Earlier this month Irish post-punks M(h)aol released their excellent second album Something Soft. Along with being the band’s first full-length release since becoming a trio, the album is also a celebration of experimentation which finds the band exploring a heavier, more urgent sound. The eleven tracks also showcase the band’s lyrical prowess as they tackle gender expectations (especially in music), talk about intersectional feminism, tear apart the soulless nature of consumerism, delve into digital life, and pay tribute to beloved pets. Something Soft is available everywhere now via Merge Records and TULLE. You can pick up a physical copy here or here. M(h)aol are currently touring Ireland with Cola and Junk Drawer. They will be touring Europe and the UK this fall. Through the power of the internet Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with vocalist and drummer Constance Keane, bassist and vocalist Jamie Hyland, and guitarist Sean Nolan to talk about the album, becoming a trio, pets, and so much more. Read the interview below!

<p>It’s the Year of Wet Leg, and none of us can stop it. A few weeks after releasing fresh-hell banger and unhinged SOTY contender “catch these fists,” which feels like something Elastica should have put out in the late-’90s, the Isle of Wight indie oddballs resurface this week (May 27) with a galloping love bop called “CPR.” It’s just the right amount of sleazy as it flashes some new wave vibes mixed with the band’s usual cocktail of post-punk and […]</p>
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<p>Depending on who you ask, the meaning of Echezona’s new record Ényì changes. A fan of the Boston artist might immediately recognize the title as an abbreviation of his community-forward mantra, “every neighbor yields impact.” To someone who speaks Igbo, though — like some members of the city’s Nigerian community — it literally translates to “friend.” But no matter how you interpret it, the record is a stamp of Echezona’s M.O. as a musician. The Dorchester-raised Afrobeats and hip-hop act released […]</p>
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On May 28, Protest The Hero played Lee’s Palace in Toronto, Ontario. Boys Night Out and Cigar Club opened the show. Protest the Hero released Palimpsest and Fabula and Syuzhet in 2020. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to capture all the action. Check out his photos below! 

AJJ have announced a full band US tour for this summer. Pacing will be joining them on all dates. The tour will begin on August 7 in El Paso, Texas and will wrap up on August 28 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. AJJ released Good Luck Everybody in 2020. Check out the dates below.

<p>If there’s one thing Pete Davidson has above all else, it’s youthful, quirked-up white boy rizz. The only problem is that one day, that charisma’s gonna curdle — like all of us, he’s gonna get old, and then what? That’s the dilemma Davidson’s confronted with in James DeMonaco’s The Home, where Davidson stumbles across a private ward in a nursing home stocked to the gills with the scariest old folks you’ve seen on screen since you saw them dicks-out in […]</p>
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<p>By no means are we complaining, but Josh Johnson just can’t stop selling out The Wilbur. So naturally, he’s adding another show to the impressive run. As announced today (May 29), Johnson has added a 10 p.m. show on September 4, marking his ninth show in an already sold-out run at The Wilbur which spans from September 3 to 7 to close out the summer. Following a successful run of shows last year, and another trip to Boston earlier this […]</p>
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Core. Festival has announced its lineup for this year. Torche, And So I Watch You From Afar, Defeater, Pest Control, The Chisel, Oversize, Moni Jitchell, False Reality, Ditz, Cruelty, Shooting Daggers, Perp Walk, Cave In, Agriculture, The HIRS Collective, Death Goals, Mrs. Frighthouse, Shutter, and Lights Out are among the bands who will be playing. Core. will take place September 12-14 at Woodside Halls and The Hug and Pint in Glasgow, Scotland.