene, music in general, straight edge, being a solo act and playing shows. Most importantly though, he mentioned that 7Seconds might release an album of previously unreleased material!

The interview is a bit lengthy but is well worth your time. You can check it out here.

Their last album Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over! was released in 2005 on SideOneDummy Records.

Montreal’s melodic skate punk act Old School Politics are releasing a new album titled “Don’t Give Up” August 28th on Big Wheel Records.  You can stream 4 songs from the album on the band’s MySpace page.

Fans of the more punky side of MxPx should definitely check these guys out.

Georgia’s pop-punky/rock group Newamerica have recently released their debut EP on Anchor Eighty Four Records.  You can get yourself acquainted with the band by streaming the entire release on their bandcamp page.

Thrice frontman Dustin Kensrue announced that he is working on new songs that he will try and have released by the end of the year. It is unclear at this point if they are for Thrice or his solo career but we will keep you posted.

This Good Night is Still Everywhere was released in 2008 on Vagrant.

In one of the more entertaining interviews I’ve seen in a while, Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape, Tony Sly of No Use For A Name and Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River (which also features ex-ALL singer Chad Price) talked about what it’s like to play as a solo act and their future of all of their music related projects .

Make sure you watch moment  3:10 for entertainment. That’s the best part in my opinion. Classic…haha!

Watch the video here. They released a split 7″ together back in March on Fat Wreck Chords.

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