As They Rise, Heads Held High, Disarming Arctica

Los Angeles-based As They Rise have posted a track from their recent debut EP as well as a new demo recording. You can find both on their purevolume page.

Cleveland-based melodic hardcore outfit Heads Held High have wrapped up tracking for their second full length, Do or Do Not, There is No Try. The band is aiming for a March 30th, 2007 release for the EP and have posted two unmastered tracks from the album on their myspace page.

Levittown's Disarming Arctica have posted a new track for streaming and download. You can check out "Motives" on their myspace page.

Be My Doppelganger, Widow Jenkins, Let's Try Leaving

Be My Doppelganger have posted two of the three songs from their upcoming Convertible Girls 7inch. The record is due out in april on Bitchin' Riffage Records. You can check out the music on their myspace page.

Indiana's The Widow Jenkins have posted a new demo. The band features former members of Brazil and Underminded and you can check out "Sincerity and the Damned" on their myspace page.

Let's Try Leaving have posted two songs from their new EP, The Warmest Winter. The band describes their sound as "honest Midwestern punk rock" and you can check out the songs on their myspace page.

Bloody Heads, Robert Blake, Chinese Express, Rains

California's Bloody Heads have posted a new track as they continue to work on their next full length. The album is expected around September and you can check out "Good Time" on their myspace page.

Robert Sarazin Blake has posted a new track from his new full length, The Beautiful and the Afternoon. This is Robert's first new full length in three years and features a full backing band for the first time. You can check out the song via his label's myspace page.

Recent Measure for Measure Records signing The Chinese Express have posted a new track from their EP After The Matinee: From the Silver Screen to the Sky. You can check out some music on their myspace page.

Another recent Measure for Measure Records signing Rains have posted music from their last full length, Stories. They will soon be issuing their debut the label, titled Reinventing Storytelling. You can find music right here. You can check out

Lugosi, the Pax Cecilia, Us Against The Archers, Some Kind Of Sleeping Giant

San Francisco's Lugosi have posted a new song. You can check out "Bullets and Poison" on their MySpace page.

The Pax Cecilia, from DuBois, PA, have posted 2 new tracks off their upcoming album. As with their previous one, the cd will be completely free and you can get one by emailing the band. You can hear the tracks at their MySpace page.

Us Against The Archers, featuring former members of The Skeptics, have posted a new song called "Glass House Party." They are currently working on an EP and have already filmed a video for "Glass House Party" so be on the lookout for that coming soon. Check it all out at their MySpace page.

Southeastern-Ohio based Project Active Media act Some Kind Of Sleeping Giant will be releasing a 5 song EP titled Hands on Feb 2nd, 2007. The EP will contain 5 songs from their upcoming full length How You Can Tell You Are Really Alive. Four songs are available for download at PAM's brand new website, as well as streaming on the band's MySpace page.

Cash In, Front Page, Kings to You

New Jersey-based melodic hardcore act Cash In have posted a new track from an upcoming split. The split is the first new release since the band's Eric Rachel produced debut, Revolution Summer. You can check it out on their myspace page.

Front Page, also of New Jersey, have posted a new track from their upcoming split with an unnamed group. The album follows their 2006 EP, This Is Our Year.. You can check out the song on their myspace page.

Kings to You have posted up two brand new tracks from their upcoming album, the Antidote. You can check them out on their myspace page.

Bradley McMillan, Arsenal, Transit

Former 52% Blind member Bradley McMillan is set to enter the Glengarry Music Mill Studio in late Feb early March to begin work on his yet to be named debut solo release. He has also posted a demo of the song "Lullaby" for download at his PureVolume page.

Hailing from the North Shore of Boston, melodic pop punk band Transit, have finished their first demo. The band cites Jawbreaker, Hot Water Music, Brand New, and Grade as their influences. You can check out two songs from the demo on their myspace page.

Trebaden, Illinois' Arsenal have posted two tracks from their new EP, Lost at Sea. The band promises 90s musics for 2007 and you can check out the songs on their myspace page.

Mistake Us For Friends, In Love and War, Virus… Attack!

Mistake Us For Friends have uploaded four tracks from their new full length, Kill The Composer. You can check those out on the band's myspace page..

In Love and War, the band formerly known as Stalin's War, have posted some new material from their upcoming as-yet untilted full length. The track, 'Death on the Silver Screen' is now available for streaming on their Battle of the Bands page.

Indiana's Virus… Attack has posted some new material from their brand new EP, Another Layer of Federal Bureaucracy. You can check out the songs on their myspacep page

The Black Beauties, Doldrums, Sonic Boom Six

"Snotty" Chicago rock'n'roll/punk band The Black Beauties have posted two tracks from their new album, Catch A Beat. The band draws comparisons to Stiv Bators, GG Allin and Cheap Trick. You can check out (and download) the songs on their official website.

Orono, Maine-based hardcore act The Doldrums have posted two new tracks from their new Isolation demo. You can check the tracks out on their myspace page.

Deck Cheese Records act Sonic Boom Six have recorded a cover Chumabwamba's "Marching Round in Circles. You can find the song on their myspace page. The tune will be one of the B-Sides on the forthcoming SB6 single, a brand new mix of 'All-In' that drops on February 19th on Deck Cheese records.

Steakknife, Honeycreeper, Somme, Pigfish

Germany' s Steakknife have posted all of their previously released albums for free download. The group is also working on new material for a March release. The music can be found at the band's Last.FM page, just click on the respective cover of the album to download the individual tracks.

Honeycreeper has released its first video for "The Man", a song off the band's debut album Freakqualizer. The video, shot in numerous locations throughout New York City, can be viewed on Honeycreeper's MySpace profile, on YouTube, and a high-quality version can be seen on the band's website.

Chicago two-piece band, Somme, has posted two tracks from their debut EP, Weight, which was recorded in one day at Steve Albini's legendary Electrical Audio Studios. Weight is the first of a two-part series of sister recordings, the second of which is planned for release later this year. The band has been described as "a spectacularly ambitious sonic marvel," with "key influences Spacemen 3, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Slow Riot-era Godspeed You Black Emperor." You can find the tracks at the group's MySpace page.

UK's Pigfish have returned after a two year hiatus with a new lineup, demos and a promised new album. The band blends elements of 2nd wave ska with hints of rockabilly, and a striking similarity to fellow Brits Snuff. You can check out some tracks at MySpace page.

Look, A Big Purple Rectangle!, L.E.A.R.N., Smash 22

Look, A Big Purple Rectangle! has recently posted 2 new songs from their upcoming album, Unicorn Apocalypse expected to be released by Spring 2007. You can listen to the 2 new songs - "Unicorn Apocalypse Part 1 of 99" and "Unicorn Apocalypse Part 2 Of 99" - their MySpace page.

Palermo based thrash band L.E.A.R.N. have posted three tracks on their MySpace. "Closest Friends"" is off their previous 7" release First Lesson. As previously reported the tracks will be on a split with Common Enemy expected to be released in Spring.

UK-based Smash 22 have posted two songs from their new EP, When Dreams Become Nightmares. You can find those on their MySpace page