The now-annual Recess Romp returns to The Sardine in San Pedro, CA, taking place August 13-16 this year with a stacked lineup that will include Dillinger Four, Off With Their Heads, Toys That Kill, Alice Bag, Scared of Chaka, and more.
The first wave of announcements is as follows:
Tickets go on sale on April 10.
Pictured: Toys That Kill at FEST 23 (2025)
Maybe it’s because I caught Off With Their Heads live recently and maybe it’s because on Home, their third official full-length, the theme is something that songwriter Ryan Young has been hinting at all along. Either way, the songs here are familiar and powerful and they continue to deliver in a similar vein as to the rest of their output, … Read more
Off With Their Heads have built a reasonable fanbase within the fest related punk scene. This is due to certain consistency in their style, without being all the same all the time. Gruff vocals, bass heavy songs, and depressing lyrics all have their place in this. So one had to expect a backlash of sorts when, after a series of … Read more
Being from the same state as well a fan of tuneful catchy pop-punk one would think that I would be really into Dillinger Four. Yes, one would think that. The fact of the matter is that I've always been a casual fan of this rambunctious often inebriated foursome. I've actually only seen them once in the last fifteen years and … Read more
Mike (Dauber) SPB: What was the first album you ever bought? Mike: I'm not quite certain what the first album I ever bought was, probably Dookie or Smash. What I can remember is the first time I ever went to the legendary Vintage Vinyl in Fords, NJ (RIP). I had … Read more
Pure Joy The 23rd FEST in Gainesville, Florida recently wrapped up. Scene Point Blank has been to the majority of them over the past two decades, beginning at FEST 5. I've personally attended roughly half of them. And at FEST 23, I saw 44 bands in 3 days (an even … Read more
Dave-O (Night Court) SPB" You just released your third record in the last four years. How do you know when it’s “time” to record and release a new full-length? Dave-O: Well, technically $HIT MACHINE is our fourth album in four years - although Nervous Birds One and Too are being … Read more
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