Seattle pop-punks EEP-OOP! will be releasing their sophomore LP Choices next Friday, September 11th on Mom’s Basement Records. The Dying Scene Record Radar has received an exclusive transmission containing never before seen photos of the vinyl color variants! Check ’em out and listen to a few tracks from the record down below. And set a […]

This week we have the premiere of Quebec City’s very own Still Insane and their latest album, “When Friendship’s Not Enough.” Formed in 2006, Still Insane has spent nearly two decades delivering skate punk anthems in the States and their home country of Canada. After years of numerous types of releases, Still Insane’s latest album […]

On August 8th, Zumiez, the infamous nationwide skateboarding & clothing brand, hosted a hardcore lineup of bands in Chicago’s Daley Plaza – featuring one band in particular, GODCHAIN: a household name in our community.  GODCHAIN’s 4 members – drummer Kyle Clark, lead guitarist Luis Montanez, bass player Kyle Ritchey, and vocalist/rhythm guitarist Jacob Campos – […]

Chicago’s infamous DIY punk scene thrashes through the city constantly – unashamed of the grime, grit, and fire that lies woven within the community. So much of the greatest music of this scene is the young punks lit up with rage, societal nonconformity, & political unrest. This is my love letter to 3 of those […]

Melodic Post Hardcore band, Topdown, has a new record coming out later this year on October 16 via Diverse Chorus and Sweet Cheetah Records. The Earth and All Its Pavement, is the second album from this Austin, Texas five piece. Below you can hear a preview of their song “Dissonance.” Per lead singer Grace, The […]

Our friends at Mom’s Basement Records are always up to something, and their latest escapade is bringing you, the discerning pop-punk listener, the first-time vinyl release of the Beatnik Termites’ 2003 album Girl Crazy!. This reissue will be available on four color variants, limited to 100 copies each, and it comes housed in a sleeve […]

Welcome to Four Records! Each episode, we feature one guest as they discuss the four records that helped shape them at four different times in their life. This week, our guest is Chachy Englund from the band, Round Eye. Round Eye recently released a single with a super cool video made in using Taishan shadow […]

This week we have the premiere from Louisville, KY’s Strange Birds. The band is comprised of Brandon Butler (Boys Life, Canyon, The Farewell Bend) on guitar and vocals, Ella Jean Lumpkins (Blue Collar Revenge Theory, Three Nails for a False Prophet) on drums, and Brian Meurer (The Muckrakers) on bass. While the music of Strange […]

Creativity rarely follows a straight line. Whether you’re writing music, a book, or a comic, inspiration and frustration can hit at different times. Take comic book writer Justin Heggs. After writing the first issue of Death Metal Duck in 2007, he decided to quit writing and step away from comics completely. While his artist on […]

Throughout the Warped Tour’s decades-long existence, it has seen its fair share of bands. Assuming that number is in the thousands, there must be an equal number of distinct stories of being on the tour throughout the older traveling circus version of the past and the more uniform music festival version we have now. This […]