One Step Closer have released a video for their new song “Blur My Memory”. The song is off their upcoming album All You Embrace which will be out on May 17 via Run For Cover Records. One Step Closer will be touring the US with Koyo and Anxious starting in June and released their album This Place You Know in 2021. Check out the video below.
Circuit Circuit have released a video for their new song “They’ll Build a Statue from Your Ashes”. The video was shot and edited by @brissdali. The song is from their split with tasteofink which is out now. Circuit Circuit released their EP Body Songs in 2023. Check out the video below.
UltraBomb, the band made up of Greg Norton of Husker Du, Finny McConnell of The Mahones, and Jamie Oliver of UK Subs, have released a new song. It is called “Rage Bomb” and is off their upcoming album Dying to Smile which will be out on June 7 via DC-Jam Records. UltraBomb released their album Time to Burn in 2022. Check out the song below.
Jeff Rosenstock has added another date to their "potentially infinite" residency at Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York. The new show will take place on August 27 with a mystery guest joining the band. This is the sixth show Jeff Rosenstock has added since announcing this run two weeks ago. As long as the shows keep selling out, more will be added. We’ll keep you updated. Jeff Rosenstock also announced a show in LA where the band will be playing a two-hour and forty-five minute long set with no intermissions. That show will take place on September 13 at the Ford. Jeff Rosenstock released HELLMODE in 2023. See the updated show list below.
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Jimmy Eat World have announced tour dates for Europe and the UK for this summer. PUP will be joining them on all dates. Tickets go on sale on May 17. Jimmy Eat World released Surviving in 2019. Check out the dates below.
Today we are thrilled to bring you a track-by-track breakdown of Los Angeles-based punks Death Lens! We caught up with the band to talk about the stories behind the tracks on their new album Cold World which came out earlier this month via Epitaph Records. Guitarist Matt Silva, vocalist Bryan Torres, and guitarist Jhon Reyes spoke about certain tracks. Listen to the album and read the track-by-track breakdown below!
Bootlicker have released a new song. It is called “Submission Pt. III” and is off their upcoming album 1000 Yd. Stare which will be out on May 17 via Neon Taste Records and Static Shock Records. Bootlicker released their collection of EPs Lick The Boot, Lose Your Teeth in 2022 and released their self-titled album in 2021. Check out the song below.
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Two new episodes of the Punknews Podcast are now up!
Episode #649.99 finds Sam and Em hanging out and talking about some their favourite new and new-ish songs including tracks by Wise Guise, Stand Still, Pizza Bush, Shoreline, Peopleviolence, and The Bouncing Souls. They also discuss the eclipse, the New York Earthquake, going to punk shows on boats, pizza, pickles, and so much more.
#649.992 is possibly one of the last episodes of the great Freestyle Era. John and Em pay tribute to the late Steve Albini, talk about the end of OFF!, discuss Jeff Rosenstock’s possibly infinite concert series, get into the drama around Cavalera, and the fracturing of Fishbone. They also discuss Green Day playing Dubai, The Interrupters covering the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, John Lydon cancelling his upcoming spoken word tour, the greatness of T-Rex. Em tells John about her plans for Pouzza Fest and John tells Em about his plans for Punk Rock Bowling.
Listen to both episodes below!
A very special Pouzza Fest edition of Em Moore Tells You What to Listen to is now up! On Punknews Podcast #649.991 Em plays tracks from some bands she’s really excited to see at Pouzza Fest in Montreal this year including songs by Laura Jane Grace, The Anti-Queens, Cross Dog, The Ergs, Peopleviolence, Proper, Avem, Gutser, Whoredrobe, Deforesters, Virginity, JER, Catbite, Omnigone, Stop The Presses, The Abruptors, Desert Sharks, Strike Anywhere, The Penske File, Wise Guise, The Iron Roses, Screaming at Traffic, Rust Ring, Direct Hit!, Dollar Signs, and so many more! Pouzza Fest takes place in Downtown Montreal on May 17-20. Listen to the episode and get excited about the festival!
On May 9, Microwave played The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario. They brought along Origami Angel, Heart Attack Man, and Carpool Tunnel to open the show. Microwave released their album Let’s Start Degeneracy last month. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to capture all the action. Check out his photos below.
Today marks the release of Shannon and The Clams’ seventh studio album The Moon is in the Wrong Place and we have exciting news for all fans of the band! We will be giving away a pair of tickets for their upcoming show at the Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario on Saturday, May 25! To be eligible you must live in Toronto or in the Greater Toronto Area and be over 19 years of age. If you want to score the tickets, send us an email at podcast@punknews.org, tell us what your favourite song off their new album is, and why you want to go. The contest closes on May 20. Good luck!!
Peopleviolence have released a new song. It is called “On The Spot” and features Proper. and garbageface. It is a standalone single and is available digitally. Peopleviolence released their debut two-song single The Crosses That I Carry in March. Check out the new song below.
Plague Vendor will release a new EP. It's called Rougher than Rough and it includes some previously released, digital only singles and a new track. If you order it online, it also comes with some coffee beans. That's out now and you can see the ep below.
John Lydon of Sex Pistols and P.I.L. has canceled all the North American dates on his upcoming Q+A tour. European dates will go ahead as planned. Lydon's representatives issued a statement: "Unfortunately due to scheduling and production issues John Lydon's planned Q&A tour of North America this Fall has been canceled for the foreseeable future. Please contact your ticket vendor for refund information. We apologise for any inconvenience, we know John's North American fans were looking forward to seeing him. For the avoidance of doubt, all remaining UK dates will go ahead as planned."