British Oi! act Goldblade have have made the song England’s Still Dreaming available for free as a download from their website. The song is the [un]officiall World Cup anthem for this summer.

“The song is to be used extensively on TV coverage of the World Cup and the band will be flying out to South Africa to perform at several World Cup functions in June. The song, of course, comes with a twist with the band singing about fantasy football team of counter culture icons like Bob Marley, Joe Strummer, Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, Patti Smith, Lee Scratch Perry, Frida Khalo, Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Iggy Pop playing alongside historical genius’ like Leonardo Da Vinci’, Ghandi and captained by George Best in what Goldblade consider to be the most unbeatable team of all time!”

Get your copy of the song by clicking here.

Dustin Kensrue gives an update on what’s going on with Thrice a week before their summer tour begins. Dustin starts off by thanking fans for their understanding and support during this difficult time in Dustin’s personal life. He then writes,

we are really excited to get back out on the road next week and we are hoping to see you all there. We are pulling out some songs we haven’t played in a while (even a couple shredders) and are practicing this week. Also, the set should be changing a fair amount, possibly half the set changing from one night to the next.

If you’re a fan of the show Lost, Dustin also gives his thoughts on the series finale. Click here to read on.

The band is continuing to support their 2009 Vagrant Records release, Beggars.

Blacklist Royals have released an alternate cut of the music video for their song American Hearts.

Since the video was filmed a year ago with a fill-in guitar player, 2 members of the band aren’t in the video…The alternate cut features those 2 and it’s pretty funny. Near the end of the video, you see a clip of the actual video that will be premiered tomorrow on BlankTV alongside the release of their album Semper Liberi on Paper + Plastick Records. You can watch the video here.

To celebrate the release of Semper Liberi, the band is throwing an album release party at The Rabbit Hole in Nashville tonight. If you’re in the area and you want to check out some good ol’ punk and roll as well as free beer, go check it out.

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In part three of an eight-part interview with Against Me! vocalist/guitarist, Tom Gabel discusses the origins of the band and how they had to sell their plasma just to get money, the band who was an inspiration to them as they started out, and what it was like coming home and being dead broke.

In part four, Tom discusses what it’s like being on the road promoting the new record and how much of a relief it is that it’s finally coming out, and how good it is having friends all over the world.

Click here to watch both videos.

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We wrote a couple weeks ago that Hawthorne Heights were embarking on this unique tour that when you purchase a ticket, you get a download of the band’s upcoming album Skeletons.

Today, the band announced that The Audition and The Story Changes are the two bands that will be joining them in support.  From the 23rd to the 30th of June, the band will be joining up with Bayside for a short run of East Coast shows. You can find the full tour dates on their Dying Scene shows page.

Skeletons is scheduled to drop June 1st via Wind-Up Records and is the follow-up to Victory Records 2008 release Fragile Future.

New Found Glory have announced the dates for their Summer Side Show tour with The Wonder Years and Lemuria.

The tour will start July 25th in West Virginia and will end September 11th  in Oklahoma, although the two support bands will join up with NFG from the 20th till the 31st. Click here to check out the full dates.

New Found Glory will also be linking up with Paramore and Tegan and Sara for the 2010 Honda Civic Tour.

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Hey, listen up all you Pierce The Veil fans! You can listen to a new song off their upcoming album Selfish Machines, due out June 22 on Equal Vision Records.

The song is called Caraphernelia and features Jeremy McKinnon from A Day To Remember. You can listen to it here.

Its been 2 years since Pierce The Veil released their last album A Flair For The Dramatic on Equal Vision Records.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from the boys at Hit The Lights, aside from the news that they would be featured on the Punk Goes Classic Rock compliation. Vocalist Nick gave fans an update today on his blog in which he talks about why they’ve been MIA. According to the blog post, the band has found a new label and have begun writing material for the new record.

If you’re a fan of HTL, you might find this encouraging:

I will have you know that this has already been the most prepared for a record we’ve ever been and we haven’t even gotten started.

But you might find this a little discouraging:

This new record is going to mean the future of HTL.  We’ve heard from all sides of the spectrum.  From: we shouldn’t change, to:  we should go back to our “old” sound and: that we need to do something completely different.  I think it’s right on all counts.  In these past months we’ve explored more of the skip school style, more of the stick-up style and have been pushing ourselves into territories we haven’t been before.  Why am I writing this?  Because I’m rarely serious but I think that this is something serious that should be brought up and discussed with the fans.  This record will be different from the others, and it needs to be.

But you’ll agree that this is good:

We need a record that can be loved by our fans and pull in new fans as well.  This record needs to push us harder as a band and it needs to MEAN something.

You can read more here.

Hit The Lights released their latest LP, Coast To Coast, last September on Triple Crown.

We all know of the NBA’s Orlando Magic but what you may not know is there’s another group in Orlando working their magic on the local punk scene. Big City Bombers are a four-piece punk-n-roll band playing sing-along anthems that will remind you of your younger years, when music was feel good and still meant something.  Formed in 2007, the band has an EP and a full-length already under their belt and a new EP titled Under The Gun currently in the works. Fans of Swingin’ Utters, Rancid, and Bouncing Souls should definitely check these guys out – you’re guaranteed to be singing along and raising your fist in no time! Keep an eye out for Big City Bombers this summer and give them a listen over at their MySpace.

Recently formed Everlong Records is helping out Canadian punk band The Decay release there debut album, This Month’s Rent, in Australia. To celebrate, Everlong Records is giving away a copy of the CD to the first five people that leave a comment on their MySpace page mentioning this post and “Dying Scene”.

The next 5 people to leave a comment will receive a copy of The Decay’s self titlled EP.

The winners will be contacted by us to confirm there shipping details. That’s it. Free CD’s. Now get commenting.

This contest is open to everyone, everywhere, not just those in Australia. Those that miss out on getting a free CD can by the album from the band’s MySpace page for only $5. Or if you’re in Australia get it from Everlong.