Dying Scene

DS Album Review: Sorry Sweetheart – “Warm Room, Good Friends”

It wasn’t that long ago when Bad Time Records announced Denver ska band Sorry Sweetheart…

DS Album Review: Combobox Level Up on “Here We Go Again!”

Portland, Oregon’s post-punk band Combobox is back with their latest EP, Here We Go Again!…

DS Book Club: “Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation” by Jon Sheasby

Popular culture is a weird thing for someone outside of your generation. The things we…

DS Book Club: Kill the Punks: A Hated Youth Memoir By John Oliver Hodges

Hardcore punk rock bands sprouted up everywhere across the country in the early 1980s. While…

Dying Scene Radio Presents: Four Records – Episode 14: Kyle Knight (Emotron, Horse Breakfast)

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they go over four…

DS Interview: Charlie Paulson Reflects on Thirty Years of Goldfinger’s Self-Titled Debut

When ska had its time in the sun in the 1990s, a lot of bands…

DS Interview – Chicago’s ICE OUT! Benefit Show with Deanna Belos, Josh Caterer, and Kaustubh Pandav

Photos by Meredith Goldberg Last Saturday, Chicago’s Bottom Lounge came alive with ICE OUT: a powerful showcase of Chicago’s vibrant music scene united in solidarity with Minnesota after the murder of Renée Good, a Minneapolis resident brutally murdered by an ICE agent in January 2026. The lineup featured local punk & rock legends, including Deanna […]

DS Band Spotlight: YABAI

Waverly Cayo spotlights local Chicago punk band YABAI — the new generation of hardcore.

Footballhead 03-20-2026

“Weight Of The Truth” Tiny Engines

Druglords Of The Avenues 03-20-2026

“Gotta Light” Pirates Press Records

Codefendants 04-03-2026

LIFERS Unsigned

Combobox 03-04-2026

Here We Go Again Pegasus Theory

The Darts 03-03-2026

“Halloween Love Songs” Adrenalin Fix

Sorry Sweetheart 02-27-2026

Warm Room, Good Friends Bad Time Records