Guardian Music — Ten readers tell us about their most loved music shopsEarlier this week our critics wrote about record shops that shaped their lives – and now our readers do the same, in celebration of Record Store Day on Saturday.Following the previous piece, man... more info

Chorus.fm — In a recent ad for the Punk & Disorderly tour, Al Barr of *The Dropkick Murphys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedropkickmurphys) used a homophobic slur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlinCzsNDLI&feature=youtu.be). He has since apologized on facebo... more info

Killed By Death Records — Rick Barton on guitar here who went on to form one of the worst contemporary “punk” bands around: Dropkick Murphys. Well Bright Lights may come close to the crapiness of DM but since Best Friends is such an outstanding poppunk/powerpop … Contin... more info

411 Mania — Coming off the release of their brand new album, Going Out in Style, Dropkick Murphys brought a couple friends and their wild rock show to the wonderful Paramount theater in New York. more info

Chorus.fm — You can stream another new live song from the *Dropkick Murphys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedropkickmurphys)' upcoming live album, here (http://www.punknews.org/article/46499). Don't forget you can still stream a tune, and enter a contest to wi... more info

Topix — Dropkick Murphys will bring their annual St. Patrick's tour to the Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday night, March 10. more info

Chorus.fm — The *Dropkick Murphys* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/dropkickmurphys) are releasing a new double CD next Tuesday called Going Out In Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition, which features: their acclaimed Going Out In Style, plus a full CD of 18 live tracks... more info

Chorus.fm — *Dropkick Murphys* (http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/) and Bridge Nine Records have teamed up to release (http://www.b9store.com/DropkickMurphys) a limited edition live picture disc 7". more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Folk punk singer/songwriter Frank Turner, who would probably not join At The Drive-In, is currently on a North American tour which includes some dates with Social Distortion and others with Dropkick Murphys, who are both working on new albums.... more info

Chorus.fm — The Independent Label Group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Label_Group) is in search for Spring 2012 interns. Candidates must be able to receive college credit and must be located in the NYC/Tri-state area. A few artists off the ILG roste... more info