Yes, you read that right, folks. The new Against Me! album has officially leaked. Tom Gabel writes on his blog,

“Our new album ‘White Crosses’ leaked. No drama. For those of you who have heard it and would like to read the lyrics, here you go!”

Click here to read the lyrics.

There’s no word on what will happen to the actual release date of the album now that it has been leaked, but it is still expected to be released sometime in “early June“.

Keep checking back here at Dying Scene for more information as it becomes available.

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Sailor’s Grave Records have announced details about their No Piece for the Wicked tour that will wind through the eastern two-thirds of the country. The tour begins on April 22nd and ends May 15th and will feature iconic Oi! band The Business and The Hollowpoints as the two main acts.

There will be also be a “Sailor’s Grave Records showcase” during the 2nd stop of the tour. This showcase will feature The Business, The Hollowpoints, Refuse Resist, Beantown Boozehounds, and Burning Streets. This is one showcase you won’t want to miss!

Click here to see when they’ll be stopping by your town. [Read more…]

Our friends over at The Gauntlet had an exclusive interview with Pennywise frontman Zoli Teglas after the protest that took place at The Hump in Santa Monica.

Teglas, who volunteers for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society,  joined forces with the Pelican Rescue Team in a protest yesterday at the Santa Monica restaurant.

The restaurant has been under fire after being exposed in a New York Times article that The Hump was in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act through their serving of whale meat.

Click here to watch the interview.

With night one of the Dropkick Murphys St. Patrick’s Day shows in the books, our friends over at Spin have released another live video from their upcoming Live on Lansdowne CD/DVD.

The video is for the song The State of Massachusetts, a follow-up to the Shipping up to Boston video we posted a couple of days ago.

Click here to watch.

Remember, there’s still time to pre-order the CD/DVD before March 15th and be entered into a contest that features some fantastic prizes. Click here to order.

Green Day has announced that they will be touring the U.S. this summer with special guests AFI.

The tour is scheduled to begin as soon as they get back from their European tour with the first show taking place August 3rd at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. No other dates have been announced just yet.

Keep checking back here at Dying Scene as more information becomes available.

With just a few days remaining until the release of the highly anticipated Streetlight Manifesto – 99 Songs of Revolution album, we have seen a few interesting developments take place during these past few days.

It all began with a news update on the band’s official page. The band made this statement on their website,

“If you want to support Streetlight Manifesto by buying a CD, shirt, hoodie, poster, etc etc, PLEASE do not buy anything from Victory Records or their website. Use our online store or come out to a show and support the band by buying merch there. We cannot condone or agree with the actions or ethics of our record label, nor do we want to support them financially through revenue made under the guise of helping Streetlight. Hey douchebag lawyers: This is not libel or slander. We’re just letting our fans know how best to support the band if they should choose to do so by buying stuff. That is all.”

In an updated statement made shortly afterward, the band writes,

“As a bonus, let’s play “GUESS THAT QUOTE”!!!1! Here it is:

‘I absolutely believe that allowing people to cherry-pick the tracks they want from each album cannibalizes full-length album sales and is ultimately detrimental to the artists who created the music. It is important for people to experience the entire album. Not just a track(s).’

You probably guessed it, so we’ll just go ahead and give you your prize:
Another full, high quality mp3 from our new record! Apparently, Victory chose this as our first single for us, which we found out by seeing it iTunes. Awesome! Thanks guys!~”

This is not the first time that we have heard about rifts between the band and the label. When their last album Somewhere in the Between was released, the band made a video for the song We Will Fall Together. The band writes,

“So a while back our video for “We Will Fall Together” was taken off of YouTube by the powers that be (ha) because of ‘Copyright Infringement’, or whatever, you can only imagine the real reason…Anyway, the good folks at HD Fest have put our vid, in a much higher resolution, up on their site. Go watch it again or something, while we prepare video number two 😉 “

and also for the song Would You Be Impressed? that features cartoon animals getting hurt to satire Victory’s treatment of the band. The issue surrounding this particular case was that Victory did not want to make a second video for the album.

The band made the following statement on their website,

“The creation of this video was funded entirely by the band, after our label refused to help us make a second video for our record. Our record label forced YouTube to remove our last music video from our account by claiming that using our own recorded music was a ‘copyright violation’. If this video disappears from our account, we just want everyone to understand why. If you dig our band, or any band for that matter, make sure your support goes straight to the band and not to the companies that often times reap the benefits of the band’s success without actually ever helping the band. Thanks.”

It appears that any copyright violation has been settled as the video can still be seen here.

We have not heard of any other issues between Victory Records and Streetlight Manifesto. Keep checking back to Dying Scene as more information becomes available.

According to an article published in the Orange County Register punk rock legends Bad Religion plan to relaunch their website later this year and stream their entire discography on it.  The new site will also include lyrics to every Bad Religion song ever written as well as rare photos and videos and an aggregation of all the content from the band’s various social networking sites.  Pretty cool.

Bad Religion, will be heading into the studio in May to record their 15th studio album.

Smoke Or Fire are releasing a 7″ titled Prehistoric Knife Fight March 16th on Fat Wreck Chords.  The release will feature two brand new songs and you can listen to one of those tracks (titled Modesty) right here on AltPress.

The band is currently working on a new full-length foll0w-up.

Epitaph Records has signed Georgia pop-punk act Veara and plans on releasing a new album by the band this spring.  The release will be a joint venture with newly formed Running Man Records, which was started by Jeremy McKinnon and Joshua Woodard of A Day To Remember.

From the press release:

In January of 2010, Veara entered Wade Studios in Ocala, FL, with McKinnon in the producer’s chair where they recorded their forthcoming album. Looking for a partner to release the record, McKinnon and Woodard contacted Epitaph’s owner and president Brett Gurewitz who was immediately interested and inked a deal with the band and Running Man to release the album.

You can stream a new song from the band titled We Have A Body Count on the band’s MySpace page.

Horn infused punk ‘n rollers The Atom Age are streaming their entire upcoming album Kill Surf City on their MySpace page.  The album is being officially released March 16th on Solidarity Recordings.

Editor’s note: These guys are a little different and definitely worth checking out.