Punknews.org & No Idea Records Presents The Fest 6: A Free Compilation

With this year's The Fest 6 starting this Friday in Gainesville, FL, we're bringing you a special treat for your listening pleasure. Teaming up with the event's host, No Idea Records, we've compiled a special compilation for you to download, free of charge. The album features some of the bands performing at this year's event, with many of the tracks being new or unreleased. Included are bands such as Radon, Dead to Me, Banner Pilot, Small Brown Bike, The Gaslight Anthem, The Falcon, Sundowner, Fake Problems, No Trigger, The Swellers, Shook Ones, The Menzingers and more. Unreleased cuts have been provided by O Pioneers!!!, The Riot Before, Landmines and Nakatomi Plaza.

Additionally, Mitch Clem, the internet cartoonist responsible for the cult favorite Nothing Nice To Say, has graciously provided us with some artwork for the compilation. Mitch recently finished the edits on his upcoming book containing the Nothing Nice To Say strip collection, more information will be available soon.

We'll have a full download of the album along with high quality artwork available for you tomorrow afternoon, but in the meantime, you can stream the entire thing here.

Intro5pect: “Realpolitik”

We've got a full stream of the brand new EP from Intro5pect due out on Blacknoise Records. The record is titled Realpolitik and is due out today, October 16, 2007. It is the follow–up to Intro5pect which was released in 2003 on A–F Records.

The album features Stza of Leftover Crack and the bands will be touring together this month.

You can check out the entire thing on their Punknews.org Profile.

Bomb The Music Industry / O Pioneers!!!: “Split”

Today we've got a lovely new split CD from Bomb the Music Industry! and O Pioneers!!!. The disc includes 4 songs from each band and you can and should check out the entire split on either band's Punknews.org Profile (here or here.)

You'll be able to pick up a copy via Team Science/Asbestos Records around October 29, 2007.

Update: The stream wasn't working from the O Pioneers!!! page, only from Bomb The Music Industry. Let that be a lesson to all of you. Test both, not just one.

The Great Deceiver: “Life is Wasted on the Living”

We've got a second stream for you today, this one from The Great Deceiver. The trio features Tomas Lindberg, formerly of influential metal act At The Gates and takes much of that band's innovation and fuses it with a more defined hardcore base.

The band's new record is titled Life is Wasted On The Living and was released today. It is their first new album after a three year hiatus. You can find two songs from the record on their Punknews.org Profile

American Steel: “Destroy Their Future”

Today, American Steel released their long–awaited Fat Wreck Chords debut, Destroy Their Future. The album is their first under the American Steel name since 2001's Jagged Thoughts and our review described the album as "the band's most complete, well–crafted and overall best album."

You can check out three songs from the record on their Punknews.org Profile.

Teddy Duchamp's Army: 1998-2003

Today we've got a nice selection of songs from the upcoming retrospective from Teddy Duchamp's Army. The Pittsburgh, PA–based band saw members go on to form/join Anti–Flag, Don Caballero and Voice in the Wire and will be receiving the retrospective treatment from newly formed Lock and Key Collective.

You can check out the songs on their Punknews.org Profile.

Killing California: “Goin' South”

Today we've got a full album stream from Orange County, California's Killing California. The record is titled Goin' South and was released on September 18, 2007.

You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.

Tyler Read: 'Only Rock and Roll Can Save Us Now'

Tyler Read's got something a little different for you today. One glance at the title of their album released earlier this year –– Only Rock and Roll Can Save Us Now –– and you'll see what these self–proclaimers are promising. Man, that Proclaimers song was a jam and a half.

Anyway, you can find the whole thing streaming at the band's Punknews.org profile page.

Disnihil: 'Disnihil'

We don't really get to feature much in the way of the Discharge/Tragedy variety of hardcore, so it's nice that we get to bring you something from Brooklyn's dapper young lads, Disnihil.

We have their whole self–titled full–length (6666! omgz! Satan! apocalypse!) streaming at their Punknews.org profile page.

Update: We had some problems with the stream but they're fixed now. Sorry about that, and give it a try now.

Attica! Attica!: 'Dead Skin / Dried Blood'

Okay, some good news, and some better news. The good news: Attica! Attica!, the brainchild of former Marathon frontman Aaron Scott, just released his/their debut, Dead Skin / Dried Blood, on Red Leader Records.

The better news: We're streaming the entire thing on Attica! Attica!'s Punknews.org Profile Page.

Riff Randells: “Doublecross”

Vancouver's Riff Randells will finally return this month with their new full length Doublecross. The 11 song CD arrives via Dirtnap Records with vinyl to follow on Germany's Alien Snatch Records. We're proud to bring you five tracks from the album streaming via the band's Punknews.org profile.

I remember seeing the Randells rock out a basement bar in St. Catharines years ago alongside Chixdiggit!, and that pairing returns to the road together this October. The western Canadian acts will hit Europe this October.