Guess who’s coming to the West coast this summer? English punk act The Adicts are playing 5 shows this June/July in California and 2 in Nevada. If you didn’t get a chance to catch them last summer on the Warped Tour, now’s your chance! You can catch the full dates and locations here.

The Adicts last released Life Goes On in 2009.

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Strike Anywhere Frontman Thomas was recently interviewed backstage in the UK.

The interview is about 22 minutes but well worth listening to. The well-spoken vocalist talked about pretty serious subjects ranging from punk rock, self-examination and politics. check it out here.

The band is currently supporting their latest album, Iron Front out on Bridge Nine Records’, so check their Dying Scene shows page for more information. [Read more…]

Victory Records have released their Victory Metal 2010 Memorial Day sampler as a free download. The sampler features Sister Sin‘s new single Outrage, off of their upcoming album True Sound Of The Underground due out June 22nd.

You can check out the rest of the artists, as well as the download link for the sampler, here.

True Sounds Of The Underground will be the follow up to their 2008 release Switchblade Serenades.

Iowa Christian metal act For Today have announced that they’re entering the studio to record the follow up album to 2009’s Portraits. The new album titled Breaker is scheduled to drop later this year on Facedown Records.

When asked about the progress of the new album, Vocalist Mattie had this to say,

“For about two weeks now, we‘ve been working on recording our new album out here in New Jersey at The Machine Shop.  It’s so amazing to see these songs beginning to come together!  This album is shaping up to be the heaviest, most intense, confrontational material we’ve ever released, and we are all so ready to get it out.”

For Today are headlining the Scream The Prayer Tour. Click here to see dates and locations.

South Florida punk act Protagonist are entering the studio on June 1st to record their new EP.

Although details on the EP are still unknown, what we can tell you is that Stephen Egerton (Descendents/ALL) will be producing the album and that it will be released sometime in the Fall on Paper + Plastick Records.

The band also announced that they will be playing a handful of shows throughout June. You can check out the full dates & locations here.

Protagonist released their last album, The Chronicle, in April 2009 on Paper + Plastick Records. [Read more…]

You can check out the video for British Oi! act Goldblade‘s latest music video right here.  It’s for the track England’s Still Dreaming, which has apparently become the “unofficial” World Cup anthem for this summer.  If you dig the song you can download it for free here.

Goldblade latest full-length album was 2008’s Mutiny on Captain Oi! Records.

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Oneonta, NY’s Timeshares have just posted a brand new song on their MySpace called Woke Up In Grappler School. The song will be available through Kiss Of Death Records this fall on an upcoming split 7″ with Scranton, PA’s Captain We’re Sinking.

Timeshares features members of the recently disbanded group The Knockdown and they will be leaving on a short tour in just a couple of days. Check out the tour dates here.

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With their second full-length for Sire hot off the printing press and every impatient fan already singing along to every song (thanks to a well-known leak) the music world will soon be blessed with another Against Me! album – White Crosses. A band commonly popularized for their outspoken lyrics and views delivers to us what we have always expected from them: Angst, talent, passion and more angst.

Although some of the anarchist fans they have attracted over the years may still be upset with their move to a major label, it goes without saying that not only did this move help them to spread their music more rapidly to a larger audience, it also put them at the top of their game musically and financially. For that my friends, I am thankful.

I’ll be the first to admit that although I enjoyed the odd track from “Re-Inventing Axl Rose” it certainly (in my eyes) wasn’t the masterpiece it was toted as being. As the years progressed, I found myself only enjoying the so-called, ‘hit songs’ by these guys and I had always wished that they would release an album that I couldn’t get enough of in its’ entirety. Luckily that feat has been accomplished with, “White Crosses”. I found it being listened to in high rotation on a daily basis and when I wasn’t listening to it, I was humming it or playing it over and over in my head. From start-to-finish, this is simply put ‘a really good album’. It will be hard to top but if they keep progressing like they have, the next album is going to be so huge it may just cause a global shift.

I had originally planned on taking each song and breaking it down for you, with cliff note explanations and hilarious anecdotes but then I realized a very important point. This is an Against Me! album, what fun would it be reading about how good it sounds? I say go out and buy the album (or follow suit with those downloading hooligans) grab your highest quality headphones, strap yourself in and hit play. That would be the only honest way you could get the best representation out of this album. Sure, you may be thinking to yourself that I’m lazy and talentless at reviewing but let me tell you this…while you’re sitting there staring at a screen reading every word for word description about how a song sounds, I’ll be burning down my local church.

What I will do to wet your appetite is give you a few reasons why I am so enthralled with this album. Besides the fact that the band has slowly peeled away their punk sound and taken on a more rock approach, the songs all progress very smoothly. From the upbeat intro of “White Crosses” to the slowed down, grey skied downer, “We’re Breaking Up”. The music flows together with ease. By the time you’ve hit my favorite track on the album, “Rapid Decompression” you’re longing for a punk rock induced kick in the teeth and with this song that is exactly what you get. Fast, hard and to the point. From the political ramblings of “High Pressure Low” to the lyrical genius of “Spanish Moss” it really is no wonder they have been acclaimed with such success and admiration in their career.

To sum it all up in a nutshell and when the smoke clears I honestly feel like this album has enticed the anarchist in me and at times I feel like making a difference and making it now. That is easily one of the truest signs of a job well done. Any album that brings out emotions and motivation from within is definitely alright by me. I tip my hat to you Against Me! You’ve really outdone yourselves this time.

Long Island natives, This Is Hell, have posted the track No One Leaves Unscathed on their MySpace page. The song comes from their upcoming album, The Weight Of The World, which is set to be released on June 8 through Rise Records.

The band last released a 7″ titled Warbirds in 2009 through Think Fast! Records.

Philly natives Victory In Numbers have just announced the dates to an upcoming tour with Halifax, Amber Pacific and City Lights. The guys hit the road the end of June with a few dates on the Vans Warped Tour and continue till the end of July.

You can view the complete list of shows here. Victory In Numbers debut album is due out sometime this Spring.

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