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What's Going on Friday?

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Speedy Ortiz, Weedeater, Xeno & Oaklander, Pearla, and more.

The Fest 2018 adds Menzingers, Get Up Kids, Lawrence Arms, Mock Orange, more

Other new additions include Comeback Kid, Mikey Erg, Frameworks, Brendan Kelly, Shellshag, and more.

Punk Island 2017 in pics

The annual, free, all ages NYC punk festival Punk Island returned yesterday (6/18), moving from Governors Island to Randall’s Island…

Punk Island happens on Governors Island in June; benefit show tonight with Legs McNeil

Make Music New York’s annual punk festival Punk Island returns on June 19, but this year it happens on Governors Island instead of its usual home on Staten Island. As always, it’s free and all ages…

Punk Rock Bowling NJ announces night shows (The Bronx, The Falcon, The Virus, Blanks 77 & more)

Plus Night Birds, PEARS, Mariachi El Bronx, World Inferno Friendship Society, Mephiskapheles and even more.

Punk Rock Bowling reveal NJ & Vegas lineups (Descendents, Cock Sparrer, FLAG, Dag Nasty, Buzzcocks, D4 & more)

It was recently announced that the Punk Rock Bowling festival would be happening in Asbury Park (June 10-12) in 2016, in addition to its usual Las Vegas (May 26-30)…

punk & ska roundup: Banner Pilot, Masked Intruder, Direct Hit, Flatliners, Captain We're Sinking, Pietasters, Slackers, more

Minneapolis punks Banner Pilot recently put out their new album, Souvenir, via Fat Wreck Chords. In their own words, “We sound a little like Jawbreaker, Lawrence Arms, Dillinger Four, and other bands like that,” so one’s trying to reinvent the wheel here, but if you’re looking for more stuff like that Banner Pilot’s got it…

Placeholder touring, playing NYC with Chumped (dates, video and LP stream)

Pennsylvania rippers Placeholder, who we profiled over the summer, recently played The Fest and they’ve since announced a Northeast tour with Quebec’s The Hunters (not to be confused with Brooklyn’s Hunters)…