Category: Music News
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Germanyโs The Give It Ups have released their debut full length, All Thumbs, through digital platforms and on vinyl via Bandcamp, the band will also be making their live debut when they support Bad Cop Bad Cop at Osnabrรผckโs Bastard Club on the 30th July with tickets available here. โMaybe this band is from Pittsburgh,…
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Social Distortionโs return to London saw Orange Countyโs finest stepping confidently into KOKO, a venue whose century-long history, from its 1900 origins as the Camden Theatre to its Camden Palace years of New Romantic glamour and punk-era reinvention, lent the night an added sense of continuity. The building has hosted generations of iconoclasts, and Social…
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After more than three decades at the forefront of melodic skate punk,ย Belvedereย have officially released their highly anticipated seventh full-length,ย Seven Years of Bad Luck, viaย Thousand Islands Records. Over the course of eleven songs,ย Seven Years of Bad Luckย finds Belvedere continuing to refine the blend of technical precision, blistering speed, melodic songwriting, and socially conscious lyricism that has…
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Half Dizzy have released an acoustic version of Fade Away via Punkerton Records, the track captures the emotional weight of love, loss, and everything that lives in between. Originally appearing on Half Dizzyโs debut album,ย Yard Sale, this acoustic version strips the song down to its core, putting the focus entirely on its raw emotion and…
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If you ever plan to visit Blackpool, make sure itโs in the first weekend of August. Not that all of a sudden the sea turns light blue due to the rays of golden sun, but the fact is that the town really is more colourful than ever in that period. The reason: Rebellion, the annual…
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Torontoโs Doghouse Rose have returned with Born To Break Even, the lead single and title track from their upcoming album that is due out on July 31st via Stomp Records. Rooted in the melodic urgency of late-โ90s skate punk but carrying equal affection for Blondie, No Doubt, and classic power-pop, the track hits with the…
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Dropkick Murphysย have released their new single, The Body of an American, that is taken from the upcoming tribute album, 20th Century Paddy โ The Songs of Shane MacGowan. As the cultural descendants of the inspirationsย Shane MacGowanย wrote about, the Boston born band delivers a powerful rendition of this Celtic punk classic. It represents a natural artistic…
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The Boy Detective have released their Summer single, The Beach Boys Were Full Of It, via Punkerton Records, the track takes the classic fantasy of the perfect beach day and drags it face first through the actual experience: too much sun, too much cheap beer, awkward public behavior, and the kind of uncomfortable strangers who…
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Sludgeworthย have returned, the Chicago punk band who came of age alongside the likes of Naked Raygun, Steve Albini, and Ministry in the cityโs legendary 1980s underground scene have today released their first new album in 35 years. Three and a half decades after their debut album,ย Whatโs This?,ย rattled punk kids everywhere, the veteran outfit is coming…
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Musically, Moonraker has been described as Midwest punk through Bad Religion colored glasses. While thatโs an apt description, it doesnโt tell the whole story. Their lyrics set them apart from other bands with self-awareness and humor, and metaphors and wordplay, this is a band that knows how to be serious when itโs necessary, but also…