Los Angeles punk icons Social Distortion today announced that their seventh album — ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes’ — will be released Jan. 18 on Epitaph Records and preceded by the release of first single “Machine Gun Blues” via iTunes on Nov. 9.

Pared-down U.K. postpunk act Wire today announced it will self-release its 12th studio album — and third post-reunion effort — on Jan. 11, an 11-track collection called ‘Red Barked Tree’ that is preceded by a free MP3 download of the song ‘Two Minutes.’

The Jam’s Paul Weller is lining up a live CD/DVD package called ‘Find the Torch, Burn the Plans’ this fall that will feature a new Julien Temple documentary and a full live concert recorded earlier this year at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Last year’s ‘Let’s Change the World With Music,’ the first new album from U.K. sophistipop act Prefab Sprout in eight years, receives a belated North American release later this month, Tompkins Square Records announced this week.

With a new album still in the works, The Godfathers this fall will commemorate their 25th anniversary concert at London’s famed 100 Club with a 24-track live CD/DVD combo that features at least two brand-new songs.

Former Dream Syndicate leader Steve Wynn will release ‘Northern Aggression,’ his third album with The Miracle Three, this fall — and to tease the album, he’s giving away a free MP3 of the track ‘Resolution,’ which can be streamed and/or downloaded below.