Against Me!

Against Me! also recently welcomed back bassist Andrew Seward, who was in the band from 2002 to 2013 and played on every album from 2003’s Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy through 2010’s White Crosses.

Bourdain was a great lover and champion of music, and tributes from musicians have been pouring in, including Iggy Pop, Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!, Questlove, El-P, Zola Jesus, John Lurie, Jimmy Eat World, and more.

House of Vans Chicago also includes Vic Mensa, Princess Nokia, and UMO. The final Brooklyn lineup was also announced.

The final Brooklyn House of Vans summer series also includes Against Me!, Action Bronson, Suicidal Tendencies and more. Chicago includes Wolf Parade, Dead Milkmen, Princess Nokia, and more.

Tim Barry’s tour includes just-announced tristate area shows with Roger Harvey and Restorations.

Ska-punk vets Mad Caddies teamed with NOFX’s Fat Mike for a new album called Punk Rock Steady, where they recorded reggae, ska, and/or dancehall covers of 12 punk songs, hand-picked by Fat Mike, who produced the record…

In the current, ongoing series of ‘Archie Comics,’ The Archies cross paths with real-life indie and punk bands like Tegan & Sara, Speedy Ortiz, CHVRCHES, and Blondie. Each issue has an awesome accompanying playlist, and the issues are littered with hat-tips to bands the creators love, like Title Fight, Hop Along, Joyce Manor, Against Me!, Jeff Rosenstock, Converge, Blur, Black Flag, Waxahatchee, Superchunk, and so much more…

Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace has released a new song “Park Life Forever,” which is about her relationship with her eight-year-old daughter Evelyn, and also features Evelyn on the song. It’s a drum-machine-backed acoustic song, and probably technically passes for ”children’s music”…

Three Stacks Music Festival is a promising new punk and indie rock festival happening in Michigan this June.