Consequence of Sound — New song and covers dropping on iTunes next month. more info

Guardian Music — RR regular sonofwebcore gives us his pick of the answers to last week's question: what are the best songs about philosophers?Readers recommend old hand Pairubu reckons the brainy kids haven't enough friends to form a band. Nevertheless, plenty of son... more info

Consequence of Sound — Off a oi-tastic street punk compilation. more info

Chorus.fm — *Rancid (http://www.absolutepunk.net/rancid)* is streaming "Fuck You" over here (http://piratespressrecords.com/Oi!2/). It appears on the Oi! This Is Street Punk: Volume Two compilation. more info

Chorus.fm — *Hear The Sirens (http://hearthesirens.bandcamp.com)* (RIYL: early Green Day, Rancid, East Bay '90s pop-punk) is streaming its new album, Renegade, on Bandcamp (http://hearthesirens.bandcamp.com). more info

411 Mania — Jimmy Cliff is a reggae legend. Sadly, many of his recent efforts have been kind of lame. However, did a chance meeting with Rancid's Tim Armstrong create a record that revitalized Cliff? 411's Andy Rackauskas pops open a Red Stripe and gives Jimm... more info

Consequence of Sound — Essentials celebrates the band's 20 year existence. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Today is John Lennon's birthday, and so Yoko Ono is giving Lady Gaga an award, in Iceland. John would've been 72. Check out a gallery of the former Beatle's drawings (like the one above) over at the Huffington Post.... more info

Chorus.fm — To celebrate their 20th anniversary, *Rancid (http://www.absolutepunk.net/rancid)* is releasing a 46 record leather box-set containing the band's entire discography. Pre-orders are here (http://piratespressrecords.com/rancid/) and should ship before ... more info

Prefix — It seems like it was only yesterday that Rancid were soundtracking the disillusioned youth of suburban America, but take a ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/rancid-turn-twenty-with-huge-box-set-make-you-feel/70350/ more info