Rival Schools have announced a string of European and UK club shows with Militarie Gun for this July. Tickets are on sale now. See below to view the dates.

Sarah and The Safe Word have released a video for their new song “Sky On Fire”. The video was directed by Edward Tumulty. Lead vocalist Sarah Rose said of the song and video, “This song was inspired directly from our experiences being queer in America in 2023. We filmed this in an abandoned school that was closed in 2005, because we felt like it was appropriate – the song is about broken promises, unkind humans, and still hoping for a better tomorrow.”The song is off their upcoming album The Book Of Broken Glass which will be out April 7 via Take This To Heart Records. Sarah and The Safe Word will be touring the US and Canada with Shayfer James this spring. The band re-released their album Strange Doings in the Night in 2022 (we spoke to Sarah Rose about it in December – check that out right here!) and released their album Good Gracious! Bad People in 2020. Check out the video below.

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new track by Santa Barbara, California punks Versus The World! The band is made up of members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance. The song is called “Roadsick/Roadsick” and is the first single off their upcoming album The Bastards Live Forever which was produced by Cameron Webb (Motorhead, Sum 41). Frontman Donald Spence said of the upcoming album and the track, ”The pandemic gave us the opportunity to really spend time on every song, our relationship as friends and songwriters.  We’d keep our “bubble” and travel to each other’s homes to write and record music that really made our hearts pound.  I’ve never been so proud and never put as much work into a body of music like we did for The Bastards.  It’s a disparate collection of songs about divorce, shame, love and growth.  “Roadsick/Roadsick” is a bridge between the last record and what we are moving towards as a band.  I’m lucky to have shared this moment with Sean, Flip, Tony, & Pat on record.   Meeting Cameron Webb, and him signing on as our producer only made things better.  He is, in my opinion, the 5th Beatle.  Without him, Bastards may have never come out… and if it did… it wouldn’t be nearly as special. ’Roadsick’ is a band favorite for the record.  We wanted a song that felt like it kicked the door down like the DEA from the get go.  A song that after we put it out, we would have to play it live.  Writing it was a blast.  Singing it was even more fun and hearing it back still gets me stoked. Enjoy!” The Bastards Live Forever will be out May 26 via SBAM Records. Versus The World will also be playing a handful of shows in Europe this summer. Listen to the track and check out the dates below!

Morgan and the Organ Donors, the band made up of Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill, Olivia Ness of COCO, Sara Peté, and James Maeda of Spider and the Webs, have released a video for their new song “Letter”. The video was filmed at Xanadont and was directed by Jolie M-A. The song is off their upcoming album M.O.D.s which will be out April 28 via K Records / Perennial. Morgan and the Organ Donors released their Arrogant Man EP in 2015. Check out the video below.

Magazine Beach have announced that they’ve signed to Take This To Heart Records. The band has also announced a US tour for this spring. Magazine Beach released their EP Friendless Summer in 2020. Check out the dates below.

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<p>The kaleidoscopic alt-pop of Zolita usually makes us feel like it’s the weekend, so it’s no surprise the New York-born, California-raised songwriter and artist is playing the Friday afternoon slate at this spring’s Boston Calling. But fresh off the recent release of her Falling Out / Falling In EP, Zolita brings some weekend vibes to the midweek malaise with a sold-out stop tonight (February 22) at Sonia in Cambridge. We last caught up with Zolita exactly a year ago, when […]</p>
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On February 21, Viagra Boys played at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto, Ontario. The Steens opened the show. Viagra Boys released their album Cave World in 2022. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to capture all the action. Check out his photos below.