Crow Bait

Black Wine (mems. Hunchback, The Ergs!) have announced that they'll follow 2012's Hollow Earth with their fourth full length, Yell Boss, on August 12 via Don Giovanni...

Athens, GA indiepoppers Eureka California released their second album, Crunch, back in May. It's full of catchy songs, charmingly shambolic production, Echo & the Bunnymen references, and a lot of energy...

Modern Baseball at Marlin Room at Webster Hall in June (more by Mimi Hong) Two Philly bands with great releases out this year, Modern Baseball and Beach Slang, will be heading out on a tour together this Septem...

Punk veterans Ten Foot Pole, who formed as the hardcore band Scared Straight in the early '80s but changed their name before 1993's more melodic punk-styled Swill, have announced that they'll release their first new album since 2004's Subliminable Messages in 2015 via Cyber Tracks (El Hehe of NOFX's label)...

We recently mentioned that Long Island punk bashers Iron Chic have an upcoming NYC show opening for 7 Seconds when their tour hits Knitting Factory Brooklyn on August 3 with The Copyrights (tickets), and it turns out that's actually one of three upcoming NYC shows for the band...

'90s Bethlehem, PA punks Weston broke up back in '01 (though reunited only five years later), and now guitarist James Snyder is fronting a new band Beach Sl...

Earlier this month, Long Island punks Iron Chic wrapped up their North American tour in support of last year's great The Constant One, and next week they'll cross the Atlantic to support it in Europe...

Long Island punks Crow Bait, whose lineup includes Mike of Iron Chic, just announced that they've signed to Don Giovanni (Screaming Females, Waxahatchee), who will release their debut album, Sliding Through The Halls Of Fate, on May 20...

Buffalo, NY's Mapmaker, whose lineup includes Andy Dennison of the now-defunct Queens punks Get Bent, are set to release their debut LP, Critical Path, this April via Salinas Records (Swearin', Radiator Hospital)...

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