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Bad Religion looks good at 40

Posted in Shows on December 5, 2020

Believe it or not, Bad Religion is turning 40 years-old as a band. To celebrate the milestone the group has a four-part streaming series coming up, broken down with material by the decade. Part one debuts tomorrow, December 13.

The series includes live footage, interviews, and a look at rehearsals leading up to the series, and a live chat during each stream. “I can speak for the whole band when I say that we were so disappointed to not be able to tour this year. It is our fans and all those concerts we play each year that provide the life-force of Bad Religion. Decades allows new fans as well as those who were there at the beginning to get a rich overview of our entire career and witness the changes in songwriting and performance styles at each stage of our evolution," vocalist Greg Graffin says in a prepared statement.

Tickets are available now. Hit the bump for more info.

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  • The '80s - Bad Religion performs songs from How Could Hell Be Any Worse, Suffer, and No Control. They discuss what it was like being young punks in a world of Pacman, Reaganomics, and Televangelism.
     
  • The '90's - Bad Religion performs songs from Against The Grain, Generator, Recipe For Hate, Stranger Than Fiction, The Gray Race, and No Substance. This decade cemented their position as one of the most influential and prolific bands of our time, but it didn't come easy or without cost; the band discusses the growing pains and lessons learned.
     
  • The '00s - Bad Religion performs songs from The New America, The Process of Belief, The Empire Strikes First, and New Maps of Hell. Returning home and charging forward into a new millennium, Bad Religion continued to awe with their prowess, releasing some of their most beloved material to date.
     
  • The '10s - Bad Religion performs songs from The Dissent of Man, True North, and Age Of Unreason. The Covid-19 pandemic cut short their plans to tour in support of The Age Of Unreason and are now performing material never seen live before. The band discusses the gratitude they live with every day looking back on 40 years of being Bad Religion and the legacy they are still actively creating.
     
    Decades episodes will premiere at 5:00pm EST

December 13th:          Bad Religion, the '80s
December 20th :         Bad Religion, the '90s
December 27th:          Bad Religion, the '00s
January 3rd:               Bad Religion, the '10s

New Petrol Girls single

Posted in MP3s on December 5, 2020

Petrol Girls shared a new single and video yesterday, titled “I Believe Them (Solidarity Not Silence)." Watch a video below and head to Bandcamp where it's being exclusively sold. The song is released to raise awareness (and funds) of an ongoing defamation case concerning several women who spoke up about … Read more

Terminal Bliss through Relapse

Posted in Labels on December 4, 2020

Terminal Bliss from Richmond, VA has signed with Relapse Records. The band, featuring brothers Chris (vocals) and Mike Taylor (guitar), plus drummer Ryan Parrish and bassist Adam Juresko, formed last year and quickly recorded a debut record. If the names are familiar, the musicians have played with Pg. 99, Pygmy … Read more

It's "Christmas in Hell," says Crocodiles

Posted in MP3s on December 4, 2020

In a year of pandemics, mass hospitalizations and illness, and political and social turmoil, indie band Crocodiles have dialed up a Christmas song for the times in "Christmas In Hell." "The world needed a Christmas song reflective of the total shittiness of 2020 so last week we decided to write … Read more

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J. Wang's Come Closer

Posted in MP3s on December 4, 2020

Come Closer, a new J. Wang project (Dan Padilla, Shallow Cuts, Tiltwheel), has shared its debut single "Get It Wrong." The new song is a teaser for a full-length record, recorded in Wang's home, coming in early 2021 via Pirates Press Records. “I’m super excited about it and it is … Read more

Debt Neglector has a new EP

Posted in Records on December 4, 2020

Debt Neglector from Florida released a new EP today on bandcamp, called Bad Faith, donating all proceeds to Fair Fight, an organization registering voters, fighting voter suppression, and informing the public about progressive issues. The band used songs left from their upcoming LP (due next year), releasing the songs now … Read more

The Mountain Goats Jordan Lake Sessions

Posted in Records on December 4, 2020

It's another bandcamp Friday, which means more goodies in a year that's had lots of unpleasantness as well. This time it's news of the third new Mountain Goats release of 2020. The John Darnielle-fronted group performed a livestream event earlier this year and now those 36 songs are be released … Read more

After long wait, a new full-length from Black Sheep Wall

Posted in Records on December 4, 2020

Over five years after releasing I'm Going To Kill Myself, SoCal sludge band Black Sheep Wall is back with a brand new album called Songs for the Enamel Queen on Feb. 26 on Silent Pendulum Records. The band first formed in the mid-'00s and has had several lineup changes between … Read more

Tokyo Police Club's Champ: 10th anniversary edition

Posted in Records on December 3, 2020

On March 5, 2021, Ontario's Tokyo Police Club will release a deluxe version of their Champ album, the group's second full-length which originally released in 2010. The new edition will be released on vinyl and digital formats, including a new remix, b-sides and other unreleased songs. The band kicks off … Read more

Brand new (old) Terror

Posted in Records on December 3, 2020

Not all of 2020's surprises are bad news. In the latetst surprise record, Terror returned with a new 4-song EP yesterday called Sink To The Hell. The new EP features four previously unreleased songs courtesy of WAR Records. The band began work on the EP shortly after lockdowns began this … Read more

A Slackers holiday party

Posted in Shows on December 3, 2020

Add The Slackers to the list of upcoming livestream events as the holidays approach. The New York ska/rocksteady band has a 17 year tradition of playing holiday shows, and this year they'll be streaming a concert on December 19 (tickets on sale today). The long-running band, who started the tradition … Read more

SPB premiere: Previously unreleased Triple Fast Action

Posted in Records on December 3, 2020

It’s been nearly twenty-four years since Triple Fast Action released their last album, Cattlemen Don’t on Deep Elm Records. A lot has happened since 1997, but one thing that never came to fruition until 2021 was a proper vinyl release. On January 21, 2021, Forge Again Records is reissuing Cattlemen … Read more

SPB exclusive: Soviet Machines stream

Posted in Records on December 1, 2020

Our featured stream this month is the return of The Soviet Machines from Minneapolis, MN. Their new self-titled album isn’t out until next year (Jan. 1 digitally and Feb. 12 for the LP) but we’re sharing it at SPB now. It’s the group’s third release and first new material in … Read more

Amenra live event

Posted in Shows on November 28, 2020

On Dec. 12, Amenra will take to the live stage for a streaming event. As the band explains it: On a summer night this year we all came together on a meadow in our hometown, Kortrijk, to play our latest album, MASS VI in its entirety. This recorded performance was … Read more

The Aggrolites vinyl reissues

Posted in Records on November 28, 2020

Pirates Press Records has just released four of The Aggrolites' records on vinyl. The four albums to be reissued are Aggrolites, Reggae Hit L.A., IV, and Rugged Road. Read more

The Mendozaz plan a full-length, share "Murder" now

Posted in Records on November 28, 2020

The Mendozaz have a new video out this week to prepare fans for a new full-length next year. The video, shared below, if for the somg "Murder" and will appear on Up And At Them this coming year. The Toronto punk band formed in 2017 as a side project for … Read more

Art As Catharsis 2020 label sampler

Posted in Labels on November 27, 2020

Australia's Art As Catharsis label has shared a new 15-song 2020 label sampler, with a range of different underground music styles stretching from "from psychedelic rock to cinematic doom; ethereal indie to Persian jazz; soaring post-rock to sublime prog." The collection includes songs by Brian Campeau, Arcing Wires, Hinterlandt, and … Read more

Paper Free 3 label sampler for Black Friday

Posted in MP3s on November 27, 2020

Black Friday is all about the deals, or something like that anyway. Paper + Plastick Records has teamed up with Lost Music Collective and Anchor Eight Four, though, to give away 15 free songs from the labels' catalogs. The three label sampler features five songs from each lavel, including tunes … Read more

A first from Record Thieves

Posted in Records on November 27, 2020

Denver, CO punks Record Thieves released their dubut full-length earlier this week on digital formats. Titled Wasting Time, the new album is the group's first, but members have previously played with Members Of Authority Zero, Allout Helter, and Boldtype. A physical vinyl release is still to come on Feb. 5, … Read more

Yashira and Full of Hell's Dylan Walker

Posted in Records on November 27, 2020

Yashira shared a new single, the third so far, from next month's new album Fail To Be. The new single (embed below) is for "Shades Erased" and features Full of Hell's Dylan Walker making a guest appearance. The new album will release on Dec. 11 on Good Fight Music. Read … Read more