To celebrate the New Year, Scranton, PA’s The Menzingers are taking time to record the second full length (the follow up to 2009’s critically acclaimed Hold on Dodge [7 inch] and 2007’s A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology). The boys have been kind enough to keep us abridged of the situation with some studio updates, the first of which is by drummer Joe Jodino. In it Joe goes over the excitement of recording, their plans for the next few weeks and perhaps shares a little more than he should with the reading audience.

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A recently discovered species of extinct bird has been named, believe it or not, after long-running alt-country outfit Lucero. The bird, which lived in the late Cretaceous period between 71 and 75 million years ago, has been given the scientific name Hollanda luceria, after the Holland family who provided funds for the research and after the band, who presumably provided nothing more than some positive memories to whoever was in charge of naming the thing.

The species has been described as similar to the modern-day Southern Screamer, and it’s said that it “was most likely a ground-foraging bird like a roadrunner or a chucao, implying that it spent a great deal of its time foraging or hunting on the ground.” Check out the article here.
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Sound Study Recordings has signed Gainesville, FL trio The Future Now. The label will release the band’s upcoming debut full-length, Hazy Orange Sunday, sometime in March on both vinyl and digital formats.

Three songs from the record can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
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Gainesville, FL’s Anchor Arms will be entering the studio at the end of the month with producer Roger Manganelli of Less Than Jake/Rehasher to record their side of an upcoming split 7″ with Vacation Bible School. Said split is expected out in the summer via Fail Safe Records.

The band has kept busy as of late, recently releasing three different splits with The Anchor, Madison Bloodbath and Why I Hate, all of which followed up their 2008 full-length Cold Blooded.
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In a surreal bit of news, Jonathan and Nick Diener of The Swellers appeared on Flint, MI-based ABC affiliate WJRT. The guys briefly spoke about their recent success and performed an acoustic snippet of “This Is My Everest”, from 2007’s My Everest.

The band will soon hit the road yet again in support of Ups and Downsizing, this time with Motion City Soundtrack, Set Your Goals and This Providence.
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Anti-Flag have posted a new video for “The Economy is Suffering,” a song from their 2009 full-length The People or the Gun.

Beginning tomorrow, the long-running band will hit the road with Aiden, Cancer Bats and others.
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Today, we’ve got some exclusive new footage from Motion City Soundtrack. In the video, the band talks about track six, “History Lesson,” from their upcoming major label debut, My Dinosaur Life. The album is slated for a January 19, 2010 release, and it’ll follow up 2007’s Even If It Kills Me. Later this month, the band will hit the road for a tour supported by Set Your Goals, This Providence and The Swellers.

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