Austin, TX's Hovvdy have announced their new album, Heavy Lifter, with a lyric video for its lead single "Cathedral." The album is available for pre-order now and out 10/18 via Double Double Whammy.
Charlie Martin and Will Taylor met at a baseball game while on tour drumming for different bands. Back home in Austin, the two Texas natives discovered both held batches of compatible songs, intended for solo projects. They merged as Hovvdy instead.
Queens, NY-based post-punks WIVES—featuring vocalist/guitarist Jay Beach, guitarist Andrew Bailey (also of DIIV), drummer Adam Sachs, and bassist Alex Crawford—will be releasing their debut album 'So Removed' on October 4th via City Slang.
Young punk band from the Isle of Wright, UK, Grade 2 will release their third album and Hellcat debut, Graveyard Island, on October 11th. The album was recorded and produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong at Armstrong’s Shiprec Studios and mixed by The Interrupters’ Kevin Bivona.
Seattle's Dogbreth have announced their new album 'Ever Loving,' which will be out October 25 via Asian Man Records. Along with the announcement, the band shared the first single, 'When U Call My Name'.
Track listing:
- by Tom Dumarey
- by Tom Dumarey
- by Tom Dumarey
Jacob Turnbloom of Mrs. Magician fame will be releasing his first solo album, 'Cemetery Luau,' on Oct 31 via his own label, Cheddar Goblin Records.
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Atlanta, GA's Microwave have joined the Pure Noise Records roster and have a brand new full-length on the way. The band's third LP, Death Is A Warm Blanket, is due out September 13th and finds Microwave taking a daring sonic leap. The album plunges the band into darker and more aggressive territory than ever before, while also providing their catchiest melodies to date. Today Microwave have shared two new songs to offer a taste of their new direction.
Most people involved with ska have met Adam Davis through his years of touring the world with Link 80; I met him at the gym. When I first moved to Alameda CA I thought to myself “there’s no way anyone on this island has more ska-cred than me!”… it turns out I was wrong by about 20 years.
