DCxPC has announced the details for this year’s Rally in the Valley festival. The Raging Nathans, Rebelmatic, Teenage Halloween, Soji, Chemical-X, THICK, Blind Adam and the Federal League, Lake Lanier, The Snorts, Worldsucks, Trash Diva, My Son The Doctor, and Jaelyn will be playing the festival. Rally in the Valley will take place April 11-12 a Snapper Magee’s in Kingston, New York.
Cheekface have released a video for their new song “Hostile Street”. The lyric video was directed by Mallory Turner. The song features barks from the late Stubbs and is available digitally now. Cheekface released their album Middle Spoon in 2025. Check out the song below.
The Hard-Ons will tour Europe for about two weeks in June. Jerry A of Poison Idea is on vocals. Jerry previously handled vocals for the band when they played the West coast of USA. Gutiar Wolf opens the shows. You can see the dates below.
Social Distortion have announced that they will be releasing their first new album in fifteen years. The album is called Born To Kill and will be out on May 8 via Epitaph Records. The band has also released a video for the title track which was directed by Lance Bangs and produced by Brianna Sedor. Social Distortion will be touring the US with Descendents and The Chats starting in August. Check out the video and tracklist below.
The Almighty Trigger Happy have released two new songs. They are called “The Ghost of Jim Cherry” and “Cops Ain’t Tops!”, which is a Chronic Submission cover. Both songs are available digitally via Cursed Blessings Records and off their upcoming split with Het Up! which will be out later this year. Check out the songs below.
A few hours ago, Dead Kennedys released a statement saying that they were playing Punk in the Park, but would not play it in the future due to the owner of the Festival having donated money to the Trump campaign. As you know, Jello Biafra has not been in the dead Kennedys since the mid 80s. Moments ago, Jello released a statement about the issue. His statement reads: "“They’re taking the money $$$, and THEN pulling out? The real Dead Kennedys would never have let this happen in the first place. One more sordid reason I don’t ever want to play with them again.” If anything else develops, we will let you know.
Manchester-based punk rockers Bruise Control have released a video for their new song “If Yr Not Mine”. The song is off their self-titled EP which came out last week. Bruise Control will be touring the UK with The Dirty Nil and SMUG LLC in June. Check out the video below.
Terror has announced plans to release Still Suffer on April 24, 2026 via Flatspot Records. The album features Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan, Mindforce's Jay Peta, King Nine's Dan Seely, and God''s Hate's Brody King. The record was produced by former guitarist and current Nails member, Todd Jones. You can click below for the title track, cover and track listing.
Last year, Punk the Park Fest was criticized by some members of the punk community, and by bands, because its founder was revealed to have donated money to the Donald Trump campaign. This year's events have faced similar issues, with Naked Aggression having dropped off the Punk in the Park roadshow.Perhaps surprisingly, Dead Kennedys (which has not included Jello Biafra as a member since the mid 80s), is also playing the Punk in the Park roadshow. Following the move by Naked Aggression, DK issued a statement that explained that the band will play the current Punk in the Park tour, but will not play the event in the future.You can see their statement below.
Episode #718 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John returns and talks to Em about Green Day’s Super Bowl performance, Morrissey’s new song, Kim Gordon’s new video, Ween, Record Store Day, and so much more. Listen to the episode below!