Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of two new videos by Los Angeles-based punk band Heartwells! The videos are for their songs “Death of Rock N Roll” and “Lovely Day In Hell”. The songs are off their most recent album The New Old School which was released in 2024. The video for “Death of Rock N Roll” is made up of tour footage. The video for “Lovely Day in Hell” was filmed by Ray Loy and edited by lead vocalist and guitarist JT. We caught up with JT to hear the stories behind both of the tracks. Speaking to Punknews about “Death of Rock n Roll” JT said,“‘Death of Rock n Roll’ is a love letter to ‘90s punk. We took some influence from bands like NOFX and Bad Religion. In the last chorus there are Bad Religion lyrics from "Only Gonna Die” which was also a nod to Sublime doing the same thing on 40oz. to Freedom. The theme of the song is about friends growing out of punk and kids not being interested in live music or rock n roll even, hence the title. The video is a tour compilation of a bunch of shows in 2024. Paul Miner did the voice of the Pink Floyd quote at the end.”JT had this to say about “Lovely Day in Hell”,“‘Lovely Day in Hell’ is a song about losing friends to substance abuse. I had a few of my close friends growing up start dying off from heroin overdoses throughout the last decade. I always considered myself lucky that I never fell into any hard drugs since a lot of my friends did. When we play it live I change the last line to, “And you don’t put Fentanyl in cocaine…” Because even that stuff is super risky these days! We shot the video in a friend's backyard. We did it all in one shot and Bert from Upper Downer poured a beer all over my head. Fun times!”These videos also celebrate the launch of the new label HEY!FEVER Records which is run by JT and bassist David Marino. The label has a stacked release schedule for this year including new releases from Empired, Stoke Signals, and Upper Downer. As for Heartwells, they are currently working on their new EP which is due out this summer. Watch the videos below!

Yesterday, we reported that following the superbowl, Kanye West opened an online shop where he had one item for sale- a t-shirt that featured a swastika and nothing else. The product code of the shirt was hh-01. As it turns out, the online shop was hosted by online provider shopify. Today, shopify shut down the shop. They stated simply: "All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.” We'll keep you updated.

<p>The True Faith may have relocated to Philadelphia, but the chill of their atmospheric post-punk is still encroaching on New England. The former Boston band have released a split 7″ with Demmers, pairing their tune “Can’t Be Sure” with the New Jersey group’s offering “Leave It Alone.” The project arrived at the end of last month (January 31) via Council Records, marbling The True Faith’s icy sense of anguish and murky melodies supplied by Demmers. The True Faith also dropped […]</p>
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Calgary-based music festival Sled Island has announced its first wave lineup for this year. Yaya Bey, Topshelf Records, Tropical Fuck Storm, Oddisee, Horse Jumper of Love, Xiu Xiu, Snooper, Mary Lattimore, Mizmor, Kimmortal, Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback, jo passed, Rae Spoon, K-Riz and the Family, Brass Lip, CHXMERAS, Arlo Maverick, NATLAK, Babe Corner, PERRA, SANAM, Victrix, and Motherhood are among the bands announced.Otoboke Beaver were previously as the festival’s guest curators and their first round of handpicked bands include The Mummies, Peelander-Z, Black Ends, Lemon Boy, Muneca, BB Bomb, and Glockabelle. Sled Island will take place June 18-22 across multiple venues in Calgary, Alberta.

L.A. Witch have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called DOGGOD and will be out on April 4 via Suicide Squeeze Records. The band has also released a video for their new song “777” which was created by Art Aguilar and features photographs by Rhyan Santos and Marco Hernandez. L.A. Witch will be touring North America starting in April and running through June. DAIISTAR and Chokecherry will be joining them on select dates. L.A. Witch released their split with The Coathangers in 2021 and released their album Play With Fire in 2020. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

Today we are very excited to bring you the premiere of the new EP by Los Angeles based punk band Taleen Kali! The EP is called Covered and features the band putting their punk romantique spin on love songs by Depeche Mode, The Supremes, Garbage, My Bloody Valentine, and Smashing Pumpkins (which was originally released in June 2024). The EP also features a remix of their cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Cupid Come” done by Verttigo and a remix of their version of The Supreme’s “Baby Love” done by Astrobrite. Speaking to Punknews about the EP, the band said, "As a band that writes a lot of romantic and personal-is-political punk songs we've been slowly recording love song covers over the years. We thought Valentine's season would be the perfect time to unveil them before we start our 3rd U.S. tour. Covered is a showcase of some of our favourite alternative love songs and deep cuts with a dark noisy spin on things. ‘Cause some things are just for fun!” Covered will be out everywhere on February 14 just time time for Valentine’s Day via Dum Dum Records. You can pre-save it here or pre-order it here. Taleen Kali will be touring the US this March and you can check out those dates below. Listen to Covered in full right now!

<p>Editor’s Note: With a brand new year comes new shows, new faces, and a new format for Vanyaland’s recurring weekly live comedy rundown, Mic’d Up. We’ll be hyping club shows, theater and arena gigs, open mics, and whatever else to help fill your free time with some much-needed laughter. There’s only room is this town for one loveable ginger comic at a time, and Bill Burr is currently on his way to making his Broadway debut. So, Andrew Santino is taking […]</p>
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German punks Shoreline released a new video for their single titled "Forgive". The single features guest vocals by Joe Taylor of Knuckle Puck. The band is on tour with Four Year Strong in Europe and the UK. See below to check out the single.

Scowl have released a new track. It's for the song "B.A.B.E." That's out Are We All Angels, out April 4th on Dead Oceans. you can check out the video below.

<p>Every day is a winding road, one that walks thousands of Americans by buzzing dive bars and music venues on any given night. In some parts of the country — say, Austin, Texas — the average passerby might be enticed by the thrum of an ongoing performance and fork over the $8 cover to head inside. In New England, that phenomenon is less common, and the curiosity towards art can be far harder to come by. But on some occasions, […]</p>
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