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Canadian-Punks, Single Mothers, will release their new album, Roy, on April 28th via Dine Alone Records. You can stream the new track, "Head Shrunk," and check out the video for "Sad Dumb Game" below. Read more Band leader, Drew Thomson comments on the track: I wrote ‘Sad Dumb Game’ as … Read more
Japanese Emo-revivalists, Malegoat, will reissue their debut album, Plan Infiltration, for the first time on vinyl as well as make it available for the first time on digital platforms on April 14th. It will be a co-release between Count Your Lucky Stars, Waterslide Records, Voice of the Unheard, and New … Read more
Star Funeral, the solo project from Nikki Esposito, will release her debut album, In The Dark, on March 24th via Count Your Lucky Stars. Esposito plays all the instruments on the Billy Mannino (Oso Oso) produced album, with the help of Ethan Kreidemaker on percussion. Below, you can check out … Read more
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Big Loser is back, announced a new EP with a new song and video. The lead single is called "I'm Rubber, You're Glue" (shared below), one of four new songs on an upcoming EP called Left on Delmar Drive, with preorders open now for the digital release via Black Numbers. … Read more
Formed in 2019, Los Angeles hardcore group Cross Control will release their debut LP on New Age Records this April, Try and Survive. Rooted in a classic style akin to bands like Slap Shot and Gang Green, the band plays familiar hardcore with their own take. "Half Right" is the … Read more
UK punk trio and Hellcat Records artists Grade 2 are headed to the US, running a headlining tour through parts of the western and central regions in support of their new self-titled album. The new record is the band's third studio album. Read more Grade 2 US Tour Dates: May … Read more
Intercourse, a Connecticut noise-rock band, will release a new album on May 5. The new record is to be called Halo Castration Institute, and the band shares a single now -- "Where Losers Go To Die." “The song is about trying to fight your own existential dread and realizing how … Read more
Frequent musical collaborators Thetan have joined forces with Ultramagnetic MCS for a limited Record Store Day etched 12" called “Ultra Ultra/Silicon Bass,” releasing via Anti-Corporate Music. The limited pressing single has two new songs of spaced-out hip-hop. Ultamagnetic MCS features Kool Keith and Ced Gee and play classic 1980s New … Read more
UK noise-rock trio Staff Party, from Brighton, will release a new EP next month. The EP is to be called Dread and features three new songs. One of the three is available now -- the title track streams below. The EP releases on April 25. Read more Dread EP track … Read more
The Flenser will release a new collaborative record on May 12 featuring Madeline Johnston (Midwife) and Angel Diaz (Vyva Melinkolya), named Orbweaving. The two artists first connected in 2020, then met in person in 2021, leading to a recording session that spawned this 5-track album. The collaboration merges the two … Read more
Norway's The Mansters is back with their second album, seven years since the group released a self-titled album. Their sophomore effort, 17 years after the group formed, is to be called The Lessons In Giving Up and comes out on June 2 on Loyal Blood Records. Playing heavy punk and … Read more
Lightweight, a gruff-punk band from Sacramento, CA, is back with a new EP called The Next One's On You, which is the third in a trio of recent EPs from the group, out officially on March 31 and self-released by the band. Dedicated followers may remember this SPB premiere from … Read more
SPB is excited to debut “Copperhead Vagabond,” the lead single from Ben Copperhead’s new album Wailing Viridescence, a layered new album of folk-inspired, experimental art-rock to be released on April 28 via Shimmy-Disc. Ben Copperhead, formerly known as Baby Copperhead, explains of the new tone-setting track: "'Copperhead Vagabond' is a … Read more
Reno, NV band Elephant Rifle has a new record out on April 28 on a new label home. The record is called Broken Water, to release via Learning Curve Records and kicking off the news cycle with a single called "The New Wimpkiller," which seems a fitting title for their … Read more
With a mix of '90s alt rock, power pop, and upbeat energy, Flycatcher is back with a new EP, leading up the April 4 release of new EP Stunt with the lead single, "Rust." The EP will release via Memory Music. Read more track listing: 1. Games 2. Always Selfish … Read more
Denver band Abrams has announced da May tour with BleakHeart, covering much of the western US. The band most recently released In the Dark on Small Stone Recordings. A second pressing of the vinyl (red) is now available. Dates are listed below. Read more ABRAMS w/ BleakHeart: 5/05/2023 Hi Dive … Read more
Sunburster is back with an optimistic new album titled Trudging to Extinction, due on May 5 via Knife Hits Records. The band released a self-titled record in 2021, playing heavy sludge metal with some grunge nods, a sound which continues to evolve on the new record, including lead single "Roach." … Read more
Seventeen years after the release of their last music, Glass Casket has shared a new song called "Let Them Go," one of four songs on a self-titled EP that will release on June 9 via Silent Pendulum Records. The lineup includes original members Dustie Waring (guitar) and Blake Richardson (drums), … Read more
Unsane, with a new lineup that includes Cooper (Made Out of Babies) and Jon Syverson (Daughters), has added Australia to their 2023 tour plans, with several dates across the country in September. The band will be selling limited edition color vinyl made by Disdain Records on the tour. Read more … Read more
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