<p>Gritty music calls for gritty visuals, and director Alexander Sharp has answered the sonic call sent out by Josh Jones & Trevor Kidd. The Vancouver director has crafted a visually-striking grindhouse-inspired clip for the duo’s new dirty slow-crawl single “Salvation,” and the pairing feels like perfect match. “The video for ‘Salvation’ was designed to equally entertain and aggressively anesthetize: An outrageous, grindhouse, rock n’ roll music video that would keep reinventing itself,” says Sharp. “I designed it so that it […]</p>
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Episode #620.5 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this bonus episode, John Gentile talks to Penny Rimbaud of Crass and Peter Vukmirovic Stevens about their new album S LENCE, how they became involved in music, writing, poetry, and so much more. Listen to the episode below!

<p>Whether we’re talking Thanksgiving turkey or a band on tour, everyone loves a second leg. And the latter is what the Pixies are serving up this year as the beloved Massachusetts indie rock engineers have unveiled a run of live shows with Franz Ferdinand and Bully. The tour is further support for last year’s well-received Doggerel album, and after a handful of western dates in May, kicks off June 8 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston. The band — […]</p>
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The Damned just announced that they will release a new album in April. It's called Darkadelic and it will be out via EAR music. The album is out April 28, but they will release a digital single called "Invisible man" on february 3. We will keep you updated. The band released Evil Spirits in 2018.

<p>The last time Taylor Tomlinson was in town, the stakes were pretty high. From recording her latest special to covering a deeply personal and emotionally taxing hour, there was a lot going on. Now, without the pressure that comes with recording a special and an hour that is still deep but a bit lighter than before, Tomlinson is excited to make her way back to the city for a record-setting run. More importantly, she’s most excited to just be present […]</p>
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Episode #620 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode Jak Kerley of Shibby Pictures swings by to talk about directing music videos, finding inspiration, working with bands, keeping it DIY, and so much more!Jak sticks around to talk about the news with the usual gang and they discuss Sleep confiscating and releasing a live bootleg, the Dwarves reissue, The HIRS Collective’s video for “Sweet Like Candy”, Morrissey’s new single, and Metallica’s new LP. Listen to the episode below!

<p>Editor’s Note: Even though his time in Park City may be over, Vanyaland Film Editor Nick Johnston is still plugging away at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival program. Scan through our full coverage of Sundance reviews from this year’s festival as they are published, and check out our full archives of past editions. I’m sure a lot of online people around my age can remember the first time that Michael J. Fox was ill. Though most knew he had Parkinson’s, we were a bit […]</p>
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Mannequin Pussy gave announced tour dates for the West Coast for this May. Margaritas Podridas will be joining them on the majority of dates. The tour announcement reads in part, “we’ll be playing a ton of new songs fro the first time”. Tickets go on sale Friday. Mannequin Pussy released their EP Perfect in 2021 and their album Patience in 2019. Check out the dates below.

Guitars4Grrrls, Save Toronto Music Venues, Bitch Fest 2023, and Put Out Your Own Records have released a compilation album. The album features 21 songs by bands including Doghouse Rose, Mvll Crimes, Jerkoff Diary, Heavy Petter, The Black Void, Miss Conduct, Gaijin Smash, and ByOctopi. The artwork for the comp was done by Lora Vestaloyne and it was curated by Lexi Robidoux of Save Toronto Music Venues. All proceeds go towards Guitars4Grrrls, a non-profit out of London, Ontario that works to give guitars and gear to young girls, non-binary youth, trans youth, and two-spirit youth. The comp is available on Bandcamp now. Check it out below.

Philly death-punkers Zorn have released a new single. It's called "The Spell of the Fairy Tree" and it's off their debut LP, out March 25 via Sorry State. The band also released the cover art and tracklist for the album. You can check out the new tune and tracklist below.