While many Punknews readers may associate Chicago, IL with the hometown of numerous beloved melodic punk bands, the city in recent years has also seen a flourishing hardcore scene emerge. One of the bands to lead the charge is Weekend Nachos, a four piece that plays what some refer to as "powerviolence" or something similar. Staff interviewer Andrew Clark spoke with vocalist Randy Yost about the band's unique name, people that piss him off, and reasons to visit Chicago.

Finally bored of parenthood, Richard Verducci returns to the Punknews Podcast this week to join Adam White and Chris Moran as they discuss events like Pouzza Fest, Punk Rock Bowling and Death to False Hope Fest. We also take a look at recent acoustic Fake Problems videos, upcoming Rancid tour dates and more.

...all this and music from Anti-Flag and One Night Stand in North Dakota.

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This episode of the Punknews Podcast is sponsored by Pouzza Fest, the punk rock festival taking over downtown Montreal from May 18th to the 20th.

Cheap Girls have released the music video for the track, "Ruby", via Filter Magazine. The song comes from their upcoming Rise Records debut, Giant Orange which is due for a February 21 release.

Our stream today comes from NJ-based Caseracer. We've got a stream of the band's new EP. You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.

Old Lines, a new band featuring members of now-defunct bands Ruiner and Pulling Teeth, has released their first set of demos. The three-track download is free from bandcamp.

Cleveland, OH's Ringworm has announced a string of tourdates that will take them to and back home from SXSW this March. They'll be bringing Cancer Bats and Primitive Weapons along with.

E Minor Seven has posted a video of Nothington's Jay Northington performing an acoustic version of "This Time Last Year" from their 2007 album All In. The video is part of E Minor Seven's "Back Seat Series," and as such, the performance takes place in the back of a "soap box daredevil racing machine."

Skabilly Rebels, a ska/ rockabilly hybrid group featuring Roddy "Radiation" Byers of The Specials, a spring tour, which kicks off at the end of the month. The trek supports their debut full-length, Blues Attack!.

Atlanta-based band The Coathangers has released a new song, called "Smother," over at Spin. The song comes from a split 7-inch with Puerto Rican group Davila 666, due April 17th on Suicide Squeeze Records.

The Coathangers will also be out on a US tour this spring.

The recently-reformed Eve 6 have released their new single "Lost & Found" off their upcoming album Speak In Code. Celebrating the release of the single on iTunes, the band hosted an (awkward) live chat with their fans this past Tuesday and performed an acoustic version of the song live. The comeback record drops on April 24, 2012 via Fearless Records.

You can see the whole ordeal below, the song starts around 7:15.

Lambgoat has announced that Converge will hit the road in April for a quick two-week tour with Loma Prieta and Git Some (ex-Planes Mistaken For Stars) and a handful of dates featuring Burning Love, Pianos Become the Teeth, and more. The band recently recorded their new album tentatively called All We Love We Leave Behind forthcoming this year on Epitaph Records.

Orange County, CA's Death By Stereo has signed with Viking Funeral Records for their sixth full-length, Black Sheep of the American Dream, which is due out this spring. The band's vocalist Efrem Schulz explains: I am proud to be a part of Viking Funeral because Fletcher [Dragge of Pennywise], Ken Seaton [of Hardline Entertainment] and the whole Suburban Noize family have the same DIY, never back down mentality that we have. Viking Funeral is a perfect home for us, as we've seen how labels work and the majority of them are more interested in making a quick buck instead of developing an artist that puts out great records. Working with Viking Funeral brings us back to our early days in the hardcore and punk-rock scenes that birthed us, because they care about the music rather than what's trendy. This record is a return to our roots and with the addition of our original bass player Paul Miner as producer we have re-established our signature sound and we managed to forge a new sonic path for Death by Stereo. Death By Stereo is currently out on a European tour with Agnostic Front and Naysayer which they'll follow with a few southwest US shows.

1-2-3-4 Go! Records will be releasing a vinyl edition of Hickey's Various States of Disrepair singles/rarities compilation this spring, the label announced. The collection was originally released on CD only by Poverty Records in the late '90s, and has since gone out of print. The remastered vinyl release, a double LP, will contain the entire 23 tracks of the original release, and add 9 additional songs. Additional information and pre-orders can be found on the label's website. The compilation is set to be released on March 20th.

Joyce Manor has announced the title and track listing of their upcoming album called Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired. The sophomore album will be hitting shelves on April 17, 2012 on Asian Man Records. The album was recorded last fall at The Atomic Garden with producer Jack Shirley. This will be the follow-up to their Self-Titled release, which topped the Punknews Staff's Best of 2011 list.

Welcome to a very NSFW edition of Review Update. If you are at a job that pays you benefits, do not open the review for the Suburban & Coke record. Please just delight in the return of the Jealous Sound instead. Look at that cover! It ups the wolves! We've posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• The Jealous Sound - A Gentle Reminder
• Vivian Girls - Adventure Fun Time Game
• Artcore Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 5 - Terminal Decay [12"]
• The Tired and True - Haunts [7"]
• Suburban & Coke - It's My Party And I'll Get High If I Want To
• The Wild / Run, Forever - Split [7"]
• Mahria - Mahria [cassette]
• Neighborhood Brats - Neighborhood Brats
• Nothing To Prove - Pop Punk Destroyed My Life
• Ween - The Mollusk

You can check out any of our 10925 reviews right here

Punknews Podcast spinoff The Wizard's Beard is back this week. The Chicago duo of Jesse and Goodrich are once again bringing you the worst in commentary on hardcore, metal and related subgenres. Here's the skinny this week: Jesse and Goodrich get the call up to the big leagues, weigh the merits of dubstep vs. Chickenfoot, and have a surprise visit from Terry Crisp. You can click Read More to stream and/or download the big show, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes and follow updates on Twitter.

It seems like recently there has been an upsurge of bands resurrecting the "screamo" genre that flourished in the late 1990s and early 2000s. One such band, which features members of Orchid and other contemporaries, is Ampere from the Boston area, who produce music that rises above the ordinary tropes of the genre (i.e. love gone wrong). Instead, the band, as with its past releases, delivers socially-conscious lyrics through intricate, yet chaotic passages with Like Shadows. Staff interviewer Andrew Clark spoke with guitarist Will Killingsworth and bassist Meghan Minior about the release and ongoing commitment to DIY.

The Arrogant Sons of Bitches have announced they will be getting back together for a single show in Brooklyn. The news was revealed earlier today via a blog post from Jeff Rosenstock. The show will take place at the Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY on May 27th. Rosenstock goes on to quell talk of further shows, saying that "this show is a one time thing. There are absolutely no plans to make another record, to go on a big tour anywhere or anything like that. We all like the places we're at in our lives for the most part. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't get together and have one more beer with our friends."

You can read the complete post here, which also contains links for the Facebook event page, and purchasing tickets. Tickets go on sale February 6th.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters has begun developing a new comedy series for FX. He is working with comedian Dana Gould on the series which would revolve around a rock band reaching the brink of stardom and breaking up. The series would document the band seeking help from a couples counselor, which may remind some of the non-fictional story of Metallica's therapy exercises in Some Kind of Monster.

The project is as-yet untilted but if picked up would join a lineup which includes critically acclaimed shows like Archer, Justified and Louie

All-American Rejects are streaming the new video from their upcoming album, Kids in the Street, due out March 27, 2012. It's their first in four years.

Check out the video on their official website.