Through his five-year-running Canadian music newsletter Some Party, Punknews contributor emeritus Adam White recently published a comprehensive field guide to the upcoming 17th edition of the Sackville, New Brunswick music and arts festival Sappyfest. The article profiles each artist performing the multi-genre event, which returns in person this coming weekend (July 29-31) after two years of pandemic interruptions. The piece notably includes a discussion with Vancouver's Tough Age on that band's new (final?) lineup and future plans. It also features an on-the-ground scene report from Sackville lo-fi rock group Klarka Weinwurm on how their small town's weathered these past few years. You can find the report at someparty.ca.

On July 24, mewithoutYou played The Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, Ontario on their ongoing “Farewell” tour. WHY? opened the show. mewithoutYou released [Untitled] in 2018. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to catch all the action. Check out his photos below.

L.O.T.I.O.N. have announced a new album. W.A.R. in the Digital Realm is out September 2 via Toxic state. You can check out the lead single, "Every last one," below, right now.

THICK have released a video for their new song "Tell Myself". The video was created by Justin Buschardt. The song is off their upcoming album Happy Now that will be out August 19 via Epitaph Records. THICK will be touring North America this fall with Skating Polly, Bad Waitress, Vial, and The Muslims and released their album 5 Years Behind in 2020. Check out the video below.

Turnover have announced that they will be releasing a new album. The album is called Myself in the Way and will be out November 4 via Run For Cover Records. The band have also released a video for the title track that features Brendan Yates of Turnstile. The video was directed and produced by Vitor Jabour and @visualparanoia. Turnover released Altogether in 2019. Check out the video and tracklist below.

In a brief update, Harley Flanagan of Cro-Mags stated that the band is about halfway through recording a new album. It's being recorded with Arthur Rizk. Flanagan stated "I have a new album more than half finished I will be tracking vocals and lead guitars etc when I get home from tour with Arthur Rizk Producing once again! We got offered some great shows later this year so I plan on keeping very busy. See you on tour!" Cro-Mags released 2020 [EP] in 2020.

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Danbert Nobacon of Chumbawamba has released some new music, as debuted in a live video. The tracks are "push and shove (with love)" and "freedom getting waterboarded." He's also going on a short UK tour. You can see the new tunes and tour dates below.

Winnipeg based Vagina Witchcraft have announced that they will be breaking up after five years together. The band released a statement on Instagram that reads, "When we started this project, we had goals in mind: to provide an inclusive space for people to thrash, have fun, and to play music that soothed our souls in the process. We’ve come to a point where we all want different things in our lives. Unfortunately we had to make the excruciatingly difficult choice to disband. If you have ever come to one of our shows, you know that bipoc will always be called to the front, because it was finally time to see people that reflect our society in our audience. The minorities, the queers, the weirdos. Y’all have been by us since the beginning. Truly, thank you for giving us a chance to play music, and thank you for listening, and for validating the experiences, tragedy, and redemption that came with it. We will never forget you. We will always love you. We will forever remember this experience as a life changing one. thank you for giving us a chance. thank you for accepting a bunch of rejects from a small Canadian prairie city. this experience has changed us. We hope we left our mark. – Dylan, Seppel, Kayla & Julien." Vagina Witchcraft released their self-titled album in 2020 that went on to be long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize in 2021.

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