Festivals & Events: Devon Kay and The Solutions, Light Years, Bad Planning, more to play 913 Fest

913 Fest have announced their lineup for this year’s festival. Devon Kay and the Solutions, Light Years, Bad Planning, High Wire, Guardrail, The Day After, Glory Days, Grave Animosity, Cliffhanger, Latenightsinmycar, Half Empty, Sea of Cars, Act of Retaliation, and Dog Beach will be playing. The final 913 Fest will take place on September 23 at 913 Lakewood Drive in Barrington, IL

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir surprise-release new EP

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir have surprise-released a new three-song EP. It is called Heartland Attack and is available digitally now. Pre-orders for physical versions of the EP will ship in late August. The release coincides with the start of the band’s US tour which starts today in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir released their album Slow Murder in 2022. Check out the EP below.

Festivals & Events: Drain, Scowl, Dickies, more added to Punk In The Park

Punk In The Park have added more bands to this year’s festival. Drain, Scowl, The Dickies, Death By Stereo, Narcoleptic Youth, Poli Van Dam, Niis, The Side Eyes, Greg Antista and The Lonely Streets, The Gringoz, and Fishing For Chips join the previously announced lineup. Punk In The Park will take place at Oak Canyon Park in Orange County, California on November 4-5.

Videos: Blood Command: "Forever Soldiers of Esther”

Blood Command have released a video for their new song “Forever Soldiers of Esther”. The video was created by David Alræk. The song is off their upcoming album World Domination which will be out on September 29. Blood Command released Praise Armageddonism in 2020. Check out the video below.

This Show Is Tonight: ManRay goes disco for 54th of July

<p>If Mother Nature is going to rain on our entire July 4 holiday weekend, then Daddy Nurture has to provide us some fun indoors. So we’re taking on the eve of Fourth of July tonight (July 3) at ManRay, where “A Disco Revolution” goes down at the alternative nightclub for the aptly-titled, one-night-only 54th of July dance party. One of ManRay’s Thursday night Campus party DJs, the trusted Brian Halligan, delivers the throwback disco goods all night, and ManRay inviting […]</p>
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Beach Riot soundtrack summer with the searing ‘Tell Me I’m Wrong’

<p>If there was ever a time for American audiences to get inspired by a band called Beach Riot, it’s today (July 3), the eve of the greatest beach holiday of them all, Fourth of July. The Brighton duo — hailing from England, not Massachusetts, and who we first hyped in 2021 — likely don’t give a single stateside fuck about our star-spangled day off, but the pure fuzzed-out infectiousness of weighty new single “Tell Me I’m Wrong” suggests they know […]</p>
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The Bomboras

DS Show Review & Gallery: The Bomboras/Frankie and the Pool Boys/Electric Machine Gun Tits (Ivy Room, Albany, CA 6/28/23)

The Bomboras return to the Bay Area after 23 years and rock the East Bay Electric Machine Gun Tits opened the show. They are a two-piece punk and roll band based in the Bay Area since 2015 consisting of Naoko Nozawa on vocals and synth and Tora Fujimoto on guitar and vocals. Ridiculously entertaining, intensely […]

The Bomboras return to the Bay Area after 23 years and rock the East Bay

Electric Machine Gun Tits opened the show. They are a two-piece punk and roll band based in the Bay Area since 2015 consisting of Naoko Nozawa on vocals and synth and Tora Fujimoto on guitar and vocals. Ridiculously entertaining, intensely funny, and Naoko finished the set by flinging ramen at the audience.

San Francisco’s Frankie and the Pool Boys were up next. Much more mellow, straight-up instrumental surf rock, they have 3 CDs and 2 singles available on their bandcamp.

The Bomboras formed in Los Angeles in 1994 achieving a bunch of success in the ’90s garage rock revival with their high-energy mix of garage rock and surf. They broke up at San Francisco’s Bottom of The Hill in 2000, it was 21 years later that they reformed, and not until last Wednesday that they returned to the Bay Area. Led by Jake Cavaliere on organ/vocals and bass player/vocalist Shane Van Dyke, they still put on one hell of a show, setting Jake’s organ on fire at the end. They have a new release on MuSick Recordings, “Songs from The Beyond!”

As I am exceedingly old, I was at The Bomboras breakup show in San Francisco in 2000, and several members of their subsequent bands, The Legendary Invisible Mean and The Lords of Altamont became friends. So it was fantastic to see them in action again. Also, Electric Machine Gun Tits are the funniest damn band in the Bay Area. See all my photos below.

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Interviews: Getting sentimental with Lexi McCoy of Suzie True

Last week, Los Angeles-based trio Suzie True released their superb second album Sentimental Scum. The album sees the band exploring queer identity, talking about the journey to sobriety, dealing with past relationships, building up self-worth, and highlighting the importance of friendship through their signature blend of garage pop, indie rock, punk, and grunge. Sentimental Scum is out now via Get Better Records and you can pre-order the vinyl right here. Suzie True will be touring California this summer and playing Fest in Gainesville this October. Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with lead vocalist and bassist Lexi McCoy over Zoom to talk about the new album, dealing with emotions, looking after your mental health, the significance of friendship, and so much more. Read the interview below!

Smoking Popes and Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer cover The Human League

Smoking Popes and Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer have teamed up to release a cover of “Don’t You Want Me” by The Human League. The cover comes with a video that was directed, filmed, and edited by Bryan Buchelt of Snaproll Studios. Check out the video below.

Underoath release new song, "Lifeline (Drowning)"

Underoath have released a new song called “Lifeline (Drowning)”. The song is available digitally via MNRK Records and is their second single to be released this year with the first being “Let Go”. Underoath will be touring the US and Canada with The Ghost Inside starting next week and released their album Voyeurist in 2022. Check out the song below.