Anti-Flag

“To say that there is a lot of complexity to the creation of these songs would be an understatement,“ begins Chris #2…

This week’s playlist includes new music by Salaam Remi, Phoebe Bridgers, Anti-Flag, The Antlers, System Of A Down, Deftones, Django Django, Loyle Carter, KALI, Chilly Gonzales (ft. Feist & Jarvis Cocker), Tricky, Pa Salieu, Future & Lil Uzi Vert, Tribulation, Nubya Garcia (Makaya McCraven remix), and more.

”With the civic duty of voting behind us and while the world waits to see the electoral outcome, we must turn our attention to the next phases of the work we all need to be doing,” the band says.

This week’s Notable Releases include Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle’s greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts collab, War On Women’s ferocious new album, Mr. Bungle’s thrash album (first demoed in 1986), and more…

The new tracks are all just as essential as everything on the original album, and they remind you that this is a band who just do not slow down or give up.

”The mission hasn’t been accomplished yet,” says the band of this deluxe edition of ’20/20 Vision’ which they’ve re-titled ‘2020 Division’ that includes five new and unreleased tracks.

The acoustic punk song is a time-honored tradition that has seen a rise — due to necessity — during this year of isolation. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 30 songs from throughout punk history with great acoustic versions.

Baltimore punks Pinkshift make loud, melodic, purposeful punk rock, and even with only five songs to their name, it’s already clear that this is a band who deserve your attention…

‘Beyond Barricades’ exists at the crossroads between politics, punk rock, and a comprehensive look at Anti-Flag’s career. Ahead of its premiere this Saturday, we spoke to frontman Justin Sane and director Jon Nix…

”Music is art and art is storytelling and storytelling is one of our last hopes if we are ever going to be able to cut through the noise of the current climate.”