Anti-Flag
Today www.anti-flag.com was given a new face. The new site includes some new sections such as downloads and gossip and some brand new articles. To celebrate the new website Anti-Flag have released a new song recorded in Germany just 3 weeks ago with their friends the Donots. The MP3 can only be downloaded from the website anti-flag.com Check it out.

Less Than Jake
The highly anticipated new Less Than Jake CD "Anthem" comes out on May 20th. You'll be able to check out an mp3 with clips from each song on Anthem on the Less Than Jake website and at www.mp3.com/lessthanjakefbr soon. LTJ are gearing up for their huge tour with New Found Glory and Good Charlotte. A limited edition split CD between Less Than Jake and Fall Out Boy will be passed out on this tour. 2000 of them will be given away at each show so make sure you get one. Two FOB songs and one LTJ song will be on it.

Curl Up And Die Finishes Recording EP's
Nevada's Curl Up And Die has returned home following the recording of two EP’s with Kurt Ballou in Boston. The first of the two releases will hit stores in April 11th via Status Recordings, and the second in June on Revelation Records. The recorded series will be entitled "We Can Be Through with The Past…But The Past Isn't Through With Us." Curl Up And Die "We Can Be Through With The Past…" CDep will be available as a pre-order from Status Recordings (www.statusinc.com) in a week. The 6 song CDep is $6.00 postage paid. These are all new songs and they are only available on this release. All pre orders ship out in early April. In touring news, the group will start Spring West Coast tour with Since By Man. Dates can be found here.

Watch It Burn Has A New Guitar Player
From the Rise Records website: "Watch it Burn has a new guitar player. Chad Dolezal is officially in the band. He relocated from Austin, TX were he played in The Victory Drive. Dave, the former guitar player, and WIB mutually agreed to end the relationship."

Statistics Signs To Jade Tree Records
Jade Tree welcomes the wonderful Statistics to the label family. Omaha, Nebraska’s all-star Statistics is the new band from Desaparecidos founder, main songwriter and guitarist Denver Dalley. Jade Tree will be release the Statistics self-titled debut, Statistics CD EP on June 17 (available for pre-order April 1).

Turbonegro
By now, you have heard that the mighty Turbonegro is hitting the road with none other than Queens Of The Stoned Age! They will be doing a ton of dates with QOTSA, but they will also be doing a series of one-off headlining dates on their own. Tickets for the QOTSA shows are going fast, so if you miss out on those, you can hopefully catch one of these. All dates can be found here.

Sense Fail Release
Senses Fail's debut ep "From The Depths Of Dreams" will be in stores april 15,2003. Make sure to check drivethrurecords.com for the pre-sale offer.

Turbonegro Album Cover
The new Turbonegro album "Scandinavian Leather" is due out on May 6th and world-renowned artist, Klaus Voorman has created the album cover. Voormann created the Grammy award winning album art for the Beatles 1965 album "Revolver". Check out the cover here.

The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines are headed into the studio this weekend to start work on their upcoming album on SideOneDummy. They will be recording at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, CO. with Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents, ALL). You can hear a sample of their new shit hear on sideonedummy.com site soon. It sounds like a mix between Destruction By Definition and Battle Hymns with a mix of some fucking crazy shit that is blowing our minds.

Support The Useless I.D Documentary
Punk filmmaker Liz Nord is working on a D.I.Y. documentary of Israel's internationally touring punk band, Useless I.D. You may have seen Useless I.D. on tour in the U.S. or on last year's Warped Tour, or heard their records on Kung Fu. In Israel, it's still PUNK to be a punk band, and Useless I.D.'s story needs to be told now, as the Middle East situation heats up and the region becomes more and more conservative.

Hopeless/Sub City Records & Equal Vision
Two of indie rock's most respected record labels, Southern California's Hopeless/Sub City Records and New York's Equal Vision Records, are teaming up for a joint showcase at this year's SXSW Music + Media Conference. The showcase will take place on Saturday March 15th at Emo's Jr. at 7pm and will feature 3 bands from each label's roster. Representing EVR will be The Rocking Horse Winner, This Day Forward and Armor for Sleep. Performing for Hopeless/Sub City will be Stairwell, Avenged Sevenfold and Against All Authority. The Hopeless/Sub City/Equal Vision Records Showcase will start on Saturday March 15th at Emo's Jr. (Address: 603 Red River) Austin, TX.

Voice Of A Generation
Voice Of A Generation got a brand new website, it looks really cool. Check it out here. Also, the band will release two split 7" singles during spring 2003. The first one with The Creetins on Diapazam/Vitaminenpillen, and the second one with Berlins kings of punk Frontkick. This one will be released by the Spanish label Bronco Bullfrog.

Weakerthans
According to punknews.org: "The Weakerthans have inked a deal with Epitaph Records. The Winnipeg Sun says 'the band has been recording in Toronto, and are hoping for a summer release for their forthcoming disc.'" No official word has been posted on epitaph.com but a call was made by Tonni at Epitaph to confirm the signing with the punknews.org staff and to correct the rumors about them signing to Anti- a subdivision of Epitaph.

AFI "Sing The Sorrow" Special Package
AFI has put together a special package for the Sing The Sorrow release. Now we have more details to announce: The special package will go on sale April 1st We don't know what the price will be at your favorite record store, but we can tell you that it will probably run around $10 more than the cost of a regular CD. It's a limited edition release and once they're sold out, they're gone for good. To recap what we told you last time, the Sing The Sorrow special edition contains: 1. Sing The Sorrow CD, 2. Collectable hardcover book with over 60 pages of lyrics, illustrations, and notes, 3. "Clandestine" DVD featuring 5 audio tracks mixed in 5.1 surround sound, and the short film "Clandestine" by AFI.