Podcast: Listen to Punknews Podcast #649.97 – Kiss wins!

Episode #649.97 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John and Em talk about the big Frenchkiss Records sale and John rants about how much he hates Kiss. They also discuss the Ramones upcoming picture disc series, Fucked Up’s new song, Scowl dropping off Welcome to Rockville, the new video by the Dracu-Las, and Cock Sparrer’s new video. The hosts also announce an exciting new giveaway on this episode. Two tickets to see Shannon and The Clams live at the Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, May 25 are up for grabs! To be eligible you must: live in Toronto or the GTA and be over 19 years of age. If you want the tickets, email us at podcast@punknews.org and tell us why you want to go. Good luck! Listen to the episode below!

Podcast: Listen to Punknews Podcast #649.85 – Sex Party!

Episode #649.85 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode John and Em talk about Dog Party’s upcoming album and new video, the upcoming Jonny Ramone Birthday Party, Half Past Two’s video for “Talk Is Killing Me”, Kate Clover’s video for “Here Comes The Love Bomb”, Dexys’ upcoming live album, and P.Diddy and 50 Cent. They also talk about orgies. Listen to the episode below!

The Drew Thomson Foundation surprise releases new EP

The Drew Thomson Foundation have surprise-released a new EP. It is called Fan Letter and features four new tracks. The lineup for this release is Drew Thomson, Mike Riley, Peter Land, and John Dinsmore. The Drew Thomson Foundation released their EP Existential Collapse in 2022. Check out the EP below.

Fulmine announce debut EP, release two new tracks

Fulmine, the new band which features members of Chubby and The Gang, have announced that they will be releasing their debut EP. It is called Randagio and will be out on April 26 via La Vida Es Un Mus Discos. The band has also released two new tracks, the title track as well as “Insurrezione”. Check out the songs and tracklist below.

Wine Lips release video for "Stimulation"

Wine Lips have released a video for “Stimulation”. The video was directed by Ciarán Downes. The song is off their album Super Mega Ultra which is out now via Stomp Records. Check out the video below.

Cloud Nothings: "Silence"

Cloud Nothings have released a lyric video for their new song “Silence”. The song is off their upcoming album Final Summer which will be out on April 19 via Pure Noise Records. Cloud Nothings released The Shadow I Remember in 2021. Check out the video below.

‘Monkey Man’ Review: Dev Patel kicks ass, takes names

<p>There’s a common retort among action fans, when confronted by a seemingly appropriative studio product, to point out that most societies with a functional film industry can make their own action movies and typically do so with a cultural understanding that a Western filmmaker can’t properly grok. It’s an argument that seems to make sense on the surface – an appeal to authenticity with a healthy dash of contempt for action fans who aren’t as worldly – but falls apart […]</p>
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Pandemonium 2024 festival change to single stage event, Dead Kennedys off line up

Australian music festival Pandemonium has announced that they will be changing to a one stage event. The band released a statement on their website that reads, ”Pandemonium Rocks will be changing to a one stage event. All dates remain the same. A revised line up will be announced as soon as possible. For the sake of transparency, we are still waiting on responses from festival stakeholders across multiple time zones, which has a run on effect with ticketing, production, artwork etc. We appreciate this may not be the update you were hoping for, but in order to avoid further confusion, we will share confirmed details as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience."Dead Kennedys who were set to play the festival have announced that they will no longer be playing in an Instagram statement that reads, ”We regret to inform everyone that Dead Kennedys will not be performing at the Pandemonium Festival shows in Australia later this month as the shows have been reduced to one stage and Dead Kennedys will not be included in the lineup. Dead Kennedys is eager to tour Australia when schedules next permit.” As of this writing (April 5, 2024) no other bands have dropped off the festival.

This Show Is Tonight: Preacher Lawson’s ‘Best Day Ever’ lands in Boston

<p>It’s a universal celebration whenever Friday hits. As far as Preacher Lawson is concerned, though, he’s about to have the best day ever in Boston. Bringing a whole new hour of fun to The Wilbur tonight (April 5) as part of his Best Day Ever tour, Lawson carries with him, of course, new jokes and stories but also the familiar upbeat and high-octane energy that has powered his bustling comedy career from his comedy roots in Orlando, to his critically-acclaimed […]</p>
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‘The First Omen’ Review: Nunsensical fun

<p>Barring any rights issues that I’m unaware of, it is fucking weird that it took this long in this age of horror reboots, prequels, sequels, and legacyquels for anyone to do anything with the Omen franchise. Perhaps it’s because you can eventually just get to the same point without the branding – after all, it’s not like Richard Donner and company trademarked the idea of the “creepy/evil child” when they rolled that first picture out back in ’76 in the […]</p>
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