Punk
Green Day Play a Whole Bunch of Rarities at Surprise Chicago Club Show
Ahead of their headlining performance at Lollapalooza on Sunday, Green Day played an imitate warmup show at Chicago’s Metro on Friday night. For fans who managed to score a ticket to the 1,100-persons capacity venue, they witnessed a career-spanning 28-song set that included a number of live rarities. Green Day seemingly treated the night as akin to a club show from their early days, playing most material from early albums like Kerplunk, Dookie, Insomniac, and Warning. Notably, the band performed “Warning” and “Church on Sunday” for the first time since 2001. They also delivered the first full band performance of “Watsername” since 2005. Advertisement Related Video The setlist also included “Letterbomb,” “Private Ale,” “Christie Road,” “One of My Lies,” “Geek Stink Breath,” and “J.A.R.” — ...
Pinkshift Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour
Baltimore punks Pinkshift are gearing up to release their debut album, and now, they’ve announced a run of 2022 North American tour dates, marking their first-ever headlining trek. Kicking off October 20th in their hometown, Pinkshift — singer Ashrita Kumar, guitarist Paul Vallejo, and drummer Myron Houngbedji — will perform in cities like DC, Detroit, Austin, and Brooklyn before wrapping up in Boston on November 18th. Jigsaw Youth and Yasmin Nur will provide support. What’s more, before they begin their headlining dates, Pinkshift will open for Destroy Boys at a few East Coast shows and perform alongside 100 Gecs and Bring Me the Horizon at Emo Nite New Orleans Vacation. See all of the band’s upcoming tour dates below. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 29th at 10:00 a.m. local time; grab yo...
Jello Biafra Says Upcoming Dead Kennedys Reissue Was “Intentionally” Done Behind His Back
In September, Dead Kennedys are releasing a 40th anniversary reissue of their debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, but former frontman Jello Biafra isn’t happy about it. In a message posted to the website for his label Alternative Tentacles. the DK co-founder claimed he was “intentionally” left in the dark about the project. “LISTEN BEFORE YOU BUY!! This was done almost totally behind my back. Intentionally,” wrote Biafra, hasn’t been part of the Kennedys lineup since the group first broke up in 1986 (Ron “Skip” Greer has been lead vocalist since 2008). “It was not ‘overseen by the band,’ as their press release claims. I was deliberately locked out. Not one person from the band or the labels reached out to me at all. Nor did Chris Lord-Alge, who did the remix. I guess he didn’t...
Pinkshift Announce Debut Album Love Me Forever, Share “i’m not crying, you’re crying”: Stream
Baltimore trio Pinkshift have at last announced their debut album: Love Me Forever is out on October 21st via Hopeless Records, and to accompany the news, the punk band have shared the single “i’m not crying, you’re crying.” Recorded with punk rock studio vet Will Yip (Turnstile, Mannequin Pussy, The Wonder Years), Love Me Forever is billed as a “no-holds-barred reflection of the state of the world today.” Through fiery riffs, pointed lyrics, and the infectious spunk of lead singer Ashrita Kumar, Pinkshift make music that demands to be heard — but, perhaps most importantly, they’re creating a space where fellow people of color in the scene might be inspired to do the same. Pre-orders for physical copies of Love Me Forever are ongoing. “i’m not crying, you’re crying...
Travis Barker Hospitalized in Los Angeles
Travis Barker was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday for an undisclosed medical condition. According to TMZ, Barker checked himself into West Hills Hospital and Medical Center near Calabasas early Tuesday, and was later taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for additional care. Representatives for Barker have not publicly commented on the drummer’s condition. Barker himself tweeted, “God save me,” around 10:45 a.m. local time. His daughter, Alabama Luella Barker, asked her followers to “please send your prayers” in an Instagram story posted on Tuesday evening. Related Video In June 2018, Barker was briefly hospitalized after suffering from blood clots in his arms and contracting a staph infection. He later filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the facility he said was...
Billie Joe Armstrong Has Had It With American Idiots: “I’m Renouncing My Citizenship”
Billie Joe Armstrong has had it with the American Idiots sitting on the US Supreme Court. During Green Day’s concert in London on Friday, the band’s frontman expressed his disgust over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and restrict women’s access to a safe abortion. “Fuck America, I’m fucking renouncing my citizenship. I’m fucking coming here,” Armstrong declared. “There’s just too much fucking stupid in the world to go back to that miserable fucking excuse for a country.” Related Video “Oh, I’m not kidding,” Armstrong insisted. “You’re going to get a lot of me in the coming days.” Advertisement Armstrong was even more explicit during Green Day’s concert on Saturday. Prior to performing “American Idiot,” he shouted, “Fuck the Supreme Court of America,” and referred to th...
THICK Announce New Album Happy Now and 2022 Tour Dates
THICK have announced their second album Happy Now. It arrives August 19th via Epitaph Records, and the Brooklyn trio have also released the LP’s first single, “Loser,” as well as dates to their upcoming fall headlining tour. The album was recorded at Studio G in Brooklyn and produced by Joel Hamilton, who worked with the trio of guitarist Nikki Sisti, bassist Kate Black, and drummer Shari Page on their 2020 debut 5 Years Behind. While Sisti refers to Happy Now as a “living diary,” the band isn’t too preoccupied in wistful hindsight, as suggested by song titles like “I Wish 2016 Never Happened.” Instead our former Artist of the Month are looking back to find the means to move forward. In a statement, Sisti shared, “Most of our songs lean toward optimism, even when there’s a lot of pain...
Preoccupations Announce New Album Arrangements, Share “Ricochet”: Stream
Preoccupations have revealed their upcoming fourth LP Arrangements, which is set to arrive on September 9th. The four-piece also unveiled the album’s lead single, “Ricochet,” as well as dates for their North American tour this fall. Arrangements was recorded in two parts: first in a series of studio sessions in Montreal during Fall 2019 where most of the album’s bedrock instrumentation was recorded, and then in individual home studio setups over a period of 16 months amid COVID-19 lockdowns, where each band member completed their parts and tinkered with new ideas separately. Produced completely by the band, Arrangements was then mixed by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control). The extended, isolated sessions found the band reaching for more guitar-oriented tun...
Amyl and the Sniffers Announce Fall 2022 US Tour Dates
Amyl and the Sniffers just wrapped up a North American tour, but they’re ready to do it all over again in Fall 2022. The Melbourne punks have announced a new run of US tour dates, which you can find in full below. Beginning September 18th at the Los Angeles edition of the Primavera Sound Festival, Amy Taylor and company’s fall trek will take them to Nashville, Atlanta, New York, Boston, and more before wrapping up October 9th at Ohana Festival’s Encore Weekend. A ticket presale begins June 15th at 10:00 a.m. local time, while general sale begins June 17th at the same time. Grab your seats via Ticketmaster. The band’s last full-length was Comfort to Me, one of the best albums of 2021. Amyl and the Sniffers broke it down for us track by track, and also recently issued an expanded e...
Nick Cave and Thastrom to Anchor Animated Series as Beer-Drinking 14-Year-Olds
Australian rock legend Nick Cave and Swedish punk icon Thåström are getting animated in Before They Were Gods, a TV series which follows the two artists as beer-drinking 14-year-olds. If this sounds like a fever dream, well, you’re not far off. Before They Were Gods comes from the cracked imagination of Swedish auteur Måns Mårlind (Shelter, Midnight Sun). “This is a dream project that literally came to me in a dream,” Mårlind said in a statement to THR. “While asleep, I watched two of my musical heroes as young teenagers, drinking cheap beer while discussing love and the meaning of life. I woke up writing and have been trying to catch up with them ever since.” Before They Were Gods is billed as a philosophical discourse between the “harsh existentialist” Thåström a...
Joan Jett Blasts SeaWorld for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Animals
Joan Jett appeared virtually at SeaWorld’s annual shareholders meeting on Monday to excoriate the enterprise for its alleged animal abuses, namely their methods of forced breeding. Appearing on behalf of PETA, the punk rock icon said in prepared remarks: “SeaWorld has caused public outrage by continuing to forcibly breed bottlenose dolphins and beluga whales in order to create generations of animals who then suffer in cramped tanks, deprived of any semblance of a natural life.” “In the park’s breeding program, unwilling female dolphins are taken from the water and sometimes even drugged so they can’t fight back while SeaWorld staff thrust tubes filled with semen into their uteruses,” Jett went on to claim. “Some must endure this process repeatedly, only for their babies to die or be taken ...
Fontaines D.C. Announce Fall 2022 US Tour, Share “Roman Holiday” Video: Watch
Fontaines D.C. fans who missed out on their recently wrapped North American tour now have a chance to catch the Irish rockers during newly announced Fall 2022 dates across the US. The fall run kicks off on September 16th in San Diego with subsequent stops in cities including Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, and Baltimore. It closes out in Boston on October 6th, after which the group will head out on the UK and Ireland leg of their trek. See Fontaines D.C.’s full touring itinerary below. Tickets to the new dates go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 10th at 10:00 a.m. local time; grab yours here. Advertisement Related Video Alongside the announcement, Fontaines D.C. shared the ’70s heist-inspired music video for “Roman Holiday,” the fourth single off their April LP, Skint...
