Weekly Recap: 1/4 – 1/10

News:

1. Mayday Parade is starting to write for their upcoming album, tentatively scheduled to be released this summer. Drummer Jake Bundrick says that the album will be about,"things we love or things we're saying 'fuck yeah' about. If we can't feel it how should we expect you too. But, that's what we'll be doing this week."
2. Ace Enders will be releasing When I Hit the Ground on Vagrant/Drive-Thru on March 17th.
3. Anthony Raneri (Bayside) and Yak are working on music for a new group.
4. New Found Glory have announced their tour dates with Bayside, Set Your Goals, and Verse.
5. Punk Goes Pop 2 has been pushed back to March 10th.
6. From First To Last is going to head to the studio soon to record a new album.
7. Lil' Wayne is recording a rock album.
8. Lupe Fiasco is rumored to be fronting post-punk band Japanese Cartoons.

Streaming Music:

1. New Found Glory have posted their new single, "Listen to Your Friends," on myspace.
2. A new song from The Fray called "Syndicate" can be heard on their website.
3. Silverstein's cover of "Apologize" by One Republic is the first song to be posted to the Punk Goes Pop 2 Myspace.
4. Two Tongues have posted a new track called "If I Could Make You Do Things" on their purevolume page.
5. Hidden in Plain View have posted a b-side on myspace.
6. It's Like Love posted a new song "Hey Lucy" on their myspace.
7. With The Punches has posted an album sampler of their new album on the band's myspace.
8. Young Love have posted new songs on myspace.
9. Divided By Friday has posted a new song on myspace.

Download:

1. Racing Kites have posted "All Night is Alright" for free download on purevolume. They've also launched their new blog here.
2. You've streamed Thursday's new single "Resuscitation of a Dead Man", but now we've been given the green light to offer it as a free download. Right click here and choose Save Link As... to download the first single from Thursday's forthcoming and much anticipated Common Existence. You can also stream and download the song on their AP.net Profile.
3. Bangarang's Frozen Over, First in Line is up for free download on their myspace.
4. Download the studio version of "What If" from Meg & Dia's upcoming album Here, Here & Here ... here.