From Indecisionrecords.com:

“”Sorry for the lack of updates recently. Well, we have lots of stuff coming up this year. WHEN TIGERS FIGHT are currently finishing up their full length which should be coming out in June. You will not be disappointed. We’ve also got an EP coming out for a brand new band out of WA called THE VOWS, which features former members of Unbroken, Undertow, and Champion proving that the edge is not dull in 2006. We’ll hopefully have a couple new MP3s for you to download in the next couple of weeks. Still in the works we’ve got re-issues from PUSHED ASIDE and HARD STANCE that will finally be coming out this year.”"

- Ex-members of UNBROKEN, UNDERTOW and CHAMPION?!?! Woooha!

From the inbox:

“”Mad at the World Records is now on eMusic.com. The MAJOR CONFLICT Sounds Like 1983 CD, the URBAN WASTE EP, and THE ARSONS’ Bridges Down CD are all available from the service now, and some of our back catalog will be available on there as well in the coming weeks.

The next NYHC reissue we’re doing wil be the MISGUIDED retrospective. It’s currently being mastered, but all the artwork is done. I don’t want to give a release date until we get a deadline on the mastering, but you should find some mp3s and info on our website soon as well.”"

link: madtwrecords.com

The second portion of the interview that Pastepunk and Punknews.org conducted with Dan Yemin, discussing the re-emergence of LIFETIME has been posted in full at the ‘org. Read on to hear about the band’s supposed plans for a new album, and all sorts of other scene related concerns.

From the inbox:

“”Ok everybody we have some EXTREMELY awesome news, that we are about to let you all in on. We have offial signed the best thing to come out of Canada since Mark Messier. The band goes by the name of DAGGERMOUTH!! We will be re-releasing their debut full length entitled Stallone that will be out sometime this April, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Then the band will be writing for their second full length that has yet to be titled. The band will be touring all spring / summer, and at the end of August they will be making a pit stop in NYC to record at the world renown Atomic Studio with Dean Baltulonis.”"

music: myspace.com/daggermouth

Ahh yes… another release that needs only a few sentences to describe it in a sufficiently detailed manner. Austrailia’s SHOTPOINTBLANK have definitely been influenced by the HATEBREED/TERROR/THROWDOWN school of metallic hardcore, with fierce rhythms, ample blasts of speed, dance parts, gang vocals, and an overall well of aggression that remains full throughout the duration of [...]

1. LAWRENCE ARMS – “”Requiem Revisited”": Alrighty, so this one isn’t ‘legally’ available yet, but if you won’t tell, I won’t either – totally killer song though…

2. BAD RELIGION – “”No Control”": I don’t think I even need to explain why this one is golden, but just in case – it’s most ‘grounded in reality’ song ever written.

3. THE DISTANCE – “”Filler”": Yes… it is a cover by ‘that’ band, but arguably, it rivals, if not bests the original, and has quickly become an instant pick-me-up. I can’t wait to hear THE DISTANCE’s debut full-length, due out on Abacus later this year.

4. DAG NASTY – “”I’ve Heard”": Alrighty, another classic, but this one’s an original, and it’s just as much as a kick to the guy today as it likely was when it was first penned almost 20 years ago. Given how much shit-talking has proliferated on the ‘net compared to the gossiping ways of old, this song’s meaning is 100x more valid.

5. STRUNG OUT – “”Too Close To See”": Back when bands wrote introspective lyrics naturally, rather than as a compliment to their outfits and ‘image management’ STRUNG OUT hit a grand slam with this song. Its title is an every day reminder for me to step back and see the larger picture when all of life’s complicated details start to blur together.

Recent signees to the Hand of Hope label, Florida’s DKLIMB have made available the first song from their upcoming debut full-length Defy Define Definition. The song “”What I Want Vs. What I Need”" can be streamed from the band’s myspace page. The band’s release is due in stores in early April.

- Cool song – not something that one would expect from the Eulogy/Hand of Hope gang. A big rock sound with equal doses of modern pop and emo. Sorta reminds me of TEXAS IS THE REASON’s mammoth guitar presence.

Long-absent San Diego group WILL HAVEN has added a brand new song to its myspace page. The song is titled “Handlebars to Freedom,” will likely appear on the upcoming full-length that the band is currently writing. WILL HAVEN previously released a number of full-lengths on Revelation Records.