For those of you who don’t know Miss May I are currently recording their follow up to debut album Apologies Are For The Weak. The band has been in the studio for about 3 weeks now and have just wrapped the drum tracking. Check out this video where they talk about the different recording process of the new album and the sound fans can expect to hear on the new release.

Miss May I will be on tour this summer with The Devil Wears Prada. Take a look at their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

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Sum 41 announced today that they will have to postpone a few upcoming European tour dates due to their drummer Stevo getting into a minor accident yesterday. The band stated that they will be rescheduling any shows that they unfortunately had to cancel in the upcoming months. We here at Dying Scene would like to wish Stevo a speedy recovery.

Sum 41 has recently been in the studio recording a new album and will be headed on the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates.

We recently did a Fun Factoid story on Rancid front man Tim Armstrong where we gave a bit of a background on his accomplishments and work in the punk scene. We can now add painter to his already impressive resume. I must say he’s put together some really awesome pieces but don’t take my word for it check out his work for yourself here.

Tim is currently in the studio recording a new album with The Transplants.

Here’s a little bit of strange news.  Emo rockers The Academy Is just announced the dates to their upcoming tour supporting rock legends KISS. The band assured fans that the tour will in no way change the creative direction or release of their new album. The band also stated  “We recognize that this tour may seem larger than life, so we plan on booking some other shows for the off days on the tour”. A list of shows thus far can be found here.

The Academy Is’ last album Fast Times At Barrington High was released in 2008 on Fueled By Ramen.

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Nashville’s Blacklist Royals have released the music video for the song American Hearts, the first track off their new album Semper Liberi out now on Paper + Plastick Records.

On Monday we showed you an ‘alternate cut’ of the video and we wrote that the actual video would be released along with the album on Tuesday. You can check it out here!

Semper Liberi is the follow up to the band’s 2008 release Six Strings. You can check out my interview with vocalist Nat here and a review of their new album here.

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Ohio rockers Hit The Lights have been added to this years Zumiez Couch Tour and will be playing  the June 6th, 14th, 17th, and 19th dates. You can watch the announcement here.

The 2010 Zumiez Couch Tour features Bayside, The Bled, Hawthorne Heights, In Fear And Faith, and others and visits 12 cities over span of a month. Click here for more information

Hit The Lights released their latest LP, Coast To Coast, last September on Triple Crown. [Read more…]

Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names?  Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it.  We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene.  Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different band and this week it’s Chicago’s semi-broken up, but maybe getting back together punk legends 88 Fingers Louie.

The name 88 Fingers Louie is for some reason one of my favorite band names (maybe because they’re also one of my favorite bands), but as much as I liked it I had no idea where the name came from. That is until I decided to do this post.  According to my sources in the field (ie. the interwebs) the Chicago based group got their name from a pian0-playing gangster from a Flinstones episode who reportedly sold Fred Flinstone a stolen piano.  With Chicago’s early reputation based on being a city infested with organized crime during the turn of the century, it seemed only fitting that the band should get their name from a famous mobster – even if he was just a cartoon.

Check out last week’s Band Name Origin story: Bouncing Souls

Hey ska/dirty reggae fans, this one’s for you. If you’re around Vancouver, British Columbia or live near the Western Canadian border and want to make it out, check out the lineup for this years Ska Fest.

The Aggrolites and Fishbone are headlining the festival and a slew of other great ska/reggae bands will be performing such as Cherry Poppin Daddies, The Valuables, and Katchafire.

The event takes place between July 7th and 10th and will feature 2 free outdoor concerts, 5 ticketed shows, an art exhibit as well as free workshops.

For more information on the Festival program, click here.

The Aggrolites released their last album, IV, last summer on Hellcat Records.

Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights have made an acoustic version of their song Nervous Breakdown available as a free download on their website. To grab your free song, follow through on the link and then share a Hawthorne Heights memory with your friends on your Facebook.

You can stream their new album in its entirety here.

Skeletons will be on sale next Tuesday June 1, through Wind-Up Records.

New York Hardcore band Last Call Brawl have premiered the music video for their song On The Up.

The music video features Sick Of It All front man Lou Koller as the announcer. Check it out here.

The song appears on The NYHC Double CD that also features Agnostic Front, Inhuman and more. [Read more…]