“The years went by because we were just doing other things,” chuckles Big D and the Kids Table vocalist Dave McWane. “When you’re all in your 20s and living in the same house, it’s very convenient, but when you’re older and some people live in different states, it’s more like ‘Oh, dang, let’s all get together and write a record!’” The ska-punk staple readies to release their ninth studio album and first new album in nearly a decade.
Nashville indie label Black Numbers will be releasing the debut album by Dirty Shrines. The Fort Collins based band includes Tim Browne & Brian Van Proyen of Elway and Drew Johnson of Chumped.
They owe their sound to a melange of influences from Steely Dan and Hall & Oates to Jets to Brazil and The Killers. The result of a few years of tinkering is Dirty Shrines’ debut LP “Digital Ego”: a begrudgingly self-aware treatise on the terminally-online world via 10 track flight of fancy that dabbles equally in 70s rock, power pop, punk, and indie.
Following the release of 2019’s conceptual album ”La Paix Ou Le Sable”, French melodic punk outfit Nightwatchers are back. The band just launched the new single ”White Fathers” a track criticizing the French state for its exploitation of occupied territories during France’s colonial era.
Formed in January 2016 in Toulouse, France by Freddy, Kevin, Julien and David, the four piece offers a melodic, punchy and gloomy sound, powered by political subversiveness and social criticism.
Founded in 2021 in Germany, The Cheap Pops wants to bring the 90s back to the speakers. On the 30th of August, with their first EP 'Winless Summer', they are ringing the bells of attention and delivering pure nostalgia in 8 short and crisp songs!
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Fat Wreck Chords and legendary West Coast rock band face to face have announced the bands's forthcoming album, No Way Out But Through. The album will drop on September 10th with pre-order available now. Produced by Seigfried Meier, No Way Out But Through is a record that brims with intelligent songwriting, arena-sized choruses, big guitars, and a distinct musical fluidity that comes from playing together as a band for over 30 years.
Big Indie Records and rock band The Bots are excited to present “Girl Problems,” the second single to be lifted from the Wednesday, September 8 release of 2 Seater, the LA-based outfit’s first full-length offering in seven years. “’Girl Problems’ was inspired by the stories I'd hear from my girl friends growing up,” said frontman Mikaiah Lei of The Bots. “It's basically the story of ‘Mean Girls’ and problems young women go through: catty behavior, talking behind one another's back, etc.
Amyl and the Sniffers, the Melbourne, Australia rock band fronted by Amy Taylor, will release their second album Comfort To Me on September 10 on ATO Records.
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Taking inspiration from the likes of Jawbreaker, Descendents, Alkaline Trio, The Bombpops, and others, Boston melodic punk band The Jacklights play energetic, hook-driven punk/pop-punk with thoughtful lyrics and a 90s alt rock influence. "Drift" is the band's second EP, a follow up to their self-titled debut released in 2020. Alt-weekly Dig Boston said of Drift: "Potentially to be one of the top records to come out of Boston in 2021."
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Set for release on August 20 via Mutant League Records, 'Retrofit' reunites the band with producer Nick Ingram at Capital House Studio (Hawthorne Heights), who previously recorded their debut album.
"The Way Things Used To Be" follows on the heels of the recently released single/music video "Meant For Misery.".
