Last night, it was reported that From First To Last were going on hiatus but then in an unexpected twist, Craig Owens let the cat out of the bag and revealed that FFTL frontman Matt Good was joining his band. Although there’s no word from Good on why he joined Craig Owens, he tells fans about the decision for FFTL to go on Hiatus. He writes,

“Hey guys, just wanted to take a minute to update you all with the current status of FFTL. As of now right now we are basically going on hiatus. Now before everyone starts jumping to conclusions I just want to make sure everyone knows me and the other members of the band are all still very, very close. We have been best friends for years and will continue to be for as long as I can possibly forsee, so I don’t want anyone to think this is a result of animosity between them and I. There is nothing but love between us. This is mostly a decisions based off a changing of times and the desire to start pursuing new things in our lives. This band has been the center of our lives for our entire adulthood to date. Four full length albums and almost 8 years of solid touring later, the urge to see what else we are capable of achieving is almost overwhelming and I feel like there is no better time than now to go ahead and take a leap of faith and see what happens. Just know From First To Last is responsible for everything I have in my life, good and bad, and as far as I’m concerned it will probably continue to exist until I am too old to do it anymore or dead. We love every single person that has ever helped make our dream of being musicians and traveling the world come true. I know without the people who supported us, we would be nothing and I am eternally grateful for everything. Just know we aren’t going to let you guys down and we still plan on making music at some point in the future when it makes sense for all of us. For now just keep a lookout for new projects and future endeavors from all of us. Thanks for an incredible 8 years!”

From First To Last’s newest album Throne To The Wolves was released March 16th on Rise Records.

Florida’s biggest punk rock festival The Fest 9 is scheduled to take place October 29-31st in Gainseville, Florida.

A Wilhelm Scream, Frank Turner, Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape, Lemuria, and many, many more are scheduled to participate. Click here for the full lineup.

Complete show schedule will be announced at a later date. Keep checking back here as more information becomes available.

Defunct Boston hardcore punk act A Global Threat recently joined BandCamp and have uploaded their [almost] entire discography, as well as made a few rare tracks available for download. Click here to check out what’s available.

The band broke up in 2007 shortly after releasing their 2006 album Where The Sun Never Sets on BYO Records.

Electropop singer/songwriter, Lights, recently covered Rancid‘s Fall Back Down for her acoustic EP and made it available for the entire world to hear.

What do you all think of it?  Considering her choice of song, I don’t think it’s too bad of a cover. In any case, you can check it out for yourself here.

For those of you that were bummed when Canadian punk band Belvedere called it quits in 2005, you’ll want to check this out. Bells On Records is releasing a Belvedere Tribute album on August 11th and will include contributions from a bunch of awesome punk bands.  Album artwork can be seen <=over there=

Check out the tracklist and contributors here and a sampler of the album on the Belvedere tribute MySpace Page.

Bad Religion have announced the tour dates for their much anticipated North American tour this upcoming fall. As of a couple of days ago, only a few dates had been announced but now, the full dates have been released as well as the supporting act for a handful of shows.

Playing a couple of Canadian festival dates in early September and the Epicenter show in Fontana, California on the 26th, the 30th Anniversary Tour begins October 7th in Detroit and ends November 19th in San Francisco. The Bouncing Souls and Off With Their Heads are set to open for the band. Check out the full tour dates here.

Dissent of Man will be Bad Religion’s first studio album since 2007’s New Maps of Hell, is slated for a September 28, 2010 release on Epitaph Records. You can listen to their first single The Devil In Stitches here. [Read more…]

St. Augustine, FL’s Tubers, featuring current and former members of Twelve Hour Turn, Asshole Parade, Strikeforce Diablo and a laundry list of other bands, is currently streaming their No Idea debut Anachronous on the label’s website here.

The album is a co-op release between No Idea Records and Tubers’ front man Rich Diem’s own Bakery Outlet Records. It is a follow up to their two Bakery Outlet full-length album, Shell Out and Self-Titled, as well as an incredible split 7″ with Richmond’s Brainworms.

Senses Fail and Bayside have just announced their co-headline tour dubbed the “Out With The In Crowd Tour”.  The tour kicks off in Pennsylvania on October 19th, the same day Senses Fail’s new album, The Fire, is released and will span the entire country over the following 4 or 5 weeks.

Check out the tour dates here.

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Scandinavian punk act, Part Time Killer, will be officially releasing their limited edition 7″, Fuck The World, on August 16th through the following labels:

PEE RECORDS (AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND)
THREE TAILS RECORDS (JAPAN)
ANGRY CHUCK RECORDS (RUSSIA)
TOY BOMB RECORDS (EUROPE / REST OF THE WORLD)
(or you can email the band directly for a copy at parttimekillerband@gmail.com)

You can stream the title track from the 7″ on the band’s MySpace page.

The band also stated on their facebook page that they are currently recording a 7″ split with One Hidden Frame.  Not completely sure what that means regarding the full-length they are supposedly working on.

Youthinasia finally have something to show for the many months they’ve been working on their latest release.  The band is streaming a medley sampler of all the songs that will appear on their coming EP, Feed The Machine, on their re-designed MySpace page.  According to the band the album “will showcase an evolved Youthinsasia. Fans can look forward to a dramatic and honest portrayal of songs from a band that has been reinvigorated and healed.”  From the sound of the sampler, I’d say that sounds pretty accurate.  I personally cannot wait for this release.

No word on the EP’s official release date yet, but we’ll keep you posted.

Youthinasia released their last album, Premature Erockulation, in 2006.