With a little under 3 weeks left until New York hardcore act Sick Of It All‘s much anticipated album Based On A True Story is released, the song Lowest Common Denominator is now streaming.

This song definitely rocks! You can listen to it here.

In case you missed it, make sure you check out our other posts in which the band talks about what each track is about as each song plays in the background. Here’s part 1 and part 2.

Based On A True Story is Sick Of It All’s latest album since their 2006 release Death To Tyrants and will be released April 20 on Century Media Records

For all you old school Green Day fans lamenting the fact the band has changed so much over the years, I have some news for you!

Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV in an interview that they will begin recording a “back to the basics”-sort of album. He says,

“It’s just been songwriting right now. Instead of doing it later on, we decided to start doing stuff now. … It’s all back to the basics again. Just getting in a room together and start jamming,” Armstrong said. “We set up all of our old gear, which was like an experiment. We set up all of our equipment from 1992, and we sat in a room. We got in, and I was like, ‘Come on, guys, we’re getting back in!’ and I [start playing] and go, ‘This sounds like sh–!’ Everything sounded so bad.”

No details yet on when the album will be released, although it is still extremely early for anything to come out of it

“We’ve got to start translating the songs and explaining the songs, and the next step will be arguing about the songs.”

While this may or may not be a return to their “old” sound, it certainly looks as they’re taking it back to 1992. I’m stoked!

Hey hardcore fans, this one’s for you.  Call To Preserve have announced that they will be releasing their new album titled Life Of Defiance on June 8th, 2010.  You can check out a studio video blog from the band’s time in the studio right here.

Call To Preserve released their last album, From Isolation, in 2008 on Facedown Records.

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What’s up, Green Day fans? The band has released the music video for their song Last of the American Girls off of their latest album 21st Century Breakdown.

Click here to check it out!

Green Day is touring with AFI in August. Click here for tour dates.

All Time Low are currently in the studio recording a new album and to prove it they’ve supplied this studio update video.  If you listen closely enough you should get a few sneak peaks of some new songs.

All Time Low released their last studio album, Nothing Personal, on Hopeless Records last summer.

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Hardcore act Burning Empires (featuring Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley) has released another song from their upcoming album Heirs Of The Soil.  It’s titled Rain On and you can stream it right here (second row, second column).

Heirs Of The Soil is being released on the band’s own label Fuck City but no official release date has been set.

Texas pop-punk/rock group Survive The Life announced today that they will be heading into the studio to record new material for a demo.

The band has a self-titled EP currently available on iTunes.

The Used guitar player Quinn Allman answers hard hitting questions from fans ranging from from “What celebrity, alive or dead, would you most want to have sex with?” and “What do you wear on tour, boxers or briefs?”.  Check out the video of his responses here.

The Used are currently on tour and you can check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

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Germany’s hard hitting street punk act Riot Brigade released their new album Go On today on Concrete Jungle Records (Germany).  Not sure when its coming out in the US but after listening to two of the album’s tracks (A Nations Dream and Set The Pace) on the band’s MySpace page I gotta say, I’m anxiously awaiting its arrival.  If you consider yourself a fan of street punk, do yourself a favor and give the band a listen.

Riot Brigade released their last album, Break Addiction, in 2007 on Concrete Jungle.

You can stream a brand new song from Hollowpoints on the Concrete Jungle MySpace page.  The song is titled Keep The Bubble In The Middle and it will appear on the band’s upcoming release Old Haunts On The Horizon, which is slated for release May 11th on Sailor’s Grave (US) and Concrete Jungle (Germany).

Hollowpoints are currently on tour in the US.  Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.