On "You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To", Knocked Loose have honed in on a diverse, cohesive and savagely aggressive album that sums up the massive strides they’ve taken during their decade as a band, and asserts their boundless potential going forward. Internally, there was the need to challenge themselves as songwriters while retaining the merciless intensity and unflinching honesty that have always been their calling cards.
Mean Jeans—Billy Jeans, Houndy and Junior Jeans—recently released their sixth album, ‘Blasted,’ out now on Fat Wreck Chords.
Jonah Matranga has been making music for over 30 years.
A prolific artist, he has become an enduring institution in the scene with a devoted fan base, rich lineage, and varied music career. Jonah has often straddled the line between the underground and mainstream. He's worked with indie labels like Jade Tree and majors such as Atlantic, having fronted the bands FAR, NEW END ORIGINAL, and GRATITUDE.
Dog Date have been making a name for themselves with their scrappy, fuzzed-punk, and pummeling live show powered by a unique dual drummer attack. On Zinger, the five-piece have bottled the controlled chaos of their performances for all to experience. The record's lead single "Nuff Said" is a rip-roaring introduction, bringing to mind classics like The Wipers, or Mudhoney--the kinds of primally appealing bands that draw on punk, hardcore, garage, and straight up unhinged rock & roll in equal measure.
Chula Vista’s Take Offense forge ahead towards new frontiers on T.O.tality. After nearly two decades of grinding and the accompanying blood/sweat, Take Offense have mastered their craft, reaching the pinnacle of their crossover style. T.O.tality, their fourth overall album and label debut for MNRK Heavy, is marked with a sense of modernity– incorporating the hard-driving ethos of thrash, the finesse of speed metal, the sneering tenacity of hardcore all while nodding to their home of Southern California.
Faulty Cognitions have announced their debut album, Somehow, Here We Are (out April 12th on Cercle Social).
After a quarter-of-a-century in the game, Frank Turner recently announced his 10th studio album, ‘Undefeated,’ out May 3rd on Xtra Mile Recordings (pre-order
Austin Texas quartet Gentlemen Rogues have been celebrating aggressive guitar pop anthems — bearing the influences of The Replacements, Superdrag, Jawbreaker, and similar visionaries since 2011.
Bayside is thrilled to announce their forthcoming album There Are Worse Things Than Being Alive. The new record serves as a follow up to 2019's Interrobang, and features tracks from the previously released The Red and The Blue EPs as well as six brand new songs. You can stream Bayside’s haunting new single "The Devils" below.
Let's Start Degeneracy, the long-awaited fourth full-length record from Microwave, is a trip. Its title, taken from a conservative politician's take on drugs in 1970, captures the band's newfound liberated spirit, and its tracks play by no one's rules but their own. At various points the Atlanta trio pull together a multitude of influences ranging from ambient pop and R&B to psychedelia and yes, even Sublime.
