Frank Turner has chosen his supporting acts for his March 2010 tour in the UK, and they are … drumroll please … Chuck Ragan and Crazy Arm! Yes, we’re talking the same Chuck Ragan from the famed Hot Water Music. And if you’re not familiar with Crazy Arm, then get your learn on here. In his blog announcing the support, Frank Turner states:

I’m very pleased to announce that the supports for my UK tour in March 2010 will be Chuck Ragan and Crazy Arm. Chuck is a legend, a peer and a friend. Crazy Arm are my new favourite band. It’s going to be one hell of a tour.

Frank Turner will be on tour pretty much everywhere in the US for the next several months before shipping off for his European/UK tour. Find out when Frank’s playing near you at his Dying Scene Shows page.

Florida punk trio Anchor Arms just posted a video from a recent show containing two songs. The first, Steve Vai, is on the band’s upcoming album, The Morning Pistol, which is set to be released mid 2010 on Kiss of Death Records. The second song, Loose Lips,  is already out on the band’s split 7″ with The Anchor.

Watch the video of both songs here.

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I Am Ghost recently posted a new music video for their song, The Saddest Story Never Told, which appears on their 2008 album, Those We Leave Behind. Watch the music video here.

I Am Ghost announced earlier this year that they will be releasing a new album this winter, which will be the band’s third full-length album with Epitaph Records.

I Am Ghost is currently on tour. To find more info on dates and locations, check out their Dying Scenes Shows Page.

Billboard.com is featuring Say Anything acoustic performances of Crush’d, from their new self-titled album, and Baby Girl, I’m A Blur, from 2007’s In Defense Of The Genre, along with a video interview with lead singer Max Bemis.  Click here to check them out.

Say Anything’s self-titled album was released this week.

Screamo act, This Romantic Tragedy, have posted a video update from their time on the road for The Thriller Tour.  Sitting in front of my computer, in a poorly lit, stuffy room and watching this video really makes me feel like I should have been a musician instead of a computer dork.  That whole no talent thing sorta got in the way though.  Anyway, to live a life on the road vicariously for a few minutes check out this video.

This Romantic Tragedy put out their EP Trust In Fear on Tragic Hero Records last month and are currently writing songs for a new album.

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Ever wonder what it would be like to work at a punk record label?  Well, I always did and thought this was an interesting video.  It’s a time-lapse of a regular day in the Revelation Records office.

Check it out here.

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Here’s a Thursday morning treat:  You can listen to the entire Dead To Me album, African Elephants, over on the band’s MySpace page.  The album is set to be released next week (November 10th) on Fat Wreck Chords.

Dead To Me is currently on tour in the US.  Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

Sum 41 have tapped Gil Norton as producer on their upcoming album, which they’re set to record over the next couple months.  The band already has about 20 songs written and vocalist Deryck Whibley had this to say about their sound:

…it’s always hard to explain something you’re supposed to listen to but it’s definitely a darker bigger sounding record than we’ve ever done. There’s a lot of fast, heavy kind of stuff but there’s also some really melodic interesting music as well. A bit of everything and it’s pretty extreme.

Sum 41 released their last album, Underclass Hero, in 2007 on Island Records.

Pop/Punk band Parmore posted an acoustic version of their song. Where the lines Overlap online today. The song is available exclusively on LaLa and also here.

The band  is currently on tour. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for details.

Flordia natives Less Than Jake announced today that they will be adding 5 new shows to their tour. The band made this decision after finding that they sold out half the tour.

Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for the new dates.