UK feminist punk band Dream Nails has premiered a brand new song. ‘DIY’ is up now on the KROD Records bandcamp page. Head down below to have a listen.
UK feminist punk band Dream Nails has premiered a brand new song. ‘DIY’ is up now on the KROD Records bandcamp page.
Head down below to have a listen. [Read more…]
Belgian party punks Captain Kaiser have premiered a brand new track. ‘Ended Up At The Bar’ comes with a pretty unhealthy video featuring friended bands Ducking Punches, March, Coma Commander and The Priceduifkes. Head down below to check out ‘Ended Up At The Bar’.
Belgian party punks Captain Kaiser have premiered a brand new track. ‘Ended Up At The Bar’ comes with a pretty unhealthy video featuring friended bands Ducking Punches, March, Coma Commander and The Priceduifkes.
Head down below to check out ‘Ended Up At The Bar’. [Read more…]
Shizuoka, Japan based emo/punk band And Protector have premiered a music video for their new track titled “twilight.” You can watch it below. “twilight” is taken from the band’s upcoming EP release Cut, which is set to be released on August 16 via cosmicnote. Cut follows the band’s last release, their first album Cold. You […]
Shizuoka, Japan based emo/punk band And Protector have premiered a music video for their new track titled “twilight.” You can watch it below.
“twilight” is taken from the band’s upcoming EP release Cut, which is set to be released on August 16 via cosmicnote. Cut follows the band’s last release, their first album Cold. You can find a stream of Cold below the video.
UK post-punk band The Violent Hearts are currently streaming a new track titled “Hex On Me.” You can listen to it below. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming EP titled Porcelain / Hex On Me. The EP is set to be released on July 28th via Roosevelt records. Porcelain / Hex On Me […]
UK post-punk band The Violent Hearts are currently streaming a new track titled “Hex On Me.” You can listen to it below.
The track is taken from the band’s upcoming EP titled Porcelain / Hex On Me. The EP is set to be released on July 28th via Roosevelt records. Porcelain / Hex On Me comes as the band’s first release since their debut EP The Penalty in 2014.
New York’s Every Time I Die and Canadian hardcore punks Comeback Kid have announced they will be touring through Europe this November. You can find dates and locations below. Joining them on tour will be Kentucky hardcore punks Knocked Loose and Leeds based hardcore outfit Higher Power. The tour kicks off in Newcastle, UK on November 11th, and […]
New York’s Every Time I Die and Canadian hardcore punks Comeback Kid have announced they will be touring through Europe this November. You can find dates and locations below.
Joining them on tour will be Kentucky hardcore punks Knocked Loose and Leeds based hardcore outfit Higher Power. The tour kicks off in Newcastle, UK on November 11th, and finishes up in Manchester, UK on November 28th. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. CET.
Osaka, Japan based pop-punks SMASH UP have premiered a music video for their new track “BREAK NEW GROUND.” You can watch the video below. “BREAK NEW GROUND” is taken from the band’s upcoming album release, FOR THE CHILDREN. Their album is set to be released on July 12th, you can find the album art and […]
Osaka, Japan based pop-punks SMASH UP have premiered a music video for their new track “BREAK NEW GROUND.” You can watch the video below.
“BREAK NEW GROUND” is taken from the band’s upcoming album release, FOR THE CHILDREN. Their album is set to be released on July 12th, you can find the album art and tracklist below the video.
Nagoya, Japan based melodic punk act ENTH, have premiered a music video for a new track titled “HAHA.” You can listen to it below. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming first full album release, which will be titled HENT. The album is set to be released on July 12 via Trust Records. You […]
Nagoya, Japan based melodic punk act ENTH, have premiered a music video for a new track titled “HAHA.” You can listen to it below.
The song is taken from the band’s upcoming first full album release, which will be titled HENT. The album is set to be released on July 12 via Trust Records. You can find the album art and tracklist below the video.
Chicago’s Friskie Morris & Friends are putting out a massive comp of 25 bands from the Chicago scene. Our super special friends Davey Dynamite and Assassination Squad will be appearing on the comp. The whole thing is $3 for the digital version, or $4 for a limited edition CD in addition to the digital version. […]
Chicago’s Friskie Morris & Friends are putting out a massive comp of 25 bands from the Chicago scene. Our super special friends Davey Dynamite and Assassination Squad will be appearing on the comp. The whole thing is $3 for the digital version, or $4 for a limited edition CD in addition to the digital version.
The comp will be released on July 28th. Pre-orders are available at Bandcamp.
You can also check out Friskie’s podcast over on Soundcloud.
Check out the full tracklist below!
This reminded me that I was 14 when I bought my first comp. At Hot Topic. I also purchased an Operation Ivy t-shirt and a chain wallet with the anarchy logo on it because capitalism is hilarious and I was laughable. Pretty sure that was the Hot Topic punk rock adolescent starter kit.
Named after a YMCA summer camp in their hometown of Fenton, Michigan, Copneconic plays a unique brand of garage punk which teeters on the line of mainstream grunge (if that’s still a thing). Their newest album, Generation Parasite (due out digitally on July 28th via Save Your Generation Records) doubles down on this signature slacker rock/power-pop sound with […]
Named after a YMCA summer camp in their hometown of Fenton, Michigan, Copneconic plays a unique brand of garage punk which teeters on the line of mainstream grunge (if that’s still a thing). Their newest album, Generation Parasite (due out digitally on July 28th via Save Your Generation Records) doubles down on this signature slacker rock/power-pop sound with slicker production and well placed, whale sized hooks. Nick Diener of The Swellers (and proprietor of Oneder Studios where the LP was recorded) lent his ear and years of experience to help carve out this head hobbing, stoner approved rock record. So, roll a doobie, head down to your bedroom in your parent’s basement and stream the debut single “Trash” exclusively here at Dying Scene, below!
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If you’re of a certain age and you’re even a casual hanger-on to the punk community train, you no doubt spent your fair share of hot, sweaty summer days baking under the sun at a suburban fairgrounds or amphitheater parking lot for the touring punk rock summer camp that is the annual Warped Tour. Tastes […]
If you’re of a certain age and you’re even a casual hanger-on to the punk community train, you no doubt spent your fair share of hot, sweaty summer days baking under the sun at a suburban fairgrounds or amphitheater parking lot for the touring punk rock summer camp that is the annual Warped Tour. Tastes changed over the years and the classic mid-1990s “EpiFat” sound started to have less and less of a presence atop the list of Warped Tour headliners, though there has been a bit of a resurgence in the last small handful of years.
And so it was with great fanfare two years ago that the lineup for the first-ever It’s Not Dead Fest was unveiled. The debut festival took place as a one-off in San Bernadino, California, featuring a veritable who’s who of punk rock heavyweights: Bad Religion, Descendents, NOFX, Pennywise, Anti-Flag, Strung Out, Lagwagon, The Vandals, Less Than Jake and on and on and on. So where did the idea of such an impressive event come from? None other than the brain of Warped Tour founder and consistent figurehead, Kevin Lyman. “(The idea first came up) about December, and I thought I really wanted to do something,” says Lyman in his traditional rapid-fire cadence. “I started putting it out there, and the first couple of days — trust me, I get impatient sometimes — but the first couple of days it didn’t really seem to be going anywhere.” It was upon reaching out to the show’s major acts that things started to come to fruition, and quickly. “And everyone got the idea of what I wanted to do, especially the artists: Jay Bentley, Fat Mike, Fletcher (Dragge), Bill Stevenson, they all kinda got it all at once. When they’re saying that they want to do something, the agents and the managers kinda have to listen. Once I got those four bands confirmed, the rest of it took about twenty-four hours.”
The premier event, by all accounts, was a resounding success, spawning hopes among the punk rock masses — or at least of people like me — of more for the following year. A full “It’s Not Dead” tour? A Riot Fest-ish event spread across a handful of deserving markets across the country? At the very least, a similar one-off It’s Not Dead in 2016? Sadly, the year came and went without a second installment, because 2016 wasn’t quite enough of an unmitigated Dumpster fire. Alas, 2017 has seen the reformation of It’s Not Dead thanks to…the inimitable Tim Armstrong? Here’s Lyman to explain: “I wanted Rancid to play on the first one and their schedule wouldn’t allow them too. But Tim came out and played…with The Interrupters and he played with somebody else that I’m trying to remember. He played with two bands that day, and he was hanging out all day, and I said to him “Tim, it was great having you here but I would have loved to have had Rancid.” And he said, “well, hopefully we’ll get to do it again.”
When news of the pending Rancid/Dropkick Murphys nationwide co-headlining tour started to break, it seemed the perfect time to pull the It’s Not Dead machine out of the moth balls. While the roster may not be as chock full of mid-90’s staples as its predecessor was, it’s got an equally compelling UK and underground-heavy vibe to it, thanks in large part to the throwback influences of both headliners. With the announcement of the Rancid, Dropkick Murphys double-bill, groundbreaking bands like The Buzzcocks and The Selecter were quick to sign up. “That’s why I really started focusing on the UK bands this time,” Lyman says. “We got The Adicts and GBH. I don’t think, even in the days of Goldenvoice, we had all those bands on one bill together….As soon as people heard what I was doing, all of a sudden your inbox starts filling up! With AOL accounts, you know? Throwback email addresses — everyone that still has their AOL accounts you know are the old punks!”
This year’s It’s Not Dead Festival takes place in the same spot as the original: the Glen Helen Festival Grounds in San Bernadino, California. It’s a one-off again, and it’s going down August 26th this go around, just before Lyman departs to bring his daughter to college. And don’t worry, punk fans…it’s not the last go around for It’s Not Dead either. “Sometimes you have to do something for your soul,” says Lyman somewhat wistfully (at least for an older punk. “The first one kind of replenished my soul…so there will be a next one!”
Head below to read our full conversation with Lyman. In the interest of full disclosure, we talked quite literally just before Lyman headed out for the first date of Warped Tour, so the recent Dickies controversy hadn’t taken off yet. Sorry. Anyway, scoop up tickets to It’s Not Dead 2 here!