Here’s something fun to get your weekend kicked off a little early. World, meet The Calamatix. The Calamatix, meet the world! The aforementioned four-piece are a new-on-the-scene “reggae-rooted, punk-flavored quartet” featuring the dynamic Raylin Joy on lead vocals, Adam Porris (Lost City Angels, Far From Finished) on guitar, Clarence “Pocket” Kidd III on drums and William “Matty” Taylor on bass. The project started as a writing project between Joy and – you guessed it, the inimitable Tim Armstrong – before turning into the full-fledged band that’s just about to burst onto the scene. Armstrong ..read more

Hot on the heels of their long awaited 2023 self-titled debut, pop-punk supergroup The Phase Problem is back with their sophomore effort The Power of Positive Thinking, out now on Lavasocks Records (US), Brassneck Records (UK), and Stardumb Records (EU). It’s a bad ass record and we’re quite excited to be bringing you the exclusive premiere of this music video for one of the tracks – “Shadow of Me”, to be specific. Check that shit out below and go here to buy the record. I referred to The Phase Problem as a “pop-punk supergroup” in the previous paragraph; allow me to j ..read more

Bossy D is hitting the coast and will be seeing many corners of Oregon and California as they continue to support Bouts with Bummers. Straight from the guys themselves: Tour! May! Oregon! California! Party! Bossy D is hitting some West Coast dates on our A May Zing Journey! Check the dates below and find full info/tickets where available at bossdaughter.com 5/13 – Ashland, OR – Local 31 Pub 5/14 – Medford, OR – Johnny B’s 5/15 – Arcata, CA – Outer Space Arcata 5/16 – Santa Rosa, CA – The Arlene Francis Center 5/17 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building 5/18 – Ven ..read more

On 09 March 2024, Otoboke Beaver headlined a sold-out show at Thalia Hall in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, with Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, and Ovef Ow opening the show! Here’s how it looked! Prior to the show, Dying Scene (Fleurette Estes) and Kyle Decker interviewed Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, where they also took some photographs. Check out the interview below and go check them out!!! Megan, Meena, and MJ at Thalia Hall Lounge Room. Interview has been shortened for clarity and length. Dying Scene: Tell me about Drinking Boys and Girls Choir. Introduce yourselves and who you are ..read more

It’s been a minute since I did an interview, and we are definitely in for a treat today. Let me introduce you to The Real You, an emo pop-punk band from Florida. They have just released a new single, so I thought it was time for a little treat and to catch up with Tyler from the band to give us some insight into who they are and how they came to be. And remember to check out “Lackadaisical” below! DS: HI, HI! How are you? Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers?  Hello, I’m doing great today. Thank you so much for having me. My name is Tyler. I play guitar and do some lea ..read more

Santa Cruz, California melodic punks Too Bad Eugene just wrapped up a run of west coast shows with United Defiance and their touring companions were kind enough to record a bunch of footage. The end result is a brand new music video for “Fool’s Gold”, the opening track from the band’s awesome new record Battle Scars – out now on People of Punk Rock Records! Your friends at DyingScene.com have the distinct honor of bringing you the exclusive music video premiere for “Fools Gold”. Check it out below! And after you do that, the very next thing you should do is click this link and buy the new Too ..read more

Emotions are categorized as primary – the initial emotions felt as a reaction to a situation – and secondary – the emotions that follow up as a response to the primary. Anger is usually categorized under the latter group; it is a human reaction which sometimes acts as a mechanism for self-defense when facing disgust, sadness or surprise which would be some of the recognized primary emotions. With this in mind, the perspective in which we see bouts of anger completely changes since there is now another layer of complexity to the situation for analysis; it is not only a matter of just anger, but ..read more

South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, specifically) pop-punk band A Decade At Sea just released their new EP Fuego in February and today we’re premiering the music video for one of the singles “From Crazy, With Love”. Check it out below and find the full EP on Spotify, Apple Music, or pretty much anywhere else you can consume music on Al Gore’s world wide web. If you wanna keep up with A Decade At Sea, might I suggest following the band on one or more of their social media accounts? I just might. This premiere is brought to you in part by Punk Rock Radar. If you’d like your band’s music video to ..read more

Drive a few miles south on US19 from Dying Scene editor Screeching Bottlerocket’s hometown of Clearwater, FL and you’ll find yourself in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s just like Clearwater, but with slightly less Scientology. Why does this matter? Because the band we’re premiering a new song from today is St. Pete’s own Spanish Needles! The band’s debut EP Sifting Through the Wreckage is due out on May 3rd and they just launched pre-orders for the purple colored vinyl (limited to 200 copies). If you pre-order the record from their Bandcamp before May 1st, you can get it for the low, low price of $12 ..read more

The terms “hard work” and “blood, sweat, and tears” get tossed around almost nonchalantly in the punk community, not necessarily because the words have lost their impact, but because they’ve become staples of what’s so great about the genre. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi was pretty spot on in describing punk as “playing music for music’s sake and being part of a family for family’s sake.” Bridge Nine Records founder Chris Wrenn lived by this mantra in pouring everything he had into backing the local hardcore acts he’d grown close with. And after years of DIY promotion and crea ..read more