Legendary drummer Jordan Burns has announced plans to release new music for the first time since his departure from Strung Out. Those who follow Burns on Instagram know that he and Pour Habit guitarist Eric Walsh have been working on a new project for some time. He’s now revealed they have written over 20 songs, […]
Legendary drummer Jordan Burns has announced plans to release new music for the first time since his departure from Strung Out. Those who follow Burns on Instagram know that he and Pour Habit guitarist Eric Walsh have been working on a new project for some time. He’s now revealed they have written over 20 songs, and will be heading into the recording studio in 2023.
This video should give you an idea of what this stuff is gonna sound like:
Jordan Burns was a member of Strung Out for 25 years, playing on every studio album from Another Day in Paradise through Transmission.Alpha.Delta. He was also part of Pulley‘s original lineup and played drums on their first three LPs.
As always, your friends at Dying Scene will keep you posted as more details on JB’s new project are revealed.
Hey, fam! Let me give you a quick introduction to myself. I’m Karina and the newest addition to our little, but growing Dying Scene family. I’m the one that spams our newsfeed with bands, festivals, and more stuff to come from the Danish scene. But to give you a better insight into my music taste, […]
Hey, fam! Let me give you a quick introduction to myself. I’m Karina and the newest addition to our little, but growing Dying Scene family. I’m the one that spams our newsfeed with bands, festivals, and more stuff to come from the Danish scene. But to give you a better insight into my music taste, you’ll find a bit of everything and often my music taste is based on my mood and what I catch myself listening to continue throughout the year. You’ll find a bit of hardcore, some indie rock, a little bit of bubblegum-infused pop-punk, and a ton of punk either way. So, on the off chance you read this list, I hope you take your time to listen to all ten bands.
I’ve had a weakness for The Flatliners since I can even remember, and this album is really great. Like many of their previous ones. But since it’s on everybody’s list? What more can I say except, They are playing at Manchester Punk Festival in April.
Top songs to listen to: It’ll Hurt, Big Strum, Heirloom and Oath.
This band is what happens when you’re angry and you know how to make good music. Having had the year of their lives, being supporting acts for Anti-Flag AND Dead Kennedy’s when they visited Denmark. This band isn’t one to ignore, so do yourself a favor and deep dive into their music. You’ll only regret not adding them to a “Get Hyped” playlist.
Top songs to listen to: Truthicide, Anger, The Kids Aren’t Alright and 404
Holy smokes, this album had me in tears from the first track. For some, it’s been a rough year and that includes myself. So this album came at a perfect time in my life, and the emotions that I needed to face this year, were only pushed to the surface thanks to this album. Being a mother of two amazing kids, ‘Wyatt’s Song (Your Name)’ has a very special place in our home and a song the three of us often put on to dance to.
Top songs to listen to: Wyatt’s Song (Your Name), Oldest Daughter, Cardinals II and You’re the Reason I Don’t Want The World to End
If Martha hasn’t made it to your ears, you and I haven’t spoken enough. This album is GREAT. The power pop infused sound to this album, makes it’s so catchy and I am not even talking about the lyrics. The melody’s on each song, will having you humming them to yourself when you’re a bit bored.
Top songs to listen to: Beat, Perpetual, Baby, Does Your Heart Sink, I Didn’t Come Here To Surrender and You Can’t Have a Good Time All of the Time.
Is this punk? No, it is not. It’s indie and welcome to my playlist. Slowly Slowly took me by storm back in July, but not without effort in 2021 when I heard their previous album and was a bit to fast to dismiss them by saying “I need something a bit more faster and angrier”. So what has changed? Everything. But this album has been holding me hostage since it was released and every chance I get I’ll talk about it. If you’re looking for cool music with amazing lyricsm, this is for you and your bottle of wine, if you’re anything like me.
Top songs to listen to: Blueprrint, Nothing On, God and Papier-Mâché
Do I think that anything PUP releases is a flawless? Hard yes. Even though this album has a direction change, I still love it and everything about it. From writing a song about a guitar (Matilda) to their cool music videos. PUP put on one of the best concerts I had been to this year and they deserve the award for the most sweetest Canadians ever. I need friends that enjoy these guys, so we can get trashed together.
Top songs to listen to: Totally Fine, Waiting, PUPTHEBAND Inc. Is Filing For Bankruptcy and Grim Reaping
Probably the cutest band Denmark has to offer, this is a band where you want to take everyone of them home and feed them cookies and ask them a million questions about how they are doing. Jokes aside, these guys decided to pull a fast one on us and release this album while we all were hungover or still trashed from New Years Eve. Yes, this album was released 1/1/22 and nearly a year later, this album is still highly ranked on my list. I did a review for DS a few weeks (months?) back, but they are playing at Nasty Cut Records Fest in Copenhagen in May, if anyone needs a vacation.
Top songs to listen to: Dream, Mandy, Kold and Smile
Another band all the way from the down under, The Chats returned with GET FUCKED. Again keeping it real with their songs, and making it to my “I don’t have time for anything but listen to this” playlist and continually seem to make me come back to the album. And I’m not the only one feeling this band. Even children’s favorite band The Wiggles (HI GUYS, I STILL LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHAPING MY PAINFUL CHILDHOOD), covered The Chats at Falls Festival in Australia. I love it.
Top songs to listen to: Panic Attack, The Price Of Smokes, Dead On Site and I’ve Been Drunk In Every Pub In Brisbane
We are nearly done with the list and it wouldn’t have been a proper list without remembering to add Cigar. My mad crush on this band started for many years ago and I always wondered if they’d be back AND THEY CAME BACK. I wouldn’t be lying if I said that this album was played nonstop for three weeks. And after those three weeks were up, my children could even sing along (or try) to their songs. Between this album and my number one, I felt very conflicted and torn about having to decide which one it would be. But this album slaps and I love it.
Top songs to listen to: Move On, Classic You, Forget You and We Used To
It probably comes as no surprise that this is my number one choice, if you’ve read my review. Having been a fan for ten years, and making this album their final one. Lyric wise this album hits you like a train and I did finally come to terms with a lot of things ending thanks to this album. It’s a beautiful album to end twelve years of great music on and for me, closing a chapter on my life. And also, special shout out to Sarchasm for making my boyfriend feel attacked with ‘Therapist’.
Top songs to listen to: 1227, Sertraline Daydream, Conditional Love, Therapist
Here’s some Honorable mentions:
11. Sic Waiting – “A Fine Hill To Die On” 12. Petrol Girls – “Baby” 13. Pulley – “The Golden Life” 14. No Trigger – “Dr. Album” 15. Cold Years – “Goodbye to Misery” 16. Too Bad Eugene – “Distance” 17. Straightline – “Keep Your Cool” 18. Venerea – “Euro Trash” 19. Old Wives – “Mega Low Manic” 20. Counterpunch – “Rewire” 21. Handheld – “A Candian Tragedy” 22. No Fun at All – “Seventh Wave” 23. Wasting Time – “One More Time Without Feeling” 24. The Interrupters – “In The Wild” 25. A Wilhelm Scream – “Lose Your Delusion”
Austrian pop-punk veterans DeeCracks have announced they are working on a new album. According to a post on the band’s Instagram page, they are recording 28 songs(!) for a “very special record” to be released in 2023 on Pirates Press Records, coinciding with their 20th Anniversary. Formed in 2003 and originally named The Cretins, DeeCracks […]
Austrian pop-punk veterans DeeCracks have announced they are working on a new album. According to a post on the band’s Instagram page, they are recording 28 songs(!) for a “very special record” to be released in 2023 on Pirates Press Records, coinciding with their 20th Anniversary.
Formed in 2003 and originally named The Cretins, DeeCracks have released five full-length albums, with 2021’s Serious Issues being their latest. The band most recently released a Split 7″ with The Manges. Stay tuned for more details on their next record.
Before this show started, Dr. Daryl Wilson of The Bollweevils aka The Punk Rock Doc, introduced me to Mike Wiebe of The Riverboat Gamblers as “the best front man in punk.” Coming from Wilson, a magnetic front man himself, this is high praise. The Riverboat Gamblers headlined a Reggie’s Rock Club, with support from The […]
Before this show started, Dr. Daryl Wilson of The Bollweevils aka The Punk Rock Doc, introduced me to Mike Wiebe of The Riverboat Gamblers as “the best front man in punk.” Coming from Wilson, a magnetic front man himself, this is high praise. The Riverboat Gamblers headlined a Reggie’s Rock Club, with support from The Mizzerables, Wrong Life, The Figbeats, and Publicity Stunt on December 17, 2022, and proved, again, Wilson knows of which he speaks.
The evening was more than just a regular Saturday night show. It was also a Zuma livestreamed celebration of the release of Starstruck: A Tribute to the Kinks. The album, from Wicked Opossum Records, showcases bands covering some of the Kinks’ most important and popular songs. This includes the five bands on this night’s bill. As the Kinks at Nassau Coliseum (during its “Come Dancing” hit song era in the 1980’s) was my first rock concert, this was especially nostalgic for me.
Mike Wiebe is, indeed, a dynamic frontman. The Riverboat Gamblers, comprised of Wiebe, Fadi El-Assad, Ian MacDougall, Rob Marchant, and Sam Keir, put on an electrifying performance. Wiebe was non-stop from the first note, climbing down from the stage, climbing up a side bench-like area to the side of the floor, Crowd surfing, and crouching down with fans only to have them all jump up in unison. On stage, he repeatedly jumped around and tossed the microphone in the air and twirling the cord like a lasso. He did not always catch the mic but that did not put a hitch in his step or cause a missed note. The rest of the group kept the music pulsating just as vigorously as their bandmate’s movements. The set list included: “Let’s Eat,” “Don’t Bury Me…I’m Still Not Dead,” “The Curse Of The Ivory Coast,” “Blue Ghosts,” “DissDissDissKissKissKiss,” and “A Choppy Yet Sincere Apology.” The band’s cover of “Father Christmas” was appropriately timed, even if the lyrics evoke a mood the polar (pun sort of intended, sort of not) opposite to the mood expressed by Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime.” This is NOT a bad thing.
The Mizzerables released their record Whatever…This Sucks and then the pandemic hit. And things definitely did suck for a while for obvious reasons. It also prevented the band from touring in support of the record. Finally Joe Mizzi, Korey Brisendine, and Dave Vazzano are able to take to the stages to perform the infectious gem of a title tune and others off of Whatever…This Sucks and their other releases.
Mizzi and Vazzano were amped up at this show and Dan “Dan Precision” Wleklinksi (88 Fingers Louie) filled in last minute for Brisendine who, unfortunately, had fallen ill. The trio performed quite energetically, as they punched through a set including the aforementioned title tune, “Better Off Dead,” “FKI,” “Crabby Crab,” “Still Kickin’ ‘Round,” and a cover of Green Day’s “Basket Case.” The band also led a rousing edition of its contribution to the Kinks’ tribute album, “Lola.” If Mizzery (there are so many possible word plays on Joe Mizzi’s surname) loves company, surely The Mizzerables were as smitten with the crowd as the crowd was with them.
The Figbeats, a garage punk band out of Valparaiso, IN, are comprised of Brad Skafish, Felix Baeza, Jim Senderhauf, and Adam Hazlett. The group’s fizzy performance was quite welcome as it ripped through “Ultraviolet,” “Your Ghost,” “Bootstrap Paradox,” “Radio Killed Radio,” and “Phillip’s Lament.” Covering “Apeman” for the tribute album, The Figbeats dialed up the verve for a fun take on a classic.
Scotland’s Fraser Murderburger, formerly of The Murderburgers, now plays under the name Wrong Life. His intense, hard-driving vocals and guitar playing, backed by strong musicians (including Noelle Stolp of Tightwire) resulted in a powerful set that included “Talking/Talking,” “Digging,” “19 11 19,” and “New Sun,” all from Early Workings From An Idea (2022). Wrong Life’s contribution to The Kinks tribute album is “Strangers,” which was performed very solidly this night. Wrong Life might be in the early stages but is working from a great idea. Even greater ones no doubt on the horizon.
Publicity Stunt, another group on the bill hailing from the Hoosier state, is also where you will find Mike Paniccia, the founder and sole employee of Wicked Opossum Records, on drums. Starstruck: A Tribute to The Kinks is the first release from the new label and Paniccia is responsible for putting this show together. If this particular evening was a bellwether, the label has a promising and exciting future. Paniccia, and fellow Publicity Stunt members Adam Lingenfelter (vocals/guitar), Josh Claussen (guitar/vocals), and Dru Sheffer (bass) performed, with gusto, a set which included, “First Crush,” “Things To Think About,” “Tail Whip,” “Half-Way Written,” and “Pineapple Dandy.” Publicity Stunt’s entry on the tribute album was “Love Me Till The Sun Shines.”
Just over a week post-show, Mike Paniccia and I discussed the tribute record. He told me that,
“Starstruck is the first release. The Kinks were a big influence growing up and I knew a tribute compilation of a “bands’ band” was the type of thing I wanted to put out first — to get the interest of other musicians and show them what I can do.“
His take on how the event went off?
“Everyone seemed to have a great time, which is what it’s all about.”
Just as the Punk Rock Doc was spot on the money about Mike Wiebe, so too was Paniccia re: this show.
See more photos below!
Riverboat Gamblers’ Mike Wiebe serenades his friend Dr. Daryl “The Punk Rock Doc” Wilson of The Bollweevils.
SoCal melodic punks Chaser have announced they are working on a new full-length album. The band’s latest LP Dreamers was released in 2021 through SBÄM Records and is considered by many (myself included) to be their best work to date. Needless to say, Mike LeDonne and the gang have some lofty expectations to meet with […]
SoCal melodic punks Chaser have announced they are working on a new full-length album. The band’s latest LP Dreamers was released in 2021 through SBÄM Records and is considered by many (myself included) to be their best work to date.
Needless to say, Mike LeDonne and the gang have some lofty expectations to meet with their next album, but I know they’ve got what it takes. Stay tuned for more news on Chaser’s new record and listen to Dreamerswhile you wait!
The Re-Adjusters are an up-and-coming ska band from Huntington Beach, California. Their lineup boasts an impressive 5-piece horn section, so you know these guys aren’t fuckin’ around. The band just released a new four-song EP called Together Again, complete with a cover of “Light Up My Room” by the Barenaked Ladies. Check it out below! […]
The Re-Adjusters are an up-and-coming ska band from Huntington Beach, California. Their lineup boasts an impressive 5-piece horn section, so you know these guys aren’t fuckin’ around.
The band just released a new four-song EP called Together Again, complete with a cover of “Light Up My Room” by the Barenaked Ladies. Check it out below!
If you like what you hear, I recommend giving The Re-Adjusters’ 2021 debut album Capital Vices a listen as well.
Italian punks Wasei are not afraid of wearing their influences on their sleeve; the band’s new single “Punk Police on My Back” is proof of that. Most of the song’s lyrics are dedicated to name dropping their favorite bands: NOFX, Lagwagon, The Offspring… the usual suspects. Equally on the nose is the title of their […]
Italian punks Wasei are not afraid of wearing their influences on their sleeve; the band’s new single “Punk Police on My Back” is proof of that. Most of the song’s lyrics are dedicated to name dropping their favorite bands: NOFX, Lagwagon, The Offspring… the usual suspects. Equally on the nose is the title of their upcoming album: Vulgar Misplay of Burkett.
The thing is, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with any of that! These guys have an awesome sound and this is a pretty catchy song. And I’ll go out on a limb and say a lot of 90’s punk fans can probably relate to Wasei’s unabashed nostalgia for records like Dookie, Smash, and Punk in Drublic.
Check out “Punk Police on My Back” below and be on the lookout for Vulgar Misplay of Burkett (still not sure exactly what that means) in early 2023.
During their recent Christmas live stream, MxPx frontman Mike Herrera made the surprise announcement that they will be releasing a new full-length album in 2023. No further details were given but, as always, we’ll keep you posted as more info surfaces. This will be MxPx’s first studio album since their 2018 self-titled LP. The veteran […]
During their recent Christmas live stream, MxPx frontman Mike Herrera made the surprise announcement that they will be releasing a new full-length album in 2023. No further details were given but, as always, we’ll keep you posted as more info surfaces.
This will be MxPx’s first studio album since their 2018 self-titled LP. The veteran pop-punk band has spent the last few years putting out a handful of singles and cover songs. They most recently released a live record titled Southbound to San Antonio.
MxPx has a well established reputation as one of the most festive bands in punk. This year the Bremerton pop-punk veterans will be celebrating Christmas with a free live stream show tonight, December 23rd, at 6:30pm PST (that’s 9:30pm for my fellow east coasters). You can watch a recording of the stream below. It’s also […]
MxPx has a well established reputation as one of the most festive bands in punk. This year the Bremerton pop-punk veterans will be celebrating Christmas with a free live stream show tonight, December 23rd, at 6:30pm PST (that’s 9:30pm for my fellow east coasters).
You can watch a recording of the stream below. It’s also available on the band’s Facebook page, along with all their other socials, where they’ll be taking song requests from the chat. Everyone please request “Something More” (that’s my favorite MxPx song 😉).
If you’re looking for a way-too-late Christmas gift for the MxPx fan in your life, you can’t go wrong with the new colored vinyl reissues of Life in General, Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo, and The Ever Passing Moment.
Denver punks Egoista came onto the scene in 2020 and just released their debut full-length Heyday early last year. Now they’re back with their sophomore album Having Fun is the Gateway Drug. Like the band’s inauguratal effort, this record is quite economical, as they manage to cram 13 songs into a neat little 19 minute […]
Denver punks Egoista came onto the scene in 2020 and just released their debut full-length Heyday early last year. Now they’re back with their sophomore album Having Fun is the Gateway Drug.
Like the band’s inauguratal effort, this record is quite economical, as they manage to cram 13 songs into a neat little 19 minute melodic punk package. Standout tracks include “The Game”, “Monday”, and “Hallows”.
