Taking place in Memphis, TN from Sept. 23-26, Gonerfest 18 will take place live (with a stream-from-home option too). This year's festival will feature more than 30 bands in total, with bands including The Spits, The Reigning Sound, and Quintron & Miss Pussycat announced thus far. The four-day festival takes places at venues Railgarten, Cooper Young Gazebo,a nd Memphis Made Brewery. Gonerfest 2020 was held entirely online due to pandemic circumstances.
The Spits will head out on a North American Tour this Winter. The band will be supporting their newest album, VI, which came out last Fall on Thriftstore Records. You can find dates after the jump. Read more The Spits Live: 09/25: Memphis, TN - Goner Fest 12/09: Austin, TX … Read more
Viral sensations The Linda Lindas have signed with Epitaph. The band, who struck social media with their live recording of "Racist, Sexist Boy" filmed at the L.A. Public Library features four young females from the LA area, ranging from 10 to 16 years-old and pull from punk, grunge, Riot Grrl, … Read more
Waiting, the 1999 debut full-length from Thursday, has been resissued on vinyl now. Available via Velocity Records, in collaboration with Equal Vision, the long out-of-print record is out now. vocalist Geoff Rickly says: Most people think Full Collapse is our first album but twenty two years ago, we took a … Read more
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Dutch sextet melodic punk band Travoltas recently announced a new 4-song EP to be called Back To The City, out June 25 on White Russian Records. The new album will release on digital platforms in June, and on 12" vinyl in July in a special combination release that adds their … Read more
Post-hardcore band The Grasshopper Lies Heavy have shared a new song, "The Act of Buying Groceries" from a new album -- which we'll get on July 16 via Learning Curve Records. Playing especially heavy post-hardcore with noise elements, the new collection features eight songs in total, recorded last year during … Read more
Originally formed in Los Angeles, California as a two-piece, made up of songwriter/bassist Jamil Kassimali and songwriter/vocalist Shannon Martinez, in 2005, Velour Academy spent years perfecting their poppy punk sound on a series of demos before recording expanding to four members (adding drummer Matt Calderon and backup vocalist/keyboard player Itzel … Read more
Riot Fest 20201, set for Sept. 16-18 in Chicago, IL, has announced more bands and the official single day lineups for the festival. In addition to 3-day passes, single day passes are available in limited supply. Along with previously announced headliners like Run The Jewels, Devo, and Nine Inch Nails, … Read more
Founded in 1996 with the release of the West x North-South 5 x 7” boxset (featuring Face To Face, Samiam, Tilt, Seaweed, and more), Vagrant Records is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. To mark the accomplishment, the label has announced several vinyl reissues this Record Store Day, has joined Bandcamp … Read more
Earlier this week Epitaph Records shared a new anthem called "One Voice" by a group called "The Crew." Featuring Fletcher Dragge and Byron McMackin of Pennywise, Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies, and Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid, the song is a 3 minute singalong about punk rock. Dragge, … Read more
After a hiatus for much of the past year, music festivals are returning. On September 10-12, 2021, Pitchfork Music Festival returns to Union Park in Chicago, with a lineup that includes Phoeve Bridgers, Angel Olsen, Kim Gordon, Waxahatchee, Hop Along, Big Thief, and more. The festival will enforce specific COVID-related … Read more
The ever-active Bob Mould is abck with two separate tours planned for September and October, plus the fourth and final volume of his expassive Distortion boxset series, Distortion: live, an 8 LP set that releases July 16 via Demon. In September, Mould hits the road with Jason Narducy on bass … Read more
Dutch melodic punk band Ink Bomb, who will soon release a split EP with No Breakfast Goodbye, have shared a single from the upcoming record. The song, "Dorothy Enters Technicolor," features Roos Centimane (Stark) and shares a feminist message for 2021. We asked Roos Centimane to contribute because we are … Read more
Fronted by Darren Smallman (Battle Worldwide, Low Transit Industries, Thee Vinyl Creatures, The Sound Platform, Warped), new project Dez Dare has shared a video to "Conspiract, O' Conspiracy!" from the upcoming record Hairliine Ego Trip. Playing a dizzying style of psych-fuelled punk, Smallman says: This album is about the disconnect … Read more
On June 12 for Record Store Day, Southern Lord and DVL Recordings will release a deluxe LP of Neon Christ's 1984, a defunct punk band featuring William DuVall (BL’AST!, Comes With The Fall, Alice In Chains), Jimmy Demer (Gardens of.., Accidents), Danny Lankford (Gardens of.., GoDevils, Accidents) and Randy DuTeau … Read more
Zachary Utz (Dope Body) has a new solo release alled direct deposit set for release next Friday, May 28. The Baltimore artist's solo work takes a different turn than his work with Dope Body and Scroll Downers, instead exploring electronic, experimental and ambient tones built around loops. Preview "sports-magazine" below. … Read more
Arelseum, a project featuring Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts, Dysrhythmia) and Ryan Lipynsky (Unearthly Trance, The Howling Wind, Reeking Aura), has announced III, the final piece of a cassette trilogy, which releases June 18 via Sleeping Giant Glossolalia. In Arelseum, the two New York-based musicians teamed up in pandemic times to … Read more
Cold Cave's second album, Cherish the Light Years, will be repressed on vinyl and available on Sept. 3 from Heartworm Press. Originally released in 2010 on Matador, the record has long been out-of-print. The group's second album shows their progression from lo-fi indie-meets-industrial into more synthpop territory. In related news, … Read more
In a big name stadium tour this summer called The Hella Mega Tour, Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer will team up to cross the USA, hitting 21 cities beginning on July 24. The Interrupters will open throughout. Green Day recently shared a new feelgood song, ”Pollyanna.” Read more … Read more
Three-piece punk band Gloo shared the single "Ride" this week, along with a video filled with green screen glory. The new song will be on their upcoming How Not To Be Happy album, which is scheduled for release on August 27 via Hassle Records. Formed by two brothers and a … Read more
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