Episode #711 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John, Sam, and Em reflect on 2025, talk about some of their favourite records, and look forward to 2026. They also play some kickass tracks from the past year including The Callous Daoboys, Dwarves, Crossed Keys, Slash Need, Windwalkers, Dani Miller, Bonnie Trash, Tired Radio, and Home Front. Listen to the episode below!

Bl'ast has announced a lineup change. Nick Oliveri is the new singer. The band issued a statement: Nick OLiveri on Vocals for BL’AST! After Clifford chose to step aside Nick stepped up. Nick ripped bass, guitar and now vocals for BL’AST! Nick rules and is much appreciated! New music and gigs are in the works!!! Onward & upward. BL’AST! We wish Cliff all the best! Nothing but BL’AST! love. Get ready for Nick to bring a ripping new chapter. The band also announced a spring tour, which you can see below. They'll be playing with Eyehategod and Crowbar.

<p>We’re not even 10 days into an already difficult and overwhelming new year, and we can use all the peace and tranquility we can get, especially through the meditation of music. English alt-pop songwriter Erin LeCount has offered a soothing soundtrack via new single “I BELIEVE,” an exquisite synth- and baroque-pop floater out today on Atlantic Records. Like last fall’s “MACHINE GHOST”, it both haunts and comforts, and lures us deep into our own headspace as we close out the […]</p>
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Harley Flanagan recently announced that Cro-Mags re-recorded all of Age of Quarrel while they were recording musical backing tracks for the Wired for Chaos documentary. The new version of "Hard Times" was released as a decibel Flexi-disc. You can hear that below. cro-Mags will be doing all of Age of Quarrel at decibel Beer and metal Fest.

Morrissey has a new album coming out. Make-Up is a Lie is out March 6 via Sire/Warner Records. The record is produced by Joe Chiccarelli and was recorded in France. You can hear the lead single below. You can also see the track list and album cover. Morrissey previously announced two other albums that have not been released – Bonfire of Teenagers and You're Right, It's Time, though tracks that Morrissey mentioned were from those albums have some crossover with this new LP.

<p>Ric Roman Waugh’s Greenland: Migration* is a late Christmas gift to pedantic “science-on-screen” YouTubers, given that they’ll likely tear this thing to shreds the minute they find a rip of it online. Disaster movies normally have it rough with that crowd, as most of the time, realism is anathema to fun, and instead of being told “Yes, we know the Mayan calendar doesn’t work like that” or “No shit the moon isn’t a giant hollow space station” by friends, they’ve […]</p>
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<p>God bless the “first week of January” horror release, firmly straddling the boundary between inept and competent in audacious fashion, always entertaining regardless of whether or not one could consider it “good.” Such is the case with Johannes Roberts’ Primate, an old-fashioned when-animals-attack creature feature, which is goofy enough to have a crowd shouting insults at the screen, yet competent enough to deliver some kills and scares that will be difficult for later releases to top. Taking the bare bones […]</p>
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Toronto-based Motorists have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Never Sing Alone and will be out on March 6 via We Are Time. The band has also released a video for their new song “Frogman” which was directed by the band, Cotey Pope, and Henri Faberge, with additional assistance from Sarah Ford. Motorists released their album Touched by the Stuff in 2024. Check out the video and tracklist below.