Fat Wreck Chords' 10 most underrated albums

With over three decades of history behind it, Fat Wreck Chords has built one of the most iconic catalogs in punk rock. So iconic that Hopeless Records wanted to buy it.

With over three decades of history behind it, Fat Wreck Chords has built one of the most iconic catalogs in punk rock. So iconic that Hopeless Records wanted to buy it.
Detroit hardcore-adjacent punk band Big Life (f/ members of Black Dahlia Murder, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Extra Arms, and more) are releasing the very pissed off "The Cost of Progress" EP on August 1st via Setterwind Records. Check out the video for new single 'Out Of Breath' below.
Nashville-based heavy duo Friendship Commanders are excited to announce their new album BEAR out October 10 on their new label home Magnetic Eye Records.The duo is loudly introducing the upcoming release with two dynamic new tracks, "KEEPING SCORE" and "MELT" and their accompaying music videos.
Punk rock veterans Squirtgun are back! Let that soak in for a bit. After a 22-year recording hiatus, we are beyond psyched to premiere the band's brand new lyric video for their first new track in over two decades, 'Sunflowers'.

Formed in 2019 by members of Stick to Your Guns, Samiam, and Joyce Manor, Ways Away recently released their third album 'I’m Not You,' their most dynamic album to date with songs like 'I Should Have Brought A Gun, 'Pace C

What starts over beers with friends doesn’t always turn into a legacy—but sometimes it does.
All Time Low - Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick — known for their anthemic, inimitable sound and fiercely loyal fanbase, announce the forthcoming release of their tenth full-length studio release, Everyone’s Talking!, due on October 17 via their own imprint, Basement Noise Records, in partnership with Photo Finish Records/Virgin Music Group.

Emerging from the vibrant New Jersey scene, All Under Heaven and High. have long shared stages and a mutual respect for each other.
After more than three decades of two-tone swagger, punk attitude, and brass-blasted joy, Montreal’s beloved ska lifers The Planet Smashers return with “Meet Me On The Dancefloor,” the first single from their forthcoming tenth studio album, On the Dancefloor. Dropping July 11 alongside an irresistible music video, the single kicks off pre-orders for the album, which lands August 22 on Stomp Records. It’s a summery, anthemic invitation back into the band’s world of groove-driven rebellion, self-deprecating humour, and dancefloor catharsis.
The Dreadnoughts—now based in New York but with deep roots in Vancouver—have spent nearly two decades fusing sea shanties, polkas, tarantellas, and street punk into their own explosive brand of folk-punk. Their upcoming album Polka Pit is a defiant celebration of resistance, tradition, and chaos—a soundtrack for the end of the world and the beginning of something new.
“Polka Pit is a tribute to the magic of punk rock and the power of traditional polka,” says Smyth.