Los Angeles based progressive punk act, Letlive are currently in the studio recording a new album.  It has been 4 years since the band released their last album “Speak Like You Talk” and they are talking mad game about the new material.

…we have been working painfully hard on a record that will deem itself worthy of “something fucking significant”. Or at least, that’s how we’ve described it amongst ourselves while writing it. This is not an ode to the esoteric and elite. Fuck them. Nor is this an album directed to the embittered sense of d.i.y. anti-everything underground. Fuck you too. This is the album everyone wanted to listen to.

Check out the band’s blog to get more details on the upcoming album.

You can check out the trailer for the upcoming video component of BYO‘s “Let Them Know” release.  The package is being released September 22nd and will include an audio, video, and written component all in tribute to the label and the punk scene.

Click here for the video trailer and here for the e-card of the audio component.

Orange County’s premiere Punk/Hardcore festival, Liskfest is kicking off next Saturday in Irvine California.  So far there is a pretty amazing lineup of bands including: Chaser, As I Lay Dying, Ignite, H2O, Death By Stereo, Caliban, Nations Afire, and a lot more.

Check out the official Liskfest page for details.

You can listen to the track “One Hit Back” off Polar Bear Club‘s upcoming full-length “Chasing Hamburg”.  The album is being released September 22nd on Bridge Nine Records.

The band released their last album “Sometimes Things Just Disappear” last year on Red Leader.

Our Last Night is taking some time off their busy touring schedule to finish writing material for a new album.  The band reportedly has 4 songs completely written and another 5 or 6 almost finished. Directly after their tour this fall with Attack Attack (check their Dying Scene Shows page for tour dates) they will be heading down to Ocala, Florida for the whole month of December to hit the studio with Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, In Fear and Faith, Burden of A Day).  Fans can expect the album to be done before the new year.

Our Last Night released their last album, “The Ghosts Among Us” in March of last year on Epitaph Records.

You can hear 2 tracks off Giving Chase‘s upcoming 7 inch “A New Day” (tentative title).  The songs are titled “Mantras For Monsters” and “Masks For Misfits” and you can check them out on the band’s MySpace page.

Giving Chase released their last album “A Cheap Print Of A Masterpiece” on Jump Start Records in 2007.

Political punk act, Onewordsolution is releasing their much anticipated “Catharsis” EP on September 27th.  The band will be playing with The Casualties to mark the release.

Catharsis has been 2 years in the making…. it is one song with 6 chapters that tells one story.  A story of indoctrination, assimilation, frustration and the feelings of apathy and helplessness that eventually follow.  It is also the story of realizing these downfalls and combating them..  It is a question posed to each and every listener… do you relate?  If so… what do you intend to do about it?

You can check out a couple of the “chapters” from the EP over on the band’s MySpace page.

Alesana have finished up in the studio recording their upcoming album.  No word yet on a release date but the album will be titled “The Emptiness” and the band seems pretty excited about it.  Here’s what they had to say regarding the new material:

…this collection of songs is way more than just a record… it is an experience. it is the story dennis and myself have been wanting to write since day one and our dream has finally come to be. as each day, week, month passes little pieces of our adventure will start to come clear until the day the story is released in january. we know you will be just as thrilled as we are once you close your eyes and join us in our adventure…the emptiness will haunt you…

Alesana will be hitting the road in September and you check out the dates on their Dying Scene Shows page.

Another story with no facts and almost no details.  Nothing but hearsay and rumors today…

Chino punk rock act Hit The Switch might begin writing a new record, which is interesting considering they self-released their full-length “Observing Infinities” only 3 months ago.  This is from the band’s blog.  Make of it what you will:

Heyyy so its been pretty grim here at HTS camp…Food is scarce, morale is low, the weather is extremely hot, and the local tribes are closing in…I see a european tour in the heart of winter, gives us hope….Still, reluctantly decide we must prepare for the worst…Surrender is not an option, new record must be written in great haste.

Before “Observing Infinities”, Hit The Switch released “Domestic Tranquility & Social Justice” on Nitro Records back in 2o06.  Now that was a damn good album.

As you probably already know, weekends make for mind numbingly slow news days, so instead of giving you hard hitting facts and endless details I’m going to give you a story with no facts and hardly any details…

Luke (guitar) and Chuck (bass) of Good Riddance are starting their own “heavy/aggressive band with old school punk and metal influences.”  Apparently they just need a drummer so if you think you’ve got the skills hit up Luke and make your punk rock dreams come true.

After 14 years together and 7 full-length albums, Good Riddance played their last show on May 27th, 2007.