Guess what? Teenage Bottlerocket has a new release, and it’s called Teenage Bottlerocket vs. Human Robots! The split 7” comes out on September 6th via Fat Wreck Chords, and you can pre-order it here. Additionally, TBR will be tearing it up, headlining the FAT TOUR, which kicks off this month! Check out what Ray Bottlerocket had to say about the 7” and teaming up with his son Milo, below.

“Hello all! When Teenage Bottlerocket was at the Blasting Room working on “Stay Rad,” my son Milo came to the studio and recorded two songs with his band Human Robots. It wasn’t hard getting his band together, because Milo plays all the instruments and sings on the two songs he wrote. I guess it’s a one-man band (yes, he has no friends). His songs turned out great, and we somehow convinced Fat Wreck Chords to release a split 7” featuring the TBR songs “Olivia Goes to Bolivia” and “Everything To Me,” as well as the Human Robots songs “Step On Em All” and “I Want to Hang Out With You.” Chris Shary did the artwork, and it all turned out great. This is the best split since Taco Bell teamed up with KFC! I love sharing this rock n roll life with my son, Milo. Look out world; Human Robots are stoked to shred and ready to party!”

Speaking of party, the 2019 Fat Tour is just around the corner. Check out the dates and locations below.

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Pittsburgh’s Anti-Flag have just released their new live album, aptly titled Live Volume 2, out now on A-F Records and you can stream it now on spotify.

Recorded over the course of 3 special evenings at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, CA, Live Vol. 2 spans the entire Anti-Flag catalog and catapults you from your headphones straight into the circle pit. Known for their raucous live show, Anti-Flag deliver in kind with this first volume of live tracks.

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Dallas metal infused skate punk band Nonstarter are streaming a shredding new single from their upcoming album “Seasoned Stuntman.” The tune is called “Redirect” and you can stream it below.

“Seasoned Stuntman” is due out August 31 from Dang! Records. If the band sounds familiar, you might be recognizing the vocals from Shaun Colón, former singer of Samuel Caldwell’s Revenge. 

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We’re all about promoting the little guy with a grand plan here at DyingScene and following that train of thought, we though we’d share with you an event that caught our eye recently.

The hopefully ironically-titled CrapFest launches this year in the UK city of Liverpool. The event will take place at the city’s Phase One venue on 25th August and features an eclectic stack of bands looking to leave their stain on the once acclaimed European Capital of Culture. Whereas many all-dayers these days have a clear overarching theme, CrapFest is varied to say the least.

The brainchild of featured two piece Crapsons, Mike and Andy, the event is clearly looking to bring together a host of bands that don’t generally fit into a particular genre/scene; maybe they don’t want to fit with anything. Liverpool has a long history of promoting unique and interesting music and this will be no different.

Headlined by punk rockers Healthy Junkies and featuring the always-raucous Habits, Crapsons themelves, Salt The Snail, and Mr. Ted to name a few, the all-dayer has already sold out of its lower-priced early bird tickets but there are full price ones still available. If you’re keen to get involved in this diverse cluster-fuck of a show, don’t sleep on it!

You can find all ticket and other information for CrapFest here. You can also see the full lineup on the promotional poster below, as well as some words from the team behind the event.

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Swedish punks Comminor have just announced they have a new video for their single, “Work Ethics of a Working Girl.”

From Comminor on the new video and single:

“We just wanted to say fuck the patriarchy with a song and this is the result. 

The video reflects on stuff we felt writing the song, fucked up new (and old) abortion laws, women getting raped by men that get away with it and a bunch of other vile things. Sadly it’s a long list.

It’s one of the faster and harder songs that will appear on our upcoming album Answering Machine For Broken Dreams that is planned to be released in September 2019.”

Check out the new video below!

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For those who haven’t been following: Paper + Plastick Records has a new band, West Grand, giving off Midwestern cow-punk/punk rock and roll vibes set to release their debut S/T EP digitally on August 9. (Hey, that’s today!) West Grand is based around singer/songwriter Kyle Green (Break Anchor) who takes ownership over depression as an unrivaled motivator, if not heavy-handedly. Coming together with fellow-Break Anchorian bassist Chris Golan, and Shawn Gryzb on drums West Grand previously streamed “Here to Stay” on Dying Scene and today we’re celebrating the EP release with “Hostage Situation”. Stream “Hostage Situation” below.

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London’s Might As Well Fest has announced the first stream of acts for it’s fifth edition. The annual event will once again take place at The New Cross Inn over October 18 and 19. As with every year, MIAWF will be supporting a charity with proceeds this time going to Heads Above The Waves.

So far, Weatherstate have been announced as headliners for the Friday, and Crazy Arm for the Saturday. The Burnt Tapes, Fintan Stack, Weblessthismess and Pacer are also among those performing.

Tickets are available here.

Jersey ska legends Catch 22 have announced they will be joining Big D and the Kids Table for a show on October 26th. This will be the first show Catch 22 has played since their short run of anniversary shows back in 2016. The band also teased that they may have a few more surprises in store for us. An album? A Tour? A reunion with a fellow ska heavyweight? Who knows?! But if Catch 22 is up to things, that just so happens to be great news for ska fans everywhere.

Head on over here to grab tickets. Check out below for this Dying Scenesters favorite Catch 22 track.

Catch 22 last released Permanent Revolution way back in 2006. Their timeless classic Keasbey Nights is a staple in any ska lovers collection. I was lucky to have the pleasure of seeing Catch 22 on their short run of shows back in 2016, as well as Bid D and the Kids Table a few times, don’t sleep on this show, Big D and Catch 22 will bring the house down.  [Read more…]

Happy Wednesday, boys and girls!

In case you didn’t know by now, Strung Out have a brand-new full length due out Friday on Fat Wreck Chords. It’s called Songs Of Armor And Devotion, and it’s now available to stream in its entirety right here! Check it out!

Songs Of Armor And Devotion is Strung Out’s first full-length since 2015’s Transmission.Alpha.Delta, and follow up last year’s acoustic Black Out The Sky EP in fully-plugged-in, blistering fashion!

Not sure how we slept on this story until now; probably a severe case of denial on our part. But as I write these words on the evening of August 7, 2019, we’re almost exactly 4 hours away from the first stop on what’s slated to by CJ Ramone‘s final official US tour.

If you’ve been paying attention to the punk rock icon’s social media accounts, you’ve probably noticed that Ramone just wrapped up his last European tour, and he’s been adamant about this upcoming run being his last one Stateside. Dates in Australia and New Zealand are booked in October and November of this year, but then, well…here’s how CJ himself put it via Instagram a couple weeks ago…

“THIS IS MY FINAL TOUR. I WILL NOT BE GETTING IN THE VAN AGAIN AFTER THIS. I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SHOWS, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND RECORD AND RELEASE ALBUMS, BUT MY DAYS OF HITTING THE ROAD ON BIG TOURS IN THE VAN ARE DONE.”

Ramone’s last US run kicks off Friday night in Philadelphia, and runs through the 21st in Denver, Colorado. Support on most of the run comes from Dog Party, and CJ’s backing band on this run includes Street Dogs/The New Darkbuster teammates Pete Sosa and Lenny Lashley on drums and guitar, respectively. Head below to check out the full itinerary!

Ramone is touring in support of his latest (and in my opinion best) solo album, The Holy Spell, which came out back in May on Fat Wreck Chords.

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