Jesse Michaels of Operation Ivy / Common Rider fame has recently released three new demos. Titled "Leave Home Young," "Walking in Shadows," and "Underneath the Wheel," the songs feature just Michaells and a guitar. Michaels will also be out on the road to promote the Plea for Peace Foundation venue.

You can listen to the demos on his MySpace page.

Complete Control Radio, the weekly punk rock show hosted by Joe Sib of SideOneDummy, has posted three new interviews online. The first features Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, the second includes Civet who discuss their arrest and experience being "tased" and finally Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett who talks about life in the Foo's as well as his other band, Jackson United.

You can check out the segments here.

Portugal. The Man's recent commentary on vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has spawned a lengthier article with Los Angeles' Metromix where the band further commented on the governor and former Wasilla mayor:

What is it about her that you don’t like? Just everything that she represents. When she came into office, they made this big deal out of her firing all the corrupt people. So who gets the jobs that were just all opened up? It ends up, it’s all people from her church. They get the jobs at the hospital and they get abortion out of the hospital; [they] pretty much enforced their own rules. I’ll always be the first to say: we’re not a political band. We’re not into voicing opinions on things like this. It’s just—that’s our hometown.

You can find the interview here.

Toronto, ON's Fucked Up recently stopped by MTV Canada's MTV Live for a performance taped in the bathroom. The song was "Twice Born," from their new album The Chemistry of Common Life that came out October 7, 2008. The station also blogged the incident and posted some pictures.

The bathroom, it seems, did not survive the performance. Host of the show Daryn Jones had this to say:

We figured that having them perform in the bathroom would look cool.

Cool indeed. You can click here for a rundown of the chaos, or you can click Read More for the video.

We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
• Crime in Stereo - Selective Wreckage
• Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
• Ruiner - I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes.
• Suicide Note - Empty Rooms
• Portraits of Past - Discography
• Rogue Set - Shake Those Hands
• Blues - Snakepit
• Matt Diehl - My So-Called Punk [book]
• Deftones - B-Sides & Rarities [CD/DVD]

Just Surrender have posted the title track from their iTunes-exclusive digital EP, Stronger Now. The EP follows the band's 2007 full length, We’re in Like Sin.

You can purchase the EP via this iTunes link.

The song is streaming on their myspace page.

Unearth have posted a stream of their forthcoming album. The record is titled The March and is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to III: In the Eyes of Fire which was released in 2006.

You can check out The March on their myspace page.

Johnny Truant have posted the new video for the track "The Grotesque." The song comes from the Brighton, UK-based metalcore act's Ferret debut full length, No Tears For the Creatures.

You can click Read More for the video.

The Bronx have posted another new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled The Bronx III and is due out November 11, 2008.

You can check it out on their myspace page.

The Offspring have announced more dates on their ongoing tour. The band will be headed to South America for dates in Brazil and Argentina in addition to the previously announced shows in Japan, Texas, and Germany. The band is supporting Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Our friends at Define the Meaning recently sat down with Nate Newton of Doomriders. The interview was conducted by Chris Burns who found out about the band's recent tour with Danzig, their future plans and more.

You can click Read More for the interview.

Cadence Weapon has posted the new video from his Anti- debut, Afterparty Babies.

You can click Read More for the video.

Peace Arch Entertainment has announced a DVD release date for the film, What We Do Is Secret. The disc is due out November 4, 2008.

The film tells the story of Darby Crash, who became an LA punk icon before taking his own life in 198 0. After getting kicked out of high school, Darby (Shane West) forms The Germs with a collection of friends who have lit tle experience with their instruments or playing music; Pat Smear (Rick Gonzalez), Lorna Doom (Bijou Phillips) and Don B olles (Noah Segan). After a few disastrous gigs, the band begins to click and Darby and The Germs soon find themselves t he talk of the LA punk scene. When hard drugs enter the picture, Darby starts alienating those closest to him and when T he Germs collapse, he's at a loss to figure out what comes next.

Director Roger Grossman enlisted the help ex-Germs guitarist Pat Smear, as well as members of Crash's family and others involved in the late '70s/early '80s Hollywood punk scene, You can find the box art here.

Manchester Orchestra have posted a free download of one of the tracks from their forthcoming EP. The record is titled Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind and is due out October 14, 2008. The band explained the song:

This song was an experiment for us, in that we didn't record it as traditionally as we are used to. We started from scratch and tried to gradually evolve it from a dark pop song into some of the heaviest guitar tones I've been able to find for us

You can find the song here.

Facing New York have launched a full album stream of their new album. The record is titled Get Hot and is due out October 14, 2008. It is the follow-up to Facing New York which was released in 2005.

You can check it out here or purchase it early via iTunes here.