Category: Music News


  • Billy Idol (Generation X) has released his new album, Dream Into It, via Dark Horse Records. Dream Into It is Billy Idol’s first full length in over a decade, the album includes co-writing and performance credits throughout from his longtime collaborator Steve Stevens as well as guest appearances by Avril Lavigne, Joan Jett and Alison Mosshart (The Kills). There will also be a brand new documentary film, Billy Idol…

  • Dial Drive Release New Single “Forget My Name” 

    Florida’s Dial Drive are back with their new single, Forget My Name, that is now available through streaming platforms. After recently signing with SBAM Records the band has a run of new singles loaded and ready to go ahead of the release of their new self-titled album later this year. “This is the best set…

  • Manchester Punk Festival 2025 – Day 3 

    As a band said last year, “Sunday, bloody hell, we’ll get through this together”, we’re clinging onto reality by our fingernails by this point but we are of course heading into town for one last hurrah. Spring has finally arrived, which will make things a bit sweatier, but after a hair of the dog and…

  • CF98 Pay Tribute The The 90’s With New Single “1993” 

    On their new single CF98 pays tribute to the ’90s, an era of skate punk, VHS tapes and carefree youth, 1993 is a blast of energy and nostalgia, blending classic punk rock vibes with a modern edge. Having played hundreds of shows all over ​Europe plus Japan, Poland’s CF98 are extremely busy in their still…

  • Philadelphia, PA’s Five Hundred Bucks have today released their new album, Pest Sounds, through streaming platforms, the album is also available on a handful of vinyl variants through Bandcamp and via Creep Records. Pest Sounds was recorded and mixed by Andy Clarke at Retro City Studios and mastered by Troy Glessner at Spectre Studios, the…

  • Colorado Springs’ The Sleights have released their twelve track sophomore full length, This One’s Gonna Hurt, along with a brand new video for Bridge To Nowhere, the album is now available through streaming platforms and vinyl via Rad Girlfriend Records and What’s Left Records. This One’s Gonna Hurt was recorded, mixed and mastered by Felipe Patino at Green Door Recordings in Denver, CO,…

  • Full throttle from Vancouver, BC to wherever the open road takes them, The Vicious Cycles have released their new full length, Get Wrecked, via Pirates Press Records. Before you even get the shrink wrap off the gatefold jacket, you can guess what kind of party you’re in for. The promise of debauchery carries over into song titles and as far…

  • Manchester Punk Festival 2025 – Day 2 

    Once I’ve drunk my body weight in coffee,  woken up, dealt with the cats demands, got the site up to date, as there’s never a quiet day in the punk world, and added a few songs to my playlist from bands we caught yesterday, it’s time head back into town for day two of Manchester…

  • Interview: Rabies 

    We recently caught up with Czech melodic punk rock force known as Rabies to dive deep into the chaos, charm, and creativity behind their upcoming album, High On Sugar. In this candid conversation, the band opens up about the meaning and story behind the album’s title, their songwriting and composing process, life on the road,…

  • FISHBONE Share New Song And Video “Last Call In America” 

    Iconic punk-ska-funk pioneers Fishbone are set to release their latest single and music video, “Last Call in America,” which was co-written by original members Christopher Dowd and Walter “Dirty Walt” Kibby and features the godfather of funk, George Clinton, out on April 25. The track serves as the second single from their forthcoming album Stockholm Syndrome, due out…