Fort Worth, Texas straight-edge hardcore band TRUTH have a new demo out featuring seven songs including a cover of BOLD’s “Nailed to the X”. The band is heavily influenced by early youth-crew material, not a lick of metal to be found on here…

FACE TO FACE – Laugh Now… Laugh Later (People Like You): When FACE TO FACE departed from the scene several years ago, it didn’t seem like a fitting finish to a band that was a punk rock staple for the 90s and early 2000s. I guess they felt that their itch hadn’t totally been scratched either as an entirely new full-length has the band in fine late-career form. Stylistically on par with 2002′s How To Ruin Everything and their Fat Wreck classic Don’t Turn Away, the eleven song release kicks up melodic punk rock dirt in typical mid-to-fast tempo form. Sing-alongs sprout like weeds and “Bombs Away” is pushed hard by some of the band’s best darker material in ages (ominous whooooooo-oh-ohhhhhhhs included). FACE TO FACE established their timeless reputation many full-lengths ago, an element that survived several stylistic shifts, and Laugh Now is 100% comfort zone material for any fan the band gained along the away.

LIVING WITH LIONS – Holy Shit (Adeline): I’m not sure it was wise for LIVING WITH LIONS to title their album with something that was bound to draw attention away from their own music, but hey, at least people are talking about it  right? The trouble I have with it (and it’s only a crumb of trouble) is that a title like this is something I’d expect from THE QUEERS or a band with a history of being less than serious in their lyrics and image. Admittedly, the extensive artwork supporting the title ‘concept’ is worth more than a few chuckles. Hopefully they won’t come out of the experience as LIVING WITH REGRETS (groan). Anyway, Holy Shit, the band’s second full-length is a milemarker in the group’s evolution of building upon technical, speedy pop-punk and digging in with some swelling, gut-busting post-hardcore. The band toured last fall with MAKE DO AND MEND and I have to wonder how much of that band’s influence rubbed on the ‘LIONS, as it looms large on several songs. This is a huge plus as the vocals have the depth and range to command emotions that deliver a heftier impact outside of quick-footed realms of the band’s earlier material (fret not, there’s some still forbidden-beat goodness). I think I’ll playing this one a whole lot in the coming months.

CAVES are a melodic pop-punk/indie rock band with cited influences such as SUPERCHUNK and LEMURIA. The band will be releasing their debut full-length, Homeward Bound, this July on Specialist Subject (CD) and YoYo Records (vinyl). A couple of songs from the full-length are available for streaming from the group’s Bandcamp page.

Here’s the remaining schedule for Alternative Press’ very awesome high-quality live-streaming of select acts during this weekend’s return of Krazy Fest.

SATURDAY

• 5-5:30 – Make Do And Mend
• 6:15-6:45 – La Dispute
• 7:30-8 – Touche Amore
• 9-9:40 – Title Fight
• 10:40-11:25 – Disembodied

SUNDAY

• 5:15-5:45 – Frontier(s)
• 6:30-7 – Ensign
• 7:45-8:30 – Samiam

From the inbox:

Run For Cover Records is excited to announce the debut full-length from our first international signing, Ipswich, UK’s BASEMENT. I Wish I Could Stay Here will be released on CD, LP and digital formats on July, 5th 2011 and will feature 10 new tracks mixed and mastered by Jesse Cannon (Man Overboard, Lifetime, Saves The Day). A brand new track, pre-order information and tour dates for the UK and else where will be announced in the coming months. Be sure to catch the band performing at Slam Dunk, Hevy and Ghost Festivals this year.

BASEMENT – I Wish I Could Stay Here

• 01. Fading
• 02. Plan To Be Surprised
• 03. Canada Square
• 04. Crickets Throw Their Voices
• 05. Earl Grey
• 06. Ellipses
• 07. Every Single Word
• 08. Yoke
• 09. Grayscale
• 10. March

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For good measure, here’s a stream of their EP Songs About The Weather.

CHANGES are a gruff hardcore punk band from New Jersey featuring Shawn Zappo, formerly of CHARGE, as well as other New Jersey hardcore scene veterans. The group has made available a five song EP titled Demonstration for streaming or free download via their Bandcamp page.

This caught my eye in a No Idea Records newsletter today – new to their distribution this week.

V/A – City Limits: Down and Out in Montreal and Toronto.

23 Toronto and Montreal bands, blazing punk and hardcore of all stripes! CAREER SUICIDE, BRUTAL KNIGHTS, BURNING LOVE, INEPSY, OMEGAS, Bad Choice, Purity Control, Snakepit, Mature Situations, Mad Men, School Jerks, Molested Youth, Urban Blight, Total Trash, Slobs, Foreign Bodies, Castevets, Vile Intent, Naughty Girls, Dead Wife, Brazen Hell, Bogus Cause, Unruled.

• 1. Career Suicide – Delusional
• 2. Bad Choice – Angry Americans
• 3. Purity Control – Sex Life
• 4. Snakepit – Justice
• 5. Mature Situations – Yoga Predator
• 6. Mad Men – ODIA
• 7. School Jerks – N/A
• 8. Brutal Knights – Bad Choice
• 9. Molested Youth – Genetic Jackhammer
• 10. Urban Blight – False Truths
• 11. Total Trash – Violence
• 12. Burning Love – Mess
• 13. Slobs – Outlier
• 14. Foreign Bodies – Downtown Fun
• 15. Inepsy – Fast Way to Die
• 16. Castevets – Good Riddance
• 17. Vile Intent – Jumper
• 18. Naughty Girls – Left in the Dark
• 19. Dead Wife – Choke
• 20. Brazen Hell – Corrosion
• 21. Bogus Cause – Blame Yourself
• 22. Unruled – Iraq Attack
• 23. Omegas – Social Slasher

$8.00 for the LP and it includes a download code.