Epitaph’s hardcore metal gem Converge, will be featured in Albert Mudrian’s new book “Precious Metal”, coming out July 15th 2009. The book contains 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces including Converge’s 2001 Album “Jane Doe”. Some other featured albums include Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell, Slayer: Reign in Blood, Diamond Head: Lightning to the Nations, Cannibal Corpse: Tomb of the Mutilated, Opeth: Orchid and Morbid Angel: Altars of Madness. Congrats Converge!!

Converge released their last album “No Heros” on Epitaph in October 2006.

Nate and Gabe from Cobra Starship discovered an interesting tape made by band-mate Victoria Asher. Apparently the key-tarist of Cobra Starship, is looking for love! You can find out all of Victoria’s turn on’s, turn off’s, interests and hobbies by watching her homemade “Find-A-Bro” dating service video on CobraCam.TV’s New Video, Episode 13. Click here to watch!

Cobra Starship’s New Album “Hot Mess” featuring their latest single “Good Girls Go Bad” comes out August 11th, 2009 on Fueled by Ramen Records.

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Simi Valley punk rock act Bear are literally giving away their debut full length.  You can download the entire self-titled album by heading over to the band’s myspace page and clicking the giant “download” button.

Bear is currently signed to Felony Records.

After The Invasion is a mysterious band.  They’re from Canada.  They play melodic skate punk.  They have 5 pretty damn good, new songs up on their myspace profile but my Sherlock super sleuthing skills cannot find out where the hell the songs are from or if these guys have ever actually released an album.  In 2008 the band mentioned in a blog post that they had an EP but were still deciding on what to do with it so maybe these songs are it…

What I do know is that After The Invasion is on Sore Loser Records and I’m hoping they put out a proper release for these guys soon.

On September 15th, Protest The Hero releases their new live CD/DVD: “Gallop Meets The Earth” on Vagrant Records. This 2-disc set includes footage of the band’s sold-out headlining concert in December 2008 at the Sound Academy in Toronto, a bunch of bonus features (like beer funnel adventures), hidden content, and even an angry letter from a fan. Sounds pretty interesting to me..

Their last album, “Fortress” was released on Vagrant in 2008.

So there is a 7″ re-issue of Gaslight Anthem’s “The ’59 Sound” out right now, and apparently this is a pretty hot item because there are only about 100 copies left. On side A of the 7″ you can listen to the studio version of the “59 Sound”…and then flip it around and side B has a live version of the band covering Pearl Jams “State Of Love And Trust”. But if you don’t feel like listening to it and instead want to mount it on a wall….the 7″ is on clear white wax and has some pretty legit artwork.

Side One Dummy Records orginally released “The ’59 Sound” in August of 2008.

Attention all you street punk fans…The Boils just posted the dates for their west coast tour with Unit 6. To see if they will be coming your way check out the band’s Dying Scene show’s section.

In 2007, The Boils released their last album, “The Orange And The Black” on TKO Records.

On the eve of the album drop for “Nothing Personal”, All Time Low is debuting their video for “Weightless”. You can head on over to MTV to check out the video and get a little glimpse of what their new album is all about.

Hopeless and Sub City Records released their last album, “So Wrong, It’s Right” in 2007.

Tune into Radio 1 tonight at 2AM if you want to hear Gallows chat it up with Mike Davis while hanging poolside. The Radio 1 Punk Show snuck in some time with the boys in LA right before they left for Warped Tour. But if your busy nightlife (…or sleep) prevents you from tuning in that late you can always check it out later.

Gallows released their last album, “Orchestra Of Wolves (Reissue)” on Epitaph in 2007.

The Used has a brand new album  titled “Artwork” coming out on Reprise Records on September 1st.  To get a taste of the album head over to the band’s myspace page to hear the track “Blood On My Hands”.

The Used released “Lies For The Liars” on Reprise in ’07.