This Is Hardcore Fest has added more bands to this year’s festival. Bitter End, Bulldoze, Carbonite, Chokehold, Combust, Conservative Military Image, Deadguy, Dead Last, Death Threat, End It, Envision, Facewreck, Fool’s Game, Freight Train, Hold My Own, Killing Me, Koyo, Life’s Question, Magnitude, Missing Link, Momentum, Orthodox, Pain Clinic, Pain of Truth, Raw Brigade, Regulate, Risk, Scarab, Statement of Pride, Suburban Scum, Vamachara, Wisdom in Chains, Wreckage, and Year of the Knife will now be playing. These bands join the previously annoucned lineup which includes Bane, Gorilla Biscuits, and Integrity. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 10. This Is Hardcore Fest will take place August 4-6 at Underground Arts and Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia.

Spaced have released two new songs. They are called “Boomerang” and “Cycle Killer” and are available via New Morality Zine now. A video for “Boomerang” which was directed by Adam Kellerman has also been released. Spaced will be touring the UK and Europe with Buggin starting in June and released Spaced Jams in 2022. Check out the video and song below.

Brooklyn-based post-punk band Big Bliss have released a video for their new song “A Seat at the Table”. The song is off their upcoming album Vital Return which will be out August 18 via Good Eye Records. Big Bliss released their album At Middle Distance in 2018. Check out the video below.

<p>The “World Series of Boston rock” is finally back on its home turf. After a few years’ hiatus due to the pandemic, the Rock And Roll Rumble returns tonight (April 6), kicking off six preliminary nights this weekend and next as 24 bands battle it out for ultimate scene supremacy. When we last Rumble’d with Anngelle Wood and crew, Set Fire captured the crown back in 2019 at ONCE in Somerville. Four years later, the Rumble is resurrected at its […]</p>
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<p>A wise man once said that when it comes to life and music, survival is success. So it stands to reason that there’s perhaps no more successful product of the Boston music scene than Rick Berlin. The local mainstay takes center stage tonight (April 6) at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, raising a glass to 50 years of musical creativity, artistic measure, and rock and roll perseverance at We’re All In This Together: A Celebration of the Music of Rick […]</p>
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<p>When I eulogized Tom Brady’s career back in February when 80 For Brady came out, a chunk of my argument centered around the very nature of the biographical sports narrative feature. The filmmaker is at an inherent disadvantage in trying to recreate the hits of an athlete’s career: if you do a recreation, you’re fucked because there’s already much better documentary footage out there. If you use that footage, and don’t have anything interesting to supplant it with, your audience […]</p>
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Sparta have announced US tour dates to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Wiretap Scars. Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms will be joining Jim Ward and Matt Miller as the drummer for this tour. ’69 and Geoff Rickly of Thursday will be playing support on all dates. Sparta released their self-titled album in 2022 and we interviewedJim Ward about it last year. Check out the dates below.

Furnace Fest has announced that Gel will be filling in for Anxious at this year's festival. The band will be playing in place of Anxious on on Saturday, September 23. Gel released their album Only Constant last week and we spoke to guitarist Anthony Webster about it last month. Furnace Fest announced its lineup for this year in February and will take place September 22-24 at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama.

Pro Wrestling The Band have released a video for their song “Cold Shoulder”. The video was created by Patrick Briggs. The song was released as a standalone single last month. Pro Wrestling The Band released their EP Five Of My Kind earlier this year. Check out the video below.