In more news regarding anticipated album titles, apparently the title for the new Social Distortion album has been announced.  Or rather, it was updated on Wikipedia with no source link (and not mentioned anywhere else on the internet) so this shouldn’t be considered 100% official.  In any case, according to the usually accurate web encyclopedia the upcoming album due out later this year will be called Pain, Death and Love’s Lost Cause.

Social Distortion recently signed to Epitaph Records, who will release the new album, which will be their first of all new material since 2004’s Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the band’s first release of any kind since the 2007 retrospective Greatest Hits.

Social Distortion will tour the U.S. this summer with Dan Sartain and The Action Design. The tour kicks off July 27 in Poughkeepsie, NY and makes seven stops in the Northeast before the band heads to Chicago for an August 7 main stage performance at this year’s Lollapalooza. Dates with Dan Sartain and The Action Design resume in Green Bay, Wisconsin on August 8.

To check out a full list of tour dates check out the band’s Dying Scene Shows page.

The Offspring will be playing one new, as-yet-untitled song, from their upcoming album during their run on this summer’s Unity Tour with 311.

As for the the follow-up album to 2008’s “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace,” — “It’s been going slow,” guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman tells Billboard.com.

“We started recording awhile ago. We’ve only got the one song that’s close to being done and… five or six songs that I’d say are close. We want to get this record out as soon as possible, so we work at it, but at the same time you don’t want to put out something that’s not great. So we spend plenty of time trying to get it right, and… maybe our senses are a little more fine-tuned, so we tend to nitpick… Until we get it done you never know, but all these songs so far sound like Offspring songs to me.  Some are a little bit more fast and furious, and then some are a little more mellow. The new one is pretty much a straightforward rock song; I guess it would be similar to ‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ or ‘You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid.’ “

Noodles expects the Offspring to get back to work in earnest on the album at the end of the Unity Tour.

Austrian pop-punk act, DeeCracks, will be releasing their upcoming full-length album, Attention Deficit Disorder, next month on Monster Zero Records but you can purchase it digitally (or stream it for free) right now on the band’s bandcamp page.

DeeCracks will be touring the US this August.  Check out their Dying Scene Shows page fore dates and locations.

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As a fellow mutton-chop sporting, kilt-wearing Scotsmen I can honestly tell you that one thing our drunken, proud heritage holds near and dear to its’ heart is our clan affiliation. Case in point, the new (and 2nd) live album from Canada’s musical warriors, The Real McKenzies, “Shine Not Burn”. This motto from the Clan Mackenzie hits home the fact that (as the Real Mckenzies have been quoted as saying)…”People come and people go, but Scots will never die”.

Recorded at the Wild at Heart in Kreuzberg, Berlin, this stripped down and raw version of ‘your traditional off-the-wall Mckenzies’ show highlights the fact that not only can this crew play one amazing set; they can do it with a mass arsenal of instruments and booze. With a room full of sweaty and excited Europeans proudly singing every word, this show documents the fact that this band has a stead fast following overseas.

With new instruments such as penny whistles & mandolins hitting the fold, as you start to listen to this album you are shown what it would sound like if you took years upon years of expereince and mixed it in with a band whose members have been involved in some of the greatest bands punk rock has ever seen. Guys such as Dave Gregg (from legendary Canadian hardcore kings, D.O.A), Sean Sellers (from Good Riddance) and Karl Alvarez (from All, Descendents). Throw in a traditional Scottish singer with a strong passion for history named Paul Mckenzie, a smart-ass and usually shirtless guitarist they commonly refer to as ‘Bone’, one of the original members of the clan, “Dirty” Kurt Robertson, a bagpiper with a street punk swagger by the name of Matt McNasty and you’ve got a recipe for pure, scotch laced entertainment. It almost seems serendipidus that they would record this album at a place called, ‘Wild At Heart’.

As an attendee at a recent Mckenzies show, I can attest that their set-list has always been full of a vast array of songs from all aspects of their great career as a band. Some traditional Scottish covers mixed in with the truest punk rock sound one could possibly find across this great nation we commonly call, Canada. With ‘Shine Not Burn’ they have taken that 2-hour spectacle and broke it down to its grittiest form. Traditional instruments and witty banter in hand, the Real Mckenzies take you along for the ride with the following songs…

Nessie
Drink the Way I Do
10,000 Shots
Pickled
Auld Mrs. Hunt
Bastards
My Bonnie
Chip
Scots Wha’ Ha’e
Droppin’ Like Flies
Pour Decisions
The Skeleton and the Tailor
Best Day Until Tomorrow
Bitch Off the Money
Get Lost
Wild Mountain Thyme (my personal favorite)
Whisky Scotch Whisky
Sawney Beane Clan
Kings o’ Glasgow
Taylor Made II
Bugger Off

As I write this, I think back to the Mckenzies shows of past and I vividly remember walking out of the bar thinking to myself how much I truly love this band but that may not be the case for everyone. If you are a fan of the traditional Scottish music and fancy yourself an avid enjoyer of punk rock this band may just be for you. Sadly, if you prefer the speed induced street punk feel you may feel a little let down. Either way, Scottish or not…you should definitely take some personal time, pour yourself a glass of your cheapest scotch, set the speakers to eleven and hear what the Real Mckenzies have to say. This band right here has some serious talent and that my friends is undeniable. Three cheers for the Real McKenzies!

Steyr, Austria’s Never Been Famous will be entering the studio in early July to record their first full length album (no title yet). This will be the follow-up to the band’s EP “Charged”, released in Japan though Bells On Records.

An interview with the band in Steyr, from summer 2009, can be found with Marcus from The Grind on PunkRadioCast.com, where the band discusses the plans for the new album, the sound they’ll be aiming for, and general info from the band’s early days to their “Charged” EP recording. You can stream Volume LVIII (58) at here and/or you can download the direct link here.

You can also view a review of the EP “Charged” here.

Southern California’s Old Shoe Records have announced a final track listing for the 4th volume of their Welcome To The Family compilation, which will be available for free at their booth on the Warped Tour.

Founder and label president Josh Stolo explains, “This is our tribute to the Give ‘Em The Boot compilations we would score every summer at punk rock concerts. This is our way of not only introducing Old Shoe bands, but also including friends of the label, bands we are fans of, and giving it to the masses for free.”

The contributing bands are mostly Old Shoe artists but there are a handful of other notables in there as well.  Check out the contributors and track listing here.

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Next week Simi Valley punk band Majority Lost are heading into the studio to record their second full-length album. It will be a follow up to Falls Off The Bandwagon ep which was released last June on Horns Up Records.

The band also welcomes new guitarists Curtiss Lopez (formerly of A Wilhelm Scream) and Jan Drees.  Shaun Michel is no longer in the band. No word on the album release date but we will keep you updated. They are planning a European tour with The Briggs in September.

You can hear the song Tomorrow, which will appear on the album on their Facebook Profile.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones are hitting the road for a week long-tour this summer across the States.  Joining them will be Teenage Bottlerocket and The Flatliners.  Check out dates and locations here.

The band released their last album Pin Points And Gin Joints in December, 2009.

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German one man punk act Utopia Now released his new album Man In The Mirror today (track list here).  The “band” now features original lead singer Stephen Serowy playing all instruments in addition to vocals since the rest of the band split in 2007.  I gotta say, from the sound of this album, he’s kicking ass just fine without his former band mates.  Might be hard to play a show though…

You can stream 2 tracks from the album (Terra Incognita and The Fifth Ape) on the band’s MySpace profile and if you like what you hear you can download the whole album for free right here.

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Every Friday the punk rock geniuses here at Dying Scene are going to unleash a little bit of punk scene trivia all over your asses. Today’s “fun factoid” is the Swedish kings of “softcore”, Millencolin, and their debut full-length that got them in legal hot water.

In 1994 Millencolin recorded and mixed their first full-length release in two weeks and released it under the title “Tiny Tunes”.  The name and cover art were a parody of a popular (at the time) Warner Brothers cartoon called “Tiny Toons”.  Unfortunately, the media giant ended up threatening legal action against the band and as a result Millencolin was forced to rename the album to “Same Old Tunes” in 1996.

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