Category: Music News

 Members of rising Las Vegas punk trio Crimson Riot are turning Memorial Day weekend into a new gathering point for the punk community with the return of Riot on Fremont, a free, all ages two-day DIY punk festival taking over Downtown Container Park on May 22nd & 23rd. What began in 2025 as a small alternative showcase during Punk Rock Bowling weekend has rapidly…

Southern California’s Chaser will make their long-awaited return with Gonna Be Alright, a new 2-song 7″ that captures the band’s core ethos: positivity, connection, and resilience. Featuring two deeply personal and uplifting tracks, Three Little Birds and My Promise. Designed as a cohesive two-sided experience, Gonna Be Alright presents two interconnected songs that speak to hope, family, and the power of…

Montreal’s General Chaos are sixteen years old, and they’re about to release one of the most dialed-in punk records to come out of the city in years. Their second full-length album, Can’t Please ‘Em All, is now available via Stomp Records, and it doesn’t sound like a stepping stone. It sounds like a band that already…

Manchester’s The 99 Degree have returned from the wilderness with their brand new single, Dolls, that is now available via streaming platforms and Bandcamp, the track is the first new material from the band since the release of 2019’s El Monstruo EP. The 99 Degree will be supporting the release of the new single with…

Social Distortion are back!, and with a bang that’s for sure. After 15 years since their last and earth shattering album ‘Hard times & Nursery Rhymes’, which for myself gave this band even more legendary status than they already had, it was possibly a peak they may have had trouble coming down from. Was this the…

Four Chord Music Festival is officially back, and bigger than ever. Returning to Pittsburgh proper for the first time in several years, Four Chord Music Festival will take over F.N.B. Stadium, the home of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, on September 25th and 26th. The festival will be delivering a stacked, genre-spanning lineup that reflects the full spectrum of modern punk…

Guadalajara’s street punk heavy hitters, MESS have released SOMOS MESS via Pirates Press Records. The album brings together the entirety of the band’s recorded output between 2020 & 2022, from the band’s inception to their last recordings prior to their debut full length, Under Attack. Much of this material is out of print and much sought-after, and a…

Orange County’s finest are back with a vengeance: Social Distortion have today released their long awaited eighth full length, Born To Kill, via Epitaph Records. The album is more than the conclusion to a 15-year wait between Social Distortion albums, it’s a revelation: Eleven songs of pure, unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll fury, joy and catharsis, all imbued…

Pittsburgh barroom heroes The Cheats are celebrating 25 years of punk rock by teaming up with dystopian Western Maryland punks Wayward Brigade on the four song Split It Up EP that is out today via Screaming Crow Records. Each band has recorded a brand new original song and classic punk rock cover, The Cheats have…