Influential hardcore/metal act Converge are streaming “Pound For Pound: The Wolverine Blues Sessions”, a digital EP featuring their rendition of “Wolverine Blues” originally written and performed by Entombed.  The song is presented as five different tracks with different vocalists, all of which you can stream right here.

The band writes:

“Each vocalist recorded a full version of the song which we used to compile into the final version included on the Converge and Napalm Death Split 7″EP. This Digital EP is the complete mixes of each guest vocalist who contributed to the final track, presented as five unique versions of the song.  If you like what you here, please support all of the artists by purchasing our music and apparel.”

1. Wolverine Blues w/ Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man Gloom, etc)
2. Wolverine Blues w/ Jacob Bannon (Converge, Wear Your Wounds)
3. Wolverine Blues w/ Kevin Baker (APMD, The Hope Conspiracy, etc)
4. Wolverine Blues w/ Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom, etc)
5. Wolverine Blues w / Tompa (Disfear, At The Gates, etc) and Kurt (Converge, etc)

This evening’s Tim Timebomb and Friends song du jour is a reworked version of the track “Old Friend,” which originally appeared on Rancid’s breakthrough album , “…And Out Come the Wolves.” Here’s what Tim has to say about the track:

Rancid originally recorded this song for Rancid’s Out Come The Wolves album at Jimi Hendrix’ Electric Lady Studio.. on 8th Street in Greenwich Village. Brett Gurewitz was responsible for recording the vocals for us during that session. We gave this one the Tim Timebomb And Friends treatment.

You can stream the song right here.

Tim Timebomb is the latest side project from Rancid’s Tim Armstrong who has been releasing a long series of singles on iTunes every week since the beginning of December 2012 through Hellcat Records.

Illinois screamo act The Color Morale have released a video for their song “Strange Comfort” which appears on their latest album “Know Hope”. You can watch the video here.

“Know Hope” was released March 26th via Rise Records.

Florida punks The New Lows have announced a string of tour dates for this summer.

Along with the dates, they have also premiered a music video for their song ‘Pilgrim”.

Check out the tour dates and the video here.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Thurs June 13 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub with SC Accidental, Happy Valley, Professional Russian

Fri June 14 Gainesville, FL Mars Pub with The Future Now, You Vandal, Paper Dolls

Sat June 15 Atlanta, GA House Show with Old Flings, Spray Tan, And That Is Why

Sun June 16 Asheville, NC Apothecary with Old Flings, Means Well

Mon June 17 Charlotte, NC The Milestone with bands TBA

Tues June 18 Durham, NC Broad Street Cafe with Mathwords

Wed June 19 Richmond, VA Church of Abraham with Slingshot Dakota, Springtime, Skull Kid

Thurs June 20 Baltimore, MD Charm City Art Space with Lifetime Shitlist, Liotta, Mays Landing, and Oh, Ontario!

Fri June 21 Philadelphia, PA Teri’s with Ex Friends

Sat June 22 New York, NY TBA

Sun June 23 Brooklyn, NY Lulu’s with Exploded View, more TBA

Tuesday June 25 Pittsburgh, PA 222 Ormsby with City Mouse, Lipstick Homicide, more TBA

Wed June 26 Ypsilanti, MI Woodruff’s with The Home Fire, Hadley Street, The Fever Tongues

Thurs June 27 Detroit, MI The Rockery with SharkFist!!!, Bike Tuff, Fires in Japan

Fri June 28 Grand Rapids, MI Mulligan’s Pub

Sat June 29 Chicago, IL Underground Lounge with Dog & Wolf, Typesetter, Dead End Days

Sun June 30 Madison, WI The Wisco with Dakotas, Dead Apples

Mon July 1 Minneapolis, MN Memory Lanes with The Slow Death, Dead Skull

Tues July 2 Milwaukee, WI Ground Zero with Total Trash, Spearhead, UH/OH

Wed July 3 Bloomington, IN Rachael’s Café with Prevrat, more TBA

Thurs July 4 Nashville, TN The Owl Farm with Commonwealth of Native Americans, Warmachine (TN), Pig Party, Trophy Scars

Fri July 5 Birmingham, AL THE FORGE with Kaleidoscope, Outside, Ca$h Langdon

Sat July 6 New Orleans, LA Circle Bar with Lovie Dovies, Black Belt Band

Asian Man Records head honcho Mike Park’s new hardcore project Maguma Taishi have released their debut 7-inch.

The band also features Patrick Costello from Dillinger Four and Matthew Kazama and Hideo Takahashi from Birthday Suits.

The band plays “lo-fi punk rock influenced by the Japanese hardcore scene.”, and you can listen to their track ”Yopparai” here.

LA group letlive. will be releasing their new album “The Blackest Beautiful” on July 9th.

The album will be their second on Epitaph Records, and their first since 2011′s “Fake History”.

Arizona’s The Maine have released a new documentary called “Behind Forever Halloween”.

The documentary details the recording of the bands fourth album “Forever Halloween” which is due out June 4th.

You can check it out here.

New England punk band Plow United recently performed two songs for the Switchboard Sessions. They performed versions of “Next Five Minutes” and “Last Call”, which you can listen to here.

Plow United last released “Marching Band”, their first album in 15 years, this past April.

Hardcore band Shai Hulud have recently announced a lengthy run of tour dates for this summer.

During this tour the band will be sharing the stage with Earth Crisis, Early Graves, the Overseer and more.

You can see when the band will be hitting up your neck of the woods here.

6/14/2013 The Loft – Poughkeepsie, NY

6/15/2013 Amnesia Rockfest – Montebello, QC

7/11/2013 Bogie’s – Albany, NY

w/ Earth Crisis, Thy Will Be Done, White Widows:

7/12/2013 Ukie Club – Philadelphia, PA

7/13/2013 Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY

7/14/2013 Santo’s Party House – New York, NY

7/20/2013 Fubar – St. Louis, MO

w/ The Overseer:

7/21/2013 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO

7/22/2013 Chapter House – Fort Defiance, AZ

7/23/2013 Underground – Mesa, AZ

w/ Early Graves:

7/24/2013 Chain Reaction – Anaheim, CA

7/25/2013 Revolucion – Tijuana, MX

7/26/2013 Rock City – Camarillo, CA

7/27/2013 Old Ironsides – Sacramento, CA

7/28/2013 Metro Side Room – Oakland, CA

7/31/2013 Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO *Shai Hulud ONLY

8/01/2013 Vaudeveille Mews – Des Moines, IA *Shai Hulud ONLY

NONA, featuring Pat Ware from Spraynard, are currently streaming their new full-length album via their bandcamp page.

The album, titled ”Through The Head” is due out this June, but you can take a listen to it here.

Yonkers, NY based One Fell Swoop have set the release date for their new EP titled “The House Leaks”.

The EP is due out June 13th via Shoreline Records.

The band last released the single “Dead End Apathy” back in April, which you can listen to here.

Vancouver ska band, The Brass Action, have set the release date and revealed the track list for their debut full length album called “Making Waves”.

The album is set to be dropped on June 25th.

You can check out the track list here.

1.The Devil Down Below

2. Jack Kerouac

3. Kiss My Brass

4. Mona

5. The Handyman

6. Smooth Noir

7. Pick Me Up

8. Chicken House

9. 11:34 (Hell O’Clock)

10. Who Needs Them?

11. Box Wine

12. Companion

Silverstein have announced they will be hitting the road for a tour of Europe and the United Kingdom this fall.

You can check out a full list of dates and locations on the tour here.

Silverstein last released “This Is How The Wind Shifts” in February via Hopeless Records.

Tour Dates/Locations:
Nov 28 – Underworld – London, United Kingdom
Nov 29 – Bibelot – Dordrecht, Netherlands
Nov 30 – Skater’s Palace – Munster, Germany
Dec 02 – Fryshuset – Södra Hammarbyhamnen, Sweden
Dec 03 – Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
Dec 04 – Knust – Hamburg, Germany
Dec 06 – Scheune – Dresden, Germany
Dec 07 – Hirsch – Nurnberg, Germany
Dec 08 – PPC – Graz, Austria
Dec 09 – Sommercasino – Basel, Switzerland
Dec 11 – Universum – Stuttgart, Germany
Dec 12 – SCHLACHTHOF – Wiesbaden, Germany
Dec 13 – Essigbfabrik – Cologne, Germany
Dec 14 – Matrix – Bochum, Germany
Dec 15 – Trix – Antwerpen, Belgium

The Reaganomics are streaming “When I Say Fuck You” and “Your Band Sucks” from their upcoming split with Carousel Kings, which is being released on May 22nd via Red Scare Industries.

Click here to check it out.

The band last released “Lower The Bar” in 2011.

Oklahoma City punks Violent Affair have revealed the cover art (pictured above) and tracklisting for their upcoming album “The Cockroach Theory,” which is set to be released on September 10th via Jailhouse Records.

You can check out the album’s tracklisting here and download a new song called “Do Or Die” for free here.

Before the release of “The Cockroach Theory,” the band will be putting out an EP entitled “The Pressure Is Rising” on June 11th.

Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. No Future
3. Dying To Live
4. Obstruction Of Justice/1907 (album version)
5. Destroy Society
6. Internal War
7. The Cockroach Theory
8. Do Or Die
9. Damage
10. Dead End Nights
11. Tried And True
12. Stronger Than Before