Here are some albums in stores today. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

MxPx - The Ultimate Collection
Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest Of Times (Limited Edition) CD/DVD
Saosin - Come Close CD/DVD
Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit (Reissue) CD/DVD
Tooth & Nail Records: The Ultimate Collection (Double Disc)

MxPx has announced their upcoming tour dates with Chiodos, The Color Fred and Protest The Hero. Check out all their upcoming dates on their MySpace page.

Chiodos will be taking MxPx out on tour with them in April. A message from the band can be read below.

We are more than excited to announce that we will be headlining for a couple of weeks here in the US, during the month of April…

Now for the exciting part of the news…

We will be bringing out one of the main reasons that we are a band, MXPX.

Tumbledown (feat. Mike Herrera of MxPx) has posted a new video for “Atlantic City.” Check it out below.

The Spill Canvas will be replacing MxPx on the upcoming Yellocard tour. Dates can be found here.

The Take Action! Volume 7 CD/DVD is set for a March 4th release. The annual charity compilation is bigger and better than ever featuring 20 tracks and 20 music videos on DVD. Consisting of the best bands in alternative, punk, indie, hardcore, and metal music, the compilation will sell for a staggeringly low suggested retail price of $6.98. Check out the track-listing below.

Yellowcard will be going out on tour with MxPx The Spill Canvas and will be doing the entire tour unplugged (acoustic). Also, anyone who purchases Yellowcard’s new ‘live’ album the week of release (from January 22nd to January 28th) will also receive a code from Ticketmaster to pre purchase of up to four tickets for the tour beginning January 30th before they go on sale to the public on February 2nd.

Tour Dates

Fuse.tv has a bunch of songs up for download on their Dozen Days of Downloads page. Pick up songs from The Color Fred, The Audition, Secret & Whisper, MxPx, Jet Lag Gemini, Ivoryline, From First To Last, Ace Enders and many more.

Tooth & Nail and Solid State Records have made a Holiday Sampler available on PureVolume. The Sampler includes a holiday song from MxPx as well as songs from many of their releases this year and a preview of new songs from releases coming in 2008.

MxPx’s video for “Gimmie Christmas” can be seen below.