Meech BOLD stands for his city and gets heavy on ‘Brockton Boxer’

<p>There’s a word that Meech BOLD‘s new song “Brockton Boxer” returns to, over and over again: Heavy. “Way that I live is heavy / Things that I risk is heavy / All that I bare is heavy / Pardon my hands is heavy” the Brockton emcee raps on the track, which arrived earlier this week (January 13). The word appears over 25 times throughout the lyrics, and for good reason. As Meech BOLD describes in an Instagram post about “Brockton […]</p>
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Fucked Up to release new 7-inch, share "Disabuse"

Fucked Up have announced that they will be releasing a new 7-inch. It will feature two new songs “Disabuse” and “Self-Driving Man”. The 7-inch will be out on March 14 via Sub Pop Records. The band has released the audio for “Disabuse”. Fucked Up released their albums Someday and Another Day in 2024. Check out the song below.

Laura Jane Grace and Catbite release Op Ivy covers live album for charity

Catbite and Laura Jane Grace have announced that they will be releasing a live album of Operation Ivy covers. The album was recorded by Jacopo Fokas during their secret set at a Riot Fest Afterparty at The Empty Bottle in Chicago. The album is available on Bandcamp for pay-what-you-can with all of the proceeds being split between Sweet Relief and Best Friends Animal Society to help those affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles. The bands have released their cover of “Knowledge”. Check out the song and tracklist below.

Suck to tour Europe

German punkers Suck are touring Europe in the Spring and early summer. There are a fair amount of March dates and a few May festivals shows. You can see the details below.

DS News: Slam Dunk announces full line up (A Day To Remember, The Used, Hot Mulligan, Knuckle Puck, and more!)

Are you ready for it? UK’s biggest independent music festival, Slam Dunk, is back after and better than ever. This year, the festival has managed to pull out all the stops to give the festival-goers one hell of a weekend. The festival takes place in Hatfield and Leeds, with Hatfield on May 24th and Leeds […]

Are you ready for it? UK’s biggest independent music festival, Slam Dunk, is back after and better than ever. This year, the festival has managed to pull out all the stops to give the festival-goers one hell of a weekend. The festival takes place in Hatfield and Leeds, with Hatfield on May 24th and Leeds on May 25th; the tickets are already on sale. See you there?

By popular demand, A Day To Remember is making their much-awaited Slam Dunk debut this year, and joining them, Electric Callboy is ready to get the crowd going with their energetic set. Slam Dunk royalty Neck Deep is back to give us some sing-alongs with their set.

Slam Dunk will be packed with iconic acts, and taking a trip down memory lane. Alkaline Trio will be performing and playing loads of good stuff. Meanwhile, ska-punk legends Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto, and Save Ferris will deliver catchy sets filled with the classics. Ska fans can also rejoice, as The Starting Line, The Artis, The Aquabats, and Zebrahead will be joining the party.

Pop-punkers Knuckle Puck is joining in on the fun, ready to celebrate ten years of ‘Copacetic’, while As It Is marks the 10th anniversary of ‘Never Happy, Ever After’ with an exclusive UK reunion! New Found Glory are also marking two decades of their album ‘Catalyst’, what fun!

Meanwhile, Hot Mulligan, Free Throw, and Movements are ready to get us going with infectious riffs and heart-the-sleeve lyrics; what’s not to like?

As always, Slam Dunk has been good at shining light on the newer wave of alternative talent, and Dream State, Graphic Nature, Mouth Culture, Sweet Pill, Rain City Drive, and Cemetery Sun, to name a few, are here to show us why they are some of the hottest up and coming acts out there right now. You can see the full line-up below.

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The new Dead Boys singer is Mark Thorn of Neon Animal

After parting ways with Jake Hout in a public fashion, Dead Boys have announced their new singer. The new singer is Mark Thorn of UK's Neon Animal. As per a press release, guitarist Cheetah Chrome stated: "“I don’t like being rushed into decisions like this, but we lucked out, Mark Thorn came highly recommended by good friends The Damned and made me sit up and take notice. Looking forward to moving ahead with Mark and tearing shit up in style as usual!” Dead Boys have two albums in the works, out via Cleopatra, and a Spring tour planned. We spoke to Cheetah Chrome about the blow up last year. You can check out Neon Animal below.Dead Boys just released an archive live album called Live In San Francisco in 2024

PANIK FLOWER draws us into a dreamgaze desire with ‘alkaline’

<p>If obscenity was once infamously defined as knowing it when one sees it, then shoegaze can be playfully described as knowing it when one hears it. So when PANIK FLOWER‘s captivating new single “alkaline” revs up its guitar engine, it takes mere seconds from the start to be transported into the New York City dreamgaze trio’s hypnotic world of calm urgency. The expansive track dropped yesterday (January 14), offering an alluring sense of longing, and setting a striking tone for […]</p>
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Tours: The Flatliners / The Creepshow / The Anti-Queens (Ontario)

The Flatliners have announced two shows for Ontario in March. The Creepshow and The Anti-Queens will be joining them on both shows. Tickets go on sale on January 16. The Flatliners released New Ruin in 2022. Check out the shows below.

The Avengers to tour East Coast

The Avengers have announced an east coast mini tour. The trek runs four days. it starts in Boston in early March and runs down to DC. You can see the details below. Lupa Citta opens.