With their signature blend of raw energy, biting lyrics, and anthemic hooks, Colorado Springs punk rockers The Sleights are back with their second full-length album, This One’s Gonna Hurt.
secondSELF is a punk trio that converged in the shadows of Nashville's prominent country and Americana music scene, not by way of the musical norms in Music City, but rather for their shared love of fast, melodic and aggressive punk rock. Drawing inspiration from the chaos of life and the turbulence of today's political and societal climate, their music is raw, urgent, and unapologetic.
In January 2025, secondSELF joined the Punkerton Records roster, wasting no time in making their presence known. Their debut full-length, The Current Dissent, is set for release on May 23.
Boston hardcore legends Death Before Dishonor announce their sixth full-length album, Nowhere Bound, set for release May 16th on Bridge Nine Records. Across eleven tracks, the band deliver with furiosity through resilient vocals, thrashy riffs, and accelerated drums. The album was produced, engineered and mixed by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed), and recorded at Rock Valley Studio, Easthampton, MA and Planet-Z, Wilbraham, MA. It can be preordered now through Bridge Nine.
On writing the album, drummer Ben Hilton shares:
Pop-punk veterans Teenage Bottlerocket have just released their new single “She’s the Shit,” and are announcing the upcoming release of their new LP Ready to Roll, the band’s first full length for Pirates Press Records. The album is scheduled for release on September 12.
Here’s what the band have to say about their new record and their new label:
We’re back with a brand new full-length, and we’re thrilled to announce:
Ready to Roll drops this September on Pirates Press Records!
Everything about The Lash evokes a certain sort of brutality.
During a trip to the Vatican, Bentham found inspiration in some of its forgotten art: I was in a very dusty part of the basement, and they had these crazy bronze reliefs that were some of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen. There was a particular one called The Horrors of War. It was two guys fighting over a knife. That image ended up guiding a lot of this record.
Hailing from Long Island, NY, Somerset Thrower was founded by four friends who share a love of all things rock and roll. Built on punk and hardcore roots, the four-piece blends raw energy with melody-soaked textures to create something both urgent and timeless. Today, the band share their first new music in four years with the reflective single "Never Going To Therapy" and announce their third album, Take Only What You Need to Survive, set for release July 11th through Smartpunk Records.
After two whirlwind years of touring—lighting up queer and punk festival stages from Pouzza in Montreal to Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas, Camp Punksylvania in Pennsylvania, and FEST in Gainesville—the self-described over-the-hill queer party punk
We are happy to premiere the video for ‘Forgotten Son’ from Winnipeg punk band Lost Planet Airmen. It is the first song off the band’s upcoming album ‘Take Me Home’.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming’s indie punk outfit Box Elder may have started as frontman/guitarist Christopher Archuleta's solo endeavor during the pandemic, but it has since grown into a full band that has been touring the west coast, PNW and Rocky Mount
Pet Symmetry's upcoming album "Big Symmetry" is set for release on May 2, 2025 via Storm Chasers Ltd and Asian Man Records. The new album features 12 melodic emo anthems, including singles like "Big Mileage" and "Big Engagement" which are now available on all streaming platforms. The Chicago-based trio, consisting of members from Into It. Over It. and Dowsing, explores themes of love and everyday moments in this heartfelt release, which was born from a creative retreat in a remote cabin. Fans of Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, Into it. Over it.
