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Tom Morello and Serj Tankian team up

Posted in Music News on May 29, 2026

Tom Morello just shared the new single "Adjourn It," featuring Serj Tankian (System Of A Down) and Roman Morello.

The single comes adjacent to Morello's Power To The People Festival, scheduled for Oct. 3 in Columbia, MD near Washington, DC. The community action-minded event will feature performances from Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dropkick Murphys, The Linda Lindas, Serj Tankian, Joan Baez, Jack Black and more.

The single will also appear on Morello's upcoming album on Mom + Pop.

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Tour Dates

Jun 4 - Sweden Rock Festival 2026 - Sölvesborg, Sweden

Jun 5 - Rock im Park 2026 - Nürnberg, Germany

Jun 6 - Rock am Ring 2026 - Nürburg, Germany

Jun 8 - SO36 - Berlin, Germany

Jun 9 - Klub Stodoła - Warszawa, Poland

Jun 11 - Nova Rock 2026 - Nickelsdorf, Austria

Jun 12 - Rock for People 2026 - Hradec Králové, Czechia

Jun 14 - Download Festival 2026 - Castle Donington, United Kingdom

Jun 15 - Electric Brixton - London, United Kingdom

Jun 16 - Bataclan - Paris, France

Jun 18 - Graspop Metal Meeting 2026 - Dessel, Belgium

Jun 20 - Hellfest 2026 - Clisson, France

Jun 21 - Pinkpop 2026 - Landgraaf, Netherlands

Jun 22 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen, Netherlands

Jun 24 - Copenhell Festival 2026 - Copenhagen, Denmark

Jun 26 - Tons of Rock 2026 - Oslo, Norway

Jun 27 - BBK Music Legends Festival 2026 - Bilbao, Spain

Jul 26 - Newport Folk 2026 - Newport, RI

Sep 19 - Louder Than Life 2026 - Louisville, KY

Oct 3 - Power to the People Festival at Meriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD

The Ultimate...And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers:

Posted in Music News on May 15, 2026

Meet ...And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers, a new hardcover book featuring interviews about iconic metal album covers. In total the 372-page book contains700 graphics and 120+ interviews including features on Black Sabbath, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Neurosis, and many more. Originally published in 2015 and … Read more

Black Flag in photos (1983)

Posted in Music News on April 17, 2026

Bazillion Points Books has announced My War on Wilshire: Black Flag vs. the Wilshire Federal Building...and the Vex. The Michael Pearson book is primiarily composed of photography from two 1983 shows: On Independence Day, 1983, Black Flag spread out under a blue sky on the terrace of FBI headquarters in … Read more

The Dead Milkmen: the book

Posted in Music News on April 16, 2026

J-Card Press just announced the publishing house's eighth book: The Dead Milkmen by Tyler Sonnichsen, about the Philadelphia, PA band of the same name. Formed in 1983, the band is arguably best known for their 1985 debut Big Lizard in my Backyard. The band broke up in 1994 and reunited … Read more

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All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: 50 years of the Ramones

Posted in Music News on March 17, 2026

A new book titled All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones, by Jenn L. Beckwith, will be available on April 23 via DiWulf Publishing (US) and Earth Island Books (UK). The book combines extensive research by Beckwith alongside fan stories, fan-submitted photos, and more. It … Read more

Jello Biafra health update

Posted in Music News on March 9, 2026

Jello Biafra, original vocalist of Dead Kennedys, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on Saturday, March 7. In a prepared statement from Biafra, issued via Alternative Tentacles, Biafra says: I hopped out of my bed because I needed to pee, and my left leg just collapsed under me and I fell to … Read more

The Women in Vinyl 1% Drive

Posted in Music News on March 2, 2026

Several record stores will join forces on International Women's Day, March 8, in a campaign called The Women in Vinyl 1% Drive. Participating stores will donate 1% of sales on that date to support mentorship, scholarships, and education in the vinyl industry via the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We don't see … Read more

For your punk rock reading list

Posted in Music News on December 24, 2025

A new book titled All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Punk and Hardcore is out now, officially available since Dec. 12. The book collects 14 essays about punk and hardcore ethos, personal experiences, and discussions about influential albums by the likes of Minor Threat, Talking Heads, and … Read more

The Mike Dirnt bass

Posted in Music News on November 23, 2025

Epiphone has announced a new limited edition bass made in partnership with Mike Dirnt of Green Day. The new edition takes his Gibson Grabber G-3, with added features specific to his playing style. Read more Its features: Crafted with a double-cutaway maple body and a 34-inch scale three-piece maple neck, … Read more

[An Updated] Visual History of American Hardcore

Posted in Music News on July 5, 2025

Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore is being re-released in a new expanded edition from Revelation Records Books. The collection of photography, flyers, and more was originally published in 2008 by MTV Press/powerHouse in a partnership between designer Nathan Nedorostek and writer / musician Anthony Pappalardo (In … Read more

Looking for Deerhoof on Spotify?

Posted in Music News on July 2, 2025

Long-running noise-ish band Deerhoof just announced that their catalog will be removed from Spotify, offering a lengthy statement below. The band has released 20 albums to date, most recently Noble and Godlike in Ruin (Joyful Noise Recordings). Read more We're taking Deerhoof off Spotify. Daniel Ek uses $700 million of … Read more

The OC punk scene of the 1990s: the book

Posted in Music News on May 19, 2025

Hatchette Book Group (Da Capo) will publish a new book about the 1990s Orange county, CA punk scene, Tearing Down The Orange Curtain: How Punk Rock Brought Orange County to the World, out on May 20 by Nate Jackson & Daniel Kohn. The book features Social Distortion, The Offspring, No … Read more

Herb Wiley (Rye Coalition) diagnosis

Posted in Music News on April 24, 2025

Herb Wiley (Rye Coalition, Black Hollies, WYLIE) just shared a health update and disappointing news for fans. The guitarist of Rye Coalition (and more) has been diagnosed with the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS. Wiley recently recorded his first solo album, under the name WYLIE, shortly before losing the function of … Read more

Punk Rock & Paintbrushes on the road

Posted in Music News on April 19, 2025

A traveling art exhibit with a rotating group of musician related artists will tour the US, so to speak, hosting events in several states. Punk Rock & Paintbrushes began in 2007, opening for the 2025 season in Los Angeles at Eye for Sound Gallery in Los Angeles, (owned by Serj … Read more

Free earplug program for musicians

Posted in Music News on April 1, 2025

Sweet Relief Musicians Fund has teamed with Sweetwater to created Hearing Health Fund, a program providing free hearing screenings for musicians, including access to free high-quality earplugs. Hearing loss and damage is a major concern for musicians that affects their day to day quality of life, as well as their … Read more

Counterfeit Gibsons in LA

Posted in Music News on December 12, 2024

A lot of people, and contraband, cross the US border. In late November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport captured and confiscated $18 million in fake Gibson guitars. The bust was the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, with … Read more

Slummy and The Saint Series

Posted in Music News on November 23, 2024

California based author and winter of the California Book Award Joshua Mohr has a new trilogy of books, The Saint Series, a literary series with a musical bent. Book one is out now, Saint the Terrifying, and is described by Mohr as "a trilogy of novels about a punk rock … Read more

Groupies podcast season 5

Posted in Music News on November 18, 2024

Season 5 of the Lost Notes: Groupies podcast is out now, hosted by Jessica Hopper and Dylan Tupper Rupert. The new season is subtitled "Women of Sunset Strip, From the Pill to Punk" and continues to series' emphasis on the telling the stories of the women from these famous scenes. … Read more

Mickey Leigh Won't Be Your Victim No More

Posted in Music News on November 1, 2024

Mickey Leigh (The Rattlers) has teamed up with Jamaican artist Militant General to The Emperor to release a new version of The Rattlers' track, "I Won't Be Your Victim (No More)." Mickey Leigh comments: I knew this song had legs, but i didn't think it could run all the to … Read more

135 artists to benefit North Carolina

Posted in Music News on October 11, 2024

Over one hundred artists have contributed unreleased songs in effort to support flood relief in western North Carolina on a new compilation called Cardinals at the Window. The 135-track collection includes R.E.M., The War on Drugs, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Waxahatchee, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, King Gizzard and … Read more