Right now you can stream The Slowest Drink In The Saddest Bar On The Snowiest Day In The Greatest City and Them Angels Been Talkin‘ from The Lawrence Arms upcoming EP Buttsweat and Tears coming out next week (October 27th) on Fat Wreck Chords.

It’s Friday, so you know what that means? Gwen Stacy posted their second video blog. You can check out the guys goofing around, some clips of live performances, and a little about their new album.

A Dialogue came out three days ago on Solid State Records. [Read more…]

After 6 years, and a lot of ups and downs drummer Zac Ausman has left Unwelcome Guests. The only reason they gave for his departure was that playing in the band became just too hard..plain and simple. Luckily, they found a replacement. Isaac Menge previously played in the band White York and co-runs Pedal Printing. They are trying to have him fill Zac’s shoes as closely as possible, so only time will tell if this is going to be an adequate match.

In other news, they hope to have their new album, Don’t Go Swimming, out in early January on Kiss Of Death Records.

Paper + Plastick Records announced that Alternative Press is holding a contest to win a very rare test pressing of Frank Turner‘s, The First Three Years. It’s free and easy to enter, so check out the details and test your luck.

At 12:00 p.m. today, This Romantic Tragedy will be posting a video blog to their MySpace page. Apparently, they are staying busy writing new music, so keep checking back for updates.

Their latest album, Trust In Fear, was released on Tragic Hero Records in September.

Dead Swans have just posted the dates for their tour in the US, and it looks like it starts November 3rd in Erie, Pennsylvania. Head to the Dying Scene Shows page to see if they are passing through your town.

They released, Sleepwalkers, in August on Bridge Nine.

Life On Repeat just made their newest album, As I Grew, available for you to download for free. You can listen to the songs before you download them, but it’s free so what have you really got to lose?

They recently signed to Equal Vision Records in July.

Caliban wants you to vote for your three favorite songs that you would like to hear on the Beastfest Tour 2009. All you have to do is click right here, submit your vote, and head to the show. Check the Dying Scene Shows page for details.

They released, Say Hello To Tragedy, on Century Media in August.

Blink 182‘s Mark Hoppus took it upon himself to help out Ali Vatter, a woman who was on the catering crew during his tour. Apparently a couple months into the tour, Ali got very sick and had to have surgery to remove her apendix. After the surgery she went straight back on tour, but that’s when the bills started piling up because she didn’t have health insurance.

Mark stated that he would match every dollar someone donates to help get Ali out of debt, but he also questions Health Care in America. He thinks there has to be a better way than our current structure provides. “When a person’s best option to pay for healthcare is to take to the internet and ask for small donations from strangers, bold changes need to be made.” You can read the entire article on the Full Story page. [Read more…]

Atreyu have decided to “premiere” the track Gallows off their upcoming album Congregation Of The Damned via a shoot-em-up computer game called Metalhead Zombies.  To hear the song all you have to do is get to level 6 by running around shooting zombies – kill enough of them and you progress to the next level.  Seems simple enough, and I’ve enjoyed the two tracks they’ve already released enough to give it a go.  30 minutes later I still have not progressed past level 2 and I’m about to throw my computer out the window.  Either I’m not nearly as good at computer games as I was when I was 12 or this game is f’ing impossible!

I’m gonna go order a pizza.  Somebody else try it and tell me how the song is…

Congregation Of The Damned hits stores next week on October 27th.