Buzznet‘s continuing series In Transmission has recently posted two parts of an interview they did with AFI. During part one of the interview, Davey Havok (vocals) and Jade Puget (guitars) talk about the song End Transmission, which appears on their most recent release, Crash Love. In part two we are joined by Hunter Burgan (bass) and Adam Carson (drums) who explain their trials and tribulations while writing End Transmission. The song almost didn’t get written, and the guys explain the history behind how it came about, as well as the strong similarities it has to another AFI song. Find out which one by watching the two part interview here and here.

The Friday Night Boys have just wrapped up the Glamour Kills tour with All Time Low, We The Kings, and Hey Monday! If you missed out, watch this update for a glimpse of what it was like.

Check out The Friday Night Boys’ Dying Scene Shows page for all the dates of their upcoming Once It Hits Your Lips Tour with Anarbor, The Bigger Lights, and The Ready Set. [Read more…]

Bowling For Soup have a free song available for download today and tomorrow only. The song is called, Goodbye Friend, and is in loving memory of the band’s good friend Jeff Roe. Click here to get it before it’s gone.

Bowling For Soup are currently on tour until the end of February, so check out their Dying Scene Shows page for details on the dates.

The Wonder Years have another sample from their upcoming album, The Upsides, due out in January of 2010 on No Sleep Records. The song is called Melrose Diner and is available for a listen on the band’s MySpace. Take a look at the full story for lyrics here. [Read more…]

Here it is <= in all it’s thumbnail glory; the cover art for the upcoming Tony Sly solo album 12 Song Program.  The release is due out February 16th on Fat Wreck Chords and folks can expect guest appearances from Karina Denike of Dance Hall Crashers, Darius from Swingin’ Utters and Joey Cape of Bad Astronaut/Lagwagon fame.  Here’s what the No Use For A Name vocalist had to say about making a solo record:

I decided to do a solo record because I had some song ideas that wouldn’t work for No Use. I’ve been wanting to do this for several years but I just never had the time. I also wanted to get some of my more folky influences on a record. I think you’ll hear that this is not an acoustic NUFAN record. I think some songs just can’t be made into punk songs like some punk songs can’t be made into acoustic songs. I also like the idea of having the freedom of playing shows on the fly, being able to show up at a bar with just a guitar and have enough material to play for an hour or so. I’m getting some good feedback and good tours lined-up for 2010. Should be interesting.

Yes it should.  Tony recently released a bunch of tour dates, which you can check out on his Dying Scene Shows page.

Victory Records announced late last week that they have added metal band, Pathology to their roster. Formed in 2006, the band has traveled across the nation on self booked tours and has even put out two full length albums. Here is what the band had to say about getting signed:

“It is with great pleasure that we announce our signing to Victory Records! We have been working tirelessly at writing new music and are ecstatic to be putting our next album out through Victory. We would like to thank Tony and the Pathology team for their diligent efforts in bringing Pathology and Victory together. Most of all, we would like to thank the fans who’ve been there from day one to support us every step of the way. We are very excited and can’t wait to release our yet-untitled 2010 album!”

That just goes to show that hard work pays off. Keep checking back to Dying Scene for updated information on their upcoming album.

Pennsylvania natives, War Of Ages, announced the dates of their upcoming Abominable Snow Tour. The band is set to kick off the tour in early February with co headliners Living Sacrifice.

Check out the bands Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

Lots of Alesana news this month. The band just posted a trailer for their upcoming album entitled The Emptiness. The video is a little creepy but gives a nice preview to the story of the album. Check it out here.

The Emptiness is set to be released in late January on Fearless Records.

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SideOneDummy has released a new Anti-Flag T-shirt with a graphic that is reminiscent of the Clash’s legendary self-titled album cover.  When you purchase the shirt, you’ll also receive a code (that, apparently, for some reason, is screened onto the T) that will allow you to download tracks of Clash songs that Anti-Flag covered (I Fought the Law, White Riot, and Should I Stay or Should I Go?), the band’s new album The People or the Gun, and five unreleased b-sides/bonus tracks, all for $10 (damn!).

Click here for the blog post and to purchase this gift pack.

Anti-Flag released their 7th LP, The People or the Gun, on SideOneDummy last June.

Suburban Home Records posted in their blog that a generous contributor who recorded tracks from a recent Jon Snodgrass (of Drag the River), Micah Schnabel (of Two Cow Garage), and Chad Price (also from Drag the River and All) show has shared the songs online.  Supposedly, some of the tracks are of less-than-perfect quality, but I guess that’s the nature of a bootleg.

Read the Suburban Home blog post here and get the songs and tracklist for the show here.