Scrunchies is a Minneapolis, MN-based rock band formed by Laura Larson (she/her; guitar, vocals) and Danielle Cusack (she/her; drums, vocals). Larson earned notoriety early on, leading brash punk band Baby Guts. She is also currently a member of seminal dance-punk drums and bass trio, Kitten Forever. Cusack, raised by veterans of the 70s NYC art and music scene, also came to prominence in the Twin Cities music scene as a teenager with her indie grunge rock band, Bruise Violet.

Leave it to Just Friends to make being called "basic" cool. The Bay Area crew's highly-anticipated new album, HELLA, will finally arrive on March 4 from Pure Noise Records.

From its triumphant opening and an impossibly catchy hook to the image of Lil B and Hobo Johnson "at the mooooo-vies," the song finds these Northern California superheroes embracing all the things they love about their crew. In a time where close-knit groups are more encouraged than ever, "Basic" is an anthem about the simple life and spending time with your best friends doing whatever.

 Ann Beretta have announced the upcoming release of "RISE," the first album of new material since 2003's "Three Chord Revolution". Releasing Thursday, Feb 17th 2022, the album was recorded in Richmond, VA at Audio Verité studios June 2021-Dec 2021 and was produced by singer/guitarist Rob Huddleston, engineered and mixed by the band's guitarist Pedro Aida, and mastered by long time friend and former Lookout! Records labelmate Mass Giorgini (Screeching Weasel, Common Rider, Squirtgun) at Sonic Iguana Studio in Lafayette, IN.

Swami Records and PLOSIVS — the brand new punk outfit featuring John Reis (Hot Snakes / Rocket From The Crypt / Drive Like Jehu), Rob Crow (Pinback), Atom Willard (Against Me!) and Jordan Clark (Mrs. Magician) — are excited to announce the Thursday, March 17 release of its 10-song self-titled debut album. Recorded in October 2020 at Singing Serpent Studios with engineer Ben Moore, PLOSIVS is a new sound created in the “distance rock” movement that was born during a year of canceled tours, postponed record releases and a vast horizon of unemployment.

Massachusetts-based punk band A Wilhelm Scream are excited to announce the Thursday, April 14 release of the band’s first album in nine years, Lose Your Delusion. A body of work that culls from various styles weaved together into what the band appropriately calls “A Wilhelm Sampler,” Lose Your Delusion, A Wilhelm Scream’s first full-length offering in nine years, finds the accomplished rock quintet at its most daring, experimental and cohesive. The album’s first single, “Be One To No One,” is a raucous and experimental shot of punk that squarely takes aim at anxiety, pain and self doubt.