Swingin’ Utters are currently in the studio recording a brand new studio album, which they plan to release this spring or summer on Fat Wreck Chords.  This will be the band’s first studio album since 2003’s Dead Flowers, Bottles, Bluegrass And Bones.

There is also a reported Swingin’ Utters tribute CD in the works.

Any of you youngsters ever hear of the band Men At Work?  If not, go educate yourself – that’s embarrassing.  For the rest of you, you may want to check out the cover that Frontkick did of Men At Work’s song Overkill over on their MySpace page.

Frontkick released their last album, The Cause Of The Rebel, on People Like You Records in 2007.

The Briggs announced that they are currently writing songs for a brand new album while they continue to search for a new drummer (Chris Arredondo had to leave the band due to wrist surgery).  They also announced that they will be recording a Christmas song soon and are planning a West Coast tour this spring.  Got all that?  Good.

The band’s last album, Come All You Madmen, was released in 2008 on Side One Dummy Records.

These days buses and bands seem to be a bad combination.  Yesterday it was reported that Weezer front-man, Rivers Cuomo, and his assistant were hospitalized after the band’s bus hit a patch of black ice in New York and careened through a guard rail into a ditch.  Today AP posted that Every Time I Die was in a bus accident of their own, leaving the bus totaled but no injuries.

These days it gets harder and harder to find new bands that are capable of creating a truly unique sound while still remaining decidedly punk rock.  Atlanta’s The Bastard Suns, however, do just that by playing a style that combines fist-pumping, Irish pride, punk anthems with laid back, reggae party tunes.  To borrow another critic’s comparison, The Bastard Suns play an energetic blend of reggae-infused punk rock that sounds a lot like an amalgamation of Dropkick Murphy’s meets Sublime.  Nowhere is that more evident than in their epic song My Pint, which you can listen to here.

Alkaline Trio will be releasing their new album, This Addiction, on February 23rd via their newly formed label Heart & Skull (a partnership with Epitaph Records).  The band also announced that they will begin touring with Cursive later this month in support of the new record.

Alkaline Trio released their last album, Agony & Irony, in July of 2008.

Metal band Legend, having recently signed to Rise Records, have officially announced that they will be heading into the studio this coming February to start recording. The band will be working on their full-length album with hopes of releasing it in the Spring of 2010. We’ll keep you posted with any further details.

Legend is currently on tour. You can check out their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.

All four songs of Artist Vs Poet‘s upcoming EP, Damn Rough Night, are streaming on the band’s Purevolume page. The album is set to be released on December 15th on Fearless Records. Click here to head on over and have a listen.

Artist Vs Poet, the band’s self-titled album, was released in 2008 on Fearless Records.

Hardcore, Orange County band, The Mistake, are currently recording. No details on the new record yet, but they’ve mentioned having finished 15 songs, so sounds like they are well on their way.

Their last album, Opium, was released in 2002.

Fireworks have posted part 1 of their experience on the Chaos EU Tour. Watch some questionable moments as well as live footage of all the bands on the tour, which include Broadway Calls and Set Your Goals. Take a look here.

Fireworks have some upcoming shows. Take a look at their Dying Scene Shows page for more details.