Pacific Ridge Records will be releasing another tribute album on February 10th 2019. This time around, Senses Fail get the cover treatment, with contributions from the likes of Gold Steps and Chin Up, Kid. You can stream the the release below. Previous tribute albums have included tributes to Alkaline Trio, The Movielife and Tom Petty.
Pacific Ridge Records will be releasing another tribute album on February 10th 2019. This time around, Senses Fail get the cover treatment, with contributions from the likes of Gold Steps and Chin Up, Kid.
You can stream the the release below.
Previous tribute albums have included tributes to Alkaline Trio, The Movielife and Tom Petty.
Everyone get mad at the statement I am about to make. Punk Island is far and away the best annual punk event in New York City bar none. For one glorious afternoon and early evening Punks of all genre’s gang up and take over a piece of New York City and re-purpose it for total […]
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Rael Griffin of I Against Eye proved himself to be one of the most dynamic performers at the entire festival.
Everyone get mad at the statement I am about to make. Punk Island is far and away the best annual punk event in New York City bar none. For one glorious afternoon and early evening Punks of all genre’s gang up and take over a piece of New York City and re-purpose it for total freedom. Sure, they don’t want drugs and alcohol but if you can’t be discreet enough that no one there notices you’re fucked up, you’re fucked up and you shouldn’t be getting fucked up publicly anyway.
One of the things that makes Punk Island so special is that the punks who run it, own it. Each collective buys into a whole to operate their stage and all of the money collected goes toward production. No backdoor profiteering, no single band or promoter coming away with a bundle, just a bunch of punks spending the day in the park together.
“I LOVE PUNK ISLAND. I ran a stage there for years, and I personally feel like it is the best day of the year in NYC. So I am super happy to do anything I can personally do to make up the money for the show,” said All Torn Up frontman and Punk Island organizer Joey Steel.
One of the ways in which Punk Island ensures they will never need any sort of corporate sponsorship is by throwing benefit shows all year long leading up to the big day in June. 2019’s first benefit show is right around the corner on January 4, and it’s going to ATU’s 10-year anniversary. In celebration of the big occasion for the band Steel and his cohort are going to be breaking out some tunes they haven’t played since 2010.
“For one night only we will be doing songs we wrote and played on our first few recordings, and have not played since then,” said Steel.
But the evening is about so much more than ATU celebrating a decade of making music. While New York’s reigning champs of political hardcore are naturally excited to tear it up with their loyal fans at Sunnyvale. It’s still just like anything else ATU does and it’s about the building of radical community.
“We have never cared about making money in ATU, so a lot of our bigger shows, when we knew people would come out, would be for other bands or causes we cared about. Punk Island as well as ATU’s 10 years in of making music has been about community. We have been honored to be a small part of the Lake / Swamp community and been included in the Latinx Punk Scene, even though we are not Latino. We have worked hard to try and support and build community around conscious and empowering music in NYC. We feel our last 10 years have been about that, and that is exactly the goal of Punk Island,” said Steel.
Rounding out the evening will be Philly based experimental hardcore band Soul Glo, and locals ALOUTH and Material Support. Check out Pages Per Content in the coming Year for a feature on Punk Island past, present, and future.
Alt-country punk favourite Kyle Trocolla and the Strangers just released a video for their excellent song “Start Again” from their latest record The Moon USA. Watch the video below. The Moon USA was released last July. If you missed it, Dying Scene recently sat down with Kyle Trocolla to chat about the album.
Alt-country punk favourite Kyle Trocolla and the Strangers just released a video for their excellent song “Start Again” from their latest record The Moon USA. Watch the video below.
The Moon USA was released last July. If you missed it, Dying Scene recently sat down with Kyle Trocolla to chat about the album.
It’s not January 1st yet so we reserve the right to continue publishing stories about punk Christmas songs that we were too busy to write earlier. If you are in a part of the world where it’s cold outside, while hating the cold, Mad Caddies have a special song for you. Stream “I’m Going Surfing […]
It’s not January 1st yet so we reserve the right to continue publishing stories about punk Christmas songs that we were too busy to write earlier.
If you are in a part of the world where it’s cold outside, while hating the cold, Mad Caddies have a special song for you. Stream “I’m Going Surfing for Xmas” below for some much needed warmth.
Well….damn. It’s already time for another year end list?!? That was pretty quick. I’m gonna keep it short this year because I’m a busy man, comrades. I’m sure you’ll all let me know if you don’t agree. So get to readin’ and then take to social media to tell me how lame I am using […]
Well….damn. It’s already time for another year end list?!? That was pretty quick. I’m gonna keep it short this year because I’m a busy man, comrades. I’m sure you’ll all let me know if you don’t agree. So get to readin’ and then take to social media to tell me how lame I am using as many obscenities as possible. 2018’s Top Ten Albums of the Year list is below!
*If you want to stream all of the albums in their entirety, head over to Spotify and take a more comprehensive listen to my AoTY Playlist
Hailing from Montreal, No Real Hero have unleashed a new EP, a follow-up to their 2014 self titled album. The Forest will have you feeling nostalgic for the early days of Fat Wreck Chords. Their brand of punk infused metal delivers a message of rebellion and heartbreak. The easiest comparison to make is Propagandhi. They […]
Hailing from Montreal, No Real Hero have unleashed a new EP, a follow-up to their 2014 self titled album. The Forest will have you feeling nostalgic for the early days of Fat Wreck Chords. Their brand of punk infused metal delivers a message of rebellion and heartbreak. The easiest comparison to make is Propagandhi. They are both Canadian, they both liberally use epic guitar riffage to highlight their punk sneer, and both seem intent on kick-starting a revolution.
The Forest opens with a track that seems pulled from Tron, dark and ominous with an electric pulse. This shroud is shredded by a barrage of guitar licks and a bombastic rhythm as “Comfort and Sorrow” makes it clear that this band is not here to play nice. ‘What’s good to you don’t mean shit to me’ they snarl as they lament about how people ‘Seek comfort in other people’s sorrow’.
“Broken Waters” a song about mourning the death of a child perfectly mirrors rage and despair with changes in tempo. One minute anger and swelling guitars, the next a soliloquy of despair. It’s a heartbreaking look at the helplessness felt in the mortality of someone so new to the world.
The incendiary nature of this EP shines through on “This is Home”. ‘Just watch us kids come together/we rise our fists high and strong’ is the riotous call to arms for despondent kids unsure of the rage they feel or their place in life. A song that one can only imagine would be amazing live, with all the kids that this song mentions singing along with their fists raised in solidarity.
“The Forest for the trees” provides a lush and technical display of guitar chops. Then we reach the pinnacle of the album, the closer “Red and Black” a song that explores a purposeful overdose on the part of a young girl upon the realization that her boyfriend shared her nude pictures. It’s a dark exposè on current social trends that plague our society.
The Forest is a short but intense offering from a band that takes a familiar style and completely makes it their own. This may be the only time I say this, but if they added a little more of that electronic Tron-esque sound from the opener to the rest of the album, I would not complain.
4.5 / 5 Stars
Oi!!!! Here’s some facts, Jack: 2018 is (almost) over. I didn’t manage to shoot as many shows this year. I moved from my home in Los Angeles to the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado. I got a new kitten. I bought a new car. I started a new job. Now, here’s some stats, Jill […]
Oi!!!! Here’s some facts, Jack: 2018 is (almost) over. I didn’t manage to shoot as many shows this year. I moved from my home in Los Angeles to the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado. I got a new kitten. I bought a new car. I started a new job. Now, here’s some stats, Jill (I didn’t want anyone to feel left out): Despite all of that, I still shot well over one hundred sets from about twenty-five different shows/festivals. Moral of the story: I’m fucking tired.
Check out a gallery of some of my favorite pictures from 2018, below!
Hello! I’m pretty new to DS and a little hard pressed to accurately express how excited I am to be part of this team and community. I fell in love with punk rock and have wanted to shout it from the top of a mountain but I did not have a mountain, and now thanks […]
Hello! I’m pretty new to DS and a little hard pressed to accurately express how excited I am to be part of this team and community. I fell in love with punk rock and have wanted to shout it from the top of a mountain but I did not have a mountain, and now thanks to this website I have an awesome mountain top community that shares that love. That being said, the reason I fell in love with punk is that there is a distinct streak of chaos that permeates the genre. There is a sense of limitless exploration and through that exploration there is a chance to stumble across something unique. Therein lies the beauty, the sense that something amazing can happen just from mixing the ingredients in a slightly different way. So here are my favorites from 2018, Check them out below.
I recently had the chance to catch up with Dennis Jagard of Ten Foot Pole. Fresh off a tour and recording a new album, I had the opportunity to find out what Ten Foot Pole has in store for us, and what we can expect from the punk veterans going forward. Check out the interview […]
I recently had the chance to catch up with Dennis Jagard of Ten Foot Pole. Fresh off a tour and recording a new album, I had the opportunity to find out what Ten Foot Pole has in store for us, and what we can expect from the punk veterans going forward.
Check out the interview below. [Read more…]
So many punk Christmas covers. Here‘s one that’s actually good! “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” on Californian skate-punks Lowbrow.
So many punk Christmas covers. Here‘s one that’s actually good! “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” on Californian skate-punks Lowbrow.