<p>We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: The COVID-19 pandemic sent the music industry spinning. Tours went out the window. Meticulously-planned festival sets and appearances were cancelled and never rescheduled. Album rollouts turned upside down and fell flat. It was a disorientating time, to put it mildly. Nearly three years after the beginning of the pandemic, much of the business has thankfully shifted towards a new, more stable normal. But one section of the industry never stopped spinning, […]</p>
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Chicago-based emo punks Rust Ring have announced their signing to Knifepunch Records. The band have released a video for their first single on the label called “Guilty”. The video was directed by David Creighton. The song will be on their upcoming album. Rust Ring released their single “Incognito” earlier this year and their album Genuine Me in 2019. Check out the video below.

<p>While most folx spend December waiting for the ball to drop, we in Boston wait for the beat. And no one supplies a year-end dance mix quite like Nick Minieri, the DJ/producer who has pretty much done it all in the Boston music scene over the past 20 years. From documenting nightlife through party photos to running the Beantown Boogiedown blog to operating his Zakim Recordings label to creating his own original music (landing on labels like 2tuf4u, Soul Clap, […]</p>
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NOFX have announced the first dates for their final tour. The shows announced are in Barcelona, Spain and Linz, Austria. They will be playing So Long and Thanks for All the and White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean in full on their first night in Barcelona and playing Wolves in Wolves’ Clothing and Punk In Drublic in full on their second Barcelona date. The support bands will be announced soon. NOFX released Double Album earlier this year. Check out the dates below.

Thank You, I’m Sorry have released a new holiday song. It is called “Christmas Lights” and is out digitally now. Thank You, I’m Sorry released their single “Parliaments” earlier this year and their album I’m Glad We’re Friends in 2020. Check out the new song below.

The Acacia Strain have released a video for their new song “Untended Graves”. The song appears to be a standalone single and is out digitally via Rise Records. The Acacia Strain released their album Slow Decay in 2020. Check out the video below.

One Step Closer have announced US tour dates for January. Soul Blind and Life’s Question will be joining them on all dates. One Step Closer released their single “Dark Blue” earlier this year and their album This Place You Know in 2021. Check out the dates below.

The iconic Siouxsie Sioux has announced her first show in about a decade. Siouxsie will headline Latitude festival scheduled to take place on the grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, on July 20th-23rd, 2023. Latitude Festival Director Melvin Benn issued a statement: “What a privilege it is to welcome the iconic Siouxsie to the Latitude Festival. Siouxsie has been an enduring trailblazer, and her impact across musical culture is colossal. Uncompromisingly defiant, Siouxsie’s powerful body of work is incomparable. There has never been a live performer like her, and there probably never will be!”

Crazy and the Brains have released a live video from their recent tour with Gogol Bordello. In the video, the band plays their cover of iggy Pop and The Teddy Bears "Punk Rocker." Eugene of Gogol Bordello joins the band on stage. you can see the video below. Crazy and the Brains released Where the Juice Drips [EP] in 2020.