<p>Editor’s Note: The shot clock has been reset and we’re in the early innings of a brand new year. However, we all know just how grey and cold the winter months can feel once the holidays wrap up, so comedy is continuing to do the Lord’s work by giving us something to smile (or groan, wince, or gasp) at. With homegrown talent, national headliners, and open mics galore highlighting the calendar, the plethora of powerful comedy throughout the commonwealth continues to […]</p>
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<p>It’s a calm and casual Monday night in Cambridge, and that’s a perfect setting for a Jess Williamson performance around the rock club campfire. The Texas-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter brings her enchanting blend of indie-folk and Americana to The Sinclair tonight (February 26), the latest stop on an East Coast tour showcasing last year’s inviting Mexican Summer album Time Ain’t Accidental. Williamson is perhaps best known as one-half of country duo Plains, alongside Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, but last year’s new record brought her smoky […]</p>
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On Wednesday Montreal-based Gulfer will be releasing their stellar fourth album Third Wind. A renewed sense of enthusiasm is palpable throughout the record as the band effortlessly blends elements from shoegaze and indie rock with their signature mathy emo sound. The ten unique tracks leave no doubt that even though Gulfer has been around for over a decade they are still a creative force to be reckoned with. Third Wind will be out everywhere on February 28 via Topshelf Records and Gulfer will be playing two shows in Quebec this spring. Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with bassist David Mitchell over Zoom to talk about the new record, listening to the Universe, playing music festivals, dealing with burnout, and so much more. Read the interview below!

On February 24, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs played The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Slug opened the show. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs released their album Land of Sleeper in 2023. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to capture all the action. Check out his photos below.

The Anti-Queens have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Disenchanted and will be out this spring via Stomp Records. The Anti-Queens will be touring Ontario and Quebec with Bowling For Soup in April and will be playing Pouzza Fest in Montreal in May. The band released their self-titled album The Anti-Queens in 2019. See the announcement post in full below.

<p>Serialized westerns have been around since the very first days of Hollywood. Sure, TV might have claims on perfecting the form — it’s hard not to make something like Lonesome Dove without totally justifying the small screen as a way to tell long-form western stories — but it remains a proud cinematic tradition, one that’s slowly fallen to the wayside over the decades. Kevin Costner sees this as a failure of ambition and imagination. Having single-handedly saved Paramount Network and […]</p>
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Psywarfare, the noise project of Dwid of Integrity has released a 7-inch tribute to Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV. The release is a split with Coppermouth. The Psywarfare side includes a song that samples Genesis as well as a cover of Throbbing gristle's "Six Six Sixties." The coppermouth side is a noise track titled "XXIII."

<p>In pop-punk, you’re never fully dressed without a broken heart, and you know damn well that Cheem are gonna accessorize their blues. The Connecticut band preps the scene for their upcoming EP Fast Fashion — due out March 29 via Lonely Ghost Records — with “Charm Bracelet,” a woulda-coulda-shoulda tale of unrealized love and tacky jewelry. Fashion meets defeat in the new single and video, as the tune’s protagonist watches another person deck out their crush’s charm bracelet — the very […]</p>
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The Chats are returning to USA this May and are doing a run of shows that culminates at Punk Rock Bowling. Dirty Fences and Paint Fumes open. You can see the dates below.

The original line-up of The Damned will play USA this May and June. Of course, Dave Vanian, Brian James, Captain Sensible, and Rat scabies will be tearing through tracks from the band's first album and some material from the group's second LP and non-album singles. You can see the dates below.