Southern folk-rockers Lucero have announced the cancellation of a couple of their shows due to drumer, Roy, and guitarist, Brian, getting mugged in Augusta, GA, while on tour last week.  Fortunately, the dudes are OK, however, Roy did get his jaw busted.  The band laments the fact that their shows in Jackson, MI, on 5 March and Huntsville, AL, on 6 March have to be cancelled due to this incident.  Stop by Lucero’s MySpace or Facebook to wish them the best.

Check out Dying Scene’s Shows page for the rest of Lucero’s tour dates.

Lucero’s latest release, 1372 Overton Park, came out last October on Universal Republic.

Remember, or even ever heard of The Naked Raygun? Well this band along with Husker Du, was one of the first U.S. post-punk bands of the early ’80s that merged melodic influences with punk/hardcore. The band formed in 1981 and have released many albums and have not done so in over 12 years!

Well good news… After they reformed to headline Chicago’s annual punk festival Riot Fest – with a huge welcome to their return – the band decided to release a 7-inch series.  The first release can be picked up here and the second in the series is set to be released June 15th.

You can check out the music video for The Riverboat Gamblers song Robots May Break Your Heart right here and if you really dig the song you can get a free mp3 download of it by signing up to the Vans Warped Tour Community.  Robots May Break Your Heart appears on the band’s most recent album, Underneath The Owl, released in March, 2009 on Volcom.

The video  features original artwork from the Texas based artist Michael Sieben, and was directed by Alissa Teige/Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

You can check out The Riverboat Gamblers who will be on The Vans Warped Tour all summer long.

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You can stream 3 brand new tunes from Mr. Irish Bastard posted to their MySpace page.  The tracks (Ghost Town, I Smell Blood, and Skin And Bones) will appear on their upcoming album Fistful Of Dirt set to be released in April 2010 with new label I Hate People Records.

Mr. Irish Bastard put out their last album in 2006 titled The Bastard Brotherhood.  If you’re into Celtic punk and bands like Flogging Molly, be sure to check these guys out.

My Chemical Romance announced that they have parted ways with their drummer Bob Bryor.  No juicy details about why and apparently the band is still making progress with their new album, which they are currently writing/recording.

You can check out the official statement from the band here.

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You can get a little taste of the upcoming Streetlight Manifesto album 99 Songs Of A Revolution right now on Amazon where the site is hosting 30 second song clips of each of the 11 tracks.  Perhaps even better than that, you can listen to the entire track of the band’s Squirrel Nut Zippers cover for Hell right here (FYI – skip ahead to 1:40 or you’re going to be really confused).

The album is due out March 16th on Victory Records and is a collection of reworked and re-recorded songs showcasing the band’s renditions of classics by Paul Simon, The Postal Service, NOFX, The Dead Milkmen among several others.

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The Real McKenzies are releasing a new live album titled Shine not Burn, on Fat Wreck Chords this summer.  And there’s a twist!  The album will be completely acoustic with the lads incorporating mandolins, penny whistles, bag pipes and more to express their brand of Scottish folk music.  The album cover art, track listing and release date will be announced later but for now you can check out an acoustic version of the band’s track 10,000 shots right here.

The album was recorded during live performances in Kreuzberg, Germany where the band also compiled enough video footage to release a DVD, which they’ve titled The Real McKenzies Love You and plan on releasing in April.

Punk ‘n Roll and semi-nudity – this one is guaranteed to totally entertain or totally offend you.  Either way, you can check out the new video for Pop by Flexx Bronco right here.

Flexx Bronco is on tour now. Check out dates and locations on their Dying Scene Shows page.

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You can stream Four Year Strong‘s entire upcoming album Enemy Of The World over on the band’s MySpace page.  The album is due out March 9th on Universal.

Four Year Strong is currently on tour.  Check out their Shows page for dates and locations.

On May 11th, 2010, Boston’s The Kings Of Nuthin’ will be releasing their new album Old Habits Die Hard on Sailor’s Grave Records.  The album’s cover art can be found here and the band has made two tracks from the album available for streaming.  Check out the track Black And Blue here, and Old Habits Die Hard here.

I hadn’t heard of these dudes until today but I’m stoked this press release landed in my inbox. They’ve definitely got a hard sound to describe; sorta like oldies swing music meets punk rock…  Or a grittier, more punk rock version of World Inferno Friendship Society….  It’s best to just listen to the tracks or read this snippet from the press release:

Old Habits Die Hard is the band’s first all-original full length since 2002’s Fight Songs. Recorded at The Outpost (Dropkick Murphys, The Unseen, Blood For Blood, etc), Old Habits Die Hard is classic KON — a mystifying mixture of Joey Ramone huffing paint and Little Richard sniffing glue. Laced with pounding cadences of wild R&B and the punk rock that inspired it, all woven into one potent tapestry of rock n roll chaos.

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