New York skankers World/Inferno Friendship Society have treated us to a new animated video of their 50-second-long acoustic track Please My Favorite.  Solid video with some entertaining lyrics.  Definitely worth a view.  Watch it here.

The Chunksaah Records band’s last release was Addicted To Bad Ideas (that title is the story of my life) in 2007. [Read more…]

Montreal psychobilly band The Brains (not to be confused with The Brains from the 80’s) have finished recording their new album set to be released early this year with their good friends at Stomp Records.  The name of the album and release date are still unconfirmed so stay tuned…

The band released their last album The Brains on Stomp in April, 2009.

Ms. Sarah Blackwood (lead singer of The Creepshow) has just finished her new solo album titled Wasting Time, which is set to be released in April on Stomp Records.

She’s posted several videos of her in the studio on her MySpace page check her out.

The Generators are releasing their new album Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea in the US sometime in February (they didn’t get more specific than that) on People Like You Records.  The album was previously released in Europe a few months ago.

The Generators just added the song Same Old Day off the album to their MySpace page – go check it out.

Norma Jean are in the studio recording their fifth album still currently untitled and set to be released on their new label Razor & Tie this summer.

They’ve released a new live video for the brand new song “Kill More Presidents” that will be on the new album. The video is available as a free download only when you sign up for their email list. It’s made up of live fan footage from their Explosions tour with Horse The Band and Chariot.

A little late night snack for you guys. The Dillinger Escape Plan has just posted a trailer for their video of Farewell, Mona Lisa. Peep the trailer here. The song comes off their new album Option Paralysis which is slated to be released March 23rd.

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

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Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names?  Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it.  We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene.  Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different band and this week it’s Swedish “soft-core” pioneers Millencolin.

“Millencolin” is actually derived from the name of a skateboard trick called “melancholy.”  According to the internet, a “melancholy” is a backside air where the skater grabs the board on the heel edge between the feet with their front hand and tweaks the board as forward as possible for added style.  The Swedish dudes thought it sounded better than “Kickenflippin” and there you have it, punk rock history is made.

If you’ve got a good band name origin story, or want us to research one for you, message us on the Dying Scene facebook page.

Denver’s horn-infused rockers, Five Iron Frenzy has been working for a loooooong time on a DVD feature film chronicling their eight and a half year run.  Originally set to be released on March 2nd, 2010, the band has been forced to push that date back to April 13th (pre-orders begin March 13th via Asian Man Records).  The DVD’s footage will include extras like music videos, short films, commentary tracks and more.  Here’s a video apology from the band.

Check out the teaser video for it here.

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Daniel Dart (Time Again) and long time friend and music collaborator Donal Finn have teamed up to create a folky/buesly punk side project titled Swapmeet Shakedown.  The duo will be releasing their album Appearing As… April 5th, 2010 on Drop-Out Records.

Here’s a bit from the press release:

Creating an alter-ego type mentality for this record they wrote the songs over a year of back and forth emails and phone calls. Coming together with Time Again drummer Jake Margolis and bass player Ed Maxwell to bring the thumping rhythm section the duo needed they finally got down to business. Combining screaming fast tracks such as “Fractured” where Daniel Dart howls in an instantly recognizable fashion to piano ballads like “Sunshine’s Loving” where partner Donal Finn croons about love’s winding emotions; this album is a showcasing of the two songwriters amazing capabilities to break the mold and follow their own path.

Appearing As… is a limited release of 165 hand numbered and autographed hard copies only available here at Interpunk and it features a design from Canada’s most unattractive and unknown punk rock graphic designer, Taron Cochrane.

You Me At Six have finally announced the American release date for their second album. Their second album, Hold Me Down, will be released March 16th on Virgin Records.

The band’s last album, Take Off Your Colours, was released in July, 2009 on Epitaph.