The final track has been released! The Bouncing Souls completed their new 20th Anniversary series and released the twelfth and final song. The song is titled Never Say Die / When You’re Young and can be purchased at Chunksaah Records along with the other 11 songs that have been released throughout the year.

Upon completing the album, the band described it as “…a battle cry for the lifers to keep carrying that torch and burning it bright, but it’s also directed at the youngest ears of tomorrow’s generation.  Find the truth inside, express it, and never give up.“

The Audition has announced the dates for their upcoming Who’s Driving tour. So far the shows are all on the east coast so if you’re headed that direction, catch a sick rock show to kick start your new year!

Check out the dates on the band’s MySpace or right here on Dying Scene! [Read more…]

Did you miss Sparks the Rescue on Manatour? Well don’t cry yet because they’re back on tour! The band decided to join the Who’s Driving tour with Every Avenue, The Audition, and a few others. The Dying Scene Shows page has all the info on dates and bands so check it out!

In the meantime, the band also posted another tour video from Manatour so get your Sparks the Rescue fix here.

The second annual Harvest Of Hope Fest is taking place March 12th through 14th, 2010 in St. Augustine, Florida and our friends at Fail Safe Records are doing their part to raise awareness for the event by giving away a new prize each week until the fest begins right here on Dying Scene.

This week’s Prize: 1 copy of The Harvest Of Hope comp (double CD) AND a signed copy of the Anchor Arms LP, Cold Blooded.  Also, each week’s winner will be entered into a drawing for the Grand Prize: the entire Fail Safe catalog AND 2 tickets to the Harvest Of Hope Fest.

To win is easy, just re-tweet this post and we’ll choose one or more of you re-tweeters as winners.  Don’t forget to follow Dying Scene on Twitter or we won’t be able to direct message you to tell you you’ve won.  We’ll announce in the comments below once we’re out of the week’s prizes.  The Grand Prize winner will be announced on March 4th.

The Harvest Of Hope Fest is a three day, multiple stage alternative music festival that will benefit and raise awareness for the Harvest of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides financial, educational, and medical aid to migrant farmworkers all over the country.

Had a rough day? Take a couple minutes and treat yourself to this entertaining new music video from SoCal metalheads Austrian Death Machine. The video is of their song, I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, Your Motorcycle!, and is premiering exclusively on metal website, metalsucks.net. The song appears on their album Total Brutal which was released in the summer of 2008. You can always count on the boys with Austrian Death Machine to get you jamming out and brighten your day, especially if you’re “lucky” enough to have the ol’ Austrian himself as your gah-vah-nur. Check out the video here.

Pop-punk trio Blink 182 got an early Christmas present this year with Alternative Press‘ announcement that the group was named the “Most Important Band of the Decade”, beating out bands like Green Day, My Chemical Romance, and Underoath.  With 8 albums under their belt (many hitting platinum status), and seven music awards, Blink 182’s members continue to be at the forefront of the music scene with no signs of stopping (now that they’re back together!). Read more about AP’s announcement here.

Tell us what you think about Blink 182 being named “Most Important Band of the Decade”. Do you agree/disagree? Why? Who would be a better candidate? We look forward to your responses.

Have you been dreaming of a career as a punk rock singer? Well, here is your chance to make a breakthrough! AFI News Headquarters has stated that radio station X96 of Salt Lake City is holding a contest for AFI fans to sing the chorus of the song Medicate on stage with the band. The show takes place in Salt Lake City, but what’s a couple hundred, or thousand miles when you’ll be on stage?! The radio station outlines the rules for the contest,
“Would you like to sing on stage with AFI? Well Check this out… 1 grand prize winner will get to sing the chorus of Medicate on stage with AFI and wins new Ipod nano so their friend can film it. All you need to do is to record a 30 second clip of you singing medicate and send us the Youtube link. Log on to X96.com for all details and to submit your video! Get us those entries ASAP!”

You could be the next American punk Idol, the future is in your hands.

Check out AFI’s other dates and locations on the band’s Dying Scene Shows page.

The guys at Suburban Home Records have been so kind as to make the new Drag The River/Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves 7″ split available to stream on their website.  We hear a very folk-rock inspired sound from Chris Wollard (of Hot Water Music), and the songs from both bands blend very well together. I always appreciate when guys who have a history of making high-energy punk rock unplug their amps, and slow it down a bit. Listen to the entire split here.

This will be Chris Wollard’s second release as a solo artist following his studio album that hit stores earlier this year, and the umpteenth release from Drag The River.

I’m sure we all know about Green Day, and I know we’ve all heard their album, American Idiot. BUT, did you know that this album was recently made into a stage musical adaptation? And did you know that the band is streaming a new version of the song 21 Guns that was recorded by the cast of the musical? I know, it’s a lot of information to take in, but breathe, and then listen to the latest version of the song here.

The musical premiered at the Berkeley Reperatory Theatre in September, and showcases all the songs from the American Idiot, as well some B-sides and some songs from Green Day’s next album, 21st Century Breakdown.

The Shred Till Your Dead Tour has finished and before the boys from Our Last Night head into the studio to finish up their sophomore album with Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, In Fear and Faith, Burden of A Day), they were kind enough to post the last video of the tour.

Their last album Ghosts Among Us was released last March on Epitaph. [Read more…]