Midnight Crawl break down every track on their new EP, 'Love Songs for Deadbeats'!

Last week, Montreal-based hard rockers Midnight Crawl released their second EP, Love Songs for Deadbeats. The five tracks find them building on their infectiously danceable and gloriously chaotic sound that they introduced the world to on their 2024 debut EP Goodbye to the White Rose. We caught up with Evan Lawson to hear the stories behind each of the songs. Listen to Love Songs for Deadbeats and read the track-by-track breakdown below!

Videos: Maldita: "Demencia"

Toronto-based hardcore punks MALDITA have released a video for their song “Demencia”. The song is off their upcoming album Un Mundo En Demencia which will be out later this fall via Cursed Blessings Records and Phobia Records. MALDITA released their self-titled album in 2022. Check out the video below.

Red Ivory to release new EP, share "Crashing Down"

South London, UK-based rockers Red Ivory have announced that they will be releasing a new EP. It is called Please Leave, I Need To Wake Up Now and will be out on November 28. The band has also released their lead single called “Crashing Down”. Red Ivory released their EP Facade in 2023. Check out the song and tracklist below.

Interviews: Listen to Smug LLC's new song and read an interview with Drew Thomson!

Today, we are very excited to bring you the premiere of the new song by SMUG LLC! It is called “Exciting Doom” and is off SMUG LLC’s upcoming debut EP New Exciting Doom. SMUG LLC was formed earlier this year by Drew Thomson of Single Mothers and The Drew Thomson Foundation and finds him exploring a more laptop-based approach to songwriting. We caught up with Drew to talk about “Exciting Doom”, the ever-present sense of doom, kung fu movies, and more. New Exciting Doom will be out on October 3 via Anxious and Angry and SMUG LLC will be touring the US with Off With Their Heads this fall. Listen to “Exciting Doom” and read our interview with Drew Thomson below!

DS Upcoming Release: FakeYou premiere music video for new single “TIELUCK”

Montreal punk four-piece FakeYou released their first single “TIELUCK” off their upcoming album Promise to Disappear, setting the pace and tone for the forthcoming record. On the new single: “Tieluck was written about an old friend who stayed behind in our small hometown, caught in the same habits, the same circles, the same ghost streets. […]

Montreal punk four-piece FakeYou released their first single “TIELUCK” off their upcoming album Promise to Disappear, setting the pace and tone for the forthcoming record.

On the new single: “Tieluck was written about an old friend who stayed behind in our small hometown, caught in the same habits, the same circles, the same ghost streets. Every time we go back, it feels like time never moved. Bad routines, bad company, the same shadows on the same corners.”

On the new video: “We decided to shoot the video there because the song lives in that place. It’s about trying to grow when everything around you is standing still and the weight of watching someone you care for sink deeper into it.”

Stay tuned for Promise to Disappear, set to release in 2026.

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The V List: Five of our favorite tracks from September 2025

<p>Editor’s Note: Anyone who says there isn’t good music coming out these days — and quite literally, every day — simply isn’t paying attention. Vanyaland’s compilation feature The V List highlights the best in new music, both homegrown and national, over the past month, pulling together the sounds that have soundtracked the website in recent weeks. It’s all the stuff we’re bumping here at Vanyaland HQ, one new bop at a time. Boy Deluxe, ‘Whiplash’ On the Friday ahead of a long Labor Day weekend in a defeated […]</p>
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Fucked Up announce ten-part 'Zodiac' finale, 'Grass Can Move Stones'

Fucked Up have announced that they will be releasing the ten-part finale to their Zodiac album cycle. It is called Grass Can Move Stones and will be made up of Year of the Goat, Year of the Monkey (2LP), and Year of the Rooster (2LP) which will be released in instalments. Side A of Year of the Goat will be out on Bandcamp on October 3 with Side B to follow on December 5. The finale will be released in October 2026 to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the first Zodiac album, Year of the Dog. Check out the announcement video and post in full below.

DS Gallery: Riot Fest 2025 is here! Featuring Alkaline Trio, The Pogues, Knocked Loose and much more for opening day!

Chicago’s annual punk rock music festival celebrated its 20th anniversary from September 19th-21st with three jam-packed days of legendary music acts, full album play sets, and some notable local Chicago punk bands to celebrate Riot Fest’s Chicago roots. Opening day included headliners Blink-182, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Alkaline Trio. No matter your musical preference, there’s […]

Chicago’s annual punk rock music festival celebrated its 20th anniversary from September 19th-21st with three jam-packed days of legendary music acts, full album play sets, and some notable local Chicago punk bands to celebrate Riot Fest’s Chicago roots. Opening day included headliners Blink-182, “Weird Al” Yankovic and Alkaline Trio. No matter your musical preference, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Let’s get on with day one!


Alkaline Trio performed an album play-through of their second studio album, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire. We took a look back at this album released 25 years ago, check out that review here!


Celtic punk legends The Pogues featured an expanded line up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their album Rum Sodomy & the Lash.


Knocked Loose put on a killer performance that kept everyone moving, as always! Last year they toured for their critically acclaimed album You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To, where we saw them at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom.



Touché Amoré ran the stage with their energetic and powerful vocals and equally enthusiastic fans.


One of the newest bands on my radar is The Barbarians of California, a metallic hardcore band from…California! With the tag line “They’re your new favorite band,” the act is collaboration from Aaron Bruno of AWOLNATION and producer/engineer Eric Stenman.


Chicago’s own metalcore group Harm’s Way joined the lineup of an already impressive amount of hardcore bands playing at Riot Fest. They are currently touring with the blackgaze powerhouse Deafheaven.


The New York hardcore punks Agnostic Front need no introduction. They performed their 1984 debut album Victim in Pain in its entirety.


A band I never had the chance to see live I was looking forward to on this day was The Didjits, a punk band formed in 1981 in Mattoon, Illinois (that’s just under 200 miles south of Chicago). They released five full-length albums through Chicago’s Touch and Go Records, an independent label that has a roster including the likes of The Jesus Lizard, Die Kreuzen, The Effigies and many more.


Honey Revenge is pop punk from California and slay on stage. Consisting of Devin Papadol on vocals and Donovan Lloyd on guitar, Honey Revenge bring an immense amount of fun energy on stage that you cannot help but dance and sing along to. On top of that the overall aesthetics is pretty fabulous if you ask me.



Harrison Gordon is “emo guitar music” from Normal, Illinois and they have made a name for themselves in the Midwest indie scene. Their latest EP Spring Break! was released in March of this year.


Last in our day one gallery (but certainly not the least) is another Chicago-local band La Rosa Noir. Part post-punk, part Midwest surf, La Rosa Noir has been conquering the Chicago music scene with their eclectic sound and dark hypnotic vibes.


Who were your favorite acts of day one? Check out the full galleries and be on the lookout for our gallery of day two!

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The Coathangers to release 7-inch, share "Hurry" (Demo)

The Coathangers have announced that they will be releasing a new 7-inch. It features two demo tracks from the Nosebleed Weekend sessions called “Hurry” and “Drifter”. The demo for “Hurry” has been released along with the announcement. The 7-inch will be available on October 31 via Suicide Squeeze Records. This follows their previously released Nosebleed Weekend Demos which was released earlier this year. Check out the demo below.

Tours: The Cure announce 2026 tour dates (UK and Ireland)

The Cure have announced tour dates for 2026. They will be touring Ireland, Scotland, and the UK. Mogwai, The Twilight Sad, Slowdive, Just Mustard, Stella and the Dreaming, and The Slow Readers Club will be joining them on select dates. The Cure released their album Songs of A Lost World along with a live album called Songs of A Live World: Troxy London MMXXIV in 2024 and released a remix album called Mixes of A Lost World in 2025. Check out the dates below.