Culture Bully — Only Social Distortion's seventh studio album since the group's 1983 debut, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes showcases a band of veterans slowly creepy away from their safe zone while still holding on to the sound that fans have come to love them for. more info

411 Mania — The legendary punk act returns with their first album in seven years. Was it worth the wait? more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Social Distortion’s new album, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” officially surfaces Tuesday, and longtime followers of the veteran O.C. punk rock band probably have noticed the group’s profile surfacing in ways they might never had expected. ... more info

Metalsucks — Congrats to reader Michael Curbo, who correctly identified last week’s logo as belonging to the band Putrid Carnage, or, as I know it, Thanksgiving at the Rosenberg House. Michael wins a bunch of shit that I have lying around. Thanks for helping me... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — “Life gets hard and then it gets good, like I always knew it would,” Mike Ness declares on Social Distortion’s new album. Old-school fans of this long-running Orange County punk band might have trouble accepting the latter half of that... more info

USA Today Music — This week's Listen Up follows The Script with new releases from Social Distortion, Gregg Allman, The Decemberists and James Blunt. more info

Totally Fuzzy — jeffen said... ** V.A. SOVIET PUNK ANTHOLOGY 1981-1990 ** Holy hell! Who knew there was so much punk rock in Russia in defiance of state censorship, harassment and violence. Come check out this 36 song collection of the gnarliest Soviet-era punk plus... more info

The Music Fix — Prior to next Monday's release. more info

Altsounds — Rock 'n' roll icons Social Distortion have officially announced the release of their long awaited, highly anticipated new studio album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, which is set for January 17. A follow-up to their acclaimed album Sex, Love and Ro... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Social Distortion's new album, 'Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,' makes clear frontman Mike Ness' creative evolution as a punk rocker trying to do right by his family.During his three decades at the helm of Social Distortion, singer, guitarist and song... more info