After over a year of hardly any new music, the boys at Artist vs. Poet have plans for their second release in four months. In a recent MySpace blog, the band stated that,

“it’s time to tell you about our brand new FULL LENGTH RECORD!! The album is titled Favorite Fix and it’s going to be released March 2nd 2010! … We hope you’re all as excited as we are for the new record and we can’t wait for you to hear all the new songs! Keep checking our page in the following weeks for news on the new record and new tours comin up.”

The album artwork is represented in the top left of this story, and for a full track listing of the upcoming album, read the full story here.

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Every Friday the punk rock geniuses here at Dying Scene are going to unleash a little bit of punk scene trivia all over your asses.  Today’s “fun factoid” might be a bit controversial for some:

Alkaline Trio co-vocalist Matt Skiba and drummer Derek Grant are both card-holding members of the Church of Satan.  This doesn’t necessarily mean the guys are running around in black robes and sacrificing virgins.  In fact, Matt claims he’s really just Agnostic and that he has the card to poke fun at organized religion more than anything else.  He also just likes to “watch people squirm.”

Know an interesting story or bit of punk rock trivia?  Share it with us here and if we publish it, we just might send you a reward.

Koffin Kats axe-man Tommy “Bagman” Koffin has announced that after 6 years in the band he is regretfully “bowing out”.  Tommy posted this on the band’s MySpace blog.

This may come as shock, but due to the band needing to tour extensively and issues I’ve been having with my knees and back, I am taking a back seat and bowing out. I love this band more then anything and would never hold them back. I’m still great friends with the guys and love the wild times we have. I just can’t hit the road anymore. May The Koffin Kats never end and only get stronger. I am sorry if this disappoints anyone but this decision really is for the better.

We have a great friend of ours coming in to fill my stinky ass shoes. His names Ian and he comes from a band called Ends In Tragedy out of ….Albuquerque.., ..New Mexico….. It didn’t take long for me and the dudes to agree that he would be the one. We have known him for years and been a fan of what he does and how well he performs. Please show him the love and respect that you have all shown me. Ya know.. hook him up… talk shit to him… buy him a beer. He’s one of us!!!

Thank you for the years of letting me be apart of your lives. It’s been amazing.

Tommy will surely be missed.  We wish him, his knees and his back well.

Motion City Soundtrack are releasing their latest album My Dinosaur Life on January 19th.   For the last few weeks leading up to the release date they are putting out “teasers” where they discuss a different song from the album and today’s video teaser is for the track Disappear.  See what the guys have to say about it here.

Motion City Soundtrack is currently on tour promoting the release of this new album. Check out when they’re playing near you at the band’s Dying Scene Shows page.

Tomorrow (Friday) morning, Thrice frontman and solo-act, Dustin Kensrue, will be on San Diego, CA’s, 91x Morning Show with Matt Diablo!  Head over to the 91x site for more info.

If you want to be in a video for Escape The Fate’s song This War Is Ours and live near Santa Ana, CA, then head to the Yost Theater this Saturday, January 9, to get in there!  Admission is first-come-first-served, so arrive early (starts at 5pm) and make sure you strap on your dancin’ shoes!  Should be a good time.

Flashback alert: I remember going to the Glass House on the day of my Senior Prom to be in the No Use For A Name video for Dumb Reminders, I think.  We did a circle pit to the same song probably thirty times…  Anyway, click here to see the band’s flyer for the taping to get more info and go show your support!

This War Is Ours appeared on Escape The Fate’s 2008 release, This War Is Ours, out on Epitaph Records.

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Metal-core act A Hero A Fake hosts webisode #54 of Victory Records’ online series VicTorV.  In this ‘sode, a music video for AHAF’s track Let Oceans Lie from their January 19, 2010 release of the album of the same name can be seen.  Then there’s a live performance of The Auditorium’s The Art Of Living queued up, A Hero A Fake talk about the upcoming album for a bit, followed by a music video from A Day To Remember, etc., etc.  This webisode is chock-full of Victory goodness, all 24min. of it!  Click here to check it out!

Let Oceans Lie is the group’s sophomore release, a follow-up to 2008 LP Volatile.

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Midwest pop-punkers Direct Hit! seem like they’re gonna have a pretty packed kick-off to the new decade.  Their plans include (but are not limited to):

– a split 7″ with America’s Dairyland pals, The Transgressions
– release of digital EP DH#4 come February end
– release of digital EP DH#5 by the end of spring
– and a ton of shows featuring Off With Their Heads, DrManhattan, The Gusto, Bust!, Liarbirds, Set Your Goals, The Swellers, Red Phone Dispatch, Handguns, Tension Generation, The American Dead, and more.

Definitely check these guys out.  Some good, high-energy, shout-along punk goin’ on here!  Give them a listen on their MySpace or on their bandcamp.

On September 12, 2009, the legendary Flogging Molly took the stage at the world famous Greek Theater in Los Angeles. What happened next was an amazing 90 minute performance that featured songs from the band’s entire discography. Luckily, the event was captured in Hi-Def and professionally mixed by Ryan Hewitt, who co-produced the band’s most recent release Float, which was released in March of 2008 on SideOneDummy.

Live At The Greek Theater will span 2 CDs and along with the DVD fans can expect a color booklet with photos of the band as they performed that night. This all access pass into the world of Flogging Molly will be available on March 2nd, 2010.

Greeley Estates have just posted another song from their upcoming album No Rain, Nor Rainbow on their MySpace page.  The track is titled Friends Are Friends For Never and the album is set to be released January 16th on Tragic Hero Records.

Greeley Estates is currently on tour.  Take a look at their upcoming shows on the Dying Scene Shows page.