LA based punk rock four-piece True Rivals have announced a new EP. Entitled Look At Me, the release is scheduled for August 25, 2017. It will be the first release from the band since their 2014 full-length, The Revenant.

Cleveland, OH natives and punk rockers Years Before are now streaming their second EP, “A Fork in the Road” release on August 11.

This EP follows through to their first release, “Hometown Zeros”  which hit the public earlier this year in March.

Stream the EP below, and click here to download for free.

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Atlanta thrash punks Forsaken Profits have just released two new videos for their tracks, “Revolution” and “Resist.”

The video for “Revolution” is their official music video which is two minutes and fourteen seconds of fast moving intensity. “Resist” contain footage from their latest appearance at Skatopia Fest in Rutland, Ohio.

The two tracks are both off of their July 2016 release of Minimum Wage Maximum Rage which is available for download here.

Check out the videos below.

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Asbury Park, NJ has a strong punk legacy, and The Vansaders are another strong chapter in that story. The band is streaming their new EP No Matter What. Check it out here.

Produced by Bouncing Souls guitarist Pete Steinkopf, the EP showcases the variety of the four piece – ranging from a more mellow vibe on “Handshakes and Pity” to the bouncing punk rock of “So Far Away”.

The 5 track EP is the 3rd release from The Vansaders, with their last EP This Time Around released last August.

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The main reason I love writing for this site is because I get to work on articles like this one: where I get to feature an absolutely rad band I just found. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dead Wells.

Check out their debut EP stream below.

Hailing from the mecca of the midwest, Chicago, Dead Wells play a blistering, melodic style of cruncy, mid-western punk rock with pop informed chorus hooks. The band describes themselves as “good dudes who like bad beer”, but need to add “good band” to complete their bio. I really enjoyed this record.

Fans of The Dopamines and Off With Their Heads will dig their sound. Hell, one of the songs is titled “Keepin’ it Kodos.” Simpsons references are always welcomed and appreciated. [Read more…]

No Use For A Name fans, here comes the perfect soundtrack for your summer – a stream of the band’s album Rarities Vol. 1: The Covers. Check it out below! If you don’t rock out to “Turning Japanese”, I don’t understand you.

Few bands have the impact that No Use For A Name had. They developed a bouncy, melodic style of songwriting that resonated with millions of people across the world. NUFAN’s sound ranged from the early hardcore/thrash influenced punk rock of Incognito and Don’t Miss The Train to the melodic power-pop driven punk of Hard Rock Bottom.

NUFAN was truly a band that everyone could find something to love in their catalog, and a band I hold dear to my heart. I still love Tony’s unique voice, and the incredible energy of the band that made those songs feel alive.

The band’s storied career was ultimately cut short by the tragic passing of frontman and guitarist Tony Sly in 2012. NUFAN’s final record, The Feel Good Record of the Year was released in 2008 on Fat Wreck.

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Ontario punkers The Flatliners invite you to sing along with a karaoke themed video for their track, “Indoors”. Watch it below!

The track comes from the band’s latest album,  Inviting Light, released this past April on Rise Records.

The video, which certainly seems to feature Dan Hedaya (the litigator Dad from Clueless) as a crowd-favorite karaoke star, rocking out with a parade of regular folks taking their turns at the mic. If it ain’t him, don’t sue me. I love Clueless.
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Jesse Michaels, former front-man of seminal ska/punk band Operation Ivy and current musician, painter and artist has added a new enterprise to his resume: poet.

The underground jack-of-all-trades has recently started a blog featuring his poetry, called Hits of Acid.

I wish this report was about a reunion of Op Ivy, but until that comes to fruition, we can enjoy Michaels’ nuanced, slightly psychedelic prose-based poetry.