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<p>What the world needs now is a proper blog house resurgence, taking electronic music back to the wild, carefree, pre-EDM neon-punk party days of the late-’00s. And if any project was to deliver us there, it’d be Justice, the French duo who helped define the genre. But Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay are no nostalgia act, delivering Hyperdrama, their first new Justice album in eight years, in April like a bomb, and are now taking it across North America for a […]</p>
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<p>Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland‘s guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. Music: Rat City Arts Festival at Aeronaut Brewing Co. It’s been a pretty good week for Allston, and it’s not even Christmas yet. A few days after the massive news that Great […]</p>
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Episode #659 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John regales Em with stories from this year’s Summer Soiree – RAMONESMANIA. They also discuss some news including Fucked Up’s upcoming 24 hour livestream, the new song by Vicious Dreams, Matty Grace’s new solo track, Bad Brains re-release of I Against I, and if releasing a bunch of feedback from the Flux of Pink Indians' Strive to Survive album is historically significant. Listen to the episode below!
Vicious Dreams have released a lyric video for their new track, "Turn off mt brain" That's off the album of the same name out August 9 via Dirt Cult records. You can check it out below.
The Offspring have released a video for their new song “Light It Up”. The song is off their upcoming album Supercharged which will be out on October 11 via Concord Records. The Offspring released Let The Bad Times Roll in 2021. Check out the video below.
Rubellan Remasters, the independent label that licensed, perhaps "forgotten," major label records and gave them a deluxe treatment is ending its operations. The label recently re-released (almost) the entire Oingo Boingo catalog with bonus tracks, which received critical acclaim. They also re-released records by the seminal Suburban Lawns, The Anvil, Suzanne Vega, Missing Persons, Berlin, and many others. However, over the past few years, the label expressed frustration that they would license material, work up a deluxe reissue, and then have the license pulled before the album went into production. Apparently, the straw that broke the camel's back was when the label licensed a significant chunk of The Split Endz catalog. The label had invested a significant amount of time and money into the project, including working up bonus tracks, only for the licensing label to pull the license once the band learned about the reissues and demanded that the license be terminated. The label lasted about 7 years and released an impressive 80+ titles. You can see their statement below.
English Dogs are releasing a 2xCD compilation that includes everything the band released between 1983 to 1985. The first disc includes the 12-inch EP Mad Punx And English Dogs and the LP Invasion Of The Porky Men. The second disc features the 12-icnh EP To The End Of The Earth and the LP Forward Into Battle. That whole set is called Mad Punx and English Dogs and is out in October via Captain Oi/Cherry Red.
Filth Is Eternal have released their cover of “Violet” by Hole. The song originally appeared on Hole’s 1994 album Life Through This. The cover is available digitally now via MNRK Records. Filth Is Eternal will be playing US shows with The Hope Conspiracy, Dry Socket, and Heiress in September and released their album Find Out in 2023. Check out the cover below.
Mean Jeans have announced a handful of Midwestern US shows for October. Watermelon will be joining them on select dates. Mean Jeans released their album Blasted earlier this year. Check out the dates below.