Dave Hause - ...And The Mermaid
The lone trumpet that opens ‘A Knife In The Mud’ may sound like the start of a movie soundtrack, but once the distorted guitars and drums crash in, it’s clear that … And The Mermaid is a v
The lone trumpet that opens ‘A Knife In The Mud’ may sound like the start of a movie soundtrack, but once the distorted guitars and drums crash in, it’s clear that … And The Mermaid is a v
More than a decade since their last release, Modern Life Is War has returned with a new album. And… it’s interesting. Or different.
100% Hardcore. 100% Straight Edge. 100% Latino. Colombian hardcore band Raw Brigade are stating exactly who they are with their new album 100% out November 14th on Flatspot Records. Available in both English and Spanish versions, the eleven track album bursts with aggression through furious vocals, fast-paced riffs, and plenty of two-step mosh parts. Influence from NYHC bands like Outburst and Warzone seeps through, while lyrics tackle everything from straight edge pride to addressing those who are treated unjust from corrupt systems.

Following his recent Americana-leaning albums (2021's Blood Harmony and 2023's Drive It Like It’s Stolen), Philly-bred and California-based singer-songwriter Dave Hause is back with a full-blown rock 'n roll statement.

Austin’s Die Spitz - Ava Schrobilgen, Ellie Livingston, Kate Halter, and Chloe De St. Aubin - stumbled onto the scene in 2022 after not watching the Mötley Crüe biopic The Dirt.
Chattanooga, TN hardcore upstarts, Gumm, have announced their sophomore full-length, Beneath The Wheel, due out October 31st via punk's most reliably awesome label, Convulse Records. Gumm's adventurous strain of hardcore is fueled by inventive riffs, a truly pummeling rhythm section, and vocalist Drew Waldon's throat-shredding roar, all of which have been dialed even further into the red on Beneath The Wheel.

Few punk lifers have a résumé as bulletproof as Dan Vapid.
Julian's spent the past 25 years immersed in punk and ska and hardcore and metal and classical and jazz and funk and you get the picture. When he's not making music of his own, he likes interviewing other bands. Who knew?!

If you’re not yet acquainted with The Chugs, you’re in for a treat. These Indiana legends take punk rock, Hamm’s beer, and chaos and wrap them up in punk anthems that feel like summer nights, bad calls, and regret.
Debut full length album "The Unknown Reigns" by San Diego ghost-punk band Hauntu (pronounced Hawn-too) releases November 14, 2025.
Coming hot off the heels of their 2024 EP "I" on Sell the Heart Records which garnered a nomination for Best Indie/Alternative in the San Diego Music Awards, Hauntu returns with ten beautifully furious songs about living through late stage capitalism and finding themselves at the precipice of a fascist state.