VIDEO OF THE DAY: “WAKE THE DOGS” BY DONOTS

“Yeah, I’ll pick the lock / I’ll crash the gates / and then I’ll knock at your door,” the Donots declare on the title track of their latest record, 2012’s Wake the Dogs. The five-piece Ibbenbüren, Germany, band is preparing for its twentieth anniversary with its first major U.S. headlining tour, ready to pick locks, crash gates, and bang on doors as they storm the country. On Wake the Dogs, lead singer Ingo, guitarists Guido and Alex, bassist J.D., and drummer Eike, who all share the same last name, Donot, blast through sixteen tracks that go in and out of punk, hardcore, metal, rap, power pop, and even a little Celtic folk, tearing it up on such songs as “Into the Grey” “Born a Wolf,” “Control,” and “I Don’t Wanna Wake Up,” evoking a mix of Green Day, Rancid, and Anti-Flag. The album also includes two songs with British acoustic folk-punk Frank Turner. “Say my name,” Ingo proclaims on “Manifesto,” continuing, “One mind is loud, two make a crowd, three make a scene.” There should be quite a scene when Donots play Saint Vitus on March 24 ($10, 8:00) with I Hate Our Freedom and (Damn) This Desert Air and Webster Hall on March 25 ($10, 7:00) with the Company We Keep and Mister Pagoda.