Edmonton-based quartet CALLING ALL CAPTAINS — Luc Gauthier (vocals); Brad Bremner (guitar); Connor Dawkins (guitar and vocals); and Tim Wilson (drums) — are thrilled to announce their new EP, (e)motion sickness, out July 19 via New Damage Records.

The band, whose music is a supremely catchy hybrid of pop punk and post-hardcore, has shared the video for the first single "wallflower." The song is as gritty as it is unforgettable, and it builds up to an epic breakdown that will incite mosh pits and singing along at once.

Southern California's Heartwells will be releasing the new full-length album 'The New Old School' digitally on June 28, followed by the vinyl release on June 29. The LP was recorded at Buzzbomb Studios with producer Paul Miner (New Found Glory, Atreyu, Thrice, Death By Stereo).

Heartwells consist of members: Justin "JT" Tauch (Vox/Guitar), Dave "Moki" Marino (Bass/Vox), Chris "Guinness" Stout (Drums/Vox), Sam "Skwid" Peterson (Guitar/Vox). Bringing in influences from every decade of punk, a little metal and a hair of ska, Heartwells sound is new yet familiar.

In October, 2020, over 40 years after the founding members parted ways, The Damned announced a series of reunion shows with the original line-up consisting of Dave Vanian (vocals), Brian James (guitar), Captain Sensible (bass), and Rat Scabies (drums). Due to the pandemic, they were forced to postpone the shows until 2022. November 3rd, 2022, saw the band performing at the fully-packed O2 Apollo in Manchester, UK, delivering an energetic 21-song set taken from their first two albums, DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED and MUSIC FOR PLEASURE, the only albums to feature the four founding members.

Alexisonfire are excited to announce a new live album, LIVE Born & Raised 2022, St Catharines ON. The LP is a compilation of 17 tracks spanning the band's award-winning catalogue captured over two unforgettable nights in the summer of 2022 during the band's hometown, inaugural Born & Raised Festival. The album will be available digitally on June 27 here.

A recent Reddit thread was titled, “Fig Dish might be the least popular band of the grunge era according to Spotify.”

Now, you should probably emphasize the “era” in the phrase “grunge era”—Fig Dish wasn’t grunge and were far more likely to be compared to midwestern bands like Cheap Trick, the Replacements, and Hüsker Dü. And like those bands, Fig Dish had a penchant for combining pop melodies, noisy guitars, and angsty lyrics.