Srtipped-down Texas punk band Bad Sports wil be touring the US and Canada, starting at the end of this month, playing shows with The Whiffs and more.

The band released Constant Stimulation in 2018 on Dirtnap Records.

Fat Possum Records and Tyrant Books is offering a limited first edition of Bare & Real - Iggy Pop, a book of photos by Paul McAlpine, documenting the Pop's 1977 The Idiot tour "and onward." The Idiot tour is notable beyond Pop's own performances int that Blondie opened and David Bowie played piano.

McAlpine has also photographed The Cars, Queen, Aerosmith, Boston and other 1970s-1980s artists. The first edition of the book is limited to 1,000 copies.

Full of Hell have announced the Weeping Caustic Torment tour, kicking off at Martland Deathfest on May 24. They'll be joined on the two by Primitive Man and Genocide Pact, all three of which are on Relapse Records.

The band will released Weeping Choir later this year and will also be touring in Europe.

On May 10, Lee "Scratch" Perry is set to release the new album Rainford. The album will be released by On-U Sound and was produced by Adrian Sherwood. The 9 new songs were recorded in Jamaica, Brazil, and London. "African Starship," one of the new songs, will also appear on the On-U Sound compilation Pay It All Back Volume 7, releasing March 29.

For Record Store Day 2019, Kool Keith will release a limited editino vinyl single backed by Nashville, TN powerviolence duo Thetan.

Released as an RSD exclusive, the Complicated Trip single comes out on April 13 and is a teaser of an upcoming collaborative album.

Chicago's Something Is Waiting, who play a diverse form of rock that pulls from noise, glam, sleaze rock, and more, have debute the new song "Nikki Lane's Neo Nashville Airbnb," a taste of what's to come on their upcoming album Songs for the Sally Beauty Pavilion, whish releases on March 29 on Learning Curve Records.

Two New York collaborative projects, Walking Bombs and Gridfailure, are each teaming up together on the new experimental release Suicide By Citizenship , with will release on April 26 on Nefarious Industries. The new project brings many voices together, with contributions form members of TAD, Kylesa, All Out War, Built To Spill, and more. It will release on CD and digital platforms.

Morgan Y. Evans (Walking Bombs) and David Brenner (Gridfailure) came up with the idea, after previously collaborating on Walking Bombs' "Demagogue."

Following the recent flooding of the Guernevill region of Northern California, Oakland's Kicker has issued a downloadable, pay-as-you-wish EP to raise funds for relief. Aptly titled Russian River Relief Fund EP, it contains two songs. All proceeds from the effort will go to the North Bay Disaster Relief Fundraiser and other issue-related casues.

In a prepared statement, the band says:

The Russian River rose to its highest level in twenty-four years, fifteen feet over flood stage. Roughly two-thousand homes and business were flooded/damaged, and hundreds of residents have been displaced.

Our singer Roadie and his wife Paula live less than a one-hundred yards from this river in the small town of Monte Rio. Thankfully their home was on higher ground and escaped damage. However, many of our friends and their neighbors have suffered some serious loses and damages from this flood.

Kicker features current and former mebers of Neurosis, Operation Ivy, and Dystopia and recently released Pure Drivel (Tankcrimes).

It's spring somewhere, and Paper + Plastick record label is celebrating with the release of a free 10-song sampler, available for download.

The sampler features new and previously released tracks from the likes of Devon Kay & the Solutions, Divided Heaven, Airstream Futures, and more.