The Descendents reissue campaign continues through ORG Music. As you know, the band has regained their material from SST and is reissuing all the records from that period. Next up is All and Liveage. Those records are remastered and are out August 14.
Sweeping Promises have released a video for their song “Cocoon”. The video was directed by the band along with Shawn Brackbill. The song is off their upcoming album You Say I Romanticize which will be out on August 14 via Sub Pop Records. Sweeping Promises will be touring North America this fall and released Good Living Is Coming For You in 2023. Check out the video below.
Chico have announced that they will be releasing their debut album. It is self-titled and will be out on August 14 via New Morality Zine. The band has also released a new song called “Blur”. Chico released their EP Chico Loves in 2023. Check out the video and tracklist below.
Circle Jerks have done a few shows where they showed the movie Repo Man, conducted a Q+A, and also played a gig. Well, they have announced five more of those events, spread across the USA. Each show will include a Q+A with Repo Man director Alex Cox and actors Keith Morris and Zander Schloss (who are also musicians, fyi). You can see the details below.
Crush Fund have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called GO and will be out on July 31 via Lonely Ghost Records. The album features 12 new songs, including their previously released single “FFS”. The band has also released a new song called “OPEN SECRET”. Crush Fund released their EP New Fixation in 2024. Check out the video and tracklist below.
Australian punk rockers Body Type have released a video for their new song “Sick Bag”. The video was directed by Madeleine Purdy, produced by Lucinda White, and edited by Charlie Devenport. The song is off their upcoming album Tally which will be out on July 24 via King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard’s label p(doom) Records. Body Type released their album Expired Candy in 2023. Check out the video below.
Sad13, the project of Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, has announced a new mixtape. It is called 1331 and features 13 “1 minute long-ish songs”. It will be out on July 10 via Exploding In Sound Records. She has also released three songs from the mixtape: “Watermelon Manicure” (which comes along with a video directed and edited by Sadie Dupuis), “I Am Now Completely Invisible”, and “Art Institute”. Sad13 released Haunted Painting in 2020. Check out the songs and tracklist below.
Converge have announced details for their upcoming Saddest Day festival. The festival will take place on December 12-13 at Roadrunner in Boston. Converge will be playing both nights of the festival and will be placing a Jane Doe set to celebrate 25 years of the album on December 13. Cave In, Emma Ruth Rundle, Pig Pen, Deaf Club, and Final Gasp will be playing on December 12, along with two to be announced artists. Chat Pile, Baroness, Agriculture, Reversal of Man, Habak, and Fuming Mouth will be playing on December 13.
B.A. Johnston has released a video for “You Are Like a Rubiks Cube”. The video was directed by Stephan Macleod. The song is off B.A. Johnston’s upcoming album I Dont Know Who Needs to Hear This Right Now But They Are Never Coming Back and You Will Die Alone which will be out on June 18. B.A. Johnston will be playing Buddies Fest in Tillsonburg, Ontario in August and will be playing Second Summer in Toronto in September. B.A. Johnston released Argos Suck in 2023. Check out the video below.
Wayside have released a video for their new song “Invisible Strings”. The video was directed by Rory Pippan and Daniel Wells-Smith. The song is available digitally now. Wayside released their album What Does Your Soul Look Like in 2023. Check out the video below.