Death Valley Girls have announced four Australian dates. It's their first tour of the country and the trek kicks off in late November. You can see the stops below.
<p>Flip to the obits in The Morning Herald and you’ll find an entry for one of Zach Leone’s dearly departed relationships. Following a breakup and swift move from Boston to Brooklyn, the singer-songwriter discards a former flame like yesterday’s news on his new single “So Long, Good Time,” released last week (August 4) ahead of his October 6 record Goldstar. The track catches The Morning Herald in an unusually subjective position, mining Leone’s relationships for bittersweet inspiration after years of […]</p>
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Chris Flippin of Lagwagon and Versus the World recently suffered a mild heart attack while on tour with the latter band. He is doing ok now and is expected to recover. Meanwhile, Versus the World will be finishing their tour. You can see the band's statement below.
<p>Don’t look now, but our very own Slowdive September is fast approaching. The legendary shoegaze band releases new album everything is alive on September 1 via Dead Oceans, and louden up Boston’s House of Blues on September 25. To further amplify our excitement for the coming month, Slowdive have this week shared a new tune called “the slab,” and its title easily suggests its sonic contents. “[It’s] the heaviest on the record and as the name suggests we wanted it […]</p>
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Gender Chores have released a video for their new song “ Dysphurious”. The video was directed by Elspeth Vischer at VishFilms. The song was released digitally earlier this month. Gender Chores released their compilation album Play The Greatest Hits in 2022. Check out the video below.
The Murder City Devils make a rare one-off appearance at the venerable San Francisco venue. The Great American Music Hall was built in 1907. It’s been a burlesque theater, jazz club, Moose Lodge, and in its current incarnation as one of San Francisco’s best music venues since 1973. When Seattle’s Murder City Devils booked a […]
The Murder City Devils make a rare one-off appearance at the venerable San Francisco venue. The Great American Music Hall was built in 1907. It’s been a burlesque theater, jazz club, Moose Lodge, and in its current incarnation as one of San Francisco’s best music venues since 1973. When Seattle’s Murder City Devils booked a one-off show with Southern California’s Soft Palms as opener, we had to be there with our camera.
Soft Palms are guitarist/singer Julia Kugel (The Coathangers) and her husband drummer Scott Montoya (formerly of The Growlers). Their sound is more indy pop and gentle rock, though we found them engaging and likable.
The Murder City Devils were formed in 1996 in Seattle during the Pacific Northwest’s garage rock revival. Breaking up in 2001, reforming in 2006, recently they’ve been appearing on rare occasions, with this one-off show to a sell-out crowd being their first since April.
<p>A new location for Taco Bell Cantina could fill the vacant Great Scott space in Allston. As reported by Boston Restaurant Talk, the Allston Civic Association posted about a Virtual Abutters Meeting last night (August 8), hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, seeking community input on the Mexican fast food chain’s proposal to acquire a common victualler license and liquor license for the location at 1222 Commonwealth Ave. Taco Bell’s cantina concept pairs alcohol with its assortment of […]</p>
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Hello, and welcome to the July, 2023 edition of Dylan’s Favorite Punk Albums, EPs & Things! This is the column where I, Dylan aka Screeching Bottlerocket, tell you what new punk rock albums, EPs and singles I enjoyed the most this month. This is a collaborative effort with our friends at Punk Rock Radar, with whom I’ll […]
Hello, and welcome to the July, 2023 edition of Dylan’s Favorite Punk Albums, EPs & Things! This is the column where I, Dylan aka Screeching Bottlerocket, tell you what new punk rock albums, EPs and singles I enjoyed the most this month.
This is a collaborative effort with our friends at Punk Rock Radar, with whom I’ll be doing a video version of this Best Of wrap-up each month. If you like discovering awesome new bands as much as I do, be sure to follow Punk Rock Radar on Instagram and YouTube, and keep tabs on their Upcoming Release Calendar.
Here’s our video for July (let us know what your favorite releases of the month were in the YouTube comments):
DIESEL BOY Gets Old
Comeback album of the year? Diesel Boy returns with their first new record in over 20 years! Gets Old is on brand with nothing but fun, sarcastic, melodic punk songs. Standout tracks include “Dirty Dishes”, “The Finnish Line”, and the closing track “Two Stones”, which is a beautiful tribute to the late Tony Sly.
BORDERLINES Keep Pretending
Portland, Maine’s Borderlines release their debut album 10 years after the band started. Keep Pretending is a laid back pop-punk record for fans of The Methadones, The Copyrights, The Gamits, etc. It kinda reminds me of Warning era Green Day a bit, but less depressing. Good driving music.
PAPERBACK TRAGEDY 8!
Dying Scene Band Spotlight alumni / Baltimore melodic punks Paperback Tragedy return with their second new record in as many years. 8! continues where Threeshe! left off with another masterclass in Epifat style rapid-fire skate punk.
THE HAERMORRHOIDS At the Earth’s Core
Listen up, Ramonescore fans! This is the subgenre’s best album of the year. Hamburg, Germany’s Haermorrhoids rip through 16 songs in 28 minutes. No frills, no bullshit, these guys aren’t fucking around. The whole record is killer but my favorite songs are “Time Warp Incest”, “Captain Isolation”, and the title track. For fans of Screeching Weasel, The Lillingtons, Chixdiggit, The Queers, etc.
BEAT THE SMART KIDS Hot Death
Hailing from the windy city, Chicago ska-punks Beat the Smart Kids buck the genre’s recent trends and stick to their more traditional third wave sound. Check out their new record Hot Death if you like Mustard Plug, MU330, or Skankin’ Pickle. Standout tracks include “Twist the Knife”, “Counterfeit”, and “Into the Galaxy”.
WRONG LIFE / PAPER TIGERS Last Words of an Optimist
Wrong Life is one of The Murderburgers’ frontman Fraser Murderburger’s current projects. The band just released a new record a few months ago, so I was surprised when I saw this split with fellow Edinburgh, Scotland residents Paper Rifles pop up on Spotify. The two new Wrong Life songs on here are great, and this is my first time hearing Paper Rifles – their songs are great, too – I’ll have to check out their back catalog.
DUCKBOY tragic love songs to study to (vol. 5)
Duckboy is kinda mysterious, I can’t find anything about them song social media, and I think it’s probably a one man band. Anyway, there are seven tracks on their debut EP but most of them are these bullshit little interludes. The three that are actual songs are pretty fucking good. I’m not a fan of this kind of “Defend Pop-Punk” style pop-punk but this is really listenable. “XXL hadron collider” is a bad ass song.
Making Friends – “Heroes Die”
“Heroes Die” is the latest single from Brighton, UK skate punks Making Friends’ upcoming album Fine Dying. This is quintessential skate punk for fans of Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, NOFX, and all the other usual suspects.
7 Years Bad Luck – “Another Life”
Austrian punks 7 Years Bad Luck return with their first new album in six years! 2017’s Great, Big, Nothing is a hard act to follow but these guys are up to the task. “Another Life” is the second single from No Shame (that’s their new record – we’ll talk about it next month!). This song reminds me a lot of Pulley’s “Hooray for Me” – I dare you to listen to it and tell me you disagree.
MxPx – “Stay Up All Night”
MxPx is one of my favorite bands of all time, so even though the leadoff single from their upcoming album Find A Way Home is a bit lackluster, I’ve gotta include it on my best of July list. “Stay Up All Night” is a serviceable, radio ready song, which is why it’s kinda confusing they chose it as the first single. Regardless, I’m excited for the new record – I think the best is yet to come.
Mustard Plug – “Fall Apart”
Mustard Plug’s got a new record on the way, too! Where Did All My Friends Go? is due out September 8th on Bad Time Records. The lead single “Fall Apart” reminds me a lot of the band’s 2007 album In Black and White. I’m looking forward to hearing more!
Judo CHOP! – “Conquer”
Death, taxes, People of Punk Rock Records putting out killer melodic punk. Judo CHOP!’s new single “Conquer” is an absolute banger. Lookout for the Aussie melodic punks’ new record coming later this year on People of Punk Rock.
Swill – “Delicate Subject”
What’s that? You thought the People of Punk Rock fellating was done? Of course not! They also went and signed a band from my home state, Jacksonville, FL’s Swill. This is the lead single from their new record Delicate Subjects, which comes out on August 18th. These guys simply do not miss.
Marked Out – “Distance”
Bakersfield, CA’s Marked Out plays early 2000’s inspired pop-punk. “Distance” is the first single from their new EP Never Enough. Recommended if you like Allister, The Movielife, Slick Shoes, etc.
The Subjunctives – “Goodbye I Will Not Miss You, You Dicks”
The Subjunctives are an old school pop-punk band from Seattle, fronted by Ean Hernandez from Sicko. This is the lead single from their sophomore album Let’s Try This Again, which is due out on September 16th. For fans of 90’s pop-punk.
Anywho, that concludes the July installment of the column. Thanks for checking it out! Keep your eyes glued to Dying Scene for all things punk rock and follow our friends Punk Rock Radar on Instagram, YouTube, etc. Join us again next month!
Leeds-based alternative rock duo Lucky Iris, made up of Maeve Florsheim and Jasper Exley, are getting ready to release their new EP maybe i’m too much later this week. The EP finds the duo continuing to grow and expand their sound as they take influence from pop, electronic music, indie rock, and pop punk. Over the course of the EP, they explore aging, bigotry in sports, self-growth, and romantic and platonic love with fantastic introspective lyrics. maybe i’m too much will be out everywhere on August 11. Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with Maeve over Zoom to talk about the upcoming EP, the importance of music, football, the appeal of writing in cursive, and so much more. Read the interview below!
WOW. Here is an awesome show! Thanks to the fantastic Philamoca venue in Philly, we are THRILLED to present the best end of summer event there is… Bad Manners' first Philly show in 15 years! The UK ska champs are playing a very limited set of USA dates and they are playing a very special, intimate show in the city of brotherly love. Buster Bloodvessel and crew have worked out a super high power set featuring all the classics and some surprises. This show will be AMAZING. PLUS, mexico'sOut of Control Army Open. Pick it up! That's September 20 at Philamoca in Philly. Doors are at 7pm sHarp and the show is all ages. This WILL sell out so GET TICKETS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! You can also listen to our interview with Eric, who runs Philamoca, right here. SEE YOU AT THE SHOW. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!
