The Descendents will be releasing their first new album in over a decade, and their first release on Epitaph Records since 1996, on Friday. The album is called Hypercaffium Spazzinate and it’s available to pre-order right now. The album began taking shape after the band ended an extended hiatus to play live in 2010. Though still tight, they lived apart: singer Milo Aukerman — whose cartoon rendering famously serves as the band’s logo — was now living in Delaware, bassist Karl Alvarez and founder and drummer Bill Stevenson were in Colorado, and guitarist Stephen Egerton had settled in Oklahoma. So the album came to life over three years as the band sent tracks back and forth, occasionally meeting up in Karl and Bill’s adopted hometown of Fort Collins. Adopting such a protracted process meant not having to rush things, allowing for some of their sharpest songwriting yet.

Dates for their North American tour kick off September 15th in Minneapolis at First Avenue and wrap up November 12th in Portland at Roseland Theater. The full tour routing can be found below.

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My thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring Chorus this week. They are currently offering a free 30-day trial that comes with two free audio books, and if you’ve got any kind of commute, I can’t recommend finding some time to listen to audibooks enough. One of the things I love about Audible is how easy they make the return process — if you order something to check out, start it and don’t like it, they’re really great about letting you return the book without any hassle.

I’ve been currently reading Armada, so if you’re looking for something new to check out, that’s definitely worth giving a look.

Audible.com are offering a free 30-day trial with two free audio books. As the internet’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, Audible.com provides digital versions of top titles by your favorite authors for download to your computer, iPhone, Android device, Kindle, iPad and almost every brand of MP3 player. Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from across nearly every genre — from best sellers to niche favorites. Books like So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and Amy Poehler’s Yes Please are all available. Listen anytime, anywhere.

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My thanks to Amazon Prime for sponsoring Chorus this week. Amazon Prime is a service I’ve been a member of for quite a few years now and give it my full recommendation. Currently the service is offering a 50% discount for all students, and if you buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, the two-day delivery is a game changer. Why go to the store when you don’t have to? Down with stores, yay for clicking buttons.

Also, Amazon Prime Day is July 12th and there will be all kinds of deals going on throughout the day. So, if you’ve been thinking about giving it a shot — now’s a great time.

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Amazon Prime is offering a 50% discount for all students. With an Amazon Prime account you get free 2-day shipping, access to Amazon Prime’s movie and TV show library, and access to Amazon Prime Music. Amazon Prime Music is full of music and playlists for any mood. They currently have a “Songs of Summer” playlist that was put together by Amazon to be the best playlist for summer and a Blink-182 playlist that if you listen to you can be entered into a contest to meet the band in Seattle.

Also, Amazon Prime Day is July 12th and there will be all kinds of deals going on throughout the day. So, if you’re a student and you buy a lot of stuff on Amazon, this is almost a no-brainer!

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My thanks to Blink-182 for sponsoring Chorus this week. They released their new album, California, yesterday and I’ve gotta say: I’m impressed. I’ve been toying around with a write-up about the album that I may post in the foreseeable future, but the fact is that I think this is the best Blink’s sounded in years. Great, fun, summer pop-punk music.

You can find the album now on all streaming platforms, iTunes, and in stores. The album is making a run for the #1 spot next week so if you’re into it — definitely give it a spin (or ten). Thanks again to Blink for sponsoring the website this week. Hilarious to think that I once built a Blink-182 fan-page, and here we are, 20-something years later, and they’re sponsoring the site. It’s awesome.

Blink-182’s new album, California, is out this Friday. The album features the hit single “Bored to Death” and pre-orders for the album are up at their website, Amazon, iTunes, and at SRC Vinyl. Summer is here and nothing is better than turning up the volume on your favorite pop-punk band and singing along.

Blink-182 are also hitting the road with A Day to Remember, All Time Low, and The All-American Rejects. Tickets are on sale now and dates can be found on Facebook or their website.

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My thanks to Audible.com for sponsoring Chorus this week. They are currently offering a free 30-day trial that comes with two free audio books, and if you’ve got any kind of commute, I can’t recommend finding some time to listen to audibooks enough. One of the things I love about Audible is how easy they make the return process — if you order something to check out, start it and don’t like it, they’re really great about letting you return the book without any hassle.

I’ve been currently reading Ready Player One, so if you’re looking for something new to check out, that’s definitely worth giving a look.

Audible.com are offering a free 30-day trial with two free audio books. As the internet’s leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, Audible.com provides digital versions of top titles by your favorite authors for download to your computer, iPhone, Android device, Kindle, iPad and almost every brand of MP3 player. Audible has over 180,000 titles to choose from across nearly every genre — from best sellers to niche favorites. Books like Ready Player One, Morrissey’s autobiography, and Amy Poehler’s Yes Please are all available. Listen anytime, anywhere.

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My thanks to Letlive. and Epitaph Records for sponsoring Chorus this week. The band released their new album, If I’m The Devil…, today and you should definitely go give that a listen on Spotify or Apple Music or pick it up. The band will also embark on a headline tour of the U.S. in June to support the album’s release. All of the band’s tour dates are listed below.

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Los Angeles soul punk band Letlive. will release their new album If I’m The Devil… this Friday, June 10th, and pre-orders are available right now. Since their inception in 2002, Letlive. have been a band that is not easy to categorize. In fact, they refuse to be constrained by the ideas of a “scene” — whether it is punk, metal, indie, or rap. However, if we’re going to put If I’m the Devil… into a genre, one could posit revolutionary counterculture music. A punk rock Run the Jewels, a more emotional Rage Against the Machine, or Public Enemy meshed with inclusive politics.

The band will embark on a headline tour of the U.S. in June to support the album’s release. All of the band’s tour dates are listed below.

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Less Than Jake recently released their live album, Live From Astoria, on CD and digital download via their webstore. The 21-song album comes from a recording in 2001 at the famed London, England venue and perfectly captures the band’s fantastic live show. Grab the album and get prepared to see the band on this year’s entire Warped Tour and their UK tour in October.

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My thanks to Riot Fest for sponsoring Chorus this week. I’m pretty blown away by how many great bands are on the bill this year, this has to be one of the few festivals I’d have a hard time seeing every band I wanted to. Tickets are on sale now for both Denver and Chicago and if you use these respective links the festival will know you came from here which helps us out a little. You’ll find more about the lineup that’s been released so far below, and there are more announcements coming in the near future.

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Riot Fest has put together one of the most impressive festival lineups of the year and tickets are on sale and going fast. The first wave of bands have been announced for Riot Fest & Rodeo in Denver and Riot Fest & Carnival in Chicago. There are performances from The Original Misfits (featuring Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein), Ween, Death Cab for Cutie, Deftones, Underoath, Brand New, Motion City Soundtrack, and many more. Chicago even has Thursday playing and Jimmy Eat World’s first show of 2016. There will be more lineup announcements forthcoming so make sure you get your tickets now.

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