The Swedish punkrockers that make up Millencolin have been around for twenty years and to celebrate the occasion , they released “The Melancholy Connection”.

Every Time I Die is back and rather than mellowing out as the years go by, these guys seem to get more intense and more pissed off with every single album.

Psst, come here. I’ll let you in on a little secret… A Tragedy In Progress is not really a new band.

Forever Came Calling’s debut is off to a strange start with a short one-minute opener that has the vocals way too low in the mix before it is cut short after which the band launches into “For The W

The Riot Before may have broken up a couple of months ago but they didn’t leave us empty-handed.

Big Awesome is a three-piece from South Carolina who have this indie take on powerpop going on on “Birdfeeder”.

Handsome Foxes is a new band out of Raleigh, NC with members from The Ethnographers among its ranks.

Back when I first started listening to punkrock, I listened to skapunk quite a bit. Bosstones, Link 80, Reel Big Fish, Mad Caddies, Save Ferris,… you name it!

Verse called it a day in 2009, played a couple of shows again two years later and are completely back now with their new album. Does it sound like what I was hoping for?

Young Turks is the name of a relatively new hardcore band out of Portland that is fronted by former Broadway Calls bassist Matt Koenig.