Now we’re talking!  Joey Cape (lead singer of Lagwagon) just posted two new songs to his solo MySpace page.  The first is an acoustic cover of The Contortionist, which was originally recorded as a Lagwagon song on their most recent full-length release Resolve.  It looks like the acoustic version will appear on a split 7″ with Tony Sly of No Use For A Name – no word on a release date.

The second song is a “Bad Astronaut version” of Linoleum, which was originally recorded and made famous in the punk scene as the opening track to NOFX’s landmark album Punk In Drublic.

Joey is currently working on a full-length solo album which he will be releasing on his own record label start-up, The Crank Lab.

Gwen Stacy have just posted the video for their song The First Words, and you can check it out right here.  The song appears on the band’s most recent album, A Diologue, which was released October 20th on Solid State Records.

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Danger Is My Middle name put a new song up on their MySpace. The song is called Here We Go. The band has not released any other information regarding this new song, so that’s all I got.

Blacklist Royals have a new album coming out this year. Unfortunately we all have to wait to hear it, but for now you can get a sense of the honesty and authenticity of these guys as they perform Jolie Blonde in round 5 of Paper + Plastick‘s Bathroom Tapes here. [Read more…]

Epitaph released details on Story of The Year‘s upcoming album, The Constant. We can expected a release of February 16, 2010. For a full track listing click here.

For now you could listen to I’m Alive and To The Burial (two new songs) from The Constant on the band’s MySpace. [Read more…]

Another piece of Golliwog‘s upcoming album, Plague Allegiance, is streaming on the band’s MySpace player. Before you have a listen to Factory of Neo-Con Stomping Boots, check out the lyrics in the full story. No word on a release date and according to the band’s profile, they are in need of a record label’s assistance, so be sure to check back with DyingScene for any news of when this happens. [Read more…]

More tour footage from The Swellers while on the road with Less Than Jake and The Casualties.  Backstage action, live footage and a shocking arrest of a band member.  Check it out here.

The band is still on the road so check out the Dying Scene Shows section for dates and locations.

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About time!  Up and coming SoCal punk act Chaser has finally decided to stream a full song off their upcoming album The Big Picture.  It’s called Nevermore and you can hear it on the band’s MySpace page.

The Big Picture is due out February 16th but you can pre-order it right here.

Little trip down memory lane for some of you…  Remember Jughead’s Revenge?  If you were listening to punk music in the 90’s golden era than you surely do.  They were a growing influence in the punk scene until they became the first punk band to be successfully sued over their name by a corporation (ARCHIE Comics).  After the exhaustive law suit and over 10 years of touring the band decided to take a break.  Well, it was a long break but you’ll will be stoked to know that the band is going to reunite sometime this year for their 20th anniversary.  Not sure what this reunion entails (show? tour? new music?) but we’ll keep you posted as details surface.

OK, so this isn’t exactly music news and some may argue as to whether or not Andrew W.K. has anything whatsoever to do with punk, but it’s a slow as hell news day so what else you gonna do?  It’s a video of Andrew W.K. doing the weather report for some news station in Tusla.  No idea why they let him do it but it’s actually really funny – watch it.

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