Fifty years ago, the Ramones revolutionized the music industry when they gave the world punk rock, and even though they disbanded in 1996, their influence will live forever.  In 1999, Nick Cooper, a Belgian musician met Marky Ramone, the long-standing drummer of the Bruddahs from Queens. Together, they decided to start a band named Marky ..read more

Prolific UK literature publisher Earth Island Books sets to release “Pig Iron,” a new novel by Jim X Dodge. You can pre-order the book HERE “Pig Iron is an action packed, dystopian tale set in perilous times where survival is hard to come by and trust and friends even harder to find. When the Regency ..read more

‘Running at the edge of their world : The Suspect Device fanzine story’ by Tony and Gaz Suspect is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the U.K.’s longest running, and best loved punk fanzines.From the typewriter set, cut and paste layouts, to the illicit night-time, photocopying, up to today’s comparatively slick output. The book is filled ..read more

Pedigree scene vets Rad Owl (ex-Samiam, Gratitude, The Stereo, etc) are set to return with a predatory vengeance on their sophomore LP, ‘Rage Gracefully’, arriving May 31 via Sell The Heart Records (U.S.) and Engineer Records (EU/U.K.). The album title is a cheeky nod to the seasoned Minneapolis, Minnestota-based quartet’s quest to continue to level up as high-octane musicians and ..read more

Scarborough’s finest melodic punk rockers Bear Away have released a new song, “Gimme All Your Loathin’.” You can check it out below ..read more

Legendary Croatian anarho punk group Nula has just released another audio/video showcase signifying the release of their upcoming full-length album. “Album” is their first recording in more than thirty years, and “Sidi Doli” demonstrates their recognizable musical expression that carries socio-political connotation and raw power distilled into a raw, abrasive, aggressive punk rock sound. You can see ..read more

The Melvins’ new album, Tarantula Heart (https://themelvins.lnk.to/tarantula), arrives tomorrow and in celebration, the band has shared a mini-documentary about the creation of the album: “The Making of Tarantula Heart” “The way we approached Tarantula Heart was different than any other Melvins’ album,” Buzz Osborne explained upon the album announcement. “I had Dale and Roy Mayorga of Ministry come in ..read more

Czech skatepunks Krang return with their new album “Listens To Krang Once” 12 brand new songs, fresh melodies, smart and funny lyrics.  The first single “Cowabunga” leaves no imagination that this is about one of the band’s favorite comics of all time: “We had plenty of songs about action movies characters, comic books or video games but ..read more

Louisville garage rockers, White Reaper, and San Francisco punks, Spiritual Cramp, have come together for a two-song 7” split which is available for pre-order today and due out May 16th on Blue Grape Music. Today you can hear Spiritual Cramp’s contribution featuring White Reaper for “Whatever You Say Man”, a driving and ominous self-reflection about the ups and ..read more

New Jersey rock band, Can’t Swim have released new single “No Backbone” “One of my favourite songwriters ever said “a good tune should take 30 minutes to write” and “No Backbone” certainly falls into that category. Once we finished it we went back a few times to see if we should add a part or bring more instrumentation/layers ..read more