Darko - Sparkle

DARKO (UK) invites listeners to get angry with a cutting new single ‘Cruel To Be’; a scalding attack on the “#BeKind” movement and influential online culture war ‘bullies’.

Celebration Summer - Patience In Presence

Washington D.C. has a rich history of punk and hardcore bands that pioneered both genres while also bringing political and social issues to the forefront. Just outside of D.C., in the suburbs of Northern Virginia, Celebration Summer is informed by those very roots and writing their own politically charged anthems in a Post-Trump America. Their brand of late 80's/early 90's melodic punk is unpolished and channels the spirit of Leatherface.

Anti-Flag - Lies They Tell Our Children

Pittsburgh punk rockers ANTI-FLAG will release their 13th album Lies They Tell Our Children on January 6 via Spinefarm (pre-order).

Today, the quartet has shared "LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE.," featuring Silverstein's Shane Told. Watch it below. The video was lensed by INDECLINE Activist Art Collective and takes a deep, hard look at climate change. Click here for the lyrics and the essay behind the song.

Brutus - Unison Life

Genre-jumping Belgian trio Brutus has announced a new album Unison Life for October 21st via Sargent House. The follow-up to their breakout Nest, Unison Life is a concept of longing for a life of total peace. The album confronts the obstacles that stand in the way of a Unison Life and the acts of bravery that help to surpass the trials. Today watch the video for the first single, “Liar.” Filmed in Morocco, it’s the first narrative-driven video the band has ever done.

OFF! - Free LSD

OFF!, the punk think tank helmed by Keith Morris (ex-Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Dimitri Coats (ex-Burning Brides), have just announced that their first new full-length in eight years is slated for a September 30 release from Fat Possum. Free LSD effectively hits reset on the band, as the injection of new energy into their signature high-anxiety sound bonfires via new drummer Justin Brown (Thundercat, Flying Lotus, Herbie Hancock) and bassist Autry Fulbright II (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead) pushes the concept of punk into another frenetic dimension.