On their latest album 'Endless' (out now on Fat Wreck Chords), Melbourne punks CLOWNS do it all. The 12 songs that make up the album swerve right and left abruptly, veering from frenetic punk to slower more psychedelic-tinged rock.
One of my favorite albums of the year was Calling Hours’ debut album ‘Say Less,’ out now on Revelation Records. Calling Hours might be a new band but its line-up boasts some familiar faces.
Right before their show at this year's Sjock festival, we caught up with The Bronx vocalist Matt Caughthran to talk about the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album, which gave us classics such as 'Heart Attack American, 'False Alarm' and 'The
Walk The Plank's upcoming release, "Loathe" (produced by Ben Green of Fairweather), was recorded just as COVID-19 broke out across the world. Since then, the band has been dormant as members navigated life.
Some bands say all they have to say at the very beginning of their career, with diminishing returns the longer they hang around. That could not be further from the truth, however, for the legendary Cock Sparrer, the “biggest punk band most people have never heard of.” As the band gears up for the April 5th, 2024 release of their eighth and final studio album, “Hand On Heart,” and looks forward to celebrating their 52nd year with headlining shows and festival appearances, it’s never been a better time to be Cock Sparrer than right now!
When Irish-born Count Vaseline/The Mighty Stef songwriter Stef Murphy met Stiff Little Fingers guitar tech Jamie Mechan in Nashville, Tennessee, it began a musical partnership of the highest order. After cranking out a few tunes at Mechan’s fledgling studio, 302 Sound, the duo started recruiting other musicians. The band was rounded out by drummer Ryan Sweeney (Cheap Time) and Eli Steele (Sweet Knives.) Dubbing themselves The Sleeveens, an Irish term for a trixter, the band got to work.
Barely a year after their comeback album ‘Life Got In The Way’, The Young Hasselhoffs are already back at it with their fifth full length ‘Dear Departed,’ out now on Mom’s Basement Records. The Omaha, Nebraska based band keeps getting better with
2023 was a good year for music. Bands that have been around for a long time released some of their best records to date and there were plenty of up-and-comers taking things to the next level as well as exciting debut albums.
For the final time as a collective, Grammy-nominated band Sum 41 have announced their upcoming double album, Heaven :x: Hell, expected for release on March 29th, 2024 via Rise Records (pre-order). Heaven :x: Hell is the most ambitious album from Sum 41 yet - Heaven is 10 tracks of snarling high energy pop punk, while Hell consists of ten heavy metal anthems spiked with fret-burning solos, thrashing riffs, and fist-pumping hooks.
For the past two decades, Comeback Kid has stood as a cornerstone in shaping and pioneering the sound of modern punk and hardcore, and they show absolutely zero signs of slowing down. Today the band announces TROUBLE, the new EP set for release March 15th through SharpTone Records. The four song EP is a sonic blast, as bright melodies cross waves with thrashy riffs and riled-up vocals. Lead single "Trouble In The Winner’s Circle,” out now, is primed to be an anthem, laced with punchy rhythms and an infectious chorus harkening back to the song’s title.
