Punk godfathers the Stooges posted "My Idea of Fun," their first single in 33 years, to their MySpace page last week, and now it's yours to download!

The outspoken Oakland-based hardcore outfit XBXRX has been around since the late '90s, and they're still finding stuff to sweat about. The title for their newest noise, WARS, is never more appropriate, since it contains the word "raw" and doesn't shy away from the political (after all, these are the same guys that put out a 7" called We Hate the President).

Sure, they share their name with a synthesizer, but the Moog are making sonic waves in their own right. The Budapest quintet is the first Hungarian rock band to land on an American label, and MuSick Recordings will begin selling their upcoming debut, Sold for Tomorrow, April 10.

Quick, someone pinch the four Chicagoans from This Is Me Smiling: they might be dreaming. However, that's probably not a bad thing, considering it's the inspiration for the crisp, wistful "Goodbye to Each New Day," from their eponymous debut.

The au courant qualities of their name risk making Snakes Say Hisss! invisible amongst contemporaries like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Panic!

Wolf & Cub come from the land down under, where Men At Work have claimed that "men plunder," so perhaps "Steal Their Gold" is a piece of proggy patriotism. The Australian quartet from Adelaide beef up their beats with two drummers, and "Steal Their Gold" showcases the band's rhythmic precision before sprawling into psychedelic fuzz.