<p>If you, savvy reader, have ever dreamt of dishing on your favorite music with Sir Babygirl, look no further than the DIY pop singer’s just-launched album month of the club. The New Hampshire-raised artist — born Kelsie Hogue — is reaching into the digital world with a fistful of jewel cases in a bid for old-fashioned listening. The rules for participation are simple: Tune in to Hogue’s “completely biased, favorite, favorite music” from home, then jump in the conversation via […]</p>
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Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the debut full-length album by Washington, DC-based punk rockers Sex Faces! The album features eleven tracks full of the band’s chaotic energy and blend of punk, post-punk, indie rock, and garage rock. We caught up with the band to hear the stories behind each of the tracks. They sent us a transcription of them talking about them after a practice session. Bad Vibes OST will be out everywhere on May 21 via Slovenly Records and you can pre-save it here or pre-order it here. Sex Faces will be touring the US starting later this month. Listen to Bad Vibes OST and read the track-by-track breakdown below!

Hunx and His Punx have announced that they’ve signed with Get Better Records and will be releasing their first album in 12 years with the label. The album is called Walk Out On This World and will be out on August 22. The band has also released a video for their new song “Alone in Hollywood on Acid” which was directed by Sandy Honig. Hunx and His Punx also announced that they will be touring the US and Toronto this summer. The shows begin in Seattle, Washington on August 26 and wrap up on September 27 in Los Angeles, California. The band released their album Street Punk in 2013. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

Indie rockers Fortitude Valley have signed with Specialist Subject Records and announced that they will be releasing a new album on the label later this year. The album is called Part of the Problem, Baby and will be out on August 1. The band has also released a video for their new song “Sunshine State” which was shot in Queensland, Australia. Fortitude Valley released their self-titled album in 2021. Check out the video and tracklist below.

Green Day have announced tour dates for South America. The trek will begin on August 24 in Bogota, Columbia and will wrap up on September 15 in Asuncion, Paraguay. Green Day will be touring Europe beginning in June and released their album Saviors in 2024. Check out the dates below.

<p>Monday night in Allston is when the freaks come out to play, and tonight (May 19) the allure in the air carves a path to Brighton Music Hall, where Squid deliver a blissful cacophony of sounds that should hit differently away from the weekend’s distractions. The English art-rock band in February provided new album Cowards, the type of record that allows for excited daydreaming over just how it’ll sound in a live setting, and last month followed it up with […]</p>
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Billy Liar has released a new video. It's for the song "Ostrich" and that's off the album "Crisis actor." You can xcheck it out below.

Rick Kids on LSD aka RKL will release an archival LP on May 21. It's called All Washed Up But Still Stinkin’ The Lost 90s Demos and it finds the band unearthing some unreleased material from the 90s. That's part of the Punk rock Museum demo series wherein the museum releases demos and other archival releases. You can see the cover below.

<p>If you don’t know already, a small film festival is happening in France this week. Yep, it’s Cannes time, where the 2025 roadmap for Prestige Cinema will be unveiled to the world. There’s a lot to be excited about (new Kelly Reichardt! Lynne Ramsey! Joachim Trier! Spike Lee! Wes Anderson!), but what we’re most looking forward to is Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, which sees the director of Raw and Titane set her focus on a phantasmagoric parable about the AIDS epidemic. […]</p>
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Montreal-based pop punks FOMO have released a video for their song “Sever”. The video was directed and edited by Alice Hirsch. The song was released as a standalone single last week. FOMO have been releasing singles since 2021 and released a handful in 2024. Check out the video below.