The lads of RAT BOY are kicking the door back in with “BROKEN,” a snarling, riff-heavy anthem. Loud, hooky, and unapologetic, it’s a punk rock statement shot from the band’s upcoming self-produced new album, CRASH!, dropping on June 26 on Tim Armstrong’s HELLCAT RECORDS.
The Menzingers have announced details of their eagerly awaited new album Everything I Ever Saw, which is set to arrive on July 17th via Epitaph. Today, the band have also shared the album’s lead track “Chance Encounters,” which is available on all streaming platforms and features an official music video directed by Britain Weyant and The Menzingers.
Citizen have returned! Today the Toledo, OH-based rock powerhouse have announced their new album, Halcyon Blues, due out August 7th via Run For Cover Records.
Sludgeworth — the Chicago punk band who came of age alongside Naked Raygun, Steve Albini, and Ministry in the city's legendary 1980s underground scene — are returning with their first new album in 35 years. Three and a half decades after their debut LP What's This? rattled punk kids everywhere, the veteran outfit is coming out of dormancy, ready for the Second Time Around.
To mark the announcement, the band has shared new single "Hold Steady."
Hew is a Houston, Texas emo band formed in 2024 by Lindsay Minton (guitar, vocals) and Mercy Harper (Bass VI) of football, etc., joined by Amador “Moe” Lerma (drums) and Kris Hoffman (bass). Hew’s debut LP, Your Version, is set for release on Tiny Engines this Summer.
Durham, NC’s “funny punk band” Worthington’s Law blends big hooks, hardcore outbursts, and suburban absurdity into what they call "cul-de-sac core". The band started in 2020 when longtime punk musician Scotty Sandwich teamed up with longtime improv comedian Nick Faber to record their first batch of songs. Since then, they’ve released 50+ tracks and built a high-energy live show. They’ve shared the stage with acts like Diesel Boy, The Ergs!, Alien Ant Farm, and the Dismemberment Plan, bringing their rambunctious sitcom punk energy to venues up and down the East Coast.
Video game ska-punk outfit The Wavebirds are set to release their debut album In All Their 2.4 Ghz Glory on May 15, arriving in both digital and physical formats after nearly a year in the making.
While digital releases have become the norm, the band is leaning hard into nostalgia with a physical release on CD designed to stand out. The CD includes two exclusive bonus tracks, a detailed lyric booklet, and a custom case modeled after a classic Nintendo GameCube game box.
Detroit ska-punk legends The Suicide Machines are back with their first new music since 2022. Released exclusively in Europe, “Stop This Self-Doubt” features three tracks that in best Suicide Machines tradition blend all things ska, punk, and hardcore.
The Suicide Machines will also be back in Europe this Summer for the first time in over 20 years with select dates to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album Destruction by Definition.
Before The Marked Men, Mind Spiders, O-D-EX, High Tension Wires — hell, even before The Reds — there was Oddfellows.
In December 1994 Chris Pulliam, Mark Ryan, and Mike Throneberry played their first show in Denton, Texas. That original lineup was short-lived and mostly played locally, but its members went on to spawn a hundred bands you have heard of.
Fast-forward thirty years to December 2024: Oddfellows reform. In three months they wrote and recorded a new album, added guitarist Peter Salisbury (also of Mind Spiders), and hit the road again.
