Los Angeles-based hardcore punk group Niis released their debut full-length album, Niis World, via Get Better Records. After signing on with the label last year they released the single “Lovesick” in November 2024, conveying a grungier new era for Niis. At the beginning of this year, the band announced that their inaugural LP, Niis World, would soon arrive.Continue reading
In this new episode, Justice Petersen interviews Nathan Hunt of long-running Rockers Shaman’s Harvest! They just wrapped up a tour of the UK and Europe with our pals Blacktop Mojo, and Justin shared his experiences and thoughts from the tour, new music in the works, and the changing sound of the band over many years.Continue reading
Baltimore-based hardcore punk group Jivebomb released their debut full-length record Ethereal via Flatspot Records. Clocking in at just 15 minutes, the group’s inaugural LP is a heavy-hitting, unrelenting body of work that cements the group as one of the genre’s most brutal and poetic up-and-coming acts. Continue reading
The Velveteers will release their highly anticipated sophomore album A Million Knives. Recorded in collaboration with The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, the new record will be released via Easy Eye Sound, Auerbach’s record label.Continue reading
On their debut full-length record, Brighton-based Punk duo Lambrini Girls have offered the perfect soundtrack for when you’re wondering how the hell a rapist was elected to lead our country. Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang) is undoubtedly a boisterous, cathartic, high-octane album featuring ten fiery and relentless tracks that offer commentary on a wide variety of social issues besides the political state of the world. Earning a ton of recognition from the press well before the debut album came out, Lambrini Girls just might be the figures we need to musically spearhead the new era our world now finds itself in.Continue reading
GWAR had a monster year in 2024, no pun intended! They toured relentlessly, put out a killer classic album reissue for “Hell-O,” and played festivals such as Knotfest and Riot Fest! Our own Justice Petersen interviewed Jizmak Da Gusha at Riot Fest and they talked about their 2024 recap, whether or not GWAR is a heavy metal band or not, and a preview of their 40th anniversary plans for 2024! Continue reading
On October 25, Aussie punk icons Amyl and the Sniffers released their highly anticipated third studio album, Cartoon Darkness, via B2B Records and Virgin Music Group. This record follows the band’s 2021 sophomore album, Comfort To Me, and provides a heightened sense of poetic lyricism and societal commentary from the band, who are currently making themselves known as one of Punk’s most prominent names.Continue reading
Miracle Blood’s latest album Hello Hell would serve as a standout piece within any punk music lover’s record collection. Their new album Hello Hell, released by Nefarious Industries, is a cacophonous concoction of noise-punk, sludge, and heavy metal. The band’s sophomore LP is strange and unusual, and may be found to be the next underground favorite of those who themselves are strange and unusual.Continue reading
LA-based London natives Bones UK are releasing their sophomore studio album Soft via Sumerian Records. Nearly five years in the making and recorded across London, LA, Chicago, and Texas, Soft follows Bones UK’s debut self-titled album from 2019. Featuring contributions from Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins and Mike Shuman from Queens of the Stone Age, Soft conveys an overall heightened intensity, maturity, and vulnerability within the musicality of Bones UK.Continue reading
Brooklyn-based DIY Punk Shybaby doesn’t shy away from screaming her heart out and expressing her unapologetic vulnerability on her debut album Is This Intimate. Released on March 1st, 2024, she admits this project was an attempt to say all the things she’s been longing to convey. Reminiscent of a modern-day Debbie Harry of Blondie, Shybaby infuses DIY punk with Ramones-esque bubblegum flavor to create a body of work that brings a brutal burst of color to the current punk scene.Continue reading