With their digital single due out next Tuesday, Bad Religion has posted the first track from their upcoming full length. The song, “Honest Goodbye” will appear on the record, titled New Maps of Hell which is due out July 10, 2007.

Co-written by founding members Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin, “Honest Goodbye” is inspired by the life and crimes of Perry Smith, the murderer made famous by Truman Capote’s classic novel “In Cold Blood.” “The song questions how a man with seemingly gentle and artistic sensibilities comes to commit brutally heinous crimes,” explains Gurewitz. “It’s an emotional song to me that delves into the humanity of forgiveness and retribution.”

You can check out “Honest Goodbye” on their myspace page.
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Ambitions has announced that they are currently at work on their debut full-length Stranger with producer Greg Thomas at Silver Bullet Studio. The album is expected to be released sometime in August through Bridge Nine. The band had this to say about Stranger‘s progress:

We’re really excited about how its coming out. Most of the music is done, and Jay is working on his vocals now. Hopefully we’ll be posting a track or two for streaming before the record drops in August.

The band released the Question EP last year through Think Fast! and signed to Bridge Nine in January.
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Circa Survive has announced that every day from now on, they’ll post the lyrics to a new song from their forthcoming Equal Vision release On Letting Go. Today, you can check out the lyrics to the song “Living Together” in the band’s MySpace blog.

On Letting Go, the follow-up to 2005’s Juturna, will hit stores May 29. You can check out the song “The Difference Between Medicine and Poison is in the Dose” from the album on MySpace.
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Our friends at the BBC let us know about the latest episode of the BBC Radio 1 Punk Rock Show. The show airs tonight from 2am to 4am GMT (9pm EST, 6pm PST) tonight and is available for streaming in it’s entirety via this link.

The show tonight will feature a live and acoustic performance from The Aggrolites in anticipation of their upcoming full length. These Arms Are Snakes will be taking over the show and playing DJ for some of the show. Finally, the playlist will include new music from Suicidal Tendencies, Against Me!, acoustic Anti-Flag, Negative Approach, Big D & The Kids Table, Tim Armstrong, Gallows, Society’s Parasites, From Autumn to Ashes, Nekromantix, NoFX, The Hoods, Small Arms Dealer, The Street Dogs and many more…

You can check out the show here.
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The Dear Hunter have launched an e-card for their upcoming debut, Act II: The Meaning Of & All Things Regarding Ms. Leading. The album is scheduled for release May 22 via East/West. The band will kick off a series of record release shows shortly after the release, including a special in-store performance at Best Buy in Worcester, MA on the release date.

You can check out the e-card for the album here.
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Members of defunct quintet the Kinison have resurfaced with a new project and a new sound. The new outfit, dubbed Ballenas, includes Sam Sundos from the Sundelles, Bryan Swarthout from 401 Waterman and Christopher Lewis and Guy (Bub) Knight from The Kinison. You can find three new songs on their Myspace page.

The band broke up in November of 2005, a year after releasing What Are You Listening To? through Travis Barker’s Atlantic imprint, La Salle.
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This Is Hell has posted an update after the completion of their recent tour with Comeback Kid. The band will take a break from touring to record a new song in June that will be featured on a Trustkill sampler this summer, as well as write more new songs. The band also announced that they’ll hit the road with Blacklisted and Killing the Dream beginning in the end of June. Dates for that tour will be posted soon.

The band continues to tour in support of their 2006 release Sundowning.
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