Everything old is new again, with white-collar scammers, right-wing reactionaries, and punk-rock watchdogs all doing their best to make the 2020s look just like the 1990s. In other words, it’s the perfect moment for a new split 7” from Stand Up! Records. On “Under the Table #2,” a true working man's* delight, the trenchant capitalist critiques and wild harmonica riffs of ‘90s underground icons the (Young) Pioneers are covered by their Minneapolis-based heirs, The Slow Death.

San Francisco punks United Defiance are debuting a new track ("Sing With Me") off their upcoming album 'Change The Frequency' due out on October 1 (Digi/CD), with a vinyl release to follow in early 2022 via Thousand Islands Records. The new LP features guest vocals from Dave Pederson (Downway), Jason Devore (Authority Zero) and others, and is the follow-up to 2018's 'Safe At Home.

Can't Swim have announced their new album "Change of Plans", out October 22 on Pure Noise Records. To celebrate the announcement, the New Jersey band has dropped the video for the first single "Deliver Us More Evil".

Chicago, IL's adventurous punks, LURK, are releasing their debut full-length, Around The Sun, on September 17th from Pure Noise Records (pre-order).

Illinois-based band Real Friends have announced their new EP "Torn In Two" will be released September 17, 2021 via Pure Noise Records.