UK-based punks Queen Cult have released a video for their new song “Stop Calling”. The video was created by Foxa Riot. The song appears to be a standalone single. Queen Cult released their single “Be Better” earlier this year and released a handful of singles in 2023. Check out the video below.
<p>Earlier today we were compiling this week’s On Sale listings at Brighton Music Hall, and one inspiring pairing surfaced just after press time: A joint tour from Spiritual Cramp and White Reaper, which kicks off June 17 at the Allston venue. At first we were wondering what led the San Francisco punk band and the Louisville garage rock dudes (they of “Judy French,” a Top 10 banger of the past decade, no questions asked) to join forces on the road, […]</p>
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Danbert Nobacon of Chumbawamba has released a new single. It's called "New York Times Agrees with Fox" and it's off his upcoming album. The new album is called Kochtopus's Garden – Now That's What I Call Capitalism – The Musical and it's out May 1. The record is set as a musical that follows two song writing bots as they escape their owners and go on the run across the USA. You can hear the new single below.
Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new video by Winnipeg-based emo punks Screaming at Traffic! The video is for their new song “General Ken O.B.” and was filmed and edited by bassist Paul Colman. Speaking about the song and video the band said, “The idea behind ‘General Ken O.B.’ is self-destruction. The perspective we're exploring is someone in the midst of a bender, trying to justify it to themselves. They start off almost regretful but quickly give in to their worst tendencies. I think it's something a lot of people do, and while exploring giving that thought process a voice, I imagined it'd be cynical, sarcastic, and maybe even a little tongue-in-cheek. For the video, we originally had the idea of doing something super DIY, and we looked at other DIY type projects and decided the found footage horror motif fit really well with the song. The whole tune is about self-destruction, teetering on the edge of it, and giving into it, and we thought we could capture that thought with the idea of us disappearing one by one throughout the night. It was directed and edited by our bass player, Paul, and we just brainstormed how we could make something fun, kind of spooky, and as stripped down as possible. The entire thing was shot in one night, without a crew of any kind beyond the four of us.” “General Ken O.B.” will hit streaming services tomorrow and is off their upcoming album If You Play These Songs At A Party You’ll Bum Everyone Out which will be out everywhere on May 4. Screaming at Traffic will be playing Turbo Haus as part of Pouzza Fest on May 17 in Montreal, Quebec. Watch the video below!
Spiritual Cramp and White Reaper have teamed up to release a new song. It is called “Whatever You Want Man” and is off their upcoming split which will be out on May 16 via Blue Grape Music. The bands have also announced a handful of shows together around the US for this June. Spiritual Cramp released their self-titled album, Spiritual Cramp, in 2023. White Reaper released their album Asking For A Ride in 2023. Check out the song below.
Wristmeetrazor have released a live performance video for their song “Synthetic-51n”. The video is part of Lawnchair Youth’s LCY Uncut series and was shot and edited by Carlisle Jones. The song is off the band’s album Degeneration which was released earlier this year and we spoke with Justin Fornof about it last month. Wristmeetrazor are currently touring the US. Check out the video below.
South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, specifically) pop-punk band A Decade At Sea just released their new EP Fuego in February and today we’re premiering the music video for one of the singles “From Crazy, With Love”. Check it out below and find the full EP on Spotify, Apple Music, or pretty much anywhere else you can […]
South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, specifically) pop-punk band A Decade At Sea just released their new EP Fuego in February and today we’re premiering the music video for one of the singles “From Crazy, With Love”. Check it out below and find the full EP on Spotify, Apple Music, or pretty much anywhere else you can consume music on Al Gore’s world wide web.
If you wanna keep up with A Decade At Sea, might I suggest following the band on one or more of their social media accounts? I just might.
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Drive a few miles south on US19 from Dying Scene editor Screeching Bottlerocket’s hometown of Clearwater, FL and you’ll find yourself in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s just like Clearwater, but with slightly less Scientology. Why does this matter? Because the band we’re premiering a new song from today is St. Pete’s own Spanish Needles! The […]
Drive a few miles south on US19 from Dying Scene editor Screeching Bottlerocket’s hometown of Clearwater, FL and you’ll find yourself in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s just like Clearwater, but with slightly less Scientology. Why does this matter? Because the band we’re premiering a new song from today is St. Pete’s own Spanish Needles!
The band’s debut EP Sifting Through the Wreckage is due out on May 3rd and they just launched pre-orders for the purple colored vinyl (limited to 200 copies). If you pre-order the record from their Bandcamp before May 1st, you can get it for the low, low price of $12! At $1 per inch, that’s a value you simply cannot beat.
To coincide with this momentous occasion, your friends at Dying Scene are premiering a brand new track from the EP, track #4 “Dom DeLouise”, so go ahead and check that shit out below. Also! One last thing; Spanish Needles will be playing a record release show on May 31st at Bayboro Brewing. You can get a ticket and a copy of Sifting Through the Wreckage on vinyl for just $20. Another unbeatable value. Go here for more details.
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Main photo by Will Byington Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) is embarking on its final coast-to-coast U.S. tour. The tour also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the band’s seminal debut album, Inflammable Material. I caught up with SLF’s founder and frontman, Jake Burns, in advance of the tour’s commencement. Jake Burns founded Stiff Little Fingers in […]
Main photo by Will Byington
Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) is embarking on its final coast-to-coast U.S. tour. The tour also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the band’s seminal debut album, Inflammable Material. I caught up with SLF’s founder and frontman, Jake Burns, in advance of the tour’s commencement.
Jake Burns founded Stiff Little Fingers in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1977. Burns grew up during the “The Troubles,” as the sectarian civil war raging in Northern Ireland was known. Inflammable Material, which included amongst its classic songs, “Alternative Ulster” and “Suspect Device,” addressed the political turmoil and violence all around it, and brought them to the attention of music fans, and others, worldwide. It is still considered one of the greatest and most important punk albums ever made.
As stated on the band’s site, “Along with The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Damned, Buzzcocks, they were there at the start of the punk rock movement and are still recording and touring today.“
Burns, and his wife Shirley Sexton, moved to West Virginia a few years back from Chicago, where they resided for almost two decades. Burns and bandmates, Ali McMordie; Steve Grantley; and Ian McCallum, kick off their US tour on May 1st, 2024, starting on the East Coast and heading west.
Mer Gold: Please tell us about the inspiration for the title of the tour and the latest track from the band. I understand it is inspired by the “Hate Has No Home Here” campaign in Chicago.
Jake Burns: Yes, that’s correct. That local campaign had such a powerful title that I wanted to share it with people outside of Chicago. I felt it applied not just to a neighborhood or a city but, in fact, to life. So, I broadened the scope of the idea in the lyric to be pretty much all-encompassing.
This is SLF’s last US coast-to-coast tour, how did you decide the time was right to make it the final one?
To be fair, my knees pretty much made the decision for me! LOL. Seriously, though, we are all getting older and SLF have always prided ourselves on a pretty high bar when it comes to live performance. So, I decided I wanted to scale back the amount of touring we undertake to try and keep that bar as high as possible. I’ve seen a number of bands move into their 60’s and try to play as often as they did in their 20’s. In a lot of cases, they simply can’t pull it off and “ease up on the gas” a bit. Understandable, but I didn’t want to do that.
Photo by Michael Steff
What are you looking forward to most on this tour? What can your fans look forward to?
Playing a lot of towns that I know I’ll probably never see again. Most of the places we’re playing have incredibly fond memories for me and I’m looking forward to seeing them one more time. Also, they now contain friends I’m hoping to catch up with, even briefly, especially in Chicago. The tour set will be much the same as the recent one in the U.K., which means we’re putting in a couple of songs we rarely, if ever, play, as well as most of the old favorites.
Will you miss touring coast to coast?
I’ll miss the people, but not the travel. That’s one of the main reasons for scaling back. But, we’ll still do the occasional festival if we get asked. They usually involve a few shows around the main date, so it’s almost certainly not the last time we’ll play over here, but it will be the last “long scale” trip.
Last year, you and your wife Shirley, moved from Chicago to a rural area in West Virginia. How did that decision come about for you both?
Well, without banging on about my age all the time as I don’t “feel” that old(!), but 65 seemed like a good time to look at slowing things down in all aspects of my life. Take a bit of time to “smell the roses”, if you know what I mean. Both Shirley and I have always lived in large-ish cities, Washington DC and Chicago in her case, Belfast, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Chicago in mine. So, I fancied living in a small town before I shuffle off this mortal coil. I looked at a lot of small towns, not just here in the U.S. but also back in Ireland and Scotland and we decided on this little one in West Virginia. Shirley has family in the State, so we’d been coming out this way for Thanksgiving etc for many years and knew we loved the area.
Is country life what you expected? I’ve seen some of the photos you have shared elsewhere, which are beautiful.
It’s fantastic. Everything we could have hoped for. We’re still finding new stuff after almost a year here. It’s such a change of pace to come from Chicago to a small town with around 3,500 residents. You know you’re not in a major city anymore when the main story on the local news is a runaway cow blocking the main intersection in town!
Photo by Will Byington
You are married to an American from the DC punk scene, and became a US citizen partially to vote against Trump. What is your reaction to his continued support? And in general, the support for those worldwide whose own autocracy flourishes?
I find it incredibly saddening. From the selfishly wealthy who can never see beyond their bank accounts when it comes to elections to those who have been duped into buying the scapegoat nonsense that his campaign relies upon, it’s all very dispiriting that this is where humanity is in the 21st century. That an obvious charlatan and snake oil salesman such as Trump can deceive and delude so many people, so easily it would seem, is heartbreaking. I refuse to believe that all of his “fanbase” are rabid racists, although a proportion undoubtedly are. I think that we have all been fed such a diet of mis-information over the past few years that it’s very difficult for some people to see the wood for the trees. And, the consequences of that are truly terrifying.
You are well known to be a supporter of Newcastle United FC of the English Premier League. How do you think your Club will finish out the season? Dying Scene readers will recall that you have noted your love for the NUFC in our World Cup special. Have you found a “Newcastle Pub,” in your new stomping grounds?.
A: No pub here, I’m afraid. I did buy the biggest television I could find and install it in the basement so I can watch the games. Newcastle have had a frustrating season to say the least. Hampered by an unbelievable injury list and also by over-achieving last year, I always felt we were a year ahead of schedule. As I said, the injuries haven’t helped, nor has Sandro Tonali’s ban. If they manage to get into any sort of European competition, that will constitute a decent season at this point.
Photo by Michael Steff
Stiff Little Fingers kicks off its final US Coast to Coast tour on May 1, 2024, at the Paradise in Boston, MA. Ricky Warwick, from Belfast, Northern Ireland. It ends (as solo headliner) at Observatory in Santa Ana, CA on May 26, 2024.
Dying Scene will be on hand for the Chicago stop at The Metro on May 10, 2024.
SLF will also be one of the headliners at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas on May 27, 2024. In August they play Rebellion Fest in Blackpool, England; followed by dates in Cork and Dublin in Ireland; and Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Photo by Craig O’Connell
Whether you are longtime fans of the band or are just discovering the punk legends, whether you have seen them live or have yet to do so, make sure to catch them on the road while you still can.
