Vigilante Carlstroem, The Johan and Only, and Nicholaus Arson from The Hives have been featured on an episode of Amoeba Music’s YouTube series What’s In My Bag?. The band released their album The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons earlier this month and will be touring Europe starting in September, touring North America starting in October, and touring the UK and Ireland in 2024. Check out the video below.

<p>Editor’s Note: We’re too far into August to turn back now, and that means we’re getting close, but not nearly close enough to finishing our fight against the dragging dog days of this bogus, humid summer. With all of the stress and frustration that continues to pile up with every rainstorm and inability to some sun, it seems only right to assume that the best remedy for that would be, at the very least, to laugh. Lucky for you, we’ve […]</p>
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The Chisel, Prince Daddy and The Hyena, and Koyo have all released cover songs for the upcoming compilation album Dead Formats Vol. 2. The Chisel covered the Elton John classic “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” and their cover comes with a video that was directed by Taylor Stewart. Prince Daddy and The Hyena covered “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals and Koyo covered “Do You Still Hate Me?” By Jawbreaker. Dead Formats Vol. 2 will be out on September 8 via Pure Noise Records. Check out the covers below.

<p>Let’s get this right out of the way: Boston Flowers are not from Boston. But we won’t hold that against the Brooklyn indie-pop band, who today (August 15) roll out an infectious new single called “Man On Mars.” And now, hold on to your butts, because we’re here to report that “Man On Mars” is not about a little space astronaut either; in fact, it’s about that feeling that takes over when navigating the big city, and how the band […]</p>
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This year, Hellcat records have been releasing digital singles, including a track by Doom Regulator, the band featuring Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy and a band featuring Jamaican dancehall icon Ce'cille. The new band is called Bonk! Bonk! and features singer Lindsey Jennings. Armstorng issued a statement on the track: "Lindsey and I have been good friends for a while now. We wrote our first song together in 2015 and always kept touch. Lindsey has incredible timing with her lyrics, sometimes funny, sometimes serious but always on point. About a year ago we had an idea to start writing early punk songs like 1977 style. Like the music you can POGO to. We called this project BONK! BONK! This is the first song we’re releasing from BONK! BONK! It’s called ONE TIME." You can hear the new track,"One time" below.

Proper. have announced that they will be releasing a new EP. It is called Part-Timer and will be out on September 8 via Father/Daughter Records. The EP features 5 tracks and was mastered by Will Yip. A lyric video (created by Paul Mendoza) for their first song “Potential” has also been released. Proper. will be touring this summer and fall and released their album The Great American Novel in 2022. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

The Menzingers have released another track off their upcoming album. "Hope is a dangerous thing" opens Some of it was true. That's out October 13 via Epitaph. You can hear the new track below.

Upchuck have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Bite the Hand That Feeds and will be out on October 13 via Famous Class Records. The band has also released a video for their lead single “Freaky” which was directed by Ian Cone. Upchuck will be touring this fall with Faye Webster and released their album Sense Yourself in 2022. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

New Pagans have announced tour dates for this fall. They will be touring Ireland, Europe, and the UK. New Pagans released their album Making Circles of Our Own earlier this year and we spoke to lead vocalist Lyndsey McDougall about it in February. Check out the dates below.