Australia has long been a breeding ground for excellent melodic punk and Adelaide’s LOLA are one of the latest in a long line of succession. If you’ve never heard of these guys before, their brand new single “Fast Life” (not to be confused with this bad ass bonus track from the undisputed greatest Bad Religion ..read more

Hardcore punk supergroup OFF! played a short stint of farewell shows to promote their studio album and movie of the same name Free LSD. Stopping in Chicago, New York City, and still to come in Los Angeles, consider yourself lucky if you manage to attend one of these legendary shows. If not, do not fret, we got you covered. Check out our recap of their first stop in Chicago on July 18th at Lincoln Hall! Chicago’s own moody art-rock band FACS stepped in to open the show after Shellac was originally slated on the bill. Those are not easy shoes to fill but FACS did an amazing job, even dedicatin ..read more

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold one, and break out those wallets, because it’s go time. Let’s get into it! Check out the video edition of this week’s Record Radar, presented by our friends at Punk Rock Radar: NOFX‘s original 7″ Of The Month Club from 2005 is being reissued on colored vinyl. The full set of 12 is available ..read more

While I have had spurts of listening to the Minutemen, fIREHOSE, and some random tracks he has put out, Mike Watt’s music output was never a priority for me, but when a punk rock legend plays a small venue ten minutes from your house, you take the gamble and drag your son with you. The Charleston, located in Downtown Fullerton, is a relatively new venue primarily used for weddings and parties. The venue has a kind of 1930s Prohibition-type theme, complete with a member-only club. Seating is limited, with a cushioned bench against the walls and four-person tables placed every few feet. Getting ..read more

Houston pop-punk quartet The Lockdowns will be releasing their debut album Can’t Catch A Break this fall on Mom’s Basement Records. We’re thrilled to be kicking off the fun with this exclusive premiere of the album’s lead single “Heartbreak Radio”, a tried and true old school pop-punk track sure to be enjoyed by fans of the Queers, the Lillingtons, and of course the almighty Ramones. Press play and turn it up loud! Follow the Lockdowns on Facebook and Instagram for details on upcoming shows and all that fun stuff, and stay tuned to Dying Scene for more to come from their debut album Can’t Catc ..read more

Day 2, let’s go. That is what I told myself when I woke up at 6 am, after four hours of sleep. But screw it, you want to know why? Because it’s LIMP BIZKIT DAY!! For months on our Discord channel, I have been waiting and waiting for this day. I have zero shame if we need to dissect my music taste. I cherish Limp Bizkit and how silly they can be. But it wasn’t just Limp Bizkit that was showing up on the sunny and warm Thursday. Haha, no, no – Mr. Bungle found their way to Copenhagen, Thy Art Is Murder served up on hell of a pit, and The Hives proved they could play the main stage at Copenhell ..read more

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold one, and break out those wallets, because it’s go time. Let’s get into it! Check out the video edition of this week’s Record Radar, presented by our friends at Punk Rock Radar: SoCal punk band One Square Mile’s new 12” EP Source of Suffering is out now on Sound Speed Records. It was produced ..read more

Canadian pop-punk band The Follow Ups‘ brand new record Know Who Your Friends Aren’t just released today – you can get it on some bad ass vinyl color variants from our friends at Mom’s Basement Records (USA) and Faster And Louder Records (Canada). Both labels have CDs and vinyl test pressings available as well! And on a related note, your friends at Dying Scene (I like to think of us as friends, at least) are premiering the music video for Track 13 “The Other Half of It”. Check that shit out below, listen to the record, buy the record! The Follow Ups come highly recommended from this old schoo ..read more

We missed Starcrawler at Punk Rock Bowling as they were playing on the 2nd stage while we jammed up against the main stage. So when they showed up in San Francisco two weeks later we just had to be there. Opening up were The Vaxxines with new singer Chelsea Rose of Bite. The Vaxxines (and Chelsea) are old friends and put on their usual tight mix of garage punk. Niis are woman-fronted hard garage punk from Los Angeles with powerful vocals. In July and August they’ll be touring the West and South, you should see them. Starcrawler are simply astonishing. Lead singer Arrow de Wilde ha ..read more

MEST has had a busy year so far touring across Europe before stopping back home to Chicago…and they are not done yet! 115 Bourbon Street is a New Orleans-themed venue packed with multiple stages and on Friday, June 28th hosted MEST and a slew of other bands, including Rematch, NightCap and Highwire. MEST released the new album ‘Youth‘ via SBÄM Records on June 21st. It features guest appearances by Jaret Reddick of Bowling For Soup and Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills. Of the new LP, founding member and front man Tony Lovato says, “The drives to th ..read more