Chorus.fm — *Rancid* (http://absolutepunk.net/rancid) have almost finished (https://twitter.com/801PUNX/status/299959220189683712) recording their new album. more info

Chorus.fm — *Jamie T* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/jamiet) has broken his silence by featuring on a new recording of the *Rancid* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/rancid) track "Wrongful Suspicison" by Tim Armstrong's group *Tim Timebomb and Friends* (http://timtime... more info

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