Detroit rockabilly crew The Koffin Kats have announced that they’ll be putting out a split with 12 Step Rebels, a band which had previously broken up. The album will be recorded this summer for a Halloween release, and will feature 5 originals and 1 cover song from each band. It will be The Koffin Kats’ follow-up to 2009’s Forever For Hire, which was released on Stomp Records.

The band also announced that they’ll be embarking on a coast-to-coast tour of the United States and Canada this fall – it all kicks off on September 18. The update also contains news on how new guitarist EZ Ian is fitting in, as he recently replaced long-time member Tommy Koffin. Turns out Ian is doing pretty well, despite numerous wedgies from Vic Victor and E-Ball Walls. Tommy, who retired from the band due to bad knees and back, is doing very well in Michigan.

The Koffin Kats are currently on the road in a US tour, and they leave next week for Europe, where they’ll be playing until late June. The band will also be playing The Hootenany in Irvine, CA, on July 3. Get all the details at Dying Scene shows.

Swedish punk act Splitside are streaming another new track, Censorship, from their upcoming album, This Sinking Ship (listen here).

This Sinking Ship is scheduled for a 12 May 2010 release. Every day until the album’s launch, the band will be releasing a new track to their MySpace. This Sinking Ship is the follow-up to the band’s 2007 release, Our Days Are Numbered, both of which released on Knuckle Ride Records.

The band has a bunch of shows coming up in about 3 weeks to support the album, and they’re all in Europe – so if that’s where you are, then check out the details at Dying Scene shows and go check them out!

California’s I, Omega (formerly known as They Syncope Threshold) have just released their music video for Definitive Behavior. The song appears on the band’s full-length album The Tale of the Complex Circuit, which they released under their previous name last spring. You can check out the video here.

The band has some upcoming tour dates planned, including some Warped Tour dates in California – get all the tour details at Dying Scene shows.

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UK post-hardcore band Deaf Havana has announced the departure of vocalist Ryan Mellor. The band has cited escalating circumstances within Mellor’s family as the reason for this, in an announcement released earlier today. Mellor was unable to participate in the band’s recent tour with Emery for the same unspecified reasons.

The band is very supportive of Mellor in what is surely a difficult time for him. They are not seeking a replacement, intending to continue as a four-piece. Guitarist and vocalist James Veck-Goldi will presumably take over primary vocal duties, as he previously filled that role before Mellor.

The band is currently in the studio, working on a new full-length album. Their last release, 2009’s Meet Me Halfway, At Least, was released on A Wolf At Your Door Records. They have stated that they intend to continue performing their older material – and they’ll be on tour later this month throughout the UK. Get the details at Dying Scene shows.

Florida natives Mayday Parade have just premiered their new video for Kids In Love today on their website. This is their second video from their last album Anywhere From Here. Check out it out here.

The band is currently on tour. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

It’s official. Looks like Underoath will be filling their open drummer spot with ex Norma Jean drummer Daniel Davison. He and the rest of the band are currently in the studio recording a new album which is slated for a late 2010 release.

Oh, Sleeper announced today that their drummer Matt Davis has left the band and Zac Mayfield will be filling in. The band recently canceled their UK tour due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland but has a bunch of shows through the end of this month. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

Here’s a cool cover. Matt Brasch of The Wonder Years covered Alkaline Trio’s This Addiction recently out of boredom. He said he did it all in one take and it sounds pretty rad. Check it out here.

The Wonder Years are currently on tour. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

Legendary East-Bay punk rock venue 924 Gilman is facing rent increases that threaten to shut the space down. On July 1st, the Berkeley venue’s rent will go up nearly $3,000 a month. According to their website:

The club’s rent has been increasing every year for the last twenty three years, and up until now we’ve been able to make the adjustments needed to compensate for those increases, but what we are facing now is the equivalent of having twenty years of rent increases condensed into one, and once it goes into effect the clock will begin to tick away as we struggle to generate the extra $31,000.00 a year needed to cover this massive rent hike.

Since opening in 1986, the all-ages, non-profit community space and music venue has become famous for nurturing the punk scene through supporting acts like Rancid, Green Day, AFI, Bad Religion and more when they were just starting out.  Punk Rock owes a lot to the venue and you can help keep them afloat by giving them a donation via PayPal here – in return the venue is offering a t-shirt and tote bag for any donation over $25.

Remember when melodic/metal/hardcore/punk band Skyline Collapse called it quits?  That sucked.  What doesn’t suck is that Justin Olszewski (Skyline Collapse), James Gericke (Skyline Collapse and Death By Stereo) and the drummer for Cry Havoc have formed a brand new melodic/metal/hardcore/punk band called Common War. Hey oh!

No word on an official release from the group yet, but you can stream their song Drawn Out on their MySpace page.