DFL announce Colorado shows

DFL are playing three shows in Colorado at the end of February. The Pawns open. You can see the dates below.

Punk Rock Bowling announces two more club shows

Punk Rock Bowling has announced details for two more club shows. Both shows will take place on May 23 in venues around downtown Las Vegas. 7Seconds, Negative Approach, The Effigies, Stalag 13, and Incendiary Device will be playing at Fremont Country Club. Mariachi El Bronx, Pinata Protest, La Mesa Negra, Crazy and the Brains, and The Mexican Standoff will be playing at the Citrus Grand Pool Deck. Punk Rock Bowling announced its full lineup in November and will take place on May 24-26 in Downtown Las Vegas. Check out the show posters below.

Grumpster plays two new/unreleased songs

Grumpster played two new/unreleased songs at their show in Providence, Rhode Island on September 15, 2025 opening for The Dirty Nil. The songs are called "Less Talk, More Rock" and the second song title was not announced. It may be called "Drive-by Shooters." You can check out the songs below.

Pure Hex: “Trick of the Light”

Pure Hex have released a video for their new song “Trick of the Light”. The video was directed and edited by Jack Boston. The song is off the band’s upcoming album Five of Tears which is the final half of their second album. The first half, Spilling, was released in 2024. Check out the video below.

Listen to the new song by Not Gorgeous!

We are thrilled to bring you a Punknews Exclusive premiere for Not Gorgeous. Not Gorgeous is a new hardcore punk band based out of New York City and Maryland, The band aims to bring back short, fast, and energetic songs to the hardcore/punk community.

Today, we have the exclusive premiere of their first single, "So Far, So Good", see below to check it out and to read a quote from vocalist, Todd Currier on the message behind the single.

The band recorded this track and their upcoming debut album at Backroom Studios with Scot Moriarty in the summer/fall of 2024. Bill Henderson mastered the album at Azimuth Mastering. They will be playing a few shows in the NY/NJ area this February and March, see below for the full details on those shows or to check them out live.

Matt Embree to release new solo record, shares “Summer House Savior” video

Matt Embree of RX Bandits and The Sound of Animals Fighting has announced that he will be releasing a new solo album. It is called Orion and will be out on March 7 via Born Losers Records. He has also released a video for his new song “Summer House Savior” which was created by Big Howl. Matt Embree released his EP 2019 in 2019. Check out the video and tracklist below.

Split Chain: “I'm Not Dying To Be Here”

Split Chain have released a video for their new song “I’m Not Dying To Be Here”. The video was directed and edited by Zak Pinchin. The song appears to be a standalone single and is available digitally now via Epitaph Records. Split Chain are currently touring North America supporting Silverstein and Thursday. Check out the video below.

Bleached, Snooper, Shannon and the Clams, more added to Mosswood Meltdown 2025

Mosswood Meltdown has announced more bands for this year. Bleached, Snooper, Shannon and the Clams, La Luz, L’Trimm, and Guida will now be playing the festival. They join the previously announced lineup of Devo, Osees, Exploding Hearts, Kreayshawn, and The Kids. Mosswood Meltdown will be hosted by John Waters and will take place in Mosswood Park in Oakland, California on July 19-20.

ameokama: “phantom cock”

ameokama, the solo project of Aki McCullough of A Constant Knowledge of Death, Nu House Studios, and formerly of Dreamwell, has released a video for her new song “phantom cock”. The video was directed and edited by Daniel Arón Speer. The song is off ameokama’s debut album i will be clouds in the morning and rain in the evening which will be out on February 7. Check out the video below.

Listen to Punknews Podcast #684 - End of Year (Part 2)!

Episode #684 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode Em, Sam, and John talk about their favourite records from 2024 and play some of their favourite tunes of the year. They also reflect on the year as a whole and look ahead to 2025. Listen to the episode below!

Smoking Popes/Off With Their Heads announce full album US shows

Smoking Popes and Off with their heads are teaming up for a run where they both will play full albums. The Popes will play all of Born to Quit while OWTH will play all of In desolation. The trek starts late April and runs through most of May. You can see the dates below.

AJJ release Jackson Browne cover

AJJ have released a cover of Jackson Browne's "shakytown." That's off There's Still Something There for Me - A Tribute to Jackson Browne. As per the label: "100% of purchases of this album will be donated to Crisis Text Line" You can hear the tune below.