Kill Your Stereo

Such Gold guitarist Nate Derby has launched a new music blog Long Days Long Nights, which will feature tour stories, interviews, opinions, advice and more from Derby and other touring bands, independant touring musicians, and companies in the underground, DIY punk and hardcore communities across the world.

Melbourne Pop Punk newcomers Strickland have posted a brand new song "Today" to the bands official facebook page.

Taking Back Sunday have posted a new acoustic session for their song "Great Romances Of The 20th Century". In the video members Adam and John perform an acoustic rendition of classic song "Great Romances Of The 20th Century" taken from highly acclaimed album "Tell All Your Friends". The acoustic version however is featured on a digital iTunes release which is now available.

Against Me! have posted the title track to their forthcoming album "Total Clarity". 'Total Clarity' is the bands sixth full length album and is a collection of previously unreleased demos some of which turned into final songs on their 2005 record 'Searching For A Former Clarity'.

Living With Lions brand new album titled "Holy Shit" was released earlier this week and within a week of the album being in stores, the bands artwork made purposely to knock Christianity has caused a stir in the media already.A LA Weekly blogger with a limited understanding of Canadian cultural grants has drawn attention to some controversial artwork in the new album from Living with Lions. The album, Holy Shit, was released earlier this week and was indirectly supported through funding from the Canadian government through a program called FACTOR. The controversy stems from the inclusion of an image of Jesus Christ as "a turd in a toga."

There really is no need for introductions, hailing from Kingston, Pennsylvania, is the promising four piece that is Title Fight. Throughout their entire career up until today, Title Fight have been nothing but successful. With a pack of records under their belt and newly acquired label Side One Dummy, Title Fight are back yet again with the eagerly awaited debut full-length "Shed". Before they hit Australian shores in September, I caught up with bassist/vocalist Ned to discuss the new album and Australia.

Prominent Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor will talk at Oxford University next month after the musician was announced as a guest speaker by the Oxford Union recently.

Two-fifths of highly regarded Swedish metallers In Flames have opened up their own restaurant in the band's hometown of Gothenburg.

Rob Zombie and WHITESNAKE have recently filed a federal class action against UMG Recordings (Universal Music Group), accusing the label of not paying artists to license their music as digital downloads and ringtones.

Not a bad hardcore record from Betrayal that provides breakdowns, and some punk-inspired two-step goodness.