Remember Wizo?  For those of you who might not, they are a punk band from Germany that put out a few albums on Fat Wreck Chords in the 90’s.  Most of their songs are in German but they’re so good you honestly don’t care that you can’t understand them (asssuming you don’t speak German).  Anyway, after a long hiatus they are apparently back in action and in the studio polishing up 20 new songs for a new album, which they plan on releasing next summer.

Their last album, Anderster, was released in 2004.

You can listen to a brand new MxPx song over on their MySpace page.  The song is titled End and it will appear on their upcoming EP Left Coast Punk, which is slated for a November 17th release on their our own label, Rock City Recording Company.

Here’s what band member, Tom Wisniewski, had to say about the song:

One of the really fun things about recording “End” was that it was a very different song for us. When we branch out it’s always fun to try new things. I really started playing with my delay pedal as soon as we started practicing the song. It was a mess to begin with to say the least!  I’m very happy with how the finished song turned out. I like how broken down it gets and then builds into the “full rock sound” just to fall all the way back down again! I really hope you all like this song as much as I do…

The bands last album, On The Cover II, was released March of this year on Tooth & Nail Records.

16 Hour Drive are releasing their new album Call To Arms on November 17th via iTunes.  You can check out It’s A Tea Party and the title track from the release on the band’s MySpace page.

You can listen to 2 new tracks off the upcoming Change Of Ideas LP, Crossover, on the band’s MySpace page.  The tracks are titled And The Story Continues and Retrospective Image Of My Life.

No word on a release date for the album.

Smoking Popes have released the track list and cover art (right there <=) for their upcoming release, It’s Been A Long Day.  The album will contain the band’s 1st three 7 inches, Innoculator, BreakUp, and 2 as well as a previously unreleased track.

You can listen to 3 tracks off the album on the band’s MySpace page.

It’s Been A Long Day is being released February 16th on Asian Man Records.

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For those of you excited for the release of Alkaline Trio co-vocalist, Matt Skiba‘s, new solo album, I have bad news for you.  Although the album is completely finished, mastered, and ready to be delivered, the release date has been postponed until Alkaline Trio releases their new album.  Hopefully that just means we can expect new Alkaline Trio music soonish.

The solo album, titled Demos was originally set to be released February 16th on Asian Man Records.

Flogging Molly has added Frank Turner as main support on most of their 6th annual countdown to St Patrick’s Day – the 2010 Green 17 Tour.

Check out the Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

Tickets for the entire Green 17 Tour go on sale to the general public this weekend through normal ticket outlets.

Motion City Soundtrack members surprised Detroit subway riders with an impromptu acoustic performance of a new song (I think) off their upcoming album, My Dinosaur Life. Check out the video here.

My Dinosaur Life is being released January 19th on Columbia Records.

Ska-punk outfit, Idols End, have lost their lead singer.  Not that they’ve misplaced him, but rather he’s just left the band.  Clear?  OK.  So, if you want to sing in a Florida punk band get in touch with these dudes.

The band will be writing new material “like it’s going out of style” until the shoes of their previous vocalist have been filled, so while it may mean you won’t see Idols End on tour for a while it certainly doesn’t mean you’ve seen the last of them.

It’s been over a year since Artist Vs Poet has released new music but the wait will soon be over.  The band has just announced that they will be releasing a four song EP titled Damn Rough Night on December 15th.  The cover art is over yonder <= and the track listing is right here.  The songs were recorded while in the studio working on their upcoming full-length, which is due out next spring, so it should give fans a good idea of what to expect.

Artist Vs Poet released their last album (self-titled) on Fearless Records last November.

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