Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves to release 12-inch Christmas EP

Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves is releasing a 12-inch Christmas EP under his Ralph Champagne moniker. The release finds Ralph covering "your a mean one, mister grinch." It also has a new version of "Drinking up Christmas" with Dexter Holland of The Offspring. There release features five tracks total and is out via Greedy / Rad girlfriend. You can see the regular and special edition cover below.

Koffin Kats, Last Gang, Crazy And The Brains announce US tour dates

Koffin Kats The Last Gang and Crazy and the Brains are going on a three week tour. It kicks off in Mid-February and runs from the mid-west to the West Coast. DFL jump on for four shows. You can see the dates below.

Bitter Branches (Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Deadguy) Release New Single

Bitter Branches have released a new single. The band includes Tim Singer (Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, No Escape), Jeff Tirabassi (Walleye), Matt Ryan (Calvary), Kevin Sommerville (Lighten Up!) and Dan Yemin (Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Paint It Black) and the new single is called "Basic Karate." as per the band, the track is "about how easy it would be to join the dark side and just not give a shit." It's out via Equal Vision and appears to be a standalone digital release for now. You can hear it below.

Deryck Whibley has acoustic Sum 41 album LP in the works

Deryck Whibley has recorded a new record. It's an acoustic album comprised of all Sum 41 songs. He stated in an interview, which you can see below, that it might come out next year. He also stated that an acoustic tour might coincide the record. You can see a snippet of the interview below.

Nameless Friends release two new songs

London, Ontario-based rockers Nameless Friends have released two new songs. They are called “There’s a rapist in the White House” and “Mary” and are available digitally now. The band has also released a short film for both of the songs which was written by Gibson Szafran, directed by Declan Rolph, and produced by Richard Ferguson and Lydia Wilton. Nameless Friends released the deluxe edition of their 2023 album Blasphemy in 2024. Check out the video and songs below.

Matty Grace surprise-releases new EP

Matty Grace has surprise-released a new EP. It is called Waiting Out The Clock and features four new songs: “It’s Terminal”, “There Is a Light That Only Goes Out”, “At What Cost?”, and “Death Would Be Too Kind”. The EP features additional instrumentation from Thee Male Nurse, who also mixed and mastered the record. Matty Grace released her album Cheap Shame earlier this year. Check out the EP in full below.

Sacred Bones to re-release first two Alan Vega solo albums

Sacred Bones Recordings is going to re-release the first two solo records by Alan Vega of Suicide. Alan Vega and Collision Drive are out January 23, 2026. Both albums are remastered. the deluxe edition of Alan Vega also includes rare racks, unreleased demos and photos.

Listen to Punknews Podcast #702 - Dealbreaker!

Episode #702 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! Em and John talk with Connor, Nick, and Scott of Welland, Ontario-based punk rockers Dealbreaker (who we interviewed earlier this year and you can check that out right here) to talk about their recently released collection album King Size, working on their new album, the magic of short songs, their upcoming tour dates, Scott's new project Fear Elements, and so much more!

They stick around to cover some of the week’s news, including Nardwuar’s new Nike shoes, Our Sins’ debut album, Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye’s recording update, and many more stories. Listen to the episode below!

Huggy Bear announce 'Basic Strategies for Going Out'

Huggy Bear have announced that they will be releasing two of their Peel Sessions. The Sessions were recorded in 1992 and 1993 and will be released together under the title Basic Strategies for Going Out. The record was mastered from the original tapes by Fred Thomas and will be out on February 14 via JABS, Monorail Music, and Rough Trade. Huggy Bear released their book Killed (of Kids) in 2024. Check out the announcement below.

Off With Their Heads / SMUG LLC (US)

Off With Their Heads is heading out on tour this January and February with SMUG LLC. Dikembe and The Slow Death will be joining this bill on select dates. See below to check out the tour.

Taking Back Sunday announce holiday shows

Taking Back Sunday have announced their 11th annual holiday show. The shows will happen on December 10th to 11th at Mulcahy's in Long Island, NY and December 12th to 13th at Starland Ballroom in New Jersey. Tickets are already on sale for these shows. See below for full details and support.

'Don't Forget To Leave" is streaming on Hoopla

Don't Forget To Leave, the independent documentary film about the late Tim Landers (Transit, Misser, and Cold Collective) premiered over two years ago with much accolades from the punk community and is now available to stream digitally on Hoopla. The film aims to have a subsequent rollout to other streaming platforms in the future. You can click here to stream the film or see below to check out the film preview.