Laura Jane Grace will be given the "Key to the City" of Gainesville, Florida. She will be presented with the Key during a ceremony during Fest weekend in October and will also play a solo set at Vivid Music Hall. In a statement given to the Gainesville Sun, she said, “My mind is blown. I don’t even know what to say. That’s just insane. I’m stunned. This doesn’t even seem fucking real. I’m honoured, truly honoured.” Laura Jane Grace expanded on her feelings about receiving the Key to the City in an Instagram post which reads, ”This is ridiculous. Was told about last week. Feel bad cause I was asked for a quote and I was completely stumped. Genuinely at a loss for words. What do you say to something like this beyond the obvious of woah and thank you? Hard to feel like you deserve something like this though. If anything I feel like I’m accepting on behalf of a group of people or a scene Circa late 90’s early 2000’s. How about, I’ll just hold the keys for a second. When I was 19 years old Joe Courter gave me the keys to the @civicmediacenter_ and I’d go there at night and listen to records and work on zine art. Those keys were a huge responsibility to me. I’ll treat these the same. There’s someone who REALLY deserves the keys to the city though, Joe Courter. I’m just holding these keys for a second they actually belong to Joe.” Laura Jane Grace released her EP At War With The Silverfish in 2021 and released her solo album Stay Alive in 2020.

Seattle-based punk band Wimps have released a new song. It is called “City Lights” and is off their upcoming album of the same name which will be out on October 13. Wimps released Garbage People in 2018. Check out the song below.

The Callous Daoboys have released a video for their new song “Pushing The Pink Envelope”. The video was directed by lead vocalist Carson Pace. The song is off their upcoming EP God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys which will be out on October 20 via MNRK Heavy / Modern Static Records. The Callous Daoboys will be touring North America with Protest The Hero starting in October and will be touring Europe with TesseracT starting in January. The band released their album Celebrity Therapist in 2022. Check out the video below.

<p>After Labor Day, there are just so many holidays on the calendar: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas… and Chappell Roan Album Release Day (can you say “CR’ARD”?). The alt-pop rhinestone cowgirl comet from Missouri, who in a few years (maybe sooner, like now) will likely be recognized as one of our generation’s greatest and most thrilling songwriters, has finally released her debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. It hits the streams today (September 22) via Amusement/Island Records. And […]</p>
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Middle-Aged Queers have released a new song called “What’s Your Favorite Kink?”. The song appears to be a standalone single and is available digitally now. The band will also be playing the song during their performance at the Folsom Street Fair (which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year) in San Francisco, California on September 24. Middle-Aged Queers released their album Shout At The Hetero in 2022. Check out the song below.

On this episode of the bATcast, Dominic sits down with new Alternative Tentacles GM Freya Hausman!

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Sincere Engineer are one day away from releasing their stellar third album Cheap Grills. The album is chock full of infectious hooks and references to Chicago as the band explores growing up, anxiety, longing, burnout, and more with Deanna Belos’ signature lyricism that is both heartfelt and humourous. Cheap Grills will be out everywhere on September 22 (tomorrow!) via Hopeless Records. Deanna Belos will be playing a handful of solo acoustic shows this month and Sincere Engineer will be touring the US as a full band starting in October.Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with Deanna over Zoom to talk about the new album, baseball, corn dogs, and so much more. Read the interview below!