Hans Roofthooft, singer of Belgian punks F.O.D., has announced a new solo album called Skeletons, which is set to be released on March 1st via Bearded Punk Records, Morning Wood Records, and Inconsapevole Records.

To give you an idea of what to expect, you can check out the video for “Prudence and Passion” below.

Hans Roofthooft last released a split with Matteo Caldari in October 2017. [Read more…]

California hardcore act Frontside are streaming their new song “Society’s View,” which is the title track off their latest EP that was released on February 9th via Safe Inside Records.

You can give it a listen below.

Frontside last released Live At The Charleston in January 2018. [Read more…]

California punk legends Bad Religion have announced their new album, Age Of Unreason, which is set to be released on May 3rd via Epitaph.

The band is streaming the first song off the album, “Chaos From Within,” which you can feast your ears on below.  You can also peruse the track list while you listen.

Bad Religion last released True North in 2013. [Read more…]

Salt Lake punk quartet Problem Daughter are streaming the second song off of their upcoming LP. “Modern Stigmata” comes off the bands upcoming LP Grow Up Trash, which is being released via Wiretap Records (North America) and Bearded Punk Records (Europe). Out March 22nd this is a very highly anticipated new release for this Dying Scenester.

Check out “Modern Stigmata” below.

This is the first new music from the SLC punks since Heroin Bob died and Mark disappeared. No word yet on whether Stevo is still a sell out. Wait, wrong story… This is the first new music since Problem Daughter released “Fits Of Disorganized Boredom” in 2016 through our very own Dying Scene Records. [Read more…]

Florida melodic punks Slap Of Reality have signed on with A Jam Records. To celebrate the new union Slap Of Reality has released a video for their song “Never Far”. Having been around the “scene” for the better part of thirty years Slap Of Reality is a band you may not have heard of, but if you enjoy punk, do yourself a favor and go look these guys up. A Jam Records is hoping to see two new releases from the punk vets this year.

Check out the video for “Never Far” below.

The last release for Slap Of Reality was 1996’s “Monkeydust”. If you’re a fan of punk in general, just do yourself a favor and look these guys up!  [Read more…]

California skate punks We Found A Map are streaming the song “Zelda is a Girl” off of their upcoming four song EP To The Robot Graveyard. Due out March 5th, if the first song is any indication, the other three will be pretty wicked.

You can check out the new song below.

This is the first new music from We Found A Map since 2018’s …To the Haunted Arcade. If you’re a fan of later era Ten Foot Pole or Millencolin you will enjoy these guys. [Read more…]

Boston Celtic punks Mickey Rickshaw are streaming the song “Keep Afloat” off of their upcoming album Home in Song. Due out March 1st, this is another album you’re going to want to add to your St. Paddy’s day playlist. I had the pleasure of writing about the title track to this album a few months back and was really hoping we would see a full-length out of these guys.

You can check out the first two songs released from the new album below.

This is the first new music from Mickey Rickshaw since 2016’s Behind the Eight Ball. If you’re a fan of Flogging Molly or Dropkick Murphys you’ll want to check these guys out. [Read more…]

Though appropriate venues might be fewer and farther-between as gentrification rages ever forward throughout the 21st century, the underground punk scene continues to be alive and well at places like O’Brien’s Pub, a quintessential dive bar in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. Case in point: Chicago’s Typesetter brought their US tour through “Obie’s” last Tuesday night for what was a fun, spirited, and — most-importantly– three-band bill which should really be the rule rather than the exception on mid-winter weeknights such as this. But I digress.

Save Ends and Rebuilder provided local support on this particular evening. The former have been staples of the local scene, particularly since the release of their killer 2013 album Cold Hands, Warm Hearts (and, obviously, its 2017 follow-up A Book About Bad Luck). Though they’ve been playing out and about for going on a full decade now, we somehow hadn’t shot them at a show before. Save Ends are a pretty sweet band with killer harmonies and super sharp, heavy-hearted emo punk stylings, which proved a perfect choice to kick off the evening’s festivities. The latter, meanwhile, have obviously been favorites of ours for years, and for good reason. Now appearing as a keyboardless quartet, Rebuilder have been working on a follow-up to 2017’s Songs From The Massachusetts Turnpike for a little while now, and they peppered the middle of their set on this night with a trio of brand-spanking new tracks that were heavy on the early-Blink-style melodies we’ve come to love from them. In an interesting twist, the set’s closing track found drummer Brandon Phillips and guitarist/co-frontman Sal Ellington switched places as Phillips took the reins on a blistering cover of Nirvana’s “Breed” in honor of the eve of what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 52nd birthday.

Typesetter closed things out, and holy hell were they a visceral sonic experience. There’s a lot going on in a Typesetter live show: layers of guitar and keys and samples that’s at times shoegazey and at times all-out bombast. One of the standout live performances I’ve seen in quite some time, particularly when it comes time to try to draw parallels to other band’s for comparison’s sake.

Head below for our full photo rundown, and be sure to catch any of these bands when they’re in your respective neck of the woods. Help keep the scene alive!

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Here at Dying Scene, we’ve been talking a lot behind the scenes about how to maximize our content—not only covering more, but covering better. We’ll be making some changes to our output in the coming months, and the end goal will be to provide our writers with more opportunities to write in-depth reviews, editorials, and interviews. Part of this is adapting our review format—there is simply too much out there to cover and full-length reviews just aren’t time effective. That doesn’t mean we’re getting rid of longform reviews (we’d rather die), only that when we do them, we’ll be investing more in them and treating them as we would a feature. For the rest, we want to cover the multitude of bands that are working hard out there but might get squashed under the great wheel of the album submissions game. Short-form reviews—as short and loud as punk itself—will be a way for us to cover more while still providing honest, dependable feedback. Let us know what you think of the new format, we plan to roll out capsule reviews as they accumulate from here on out.

In Portland’s burgeoning and thriving emo scene, Slippery Eyes is a relatively new band. Take Care, Be Well is their first EP and on it, they craft four songs of tasteful and hypnotic emo. It’s at once sparse and intricate, a mellow meditation with personal lyrics and some instantly memorable melodies. The marvel of this EP is how quickly it manages to catch the listener—lyrics, melodies, and arrangements working in mesmeric tandem. It’s all led by the honey-coated vocals of Cai, at once soothing and emotive. Take Care, Be Well leaves the listener wanting for more.

Check out: “Cut Your Conversation,” “Summer of ‘62”

Boston’s A Crash Republic have been around in one form or another since 2008, their middle school days. A couple of the guys studied music at fancy pants universities then they reconvened, found themselves a drummer and self-record, produced and released Homewrecker: Sweet Apathy. The EP is the beginning of a trilogy, chronicling the main protagonist’s embracing of counterculture and (presumably) dropping out of ‘normal’ society. The theme is evident without becoming all consuming in case you are not quite ready for another immersive sci-fi saga complete with comic books, novels and masks (ahem Coheed, we’re looking at you).

Stylistically, this falls loosely under the pop punk banner however that is such a limiting term nowadays. Vocals are shared between Nick Tello and Andrew Sullivan, one snotty ala Devon Williams from Osker and the other a more typical Bostonian/Dropkick Murphys style. The trading back and forth works really well as does the combo of the two in the frequent harmonies. There is a strong metal influence which shines through at every opportunity with Dragonforce-esque twiddling riffs and Steve Rehm’s blast beats getting in on the action too. There’s even a tasty bit of a cappella to close out proceedings at the end of “Watch Your Luck”.

This is a really strong debut, it’s very well produced with catchy and layered tunes that combine into an extremely cohesive 6 song introduction to the world of A Crash Republic. You can check out a stream of the entire release over at New Noise and also on streaming services.  Roll on part 2!

4.5/5