At a recent show by Michigan pop-punk act The Swellers, the band covered Lagwagon‘s May 16. You can check the video out here.

The Swellers last album Ups and Downsizing was released in September on Fueled By Ramen. [Read more…]

BlankTV caught up with Dropkick Murphys guitarist James Lynch during the Warped Tour.  They chat about the band’s beginings and bro down over the Boston scene.  Check it out here.

Dropkick Murphys’ last release was their “Live At Lansdowne” album put out last March.

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Taking Back Sunday are streaming the audio portion from their upcoming CD/DVD Live From Orensanz.  Check it out here.

The album is taken from the two acoustic shows they filmed and recorded in December ‘09 at Angel Orensanz in New York City and will be available for purchase on August 17th.

On August 12th after a show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania members of Evergreen Terrace were involved in an altercation with a dude and his girlfriend.  Afterword, the girl ended up pressing charges, which apparently stirred up quite a controversy polarizing some fans who weren’t exactly sure whose side of the story to believe.  Until now, that band hadn’t really told there side of what went down but today they posted a blog entry in an attempt to set the record straight.  On such a slow news day its definitely worth a read.  Check it out here.

The band released their latest Almost Home in 2009 hrough Metal Blade Records.

We’re going across the pond for this one. Noyalty are a melodic hardcore band from The Netherlands with 2 solid releases under their belt. Blazing a trail with hardcore breakdowns, infectious metal riffs and youth-crew style sing-alongs, these guys’ songs have been master crafted to appeal to fans of of punk, hardcore and metal alike. Noyalty will remind you of the golden age of youth oriented hardcore without sounding dated or disingenuous – a true breath of fresh air in today’s scene. Their melodic yet aggressive passion soaked anthems about hope and personal struggles are bound to strike a chord with any angst filled punk fan. Find out for yourself by listening to a few tracks on the band’s Myspace.

Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape has released a music video for the 6th song off his new solo release, Doesn’t Play Well With Others. The song is titled Drag and you can check out the video here (the mp3 can be bought in his online store).

Each month, Joey will be releasing one song from the new recording until all 12 have been delivered at which point the CD/LP will be unleashed.  So far 8 tracks have been released and all can be purchased on Joey’s website.

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Dutch oi!/street-punks, Harbour 81, are back!  The band will be releasing a new 7″ is being released this fall/winter by Warbird Entertainment. The record comes with a download card and is limted to 500 copies on two different colors (track list here).  To stream one of the tracks from the album (“Fashion Parade”) head over to the band’s MySpace page.

Harbour 81 released their last album “Live Your Dreams” in 2008 on Warbird.

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British Skacore act Random Hand are currently working on a new studio album titled “Seething Is Believing” (thanks, Dave).  To get a taste of what’s to come you can stream a new demo song titled Start The Fans Please on the band’s MySpace page.

If you’re unfamiliar with the band they’re streaming their 2009 album Inhale / Exhale and 2007 release A Change of Plans in their entirety on their bandcamp page.  Highly recommended for for fans of hard hitting ska-infused punk I.E. Capdown,  The Suicide Machines and The Flatliners.

Watch the music video for their song Anger Management here.

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Canadian reggae rockers Bedouin Soundclash are releasing their new album “Light The Horizon” September 28th on Pirates Blend Records.  Get a taste for the album by streaming an album track called Mountain Top on their MySpace profile.

Bedouin’s last release, Street Gospels, was released in 2007 on SideOneDummy Records.

Folk-punk group Imadethismistake have made another album available for free download.  This time it’s their sophomore release “The Hypothetical Child’s Hypothetical Situation” which you can snag right here.

I met George Zhen whilst working at a record shop in Lauderhill, FL called Uncle Sam’s. George was one of the owners and we instantly found a connection through music, even though he is literally double my age. I was 16, excited, and he was bordering 40 and looking to do something different. We spent months together in his home studio, The Wild Iris, working on songs. I would bring the skeletons of songs and a ton of lyrics, and we would add layers upon layers of music and samples. The song “Boy with a Broken Jaw” has lyrics that re-appear in a lot of my other songs, and listen for a guest vocal spot by Duane Hosein, formerly of Poison the Well and A Jealousy Issue.

The band’s most recent album Bow & Quiver was released May 11 through Bermuda Mohawk Productions (not up for free download… yet?).