Tucson, AZ’s The Fade are streaming their entire EP, The Bright Lights, on their MySpace page.

The Fade is a new project from former frontman Phillip Holman of The American Black Lung (Uprising Records) who left the band in early 2008.

Portand’s Anchor Down announced earlier this week that they had decided to mutually part ways, but out of the ashes comes new solo music from the band’s vocalist/guitar player, Alexander Hudjohn.  Alexander is currently working on songs for a digital only EP, which he hopes to have finished by the end of December.

Check out a few demos on his MySpace page.

Los Angeles progressive punk band Letlive have just posted a new track, Homeless Jazz, to their MySpace page. The band were last reported to be in the studio working on a new album.  Am not certain if this song is a taste of the new album or not.  Check it out here.

The band’s last album, Speak Like You Talk, was released on At One Records in 2005.

Take a look at these self-described “mostly short and pointless” videos posted by The Briggsof their US Canada tour. In the first video, you get to see Joey Briggs and Alex Patterson playing acoustic guitars to the song, Dirty Old Town made popular by The Dubliners and The Pogues. Then, watch some video of the band getting tattooed and lost in the middle of nowhere. In the last video, Joey introduces the world to his new baby Moxie as he describes why the band has been taking a short break…not so pointless. Watch them here.  

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

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The A.K.A.s are streaming their entire new album, Animal Summer, right here.  You can purchase the album digitally through Paper + Plastick Records.

Scranton, Pennsylvania is home to more than just the greatest paper company on the planet.  It’s also home to pop-punkers Anthem Atlantic, who, according to a recent blog post, will be heading into the studio in a couple weeks to record some tunes for a new EP.

The band hopes to release the coming EP early in 2010.

MxPx is releasing their Christmas album, Punk Rawk Christmas, on December 1st and today they’re gifting to you the premiere of the album’s title track.  You can check out the song right now on the band’s MySpace page.

The band has released one (sometimes two) Christmas songs every year for the past 10  years.  On Punk Rawk Christmas all those songs will be available for everybody in one place.

Burning Empires, a hardcore band consisting of members from Fall Out Boy and Misery Signals, are going Down Under for a handful of shows in Australia beginning on New Year’s Eve.  Check out the dates right here.

The band is currently in the studio recording a new 6 song EP.

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Earlier this week Paramore premiered their video for the song Brick By Boring Brick off their latest album Bright New Eyes.  Today the band has released a behind the scenes video from the shooting of said music video, and you can check it out right here.

Bright New Eyes was released on Fueled By Ramen Records in September.

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Greeley Estates have just posted the song Jealousy Breeds Killing Sprees to their MySpace page.  The track features vocals by Craig Mabbitt of Escape The Fate and will appear on their upcoming album, No Rain, No Rainbow, – 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.

Oh, and here’s a video of some behind the scenes studio footage when the band recorded the song.

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