With a sound that reflects an eclectic range of influences, Belgium's Wrong Man continue to forge their own path with every record they release, and every song they write. Their unique brand of soulful post hardcore is equal parts noisy and melodic, at times bluesy and moody. Depending on who you ask, you’ll hear references to bands like Quicksand & The Jesus Lizard, or Sonic Youth & The Wipers.
New York City ska upstarts Be Decent have released their debut single, “Human Nature,” a spiky punk rock anthem inspired by The Jam and Elvis Costello and featuring guest vocals from indie legend Ted Leo. The song is about how phony moral crusaders tear others down in hopes of landing on the “right side of history.” On the buildup to the towering chorus, lead singer Jimmy Doyle is disappointed, if not exactly surprised: “It’s nothing major / Just human nature.”
Salt Lake City, Utah’s three-piece punk rock band of hyperactive scurvy mates Pirates of the Promised Land (PotPL) is back with its sophomore EP, Aging Disgracefully, out this Friday. But guess what?
Three years in the making, HOLSMAN's debut album Sally, is a love letter to Chicago punk and an unflinching concept album about two survivors of abusive childhoods navigating adult relationships with light at the end of the tunnel. Today
Brighton punk rock quartet Harker have announced their new album All That Remains will be released 2nd October via Disconnect Disconnect Records (with Shield Recordings doing the honours in Europe and Fixing a Hole Records in Japan). The news comes alongside the release of another punk anthem from the band in the form of new single ‘Dislocation.’
Twenty years in, The Menzingers have reached a point most punk bands never reach.
Fans of melodic punk should check out the new Nietzsche EP, a split 7" from Tightwire (Minneapolis) and Canadian Rifle (Chicago).
The six-track release brings together two bands with distinct sounds, united by lyrical themes of nihilism, tragedy, and fatalism that Nietzsche would approve.
Released as a gatefold 7", the Nietzsche EP is will be out July 10 via Red Scare Industries
Nietzsche track listing:
Toronto’s Wine Lips return with “Projector,” the first single from their newly announced fifth album TV Dinner, arriving August 28 on Stomp Records. Drawing from the blown-out spirit of ’90s garage punk while retaining the psychedelic chaos that has become the band’s calling card, “Projector” channels the urgency of Teengenerate, The Hives, New Bomb Turks, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, and Osees into a sharp blast of scorched guitars, pounding drums, and razor-wire attitude.
Dinosaur Jr. announce their new album, There Near, out August 28th via Jagjaguwar and release the lead single/video, “Several Got Away.” Of the “Several Got Away” video, the director Guy Kozak says, “I wanted to do something a little tongue-in-cheek with a kind of ‘backyard movie’ feel that could fit in nicely with the existing canon of dinosaur jr. music videos. The first bit of inspiration came from a great Henry Darger painting of kids being terrorized by two giant floating hands of fire. Then I got thinking about the rapture and it came together from there.
Colorado Springs punk outfit The Sleights have announced their new LP, Don't Worry! It Will All Be Over Soon, due out Friday, August 7 in partnership with Rad Girlfriend Records. Alongside the announcement, the band has shared a video for lead single "Alone."
