Brescia, Italy’s The Ashtags have today released their ten track sophomore album, How We Fall, that possesses a dirtier and rawer sound than their previous work. The album combines influences ranging from grunge and alternative rock to raw punk and pop melodies and is a reflection on contemporary life, exploring themes of oppression, anger, loneliness and hope. The album’s lead single, Otherside, is a powerful anthem that captures the essence of the album, while tracks like Against and Life invite action and reflection on our collective future. The end result is an exciting journey through th ..read more

Alien Airforce is the first ever solo venture from Crispin Gray (Daisy Chainsaw / Queenadreena / Starsha Lee) and his debut album, Give Pigeons The Right Of Way, is now available via Easy Action Records. What is all this talk of pigeons you may ask? Most people view them as dirty, pesky birds, but not Crispin. Gray does like pigeons and does indeed try to give them the right of way (he doesn’t like to see people stamp at them). The album is entirely recorded and performed by Gray, although five of the fourteen songs are co-written with his wife, Sofia Martins Gray (Starsha Lee). One track ..read more

The Punk Site is saddened to learn that the MC5‘s Dennis ‘Machine Gun’ Thompson has passed away at the age of 75, he died peacfully in a hospital in Detroit where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. As well as being the powerhouse drummer behind the MC5, Thompson also drummed for The New Order, New Race and DKT-MC5, the band built around him and former MC5 members Michael Davis and Wayne Kramer. Thompson was the last man standing from the legendary Detroit proto punks following the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer earlier this year, vocalist Rob Tyner in 1991 ..read more

LA quintet Starcrawler will be hitting the West Coast across the Spring and Summer, including a stop in Las Vegas for this year’s Punk Rock Bowling Festival. The band have also announced that they will be opening for Boris on their Amplifier Worship Service North American Tour this Fall. Starcrawler released the Acoustic Sessions EP last year, the EP followed on from their third full length, She Said, that was released in 2022. The post Starcrawler Announce US West Coast Tour appeared first on ThePunkSite.com ..read more

All Ears Avow have released their impactful new track, Bird On A Wire, that was produced by the band’s own vocalist and guitarist Claire Sutton, the single is accompanied by a video that was also self produced by the band. “Bird On A Wire is a song that practically wrote itself in the space of a short afternoon. I found myself in a headspace of just feeling rather sick of what the human race – our species that’s meant to be so intelligent – was capable of. Maybe I’d gotten particularly caught up watching the news that morning. It was everything from the absolute atrocities going on acros ..read more

Frank Turner hit the road hard this weekend, venturing out on the first ever Music Venue Trust world record attempt to play the most gigs in different cities in 24 hours by playing fifteen shows across the UK from Liverpool to Southampton in support of grassroots venues and independent record stores across the country. And the musician succeeded by playing all 15 sets between May 4th and 5th, though his feat has not yet been officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records. He beat the previous world record held by Hunter Hayes, who performed 10 concerts in different ci ..read more

Norwich UK’s Eat Your Own Head have revealed their new single, Trawler, that is available via all good streaming services. The track is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming EP of the same name that is set for release on 31st May via Drongo Records. The new single gives an overview of the EP’s main lyrical theme as it captures the emotional baggage, vices and restlessness that accumulate over the course of adult life. Sonically, the single dances from frantic verses to an explosive and ferocious finish, making subtle references to various mu ..read more

Two top gigs in a week and this is the one that somehow holds the spot in my head as “this could quite well be something very special”, Saturday the 4th of May it is, a day that holds plenty of occasion for many Star Wars fans, so heading out to this illustrious venue in Stockton-On-Tees it felt like a force was pulling me in, “music that will entertain you it is” I hear. Having checked the time and being still on the bus at 7.12, the 1st band due on at 7.15, things were getting a bit real here. A brisk walk along a strangely quite High St led me through the narrow alley way past the bac ..read more

No Sunshine Collective is a Toronto-based punk rock power trio that features Steve Colucci (Pink Leather Jackets / Doghouse Rose / Ballroom Babies), Nathan Colucci and Matthew Bellissimo. No Sunshine Collective presents an aesthetic best described as AM radio rock ‘n roll infused with rocket fuel blasted through blown out car speakers. The crushing wall of sound and breakneck pace of their live show is perfectly captured on their new release, Nothing Personal, that is now available through streaming platforms via Cartridge Heart. “No Sunshine – cause sometimes you’re in the dark – Collective ..read more

Following two critically acclaimed albums, 2020’s Now Here’s An Echo From Your Future and 2022’s The Rest Is Distraction, and numerous mini-album, EP and single releases, London based innovators Girls In Synthesis have released their third album, Sublimation, that is out now via Own It Music. With their UK & EU tour set to start this month on the 9th, audiences will get the chance to hear the dark, twisted, angular pop of the band’s new material live, loud and as sonically thunderous as it was intended. Ahead of the tour, Girls In Synthesis have revealed the video for, Picki ..read more