Live Review + Photo Gallery: Metallica master the art of no repeats

<p>All photos by Jason Greenough for Vanyaland. Heard in the men’s room following the Metallica show Friday night (August 2) at Gillette Stadium: “And we get to do it again Sunday!” [followed by a gleefully sloppy – and perhaps alcohol-infused – high five] Also heard in the men’s room following the Metallica show Friday night at Gillette Stadium: “Who would want to see them again after the worst fuckin’ setlist of their entire career?” Such is the pendulum swing of […]</p>
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Jr. Juggernaut release new single

Jr.Juggernaut have released a new track. It's called "Take Alone." You can check it out below. Another Big Explosion is out August 9 on Mindpower Records.

Bruce Lee Band to play two shows… and maybe tour Japan

Mike Park's Bruce Lee Band has announced their first shows in about five years. They will play two shows at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco on October 18 and 19. A tour of Japan is likely to follow as Park stated, "I got invited to tour Japan and those who know me well, understand my love for Japan. This might be my last chance to visit so I'm sucking it up, meeting my therapist w/ regularity, taking my meds, and getting my mind/body/soul ready to play some SKA!" The Bruce Lee Band will include Park, Kevin Higuchi (Death Rosenstock), Dan Potthast (MU330), Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb The Music Industry), Jeremy Hunter (Skatune Network), AJ Marquez (Slow Gherkin), Emily Williams (Jer Band), and Brian Lockrem (Monkey).

Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar on escapism through art

<p>Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing is a truly rare gem – a deep and heartfelt examination of the healing power of art, performance, creativity, and friendship in truly tough circumstances. Based on the work of the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program inside Sing Sing, a maximum security prison in New York, it documents the production of a play staged, directed, and performed by the men who are incarcerated within its fenced walls. Though it is led by Oscar nominees Colman Domingo […]</p>
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Kharma release Audiotree Live session

Kharma have released their Audiotree Live session. The band played “Living in Vain”, “Clip Your Wings”, and “Still Seeing Red” from their album A World Of Our Own which was released earlier this year along with “Forced Out of Heaven” from their 2020 EP Most Dangerous Game and “Good Riddance” from their 2018 record Moment of Violence. Check out the session below.

Human Impact release video for "Hold On"

Human Impact have released a video for their new song “Hold On”. The song is off their upcoming album Gone Dark which will be out on October 4 via Ipecac Recordings. Human Impact released EP01 in 2021 and released their self-titled album in 2020. Check out the video below.

Videos: Swami and The Bed of Nails: "Ketchup, Mustard and Relish"

Swami and The Bed of Nails have released a video for their song “Ketchup, Mustard and Relish”. The video was directed and edited by David da Cuz. The song is off their debut album All of This Awaits You which was released last week. Swami and The Bed of Nails will be touring the US in October. Check out the video and the dates below.

DS Record Radar: This Week In Punk Vinyl (Less Than Jake, The Dopamines, The Jasons, Sum 41 & More!)

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold […]

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold one, and break out those wallets, because it’s go time. Let’s get into it!

Check out the video edition of this week’s Record Radar, presented by our friends at Punk Rock Radar:

Less Than Jake‘s got a new 7″ coming out September 1st on Pure Noise Records. It features the band’s two new singles “Broken Words” and “Walking Pipebomb”. The only way you can get the “Easter Yellow w/ Heavy Black Splatter” colored 7″ right now is in a $35 bundle with a T-shirt ($36-37 for my fellow girthy boys and girls). This is likely the first of many new 7″s to come from LTJ. Get it here.

Fat Wreck’s 25th Anniversary series rolls on with Me First and the Gimme GimmesAre a Drag! Bad news: This has already sold out on Fat Wreck’s US store. Good news: It’s still in stock on their UK store! So I guess if you missed out, suck it up and take it up the ass on that shipping. Or perhaps you’re Bri’ish and you’ll save on shipping!

Speaking of the British, our mates at Brassneck Records have a bunch of cool new releases out now and/or coming soon. Up first is the a new LP from Orlando, FL power-pop-punk band Vicious Dreams! Turn Off My Brain comes out next Friday, August 9th, and is available on three color variants (and black vinyl) from Brassneck in the UK, and Swamp Cabbage, Dirt Cult, and GC Records in the US of A. Also noteworthy, this is the cheapest record I’ve seen in like 10 years. $12 for an LP!!! How the fuck? Don’t sleep on this one.

Also out now on Brassneck Records: two new 7″s! The first of which is the bad ass debut EP from Nottingham, UK punk band Reduced (members of TV Crime, Scene Killers, The Hip Priests, etc.). I could type paragraphs upon paragraphs trying to convince you to buy this, but I’ll save my breath and tell you to just listen to the thing. I guarantee halfway through the first song you’ll be clicking Add to Cart on the Brassneck store. This shit is great, by far my favorite release of the year so far.

The pride of Dayton, Ohio, The Raging Nathans are celebrating their debut album Losing It’s 10th birthday with a big time reissue. Recess Records has and exclusive translucent orange color variant, while Rad Girlfriend has their own uranium glass variant (as well as black vinyl). Other things of note: the cover art is new and improved! This has been out of print since 2014! PagMan.

It truly wouldn’t be the Record Radar without at least one NOFX record, and on tap this week is the 10 millionth Punk in Drublic. I believe is the first to bear the “30th Anniversary” branding, however. The NOFX merch store doesn’t list a color variant but this looks like it’s the “Beer White Black Splatter” variant from their Brooklyn pop-up store a few weeks ago. Get it here. Also shoutout to NOFX for charging $12 to ship a single record. Keep on keeping punk rock elite!

It also wouldn’t be the Record Radar without one or two new records from the friendly people at Mom’s Basement Records. We’ve got a few this week, and they’re good ones! First up is the long awaited reissue of The Jasons‘ debut album Get Fucked, back in print for the first time since 2017 and very soon to be out of print once again. There were five variants to choose from, but now your choices are down to red vinyl and black wax. These are selling fast; get yours here.

Next up from Mom’s Basement: A brand new split 7″ from The Jasons and Italy’s Ratbones! Blitzkrieg Blasphemy features 2 tracks from each band and it, too, is available on 5 color variants limited to 100 copies each. Buy it with your money here.

Beloved Italian punk festival Punk Rock Raduno‘s new compilation LP Punk Rock Raduno Vol. 7 features 28(!) songs from awesome bands like 7 Years Bad Luck, Mean Jeans, Jagger Holly, The Zatopeks, The Odorants, and many others! There are 500 copies on black vinyl and you can get it from Mom’s Basement in the US, Punk Rock Raduno and Radiation Records in Italy, Monster Zero in Austria, and Stardumb Records in the Netherlands. It probably would have been easier to tell you all the places you can’t get this record.

Atlanta street punk band Rotten Stitches‘ new record Above the Ashes is out now on Charged Records. You can get it on the very pleasantly named “Punk Puke Splatter” (330 copies) or “Panama Canal Splatter” colored vinyl (170 copies) right here. Also available in Europe from Voltage Records. Recommended if you like The Casualties, The Exploited, Total Chaos, etc.

The Dopamines will be releasing their new album 80/20 soon on Rad Girlfriend Records (US), Bearded Punk Records (EU) and Brassneck Records (UK). Pre-orders begin this coming Friday, August 9th, with four color variants to choose from, along with black vinyl and 50 test press copies. This will be their first new record in 7 years!

Sum 41 finds their way back onto the Record Radar yet again with some snazzy new color variants of 2016’s 13 Voices and their latest and final record Heaven :x: Hell. Each of these is limited to 500 copies on “100% Eco-Friendly, zero-impact, carbon-neutral” vinyl; you can get both of them from Rude Records.

And New Found Glory is following Sum 41’s lead with new color variants for 2020’s Forever & Ever x Infinity (neon yellow / 1,000 copies / get it here) and their 2004 kinda-sorta-ish fan favorite Catalyst. The latter is limited to 1,000 copies on Baby Blue/Sea Blue/Highlighter and will be available exclusively on The Catalyst 20 Years Later Tour.

Revelation Records is reissuing Sick of it All‘s self-titled debut 7″ as a benefit to frontman Lou Koller, who was recently diagnosed with cancer after a tumor was discovered in his esophagus. Pre-orders will be open through August 14th and they’ll be pressing as many copies as there are orders for this purple 7″, with all proceeds helping Lou in his fight against cancer. You can get the 7″ here.

And we’re keeping it sooper hardcore with this new live record from Counterparts. Live in Toronto was recorded in, well, Toronto in 2022 and it’s available on four quite wordily named color variants. These include: Oxblood Glitter (250 copies), Brown & Electric Blue with Heavy White & Oxblood Splatter (400 copies), Oxblood in Milky Clear with Heavy Brown & White Splatter (1,350 copies). All of those can be purchased right here. There’s also the Clear / Half Brown with Heavy Oxblood Splatter on Clear Side Only variant (holy fuck that’s a long one) which is exclusive to the band’s webstore.

Remember Simple Plan? They’re reissuing all of their record on super duper not-so-limited colored vinyl (in fact, I believe this is the first time quite a few of these albums have been released on vinyl). The standalone LPs are available on a slew of variants; there’s also a box set (which has its own exclusive color variants) and even more exclusive splatter variants exclusive to Alternative Press. I’m (not) just a kid and (I presume) life (as a Simple Plan superfan who has an insatiable urge to buy every variant of these records) is a nightmare!

Well, that’s all, folks. Another Record Radar in the books. As always, thank you for tuning in. If there’s anything we missed (highly likely), or if you want to let everyone know about a new/upcoming vinyl release you’re excited about, leave us a comment below, or send us a message on Facebook or Instagram, and we’ll look into it. Enjoy your weekend, and don’t blow too much money on spinny discs (or do, I’m not your father). See ya next time!

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DS Show Review & Gallery: Save Ferris w/Burn Rebuild, Blood People, and Bumsy and the Moochers – Chicago (07.25.2024)

One of the third-wave ska’s stars, Save Ferris, out of Southern CA, hit Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago. Lending support was a trio of Chicago area bands: Burn Rebuild, and Blood People from the city, and Bumsy and the Moochers from the Chicago suburbs. Grammy winning ska outfit Save Ferris takes its name from an […]


One of the third-wave ska’s stars, Save Ferris, out of Southern CA, hit Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago. Lending support was a trio of Chicago area bands: Burn Rebuild, and Blood People from the city, and Bumsy and the Moochers from the Chicago suburbs.


Grammy winning ska outfit Save Ferris takes its name from an iconic Chicago set film, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,”

The band showcased its latest single “Lights Out in the Reptile House.” The tune was released less than a week before. It tore through “What You See Is What You Get,” “Turn It Up,” and “Spam,” as well.

Save Ferris also performed a couple of covers, Dead Kennedys, “Too Drunk to Fuck,” and “Come On Eileen.” The band is particularly well-known for performing its version of that latter tune originally recorded by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

Monique Powell, with her blazing red hair and fierce vocals, is a dynamic frontwoman. Powell, who has lent her vocal prowess to many groups, including No Doubt, Goldfinger, and Foxy Shazam, among many others, is a marvel to watch. Witnessing her move on stage it’s hard to believe that just under a decade ago she underwent high-risk surgery to repair a broken neck.

Powell and her terrifically talented bandmates topped off a fun weekday evening on the near southside of Chicago.

Save Ferris continues with its summer tour. Check its upcoming dates here.


Burn Rebuild played an entertaining set, roaring through “Monsters,” “Skin And Blood,” “Therapy,” “The Beginning,” and  “Save The Date,” among others.

Reggie’s has been a main spot for the band and this show was special. Per lead singer and bassist Frank Tsoukalas [he fills the same roles for Much The Same]:

We’re really grateful to Brendan [Joyce, booking for Reggie’s] and the whole crew there for always giving us a place to play. As I said at the show, it was also the first time I played a show with other bands where the majority were fronted by women, and it’s nice to see that more and more.

Tsoukalas also revealed what Burn Rebuild will be up to in the near future,

We have plans to record in August and hopefully release 2-3 songs by September. We also have two shows coming up in October. One at Tivoli Bowl the 5th with Take The Reins and the 26th with The Hallow at The Irish Legend.

If you get an opportunity to check out this band, I’d advise you to take advantage of it.


Blood People blasted through a robust set including “Phantasmagoria,” “Recluse,” “Teeth Thief,” and “Shapeshifter,” among others. The band describes its music as heavy punk. It’s a fitting description. The muscular performance was a complement to the other band on this bill. I’ll be on the lookout to catch them again and you should be as well. Hopefully sooner than later.


Bumsy and the Moochers, from the Chicago burbs, was the first of the ska bookends on this night. The rollicking set included, “Stupid Habits,” “IOWA,” “Hey Margarita,” “Rewind 99,” and “Cathy Anne.” When you see Bumsy and the Moochers in the bill you know you are in for a blast of a time. A multi-horns blast at that.

For singer Caitlin Edwards, there was a cinematically special connection to the headliner, but not the film related to its name.

I loved how they were in 10 Things I Hate About You. That scene was iconic.

Edwards added:

We used to cover their version of “Come on Eileen” in the early Bumsy days. We’ve never shared the stage with them before, but they always been an influence of ours especially in our early days of being a band. They’re a staple in 90s ska for sure.

Bumsy and the Moochers recently was in the recording studio. The group can next be seen at Punk Rock Paradise 2 on August 17. They also have a Cobra Lounge show on September 29, followed The band is also participating in a domestic violence awareness show in October, in honor of a friend of the band All the proceeds are going to Guardian Angel Community Services in Joliet, IL. Oh, and a little event known as Fest 22 on October 26.

If that was not enough, Bumsy and the Moochers has a 7-inch vinyl coming out soon. There are two new songs plus a digital download bonus track. It will be released by Sell the Heart Records.


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