Fireworks have surprise-released their first album in nine years. The album is called Higher Lonely Power and is out now via their label Funeral Plant Collective. Check out the album below.

Get Dead have announced a handful of US shows for February. Get Dead released their split with Codefendants in 2022 and their album Dancing with the Curse in 2020. Check out the dates below.

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir have released a new song. It is called “Thinking About The Immortality Of The Crab” and was originally recorded as part of Salvaged Records’ FEST 20 SPLIT. The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir released their album Slow Murder in 2022. Check out the song below.

A new book about the Subhumans will be coming out this year. It is called Silence Is No Reaction and was written by Ian Glasper. The book is 640 pages and includes interviews with past and present band members, flyers, exclusive photos, a full discography, and a full list of gigs. The book will be out this spring via Earth Island and PM Press. Subhumans released Crisis Point in 2019. Check out the announcement in full below.

Catbite have announced UK tour dates for this spring. Big D and The Kids Table, Kill Lincoln, and Call Me Malcolm will be joining them on select dates. Catbite will be touring Australia in February and released their album Nice One in 2021. Check out the dates below.

Nova Scotia-based Cursed Arrows have released a video for their cover of “Last Day of Magic” by The Kill. The video was shot and directed by the band at home. Cursed Arrows released their album Crone in 2022. Check out the video below.

A new Cock Sparrer covers compilation album has been announced to celebrate the band’s fiftieth anniversary. The album is called What’s It Like to Be Fifty? and features covers by The Drowns, Suzi Moon, Plizzken, Grade 2, The Ratchets, The Interrupters, The Aggrolites, and The Bar Stool Preachers. The comp is available on vinyl via Pirate’s Press Records. Check out the tracklist below.

New York-based grunge punks Jigsaw Youth have released a new song. It is called “Deeper” and appears to be a standalone single. Jigsaw Youth released two singles and their EP Are You Who You Wanna Be? in 2022. Check out the song below.

Jeremiah Green, the founding drummer of Modest Mouse, has passed away. He was 45 years old and passed on December 31. He was battling stage four cancer. A statement shared by the band on social media reads, ”I don’t know a way to ease into
this: Today we lost our dear friend
Jeremiah. 
He laid down to rest
and simply faded out.
I’d like to say a bunch of pretty words right now, but it just isn’t the time. These will come later, and from many people. Please appreciate all the love you give,get, have given, and will get. 
Above all, Jeremiah was about love. We love you.He formed Modest Mouse along with singer Isaac Brock in 1993 and played with the band until 2003. He returned to the band in 2004. Modest Mouse released their album The Golden Casket in 2021. We send our condolences to Jeremiah Green’s family, friends, and fans.

London, Ontario-based hardcore punks Mvll Crimes have released a new two-song single. The single features their cover of The Cure's “Just Like Heaven” along with a live version of their song “Bootlicker’s Delight Reprisal”. Mvll Crimes released their EP You Embvrrvss Me in 2022. Check out the single below.