Be Your Own Pet have released a video for their new song “Hand Grenade”. The video was directed and edited by John Eatherly. The song is the band’s first in fifteen years and is out digitally via Third Man Records. Be Your Own Pet released their EP Get Damaged in 2008. Check out the video below.

<p>Gothic rock fans everywhere, particularly devotees of the “love metal” stylings of HIM, wept when the Finnish outfit called it a day back in 2017. Now, it’s time to wipe away the tears of blood as the band’s enchanting frontman Ville Valo is back under the “VV” banner with brand new music that echoes his past and happily scratches that dark, shadowy itch. Rising instrumental swells and soaring choruses fill VV’s Neon Noir, released in late January, and at first […]</p>
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New Pagans have released an acoustic live version of their song “Comparable Reflections”. The video was filmed at Badlands Studios. The song is off their album Making Circles Of Our Own which was released earlier this year and spoke with lead voaclist Lyndsey McDougall we about it in February. Check out the video below.

<p>Another night with Ben Schwartz and his friends means another night of top-tier comedy that may or may not come with a few surprises. Hopefully, that’s what is on the horizon again as the Sonic The Hedgehog star preps for a return to town. As announced earlier this week, Schwartz will be making way back to the area with a night of comedy at Medford’s Chevalier Theatre on August 27. Since his previous trek to town last summer, Schwartz has […]</p>
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<p>Back in February of last year everyone lost their collective shit when Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels appeared on stage together at a charity event in Los Angeles to perform their classic Operation Ivy track “Sound System.” Folx have been clamoring for ages for a reunion from the wildly influential and short-lived Bay Area ska-punk band, and it seemed the unthinkable was creeping closer to reality. But it turns out Armstrong and Michaels were already collaborating behind the scenes, forming […]</p>
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Virginia-based rockers Gnawing have released a new song. It is called “Gimme Tinnitus” and is off their upcoming album Modern Survival Techniques which will be out May 19 via Refresh Records. Gnawing will be touring the US with Fucked Up starting next month and released their album You Freak Me Out in 2021. Check out the song below.

Superviolet has released a new song. It is called “Big Songbirds Don’t Cry” and is off their upcoming debut album Infinite Spring which will be out April 21 via Lame-O Records. Check out the song below.

Ottawa-based Crisis Party have announced Canadian tour dates for the spring. The band released their EP Welcome to the Party in 2022 on Dirt Cult Records. Check out the dates below.