shame has announced Food for Worms, their explosive new album out February 24th on Dead Oceans, and has presented its lead single/video, “Fingers of Steel.” In conjunction, the band announces their biggest headlining tour to-date, with stops in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago and more.
Legendary post-punk musician, artist, and filmmaker Gina Birch has announced the release of her debut solo album, I Play My Bass Loud, arriving via Third Man Records on Friday, February 24, 2023. Pre-orders are available now.
Whoever would’ve thought that, with forty-five years of hindsight, The Ramones’ Rocket to Russia (released 11/4/77) would become so topically relevant? But all political and cultural issues aside, the prototypical punks’ third album both looks (in its black and hot pink color scheme) and sounds (in the comparative clarity of crashing guitars and drums) like their definitive work. And while it doesn’t quite render obsolete their eponymous debut or their resounding reiteration of that opening statement in the form of the sophomore album Leave Home, it certainly functions as a reliable benchmark for the genesis of punk.
The forefathers of UK punk, The Damned, kicked off their short reunion on Friday, October 28. This wasn’t like any other show the band has done in decades, the original line up of Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Brian James, and Rat Scabies were all on stage and dug deep into their catalog for a night of nostalgia. Their current tour is in celebration of 45 years since they released their debut single “New Rose”, which is also the first punk song to be officially released in the United Kingdom. The original line up marches on for three more dates coming up this weekend in London.
Canadian hardcore legends Fucked Up announce their new album, One Day, out January 27th via Merge Records, and today presents its title track and accompanying video (below). One Day is one of the most energizing and intricate
Indeed, between the critically-acclaimed indie-rock of Snail Nail, along with hard-hitting experimental hip-hop courtesy of JPEGMAFIA, and of course crossover alternative hardcore heroes Turnstile heading up the top of the bill, Sunday night promised to be nothing short of epic for the thousands in attendance to witness the virtual smorgasbord of dopeness on display.
Glide had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with East Bay Ray to discuss the process of remixing Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables and how he feels about the legend that surrounds it
Past releases from Titus Andronicus have included, an overblown triple album punk opera based around depression (The Most Lamentable Tragedy) and a brilliant pairing of New Jersey millennial malaise and
Australia’s powder keg-punk sensation, Amyl and the Sniffers took over Boston’s Big Night Live’s stage this past Sunday night (9/25) with their raucous, hyper-snot angry showcase of raw, in-your-face angst-fueled
If Day 1 of Riot Fest was unofficially emo-day, then Day 2 on September 17th, proved to be the perfect antidote, given it was effectively classic hardcore punk day. Indeed,
