Progressive rockers THRICE have added the song “Broken Lungs” to their MySpace page. The tune is from the “Air” portion of their upcoming release The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV: Air & Water, which will be out on April 15th.

I can’t say I’ve come across many musical acts who make a live recording their first official release, but if there was anyone from “punk rock royalty” to introduce himself this way, CHUCK RAGAN’s the man. Recorded almost on a whim, Los Feliz is a stirring 12 song set that features Ragan charging through three [...]

1. Before I could even digest TRANIST’s debut EP, the band is already back with a full-length titled This Will Not Define Us. I’ve written about these guys before, and their blend of FAIRWEATHER, CRIME IN STEREO, and SAVES THE DAY influences present one healthy cocktail. Check ‘em out if you haven’t already.

2. Maybe the Mexican government should invest in a loudspeaker blasting OPERATION IVY’s “Unity.”

3. Whatever happened to Punk Voter? And why does it seem like no one is paying attention to the fact that ANTI-FLAG have a new album out next week?

4. I recently picked up RANCID’s relatively new B Sides and C Sides collection, and was shocked to find out that the CD didn’t come with any liner notes whatsoever – just a CD in a digipak. WTF? One would figure that with a band like RANCID, where the group is so steeped in modern punk rock history, the group would show some effort in presenting background info on each song, their recording circumstances, and why they were left off albums, relegated to compilations, etc. I expect better from RANCID…

From the inbox:

We are moving Suburban Home and Vinyl Collective back out of our house and into a very cool Office/Warehouse space. We are stoked. We are moving stuff our of our house on Saturday and hope to be back up and running in the new space by Tuesday. Next week, we will be moving the stock from our storage spaces into our new space, but before we do that, we are offering the craziest of crazy sales at Suburban Home. We realized that we just have so much overstock and would rather not move this stuff into our new space. For a short time we will be offering 100 CDs for $30. Yes, there are 100 different CDs which span Pop-punk, Punk, Indie Rock, Alt-Country, Hardcore, and Metal. You might not love every single CD, but I promise you will be stoked on enough of them to make the $30 well worth it. I have 100 sets of 100 CDs for sale. If we can get rid of 10,000 CDs, that will make our move that much easier when it comes time to empty our storage spaces. Help us help your CD collection! Act fast as this won’t last long!

link: 100 CDs for $30 Sale

From the inbox:

“Host Ronen Kauffman talks to SICK OF IT ALL vocalist LOU KOLLER about going the distance, the Holocaust, violent imagery in aggressive music and more. Then Ronen talks to GOD FORBID guitarist DALLAS COYLE about being a working band, Barack Obama and much more.”

link: issueoriented.com

It has been about three years now since I first encountered the New York City-based group KERVIN. The band put together a great promotional run – on their own dime – that saw their debut disc, I Think I See Evil, reviewed, covered, and featured just about anywhere one looked. At the time, the band [...]

In celebration of their newest album “Hello Destiny,” due out April 22nd, GOLDFINGER will be hitting the road on the west coast. Check ‘em out:

4/25 – Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theatre

4/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Boardwalk

4/28 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne

4/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore

5/01 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon

5/02 – Spokane, WA @ Big Easy

From the “Alex Needs New Pants Department”:

TORCHE US TOUR w/ THE SWORD!

Fri/May-09 Ft Worth TX – Lola’s

Sat/May-10 Memphis TN – Hi Tone

Sun/May-11 Nashville TN – Exit / In

Mon/May-12 Covington KY – The Mad Hatter

Tue/May-13 Detroit MI – The Magic Stick

Wed/May-14 Columbus OH – Ravari Room

Thu/May-15 Washington DC – Rock and Roll Hotel

Fri/May-16 Philadelphia PA – First Unitarian Church

Sat/May-17 Brooklyn NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

Sun/May-18 Cambridge MA – Middle East Downstairs

Tue/May-20 Raleigh NC – Lincoln Theater

Wed/May-21 Savannah GA – The Jinx

Thu/May-22 Tallahassee FL – The Beta Bar

Fri/May-23 St. Petersburg FL – State Theatre

Sat/May-24 Orlando FL – The Social

Sun/May-25 Gainesville FL – Common Grounds

Mon/May-26 Atlanta GA – Lenny’s

Tue/May-27 Birmingham AL – Bottle Tree

Wed/May-28 Baton Rouge LA – Spanish Moon

Thu/May-29 Houston TX – Rudyard’s

- Hydra Head has released a lot of great music over the years, and I think TORCHE’s upcoming full-length, “Meanderthal” is probably the label’s best release since CAVE IN’s Jupiter. Yes… IT IS that good.

- Sweet merciful crap, I am weeping with tears of elation… – Alex