St. Charles, Missouri's one-man folk/punk band Mindhook (aka Brett Flinch) has released his record Growing Up Is… as a free download. The album was released by Flinch's label Blessed Milk Records. You can download the release from Mediafire.

Boston ska/punk act Have Nots are in the studio working on their first record. The group, which features members of Stray Bullets and Chicago Typewriter, has a number of studio journal entries on their MySpace page detailing the hijinks. Tour dates commence next week and those can be found at the `space as well.

Topshelf Records has signed Boston's Feels Like July, which they compare to the likes of Circa Survive, the Juliana Theory, At The Drive In and As Tall As Lions. The label will re-release the bands debut full length In The Company Of Wolves on August 5th. You can check the band out with some streaming music at MySpace.