Chicago’s Cobra Lounge hosted The Rumble with all you could expect from Midwest hospitality. This was a Midwest Hardcore Marathon spread out between two days, two parking lots and twenty-one bands. The event was an excellent combination of hardcore, post hardcore, metal, and surprisingly love. The festivals creators celebrated their engagement at the show. The headliners were […]
Chicago’s Cobra Lounge hosted The Rumble with all you could expect from Midwest hospitality. This was a Midwest Hardcore Marathon spread out between two days, two parking lots and twenty-one bands. The event was an excellent combination of hardcore, post hardcore, metal, and surprisingly love. The festivals creators celebrated their engagement at the show. The headliners were Cro-Mags and Killing Time and all of the bands rocked it! The weather teased us with dark clouds and a bit of rain but overall it was a great couple of days at Cobra Lounge.
Cro-Mags were the first headliner closing out the show Friday night and they did not disappoint. Be sure to see the gallery below for more photos. Check them out here next.
Joey Jonas, the drummer for Milwaukee’s Bad Year, passed away on August 2, 2023. He leaves behind a legacy of great musicianship and a life dedicated to helping others in need. Punkerton Records, LLC and Bad Year released this statement about Joey Jonas: “It is with profound sadness that Bad Year and Punkerton Records announce […]
Joey Jonas, the drummer for Milwaukee’s Bad Year, passed away on August 2, 2023. He leaves behind a legacy of great musicianship and a life dedicated to helping others in need.
Punkerton Records, LLC and Bad Year released this statement about Joey Jonas:
“It is with profound sadness that Bad Year and Punkerton Records announce the passing of Joey Jonas, a remarkably talented drummer and an essential part of the Punkerton Records family.
Joey left an indelible mark on the music world and will forever be cherished in the hearts of all who knew him. Joey was known for his passion, dedication, infectious energy and unwavering commitment to his craft. We are devastated by his loss, and he will forever remain an essential part of Bad Year’s and Punkerton Records’s legacy.
Joey was a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in public health. Beyond his musical achievements, Joey was also a passionate advocate for mental health awareness, harm reduction, and addiction treatment. His dedication to making a positive impact on society extended far beyond the stage, and he tirelessly worked to support those in need. He truly made a positive impact on people’s lives.
Bad Year and Punkerton Records extend our deepest condolences to Joey Jonas’s mother, his sister, his nephews and his friends during this difficult time. Our hearts go out to them, and we stand in solidarity with them as they navigate this profound loss.”
Joey Jonas was born on June 28, 1989 in Milwaukee, WI. He listed his work, on Facebook, as a Peer Specialist at Community Medical Services, in Milwaukee. He was scheduled to be in Chicago part of this weekend to work with Punk Rock Saves Lives at Lollapalooza. Jonas was open about his own struggles with sobriety. On Facebook he shared his graduation photo alongside a photo of his 5 year recovery coin in a post in which he wrote,
“For anyone out there who is still suffering, please don’t give up. Here’s to five years and one more day in this tragic beautiful journey.
I know the power of sharing a story. I know the difference it can make. Five years ago, I had no idea when I began that I would find my greatest strength in my struggle; that I could make a difference and through the pain and suffering I endured; that it was going to be okay.“
Jonas was to have been working with Punk Rock Saves Lives in Chicago for Lollapalooza on Thursday and Sunday (the band was scheduled to play another fest on Saturday).
Tina Rushing, Director of Operations at Punk Rock Saves Lives, spoke to me about Jonas:
“All in all he was a light in this world, he was in recovery, he really supported our recovery program and was going to get more in more involved and we were planning to put him on our Board of Directors next year.
Last month he brought a huge bag of Narcan, fentanyl test strips and alcohol wipes without asking. The band was playing our Punk Rock Saves Lives festival (in Denver).”
Rushing also shared her thoughts on Jonas as a musician,
“Omg he was a fantastic drummer, his energy was out of this world. Absolutely great to work with. I recommend people check out the videos of him.”
But Rushing emphasized how much he was about helping others who shared his struggles.
“From the moment he heard about Punk Rock Saves Lives he jumped all in, the whole band but especially Joey, because that was up his alley.
We are heartbroken and are dedicating this weekend and hope to save some lives this weekend in his honor.”
Bad Year, which signed with Punkerton in July of 2022, has had a jam-packed year with quite a few more shows still scheduled. This includes a brief upcoming Midwest run. The band played the July 23, 2023 Punk Rock Saves Lives Fest in Denver CO, as Tina Rushing noted above. The band was also scheduled to perform at the upcoming Rock for Recovery in its hometown on August 12, 2023.
As of this date there is no further info as the whether the band will continue with another drummer or if the shows will still be played.
No cause of death was released. We at Dying Scene extend our deepest condolences to all those who loved Joey Jonas, and to all those he loved.
Our latest Dying Scene Band Spotlight takes us to the capital of Hungary, where we meet Budapest’s Bankrupt! This four piece punk band has been around over 25 years, and they just released an awesome new record called Illiberal Holiday. Most people compare bands to like… Green Day and Blink 182 or some shit, but […]
Our latest Dying Scene Band Spotlight takes us to the capital of Hungary, where we meet Budapest’s Bankrupt! This four piece punk band has been around over 25 years, and they just released an awesome new record called Illiberal Holiday. Most people compare bands to like… Green Day and Blink 182 or some shit, but I’m weird so I’ll pull some weird comps out of my ass. Bankrupt reminds me of mi6 and Limp; hopefully those names ring a few bells! If you’re a fan of really catchy mid-tempo melodic punk, that’s what these guys play.
At first I was disappointed that all the songs on Illiberal Holiday were sung in Hungarian. I don’t know Hungarian! But then I found out there’s an English version of the record, too – so that’s cool. Check out both versions below, along with the bitchin’ music video for the album’s title track. Then head over to Bankrupt’s Bandcamp to check out their back catalog and buy their music.
Listen, I’ll be upfront. I was ten when Diesel Boy released their last album “Rode Hard and Put Away Wet”, and I initially didn’t hear it until I was 19. So that, for me, made this period of longing for new material a little shorter. I’m 31 now, so the period here isn’t as intense as […]
Listen, I’ll be upfront. I was ten when Diesel Boy released their last album “Rode Hard and Put Away Wet”, and I initially didn’t hear it until I was 19. So that, for me, made this period of longing for new material a little shorter. I’m 31 now, so the period here isn’t as intense as many have waited. But still, like many, I couldn’t help but wonder what had happened to the band. With Gets Old, Diesel Boy are back, and the past 22 years have benefited from their break.
If we look at the opener ‘Lost Decade’, it could come off as the average punk song. But they take the piss out of themselves and give fans a sense of what they’ve been up to since they’ve been gone. “Is it a reunion if no one cared we were gone or that we’re back?” and those lyrics are funny.
This quickly became my favourite song. ‘Viking Funeral’ starts with what I imagine is Gjallarhorn, but I’m pretty sure it’s regular horns playing. The lyrics are heavy and could hint towards a break-up that left someone with a heavy heart afterward. ‘Corpse Paint Blues’ is a pretty pop-punk song about some nice coffee shop and dreaming about suburban life. I felt this song was grown up, longing for the earlier years when things seemed simpler. ‘Two Stones’ hits differently. Lyrically it seems somber, and while the rest of the album hasn’t been “light” on the lyrics, to be honest. The guitar solo and the sound overall remind me of an 80s song. Friends, this may very well be one of the nicest album-closers I’ve heard this year.
22 years is what it took for Diesel Boy to return, and I hope they don’t take another 22 years to release a new album. Because this was fun to hear from them, I think it’s a good comeback album, and no matter what they sing in ‘Lost Decade’ I care that they are back! And you should be too! Check out this album; if you’re at Brakrock this week, remember to check them out!
The post-hardcore band Hail The Sun return to New York City on the Divine Inner Tension Tour to celebrate the release of their highly-anticipated sixth studio album, Divine Inner Tension, slated for release on August 11, 2023 via Equal Vision Records. On July 28, Hail The Sun rocked the Gramercy Theatre with a setlist spanning […]
The post-hardcore band Hail The Sun return to New York City on the Divine Inner Tension Tour to celebrate the release of their highly-anticipated sixth studio album, Divine Inner Tension, slated for release on August 11, 2023 via Equal Vision Records. On July 28, Hail The Sun rocked the Gramercy Theatre with a setlist spanning nearly their entire discography, including the tracks “Made Your Mark”, “Rolling Out The Red Carpet”, and “Chunker”. This coast-to-coast tour has Hail The Sun playing to some of their biggest crowds yet, and their forthcoming album is sure to propel them even further; deservedly so.
Three Bad Jacks headlined and The Krank Daddies was the opening band. Brauer House was full of fans to check out the show and a FREE Car & Bike show! This show was full of rock, rockabilly, and fun! Three Bad Jacks drove in from South Sioux City, NE to play an rockin’ show! The […]
Three Bad Jacks headlined and The Krank Daddies was the opening band. Brauer House was full of fans to check out the show and a FREE Car & Bike show! This show was full of rock, rockabilly, and fun!
Three Bad Jacks drove in from South Sioux City, NE to play an rockin’ show! The trio consists of Bassist Andy Hernandez, Drummer Scott Churilla, and Singer/Guitarist Elvis Sussia. Find them here next.
The Krank Daddies are a fun rockabilly band with rock and roll. Learn about the group here. See if they will be in your area here.
Hello everyone. This is my first feature for Dying Scene. So, to break things in gently I thought I’d do a simple listicle. A Top Ten type thing. They’re easy, right? I can just do a list of links to some stuff that I’m into right now and try to link it with some sort […]
Hello everyone. This is my first feature for Dying Scene. So, to break things in gently I thought I’d do a simple listicle. A Top Ten type thing. They’re easy, right? I can just do a list of links to some stuff that I’m into right now and try to link it with some sort of loose theme? That’s playing on Easy Mode. Yeah. Let’s go.
Except… fuck… this is a punk site and I made it through the initial gatekeeping process for contributors by pretending I got the site editors’ jokes about Pennywise, I’m really out of the loop about most punk bands and music that’s around right now. Are Pennywise even a right-now thing? I mean… I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them play at a festival when I was so wasted I was ordering slushies from the ice-cream van and then taking them to the bar and asking them to add vodka. Fuck. Now I want a vodka slushie again.
Anyway – point being, I’m an old straight dude that’s into punk rock but also kinda out of touch. But maybe I can write something for other guys like that about some aspect of music that I love as a sort of highly subjective one-oh-one, instead of some bullshit about best songs for drinking vodka slushies to (The answer is Jaya the Cat, by the way).
As I’ve mentioned, I’m a straight dude, but I feel a lot more at home in queer spaces than most straight ones. A sports bar is *not* my idea of a good time. I actively avoid places where there’s sports playing on TV screens. The homoeroticism of most male contact sports notwithstanding, I’m far happier in a gay bar or fetish club than any standard social third-space that men normally gravitate towards. I live in Britain where we don’t really have the titty-bar or lap-dance club scene that there seems to be in the USA, which American friends talk about as if normal, but the thought of a place like that horrifies me. However – I’ve been quite comfortable in places where puppies are led about on leashes by bears and the only answer to any question about how many genders there are is ‘infinite’.
And one point to make – most old straight punks can relate to the idea of sitting in their bedroom, listening to music on your own, and feeling misunderstood. Now, just imagine what it’s like to have parents, or a school, or a general social or home situation that’s actively hostile to something that’s at the core of who you are, and who you love, and not *just* your questionable choices of t-shirt.
Buuuut… how and why do I – or any straight old dude – relate to that? Or show that we’re cool and not a tourist or potential threat in queer spaces?
Music.
The answer is always music.
I’m not about to attempt some sort of overview of queer music, as that’ll take far longer than I’ve got the attention span for, and it’s not really for me, as the aforementioned old straight dude, to do.
But here’s *something* for you. Some places to start. Some feet in the door.
And you’re gonna realise you probably already know more than you think you do.
9. Laura Jane Grace – “SuperNatural Possession”
You maybe are aware of Against Me! already. Laura Jane Grace is the singer in Against Me! and I coulda chosen one of their songs as an example of modern queercore, but “SuperNatural Possession” is a fucking tune and I love it juuuuuuuuust a tiny bit more than “True Trans Soul Rebel.” So that’s why it gets in there as an example of fairly contemporary queer music that’s got an international profile.
8. Tuffragettes – “Tuffragettes Against Terfs“
This is a track that’s at the other end of the scale of awareness levels. The Tuffragettes are a band I saw when drunk at a festival, in that way I discover most of the new bands I end up liking, and they reeked of queer violexcellence. I think the band nearly broke up during their second song, as they fought on stage, but decided they couldn’t recruit another bass player in time for the final chorus, so had to make up and keep playing. I felt all protective of them in a way they’d hate, because they were like angry tiger cubs. We must defend bands like Tuffragettes at all cost. But, uh, in a way that doesn’t piss them off. As they bite and scratch.
I’m gonna say this is more of the same as the Tuffragettes, but that’s in no way intended to be an insult. Or even accurate. They’re coming from the same place except not at all. Young. Queer. Pissed off. I also saw them when drunk and loved them. It might even have been at the same event. Fuck. I can’t remember. Listen to them. Love them.
Drag. Leather. Spikes. Electro beats. Satanism. Fetish clubs. Boa Constrictors. Hearses for taxis. Licking bloody knives. Now, *this* is what it feels like when I go for a night out with some of my friends. Or at least, it’s what the filtered memories are like anyway. This is exactly what I mean when I’m talking about the kinds of queer spaces I feel right at home in. There is just so much here that crosses over with who I am that the gender and sexuality aspects are minor. Maybe that’s the same for you?
7. Dahli – “Cvrsed Images”
Okay, Dahli might need a little bit of context. Dahli won Dragula, also known as The Greatest Reality TV Show Of All Time. But also, in a past incarnation, was half of an emo/crunkcore (okay, I don’t even know wtf crunkcore is, but anyway) band who were kinda a thing for a while, but whose other member was a sexual abuser and who also prevented Dahli from getting the HIV medication he needed to, you know, stay alive. Fuck that guy. He belongs in prison. I’m not even gonna name him. But Dahli survived it and has become a wonderful independent artist and performer who embodies a kind of queer culture that’s the alternative to even the alternative. Go look up Dahli and Dragula and The Boulet Brothers, as I’m not gonna do any sort of big intro to them right here, but they’ve probably got way more in common with a Dying Scene reader than they have with RuPaul.
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Okay, now I’m gonna help you out a little. One straight old guy to another – and let’s face it, statistically that’s who you are, reading this site. Apologies if not. And a fuck yeah to you if you’re not just another one of those old straight guys too. We will defend your right to be here and in punk spaces.
However – talking of spaces, I’ve mentioned feeling happier in queer spaces than most straight ones. But – what if some queer person calls you out and questions if you’re a poseur and does the equivalent of pointing at your t-shirt and asking you to ‘name three songs’ by the band that on it?
Fuck people that do that, by the way. They’re arseholes. But anyway…
Let’s change the hypothetical situation then. Let’s, instead, say you’re in a queer space with a jukebox, and you’ve been asked to put in some coins and select some tracks that aren’t gonna mark you out as a clueless infiltrator, and which *may* get you some nods of approval.
If you went for Kylie or Gaga or generic Disco, then you *might* be okay. But let’s do a bit better, so here we go, your Cliff Notes, and the next tracks in my Top Nine Queer Songs for Straight Punks:
8. Divine – “Walk Like A Man”
Almost too obvious. But still the right way to go. Divine is naaaaaaaasty but also a total fucking icon. And. Punk. As. Fuck. Don’t even try to argue with me that Divine isn’t punk rock as you will lose and I got a few thousand words why that I’m not gonna type here and am saving until you come for me.
9. Crucified – “Army of Lovers”
Now this is something that might not be expected from an old straight punk but, despite the boobage on show in the video, is gay as hell. It’s so not gonna be expected of you to put this one on the jukebox, but it’s a total power move to do so.
10. Robyn – “With Every Heartbeat“
And here’s one for the ladies. Robyn’s ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ is basically the lesbian national anthem. But I like this one better, which is why I’m suggesting it instead as it’s close enough. And despite not being rock, it rocks, and does something to your brain to make it release shitloads of serotonin or dopamine, like a thousand Grindr or Tinder matches suddenly pinging into your phone at once. There’s something about it that hooks into our mental wiring to make us feel good. That stuff is something that the ravers have understood for a while, which punks sniffing glue behind the bike sheds didn’t really get, but don’t diss it. Just enjoy the happies and take note that if you’re in a queer space where there’s more girl-looking people than muscle bears, you’ll be safe putting Robyn on the jukebox. And if there are muscle bears about, they’ll probably be into it anyway.
23. Cyndi Lauper – “True Colours”
Talking of releasing brain chemicals that make you feel good, this’ll do it too. Maybe you’ll cry as well, as it’s just so lovely. And Cyndi is punk as fuck. Hard to believe maybe, but it was one of her songs that was cited in the list of degenerate filth that led to the need for the ‘Parental Advisory’ label on records.
Aren’t you reassured that children are protected from Cyndi Lauper songs by a sticker? Oh yeah, the people that campaigned for that shit sure had their priorities right, didn’t they?
I won’t hear for a fucking parsecond that Cyndi is anything but sweet and pure and also to be defended at all costs. In terms of her quiet activism and support for vulnerable people, she’s really up there with Dolly. If they come for Dolly or Cyndi, we fight hard, yeah?
vi. Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy“
Alright, moving away from the Jukebox recommendations, and going back to that bit in the intro about feelings of alienation and being misunderstood, this is the distilled essence of that sentiment poured into a sweet gay kid’s search for a place. In the original video, the moment where the dad pushes whatever little cash he’s got in his pocket into the hand of his kid, and then declining his offered handshake, is heartbreaking.
Remember, this was back in the 80s, in Britain, when the government tried to ban any discussion of homosexuality in schools and the prime minister wanted to eradicate it ‘except as an abstract concept’ and attacked people who suggested that anyone ‘had a right to be gay’. Yeah, really. That’s the background of this song, and the link between this and punk was how it used stripped back, simple instrumentation – even though it was electronic not guitar-based – to make political art. Heartbreaking, and thank fuck we’ve moved on somewhat from people writing songs about feeling like this.
42. Soft Cell – “Sex Dwarf“
However – at the same time, there were some people who decided not to give a fuck and just lean right into being unaccepted and unacceptable. I’m gonna try and link to the original video for this, which tends to get taken down when it’s posted on youtube, for its general DGAF wrongness. I fucking love it and again, it’s punk rock because the cheap and simple Boss DR-55 beat and one-finger synth was as accessible as three-chords on a Squier.
69. Judas Priest – “Breaking the Law“
This is the sound of a guy that’s mastered a genre that’s not ready for him to come out yet, giving us a million clues about his sexuality.
Again, a reminder that this is queer songs for old straight punks, not queer punk songs. Unlike some of his peers (Ozzy, I’m looking at you) Rob Halford’s voice and performances have stayed wonderful, and it’s lovely to see how accepted and comfortable being a gay metal god – THE metal god – he is nowadays.
Okay – a slight digression to make a point. In Rob Halford’s superb autobiography, he mentions his last meeting with Lemmy, just before Lemmy’s death, when he clearly wasn’t feeling good at all but was pushing on with touring regardless.
Now, once again, I’m not gonna give much of an argument as to why Lemmy is punk as fuck. He was in The Damned for a while, and no one’s gonna argue they’re not punk, so any other arguments are unnecessary.
Anyway… Rob mentions that he saw Lemmy waiting at an airport and went to have a chat with him. But he found Lemmy uncharacteristically subdued and not doing good at all. So Rob just sat with him and held his hand and kept him company.
Point being – if you’re a fucking metal god but your friend isn’t doing well and doesn’t want to talk, you can still just sit and hold their hand, even if there’s nothing else you can do.
And even if you’re a maelstrom of hard-living hetero-hellsangelhero-rocknfuckingroll legendary badassery like Lemmy, and your gay friend offers to hold your hand in public, you can set an example to literally the rest of the world that isn’t Lemmy, by just holding his hand and hanging out, to show you love and appreciate the support.
That shit made me tear up almost as much as Cyndi singing “True Colours,” or the Iron Giant saying ‘Sooooooperman’ or Robocop telling the old dude his name’s Murphy.
Holding your gay friend’s hand in public – punk as fuck. But shouldn’t be. It should be nothing notable at all.
8. Kiss – “I was Made for Loving You”
This is the sound of a guy that’s mastered a genre that’s not ready for him to come out yet, giving us a million clues about his sexuality.
9. Buzzcocks – “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’tve)“
I told you you already knew more than you thought you did.
Oh? So what did you think this song was about?
Falling in love with someone you shouldn’t? Sure, it’s perhaps a statement that can apply to all sorts of situations, but again, this was Britain in the seventies, not ten years since the laws against homosexual acts were repealed. For context, that’s less time than from now back to when the Avengers movie came out, or the Batman movie with Bane, or Teenage Bottlerocket’s Freak Out!. People in general were still not okay with gay stuff. Pete Shelley, of Buzzcocks, wasn’t gay. But he did fall in love with a man. And he felt he shouldn’t have. Or was made to feel that way anyhow. Punk rock was his was of turning that feeling into art. “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’tve)” is one of the seminal punk tracks. And it’s about being queer. Which, yeah, brings me right back to the point I was making originally about just how closely linked punk and queerness have always been, and how, although you should still be as respectful as fuck (and this is kinda what that’s about – giving you some notes on that) you’re already more of an ally than you even thought you were, if you’ve internalised this song and sympathise with the dude singing it.
So there you go. I lied about it being nine tracks. I lost count along the way. Whatever. But I hope this helps. However – ignore the fuck outta me if anyone that’s not just an old straight dude tells you I’ve got something wrong here. I’m fine with that.
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Carbondale’s famous sons of ska returned to a rousing welcome back to a home state crowd at Concord Music Hall. They were supported by Chicago’s Celtic kings The Tossers, and by Weaker Youth Ensemble. My first knowledge of Blue Meanies came shortly after I moved to Chicago in 2009. I noticed cool-looking ink on my […]
Carbondale’s famous sons of ska returned to a rousing welcome back to a home state crowd at Concord Music Hall. They were supported by Chicago’s Celtic kings The Tossers, and by Weaker Youth Ensemble.
My first knowledge of Blue Meanies came shortly after I moved to Chicago in 2009. I noticed cool-looking ink on my new friend Anthony’s arm. It was a Blue Meanies tattoo. Flash-forward 14 plus years and I got my first chance to document the group. I am so happy I was in the photo pit for its return.
The band, founded in 1989, reunited for a rare performance. It was packed; a palpable excitement buzzed through the venue.
The band gave the crowd a night to remember as they tore through the set, playing in their 1995 album Kiss You Ass Goodbye in its entirety. Highlights included “Acceleration 5000,” “Vote No,” “Grandma Shampoo,” “Polka in the Eye,” and “An Average American Superhero.” Blue Meanies also covered Naked Raygun classic “Rat Patrol.” The hyper-kinetic Billy Spunke on vocals and megaphone, changed from a crisp all-white Perry Ellis suit to a more traditional but sharp-looking black suit during the show. His performance, however, remained consistently entertaining with quite a bit of playful banter between Spunke and his bandmates. Hopefully, this will not be as one-off reunion, a sentiment I can safely say most of the crowd likely shared.
Chicago’s The Tossers are one of the most popular Celtic punk bands in the United States. The group’s headliner St. Patrick’s Day performances are legendary for being fun celebrations, lasting hours. The group is far more than a holiday band though and this raucous performance made that clear.
Lead singer Tony Duggins was playing injured with one finger securely bandaged. A week prior to the show, he accidentally severed part of a finger on his left hand. Duggins referenced the incident with humor as some in the crowd showed expressions best described as in the aghast neighborhood. Lest anyone wonder if that would negatively affect his performance, they soon found the answer: no, it did not. Duggin’s growling vocals were as strong as ever, as was his mandolin playing.
The Tossers drove through “Rocky Road of Dublin,” The South Side of Town,” “Emerald City,” “Siobhan,” “Buckets of Beer,” and “Sláinte.” The performance was a lovely complement to returning headliners on this night.
Weaker Youth Ensemble, a two-tone group out of Madison, WI, kicked off the evening with a blaster of a set. It was far more than just the warm-up act as the group kept the crowd in rapt attention. I look forward to seeing this group again!
Please see more images from the show. Thank You and Cheers!
Welcome back to the Dying Scene Band Spotlight! Our latest installment brings us to Rotterdam, Netherlands, where we meet Dutch “post-pop punk” band Lone Wolf! They have an awesome new record called Haze Wave out now on Stardumb Records. If you like songs about the overwhelming existential dread of daily life tinged with bubblegum pop […]
Welcome back to the Dying Scene Band Spotlight! Our latest installment brings us to Rotterdam, Netherlands, where we meet Dutch “post-pop punk” band Lone Wolf!
They have an awesome new record called Haze Wave out now on Stardumb Records. If you like songs about the overwhelming existential dread of daily life tinged with bubblegum pop hooks, you’ll wanna check this record out. Songs like “Ready to Break”, “Meet Me in the Middle”, and “Terrible Heartache” will have you bouncing around while simultaneously on the brink of tears. Quite the dichotomy, isn’t it?
Anyway, this record kicks ass and I haven’t heard enough people talking about it. Check it out below and buy the LP here (US) or here (EU). Also, Lone Wolf will be paying us a visit here in the states this fall; catch them on their east coast tour and at The Fest! Dates are below.
See Lone Wolf on tour!
Sep 15 MJC Lillebonne – Nancy, France Oct 19 Faces Brewing Co. – Malden, MA Oct 20 The Broadway – Brooklyn, NY Oct 21 The Skid Row Garage – York, PA Oct 22 Pie Shop – Washington, DC Oct 27 Fest – Gainesville, FL
Punk Rock Saves Lives has been a part of our community for a while now and through their Health and Wellness and Bone Marrow Transplant programs have probably saved numerous lives. Part of their success centers around being embedded into the scene as much as possible, literal boots on the ground! Odds are, if you’ve […]
Punk Rock Saves Lives has been a part of our community for a while now and through their Health and Wellness and Bone Marrow Transplant programs have probably saved numerous lives. Part of their success centers around being embedded into the scene as much as possible, literal boots on the ground! Odds are, if you’ve been to any larger shows or Fests over the past few years, you’ve seen one of their booths or tables swabbing for possible marrow donors, offering free earplugs to us forgetful types or educating people on how to use Narcan.
That level of omni-presence is not possible without their incredibly hardworking van which has logged mucho miles. A van which broke down pretty badly about a month ago on the way back from a long, nationwide tour. In an effort to get the van back in operating condition, the non-profit has set up an online campaign to help raise funds for the repair bill. If you’re in a position to donate, please take a few minutes to check out their campaign website, here. Let’s find a way to keep these awesome people mobile enough to keep doing equally awesome things for our community. We’re all we have!
