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The Sleights announced Don't Worry! It Will All Be Over Soon

Posted in Records on June 30, 2026

The Sleights will release the new Don't Worry! It Will All Be Over Soon on August 7, a new LP from the Colorado Springs, CO based punk band, has released two LPs, two EPs, and a split up until this point -- most recently This One's Gonna Hurt in 2025.

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Live dates:

JULY
11 — Albuquerque, NM — Rens Den
24 — Pueblo, CO — The Gold Dust
30 — Omaha, NE — Reverb Lounge
31 — Chicago, IL — Livewire

AUGUST
1 — Cleveland, OH — 9th St DIY Skate Park
2 — Pittsburgh, PA — Remedy
3 — Boston, MA — The Midway Cafe
4 — New York City, NY — The Hart Bar
5 — Asbury Park, NJ — Asbury Park Brewery
10 — Richmond, VA — Get Tight
11 — Wilmington, NC — Reggie's
12 — Chapel Hill, NC — Local 506
13 — Charleston, SC — Bearded: A Social Tavern
14 — Charlotte, NC — Tommy's Pub
15 — Louisville, KY — Spinellis
16 — Knoxville, TN — Birdhouse
17 — Cincinnati, OH — Comet
18 — St. Louis, MO — FUBAR Lounge
19 — Kansas City, MO — SK8BAR
21 — Denver, CO — Bar 404*
28 — Salida, CO — Tres Litros
29 — Crested Butte, CO — CB Punk Fest

SEPTEMBER
12 — Colorado Springs, CO — What's Left Records*

OCTOBER
10 — Trinidad, CO — Fancy Spider Fest

*Album Release Show

DazGak! adds vocals on new EP

Posted in Records on June 29, 2026

Irish post-hardcore band DazGak has a new EP out next month with 6 songs in 18 miutes. The record is called Stimpy, out on Floodlit Recordings in the UK and Smithsfoodgroup DIY in the Netherlands. Members of the band also play in God Alone. Calling themselves "math pop," Stimpy marks … Read more

Live Agriculture

Posted in Tours on June 29, 2026

Agriculture is set to take last year's The Spiritual Sound album on the road this fall on a month-long journey with Uniform and Pure Hex. Dates below. Read more Agriculture on tour: Oct 29 San Diego, CA — The Casbah ^ Oct 31 Pioneertown, CA — Pappy & Harriet's ^ … Read more

PJ Harvey goes to space

Posted in Bands on June 28, 2026

PJ Harvey shared a single called "Voyager," available as a 7" from Partisan Records now. Meant for her next album, English physicist Professor Brian Cox invited Harvey to write a song for his "Emergence Tour." Accordingly, she put the song to tape, recording with a full orchestra. Harvey adds: I … Read more

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Squid Pisser's Throat Slave

Posted in Records on June 28, 2026

Squid Pisser just announced the August 29 release of a new "full-length EP" called Throat Slave, coming via SKiN GRAFT/Sweatband Records. Read more A single is out now: Read more

A Lost Weekend with Phoebe Bridgers

Posted in Records on June 28, 2026

Indie rock hitmaker Phoebe Bridgers is back, sharing "Lost Boys" from a new album out on Dead Oceans this August, Lost Weekend. It's the first new material from Bridgers since 2022 and her third album overall. Read more The Lost Tour Dates: September: 09.14.26 — Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse* … Read more

Fever Dream continues into fall

Posted in Tours on June 28, 2026

Celebrating 10 years since the release of Fever Dream, Greg Puciatio's The Black Queen has added a second run of tour dates to the project's 2026 schedule. Following previously announced summer dates, new stops have been added in September-October. The toru features Fever Dream played in full, plus other select … Read more

Faith Coloccia + Tashi Dorji's And Their Power Was Alive

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

Faith Coloccia + Tashi Dorji haved teamed up for a new 7-track collaborative record called And Their Power Was Alive, out Sept. 25 on Whited Sepulchre Records. Faith Coloccia is known for work with Mamiffer, Everlovely Lightningheart, and Pyramids and Tashi Dorji is similairly known for textural and noisy experimentation. … Read more

30,000 Monkies and lots of explosions

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

Belgian band 30,000 Monkies has a new album on the way, a record called Super Rebound, out on Sept. 18. The band also shared a video for the title track, which fits it's punchy tones. Read more Read more

Svjetlost The Forever Silent

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

Dutch doom outfit Svjetlost, a solo project from Jamie Kobić (Gavran), will release a debut album called The Forever Silent on July 24. The new record, coming via Shadow of Sorrow Records, draws influence from staples Sleep, OM, and High on Fire, plus the artist's own Bosnian musican heritage. Read … Read more

2 new PUPs

Posted in Bands on June 27, 2026

Canadian punk band PUP shared a new video today for "Concrete," a one-year-in-the-making video from last year's Who Will Look After The Dogs? album. “About a year ago, on our way to Australia, we decided to stop over in Vancouver, visit our pal Sterling, and shoot a video for ‘Concrete,’ … Read more

Heavens To Betsy to tour

Posted in Tours on June 27, 2026

On Thursday, Heavens To Betsy played their first show in 32 years in Portland, OR. The band followed the event with bigger news: a US tour that hits the West and East Coasts. The band features Corin Tucker (pre-Sleater-Kinney) and Tracy Sawyer. Dates are listed in the pic. Read more Read more

Yarotz is planning a Resurgence

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

French post-hardcore band Yarotz shared a single, "Strengths and Fears" this week, an equally aggressive and plodding f-minute song from their self-released Resurgence LP, due on Sept. 25. Read more Read more

The Meffs mean Business

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

UK punk duo The Meffs will release a new LP on Sept. 11, 2026: the new Business, releasing via FLG record label. The band features Lily Hopkins on vocals/guitar and Lewis Copsey on drums/backing vocals. Here's a new single: Read more UPCOMING TOUR DATES: July 2 – Glasgow - @O2 … Read more

A new Smirk

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

Smirk, a project from Nick Vicario, shared the new song "Going Off To Die" this week, which appears on Speculative Fiction, out on July 3 on Smoking Room. The new album, the press release tells us, "deals with a new twist on an age-old theme for punk rock: unrest in … Read more

Nicole Alexis follow-up

Posted in Records on June 27, 2026

Last month SPB reviewed Mirrors & Smoke, a self-produced EP from singer-songwriter Nicole Alexis. Now the Nashville, TN based artist is back with a full-length on Hard Working Record Company. Listen to a song below. More details will emerge concerning the record later. Read more Read more

Mannequin Pussy co-headlines with Wednesday

Posted in Tours on June 25, 2026

Just as the headline says, Wednesday and Mannequin Pussy have arranced a co-headlining tour called "The Bitch Cabal Tour," starting in late October. Snõõper will be along for support. The dates are in the middle of an active tour schedule from Mannequin Pussy that also includes shows with Foo Fighters, … Read more

Pennywise dates

Posted in Tours on June 25, 2026

Pennywise -- the band and probably not the clown -- is headed to the US East Coast on a tour that sees the long-running SoCal band joined by Circle Jerks, H20, and more. The band, which last released Never Gonna Die (2018), are also playing dates in Europe and Canada. … Read more

"The Cringe" with Cor de Lux

Posted in Records on June 25, 2026

Cor de Lux shared lead single "The Cringe" from the band's upcoming J. Robbins-produced, Ipecac Recordings debut album, Year Of The Horse. The new 9-song album comes out on Sept. 18, followed by a tour with Slift. The band previously released two album: Cor de Lux (2020) and Media (2023). … Read more

Real Fakes (Volume 3)

Posted in Records on June 24, 2026

Drunk Dial Records, recently featured in SPB's "Commerce Or Amusement?" series, has a new compilation out today digitally and on cassette: Fakes – Volume Three. The collection sees real life punk bands cover fictions bands such as Sex Bob-omb and Spinal Tap. The full track listing is shared below, including … Read more