Napalm Death

Napalm Death and Melvins to tour in Spring/Summer 2025

Napalm Death and Melvins are teaming up again for a huge North America tour. The crew previously toured together a few years ago and now they have three legs of tour dates this summer. There are about 50 dates in total. Weedeater opens the first jaunt. Titan to Tachyons opens the second segment. As a nice surprise, the third installment is opened by hard-ons with Jerry A of Poison idea on vocals. You can see the dates below.

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FRVITS

Watch the new video by FRVITS!

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new video by Montreal-based space-punk rockers FRVITS! The video is for their song “Pentatonic Tacos” and was directed by Jessica Bruzzese. Speaking about the video, the band said,

"Directed by Montrealer Jessica Bruzzese, the video follows a gang of dejected apes terraforming an alien planet with their abstract musical powers.”

The song is the final track on FRVITS' EP The Great Internet which was released in September via Slovenly Recordings. Watch the video below!

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Poison Spear

Poison Spear release debut demo

Montreal-based hardcore punk band Poison Spear, made up of Brett Sanderson (Cell Deth, Piercing Damage) and artist Ben RJ, have released their debut demo tape. The demo features four tracks; “Clinical Low”, “Caged Dog Of War”, “Chew Toy (Some Punks Are Just Hippies)”, and “Systemic Risk”. Check out the demo below.

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Videos
Lambrini Girls

Lambrini Girls: “Love”

Lambrini Girls have released a video for their new song “Love”. The video was directed by Lea Otovic. The song is off their upcoming album Who Let The Dogs Out which will be out on January 10 via City Slang. Lambrini Girls will be touring Europe and the UK starting in February and released their EP You’re Welcome in 2023. Check out the video below.

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Rebelmatic

Rebelmatic release video for “Peace”

Rebelmatic have released a video for their song “Peace”. The video was directed by Chum Media. The song is off their upcoming album Black Hole Eats the Tornado which will be out in 2025 via Say-10 Records. Rebelmatic released their live album Rebelmatic Live at Fuzzfest WV earlier this year and released Mourning Dove in 2022. Check out the video below.

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Podcast
Listen to Punknews Podcast #676 - Party in Jabba's Palace Recap!

Listen to Punknews Podcast #676 - Party in Jabba's Palace Recap!

Episode #676 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode John regales Em with tales from the recent Party In Jabba’s Palace show which featured sets from Membrains, Blank Chrome, Soji, and Mean Jeans along with lots of disco-themed Star Wars tunes. They also talk about the news including Peter Murphy and Boy George’s new collaborative track, Download Fest’s first wave lineup, Pitchfork Fest not returning to Chicago, My Chemical Romance’s cryptic social media posts and upcoming North American tour, Jello Biafra joining Southern Culture on the Skids on stage, and much more. Listen to the episode below!

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Bad Mary and Mega Infinity to release split EP

Bad Mary and Mega Infinity to release split EP

Mega Infinity and Bad Mary have announced that they will be releasing a split EP. It is called The Mega Bad Disaster Party and features two tracks by each band. Bad Mary contributed “Disaster(er) Party” (a reworked version of “Disaster Party” from their The Return of Space Girl album) and “What I Want”. Mega Infinity contributed “Eyelids 2024” which features Joystick! and “Let Me Drive My Van Into Your Heart” (a Stephen Universe cover). The split will be out on December 3 via Ska Punk International and features art by Cam Lopez. Mega Infinity released their EP Chaos Magic in 2023. Bad Mary released their EP Better(er) Days earlier this year. Check out the announcement in full below.

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Damned to tour North America this Summer

Damned to tour North America this Summer

The Damned have announced a summer North America tour. They are current in their Vanian/Sensible/Scabies/Gray lineup and are focusing on their 80s era songs that used that lineup. The trek hits most of USA. The first jaunt finds the Bellrays opening. The seocond leg has Tv Smith of The Adverts doing all Adverts sets. And, before that, The Damned and Bellrays hit South America in the spring. You can see the dates below.

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