Belfast punk rockers, Stiff Little Fingers, announce fall 2019 tour dates

Hailing from Belfast, North Ireland, the punk rock band known as Stiff Little Fingers originally began as a rock cover band that went under the name of Highway Star in 1977. Eventually, the collective would discover the existence of punk music and began creating their own original music which...

Listen: Mac DeMarco teams up with The Garden on new song 'Thy Mission'

Mac DeMarco has once again linked up with Southern California experimental punk duo The Garden on their new song “Thy Mission.” As Stereogum reported, The Garden--who have toured with DeMarco--sought out Mac’s expertise on the new track, which saw the trio of indie artists collaborating in DeMarco’s...

T.S.O.L. announces 2019 performance at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco

Long Beach, California is the birthplace of some of the most impactful bands in all of music, but none of them might have reached the longevity of the legendary collective known as T.S.O.L. Originally forming back in 1978, T.S.O.L was a punk band unified by members of former musical acts including...

Listen: Vic Mensa's new punk band 93PUNX shares cover of The Cranberries' 'Zombie'

Earlier this week, the surviving members of the famous alt-rock band, The Cranberries, announced the forthcoming release of their final studio album on the one-year anniversary of singer Dolores O’Riordan’s untimely death last January. That same day, Vic Mensa’s new indie-punk side project, 93PUNX...

Top 13 best punk singers

When it comes to punk music, the quality of the singer in the band is not the first thing that comes to the forefront in the minds of critics or fans. However, a good vocalist can make a difference in the punk genre. It is not just about screaming until the throat blows out, after all. Quality punk...

PUP announces 'The Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse' 2019

Canadian punk band PUP is ready to take over 2019 with a brand new record in hand. Titled Morbid Stuff, the 11 track record will be their first release for Rise Records. With the unveiling of their new single "Kids," the band are making sure everyone gets a chance to catch them live this spring...

Bikini Kill announce reunion tour, first performances since1997

Punk rock has never had a better time to be alive than right now, and one of the groups making the most out of the re-awakening of punk is Bikini Kill. Hailing from Olympia, Washington, this punk rock outfit has blessed the music world with is abrasive, in-your-face sound that is attracted them a...

Iggy Pop set to executive produce music documentary 'Punk'

Iggy Pop is helping to bring punk rock music to television. Premium cable network EPIX announced on Monday via a press release that they will air a four-part documentary series called simply "Punk" that will tell the story of punk rock in both the United States and Europe. Pop is an executive...

HEALTH announces Wheels of Fear tour 2019

Fear will be churning in 2019 when Health will hit the road on their Wheels of Fear tour. In a calendar that will already be packed with great concerts, Health embarking on their North American tour seems like an icing on the musical cake. For the past 13 years, Health has been making a lot of noise...

Less Than Jake announces select 2019 performances

Punk group Less Than Jake has planned select 2019 performances in February that marks two years since the band's last release, the EP Sound the Alarm. Fans will have the chance to see them play in New Jersey and Maryland (Tickets). Less Than Jake will perform at Sayreville, New Jersey's Starland...

Watch: Spoon perform cover of The Clash's 'Clampdown' at Beto O'Rourke rally

During a September debate in the hotly contested Texas Senatorial race between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democratic hopeful Beto O’Rourke, the latter quoted The Clash song “Clampdown” from the punk rockers’ groundbreaking 1979 album London Calling, as Pitchfork reported.  “We’re not giving...

Leftover Crack announce New Years Eve show at Denver's Gothic

New York punk rockers Leftover Crack will celebrate the New Year in Denver. The band has announced an NYE show at Denver’s Gothic Theatre set for Dec. 31. Leftover Crack will welcome Youth Brigade, Lower Class Brats and Potato Pirates as support. You can find ticket info on AXS by following this...

Interview: MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer talks book, 50 years of kicking out the jams

Wayne Kramer rocked a star-spangled guitar in seminal Detroit proto-punk band MC5 in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. He also robbed houses, ran drugs, and almost blew away an innocent man with a shotgun. Kramer’s life has been a raging roller-coaster of euphoric highs and bottom-feeder lows. The now...

Rascal Flatts, Judas Priest and Rise Against among shows coming to Irvine's FivePoint Amphitheatre

After presenting a limited number of shows last year, the new FivePoint Amphitheatre in Irvine, CA is in full swing and has an impressive lineup of shows coming this autumn. Country music stars, classic rockers, an evening of contemporary Christian music and a good old rabble-rousing punk rock show...

Listen: Texas Senator candidate Beto O'Rourke revives old punk song with member of The Mars Volta

Texas Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke may be the rising star in the Democratic party - running against sitting Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz - but in his younger days, he was a musician. He played in a punk band named Foss alongside Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At the Drive-In and Mars Volta and...

Interview with New York City's dashing dino dames T-Rextasy

Sometimes you can just sense that a band is a lot of fun, even before you know much about them. Take the New York City-based punk-pop band T-Rextasy for example. Their promotional photos show the ladies, Lyris, Vera, Ebun and Annie, with huge cat-ate-the-canary grins and you just know that they’re...