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Check out Cache

Posted in Records on May 24, 2023

Cache, a new-ish band from Minneapolis, MN has announced their debut EP, a self-titled, 6-track release coming on June 30. The EP will release digitally to start, with a limited physical version to come.

The band recorded earlier this year, after forming in 2019 and going on a pandemic hiatus until last year.

Cache plays a punk-fuelled heaviness, with a wide variety of influence from sludge to doom rock and members have also played with Serac, Blue Ox, Dana Sterling, Kaldeket, Aziza, Morality Crisis, Maeth, and Saginaw. Check out “Fentanyl & Friends” from the EP:

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Cache Track Listing:

1. El Rudo
2. Forever in Retrograde
3. Fentanyl & Friends
4. Doused
5. Good Morning You Mongrels
6. Severance Package (Off With My Head)

The BellRays cover The Temptations, announce dates with Social Distortion

Posted in Bands on May 22, 2023

Blues-punk band The BellRays has announced a new 2-song 7" called Call Of Confusion, set for release on June 3 just before the band hits the road with Social Distortion. The album will release via I-94 Recordings. Formed in 1990 and based in Riverside, VA, the new recording is #8 … Read more

Graf Orlock closes the book

Posted in Records on May 22, 2023

Graf Orlock is back with one final release, a 5-track EP called End Credits, out June we via Vitriol Records. Formed roughly 20 years ago, the band, whose members also play in Ghostlimb, Sweat, Dangers, Daisy Chain, and more, has previously released 5 LPs and 7 EPs. “This record specifically … Read more

Fear City Fun Fest announces Oh Bondage Up Yours!

Posted in Shows on May 22, 2023

A two day festival of punk, rock 'n' roll, and glam bands with women and/or non-binary band members will take place on June 3-4 in Ridgewood, Queens. Described as a summer spinoff from Fear City Fun Fest, the two-day event is called Oh Bondage Up Yours! at takes place at … Read more

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Pulley EU & AU dates 2023

Posted in Tours on May 22, 2023

Pulley, who released The Golden Life last year, last year via SBÄM, has announced a series of Europe tour dates, including Punkrock Holiday, Brakrock or Rebellion festivals and club dates. Dates are listed below. Check out SPB's interview with vocalist Scott Radinsky last year, about his balancing the band with … Read more

The Wonder Years get nostalgic on The Greatest Generation

Posted in Records on May 21, 2023

Another record is getting the reissue treatment, this time for the tenth anniversary of The Greatest Generation by The Wonder Years, first released in 2013. The band's fourth LP is being reissues as a limited box set with a 32-page booklet, essays, photos, and personal recollections. Additionally, the group will … Read more

Desert Mambas single (Foxx Bodies)

Posted in MP3s on May 21, 2023

Desert Mambas, a solo project from Bailey Moses of Foxx Bodies, has shared a new single/video for the song "Buzz Cut Blues," which is also now available on streaming platforms via Kill Rock Stars Nashville. Taking influence from Leslie Feniberg's book Stone Butch Blues, Moses explains: "Haircuts can play such … Read more

Fucked Up x The Halluci Nation: tours and a cover too

Posted in Bands on May 21, 2023

Fucked Up just kicked off a Canadian tour, having just played in Victoria and Vancouver, BC. The band is co-headlining for 10 days with The Halluci Nation on the "Here's the Unity Tour of Canada, with independent wrestler Daniel Makabe along for the tour, taking on opponents on stage. The … Read more

The Number Twelve Looks Like You at age 20

Posted in Records on May 21, 2023

Silent Pendulum has announced a special vinyl reissue of Put On Your Rose Red Glasses, the debut album from The Number Twelve Looks Like You, first released in 2003. Playing experimental metalcore and produced by Kurt Ballou, the record set the tone for the band's sound. Vocalist Jesse Korman reminisces: … Read more

Ken mode returns to Europe

Posted in Tours on May 21, 2023

KEN mode is heading to Europe and the UK this fall, joined by Fange, and kicking off the tour with a set at Amplifest in Porto, PT. "It will have been 5 years since we've done a proper European tour, and we are excited to bring this new lineup to … Read more

Normy on Smartpunk

Posted in Labels on May 20, 2023

Normy, a punk back out of Cleveland, OH, has shared a new song this week, "Thanks For Nothing." The new song comes as an announcement that the band has joined with Smartpunk Records. No specific future plans have been announced as of yet. Normy formed in 2021 and previously released … Read more

Riot Fest 2023: the lineup

Posted in Shows on May 20, 2023

Riot Fest 2023 has announced its lineup, with headliners Foo Fighters, The Cure, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, and Queens of the Stone Age at the Sept. 15-17 event in Douglas Park, Chicago, IL. This year's lineup has many more bands, of course, including Mr. Bungle, The Mars … Read more

More Demons

Posted in Records on May 20, 2023

Demons, a heavy band from Norfolk, VA, with elements of hardcore, noise rock, and sludge, will release a new album called Under The Western Heel on July 21 (Knife Hits Records/The Ghost Is Clear Records), a follow-up to their Swallow EP. If the album title doesn't already give away their … Read more

Scowl world tours

Posted in Tours on May 20, 2023

Having just released Psychic Dance Routine EP (Flatspot Records), Scowl has announced a headlining US tour this fall, joined by Militarie Gun, MSPAINT, and Big Laugh. First, the band plays in Australia this month, then later hits the road in support of Show Me The Body, then heads to the … Read more

Civic journeys the USA

Posted in Tours on May 20, 2023

This fall Civic will hit the US for their first tour of the country, a headlining run that begins at Goner Fest in late September and wraps up nearly a month later in Phoenix, AZ. The band released Taken By Force earlier this year (ATO Records), getting this review from … Read more

Andy Rourke (1964-2023)

Posted in Obituaries on May 20, 2023

Best known as bassist for The Smiths, Andy Rourke passed away on Friday at the age of 59. Rourke additionally performed with Sinéad O'Connor and the Pretenders, and was a member of Freebass and D.A.R.K.. Read more An issued statement on Friday reports: ANDREW MICHAEL ROURKE “ANDY ROURKE” Passed away … Read more

No Joy from Spanish Love Songs this summer

Posted in Records on May 20, 2023

Los Angeles wordy punk band Spanish Love Songs is back, announcing plans to release No Joy on August 25 via Pure Noise Records. Rooted in punk, the band carries the torch of working class rock 'n' roll meets introspective wordsmithery that focuses on the challenges of day to day life … Read more

Khanate rises

Posted in Records on May 20, 2023

Described as experimental doom, Khanate is back after a 14-year hiatus, sharing a full stream of a new album called To Be Cruel, which will officially release on June 30 via Sacred Bones Records. With a stacked lineup featuring members of Sunn O))), OLD, and Blind Idiot God -- specially … Read more

Ashtar returns as a one-person band

Posted in Records on May 20, 2023

Today, Eisenwald record label announced the July 28 release of Wandering Through Time, the latest from Swiss blackened doom metal project Ashtar. Ashtar last released Kaikuja in 2020 as a duo, with Wandering Through Time marking a format change as a one woman-band led by Witch N. Listen to the … Read more

The Carousers share a new single before Pouzza

Posted in MP3s on May 19, 2023

New Jersey punk band The Carousers has a new song out today, "The Future." “'The Future' is about the emotional heartbreak you go through after being ghosted in a relationship. You’re stuck thinking what could have been and why things turned for the worse," the band explains. They previously released … Read more