Marquette, Michigan guitar-slingers Liquid Mike have announced a new album, Hell Is An Airport, due September 12. “Airports are these weird, intermediary spaces that have always made me feel like I’m stuck in limbo,” says bandleader Mike Maple. “This album deals a lot with themes surrounding feeling stuck and unable to crawl out. Airports are stressful and congested and bureaucratic and never sleep; I imagine hell operates very much like an airport.”
As postmodern society crumbles, Texas four-piece Die Spitz combine their passion, friendship, identity, and artistry to fight against the inescapable decay that surrounds life on their debut album, Something to Consume, due Sept 12 via Third Man Records. “There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Ellie Livingston says.
Not quite ready to retire and move to Florida just yet, Chicago indie-emo outfit Retirement Party is back after a two-year hiatus. How we know that?
In the lead up to the release of 'The Hives Forever Forever The Hives', Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist said the band wanted to make an album with nothing but singles, with a stadium-orientated sound. And t
Durham, NC post-hardcore band TREASURE PAINS and Portland, OR noise-rock outfit SPARES have teamed up for a brand-new split EP, due out September 26th on Wiretap Records and Council Records.
Pennywise bassist Randy Bradbury and Grammy-winning producer Cameron Webb are excited to announce their brand new group: 84 Days. Rounding out the band's line up are No Doubt’s Adrian Young on drums along with supplemental guitar work from The Vandals’ Warren Fitzgerald. Their self-titled debut album will be released on November 7th via Double Helix Records, in worldwide distribution partnership with SBAM Records (EU) and Pee Records (AUS/NZ/JPN).
Hardcore punk torchbearers Mugger return with a one-sided 12” EP, Want The World, due October 24 on Quiet Panic.
The four-song EP channels the band’s signature fusion of ’77 punk grit and blown-out hardcore energy, pushing their message and sound into even sharper focus. Built on themes of power, inclusion, and collective spirit, Want The World reaffirms Mugger’s mission: to carve out space for everyone in the hardcore scene.
Kansas City native Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids) announced his new solo album The Salton Sea will be released on November 14th, 2025, via Nightshoes Syndicate. The self-produced, 10-track LP, featuring mixing and additional production by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol), sees Pryor explore an expansive, full-band sound reminiscent of The Afghan Whigs and Bob Mould’s Sugar–specifically the band’s 1992 LP Copper Blue–with dreamy guitars, big drums, and shimmering production.
Dikembe has always been a band comfortable in chaos. True to form, their newest studio offering, the five song EP 'King', marks the most significant shift in their writing process in their nearly 15 years of existence.
Southern California veterans Pulley have teamed up for a split 7" with Fire Sale, who got their start during the pandemic but have roots in bands like Face to Face, No Use For A Name, and The Ataris.
