Beach Rats (Lifetime, Dag Nasty, Bouncing Souls) share new ripper “Heavy Conversation” off debut LP
Punk supergroup Beach Rats have unleashed another '80s hardcore-style ripper off their upcoming debut album for Epitaph...
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Praise & Be Well talk working together, new albums, current melodic hardcore & more
Praise and Be Well vocalists Andy Norton and Brian McTernan (the latter of whom co-produced and sang on the Praise record) talk collaborating, shared influences, Revelation Records, Turnstile, and more in our new joint interview...
Beach Rats (Lifetime, Minor Threat, Bouncing Souls) announce debut LP, share title track
Lifetime's Ari Katz, Minor Threat/Dag Nasty/Bad Religion guitarist Brian Baker, and members of The Bouncing Souls released an EP as Beach Rats back in 2018, and now they've signed to Epitaph for their first full-length...
Fake Names (Refused, Minor Threat, Fugazi, etc) surprise-release new EP
”I love the EP format,” said Brian Baker. ”So many of my favorite bands growing up (Damned, Clash, Black Flag to name a few) issued EPs between albums, and they were always special to me.”
Triggerman prep first album of new music since the ’90s, one song ft. Dag Nasty’s Peter Cortner
The West Coast melodic hardcore band (who shared members with Ignite, No For An Answer, and Social Distortion) are set to return with their first album in 9 years and first album of new music since the '90s. Stream multiple songs from it now...
The Explosion members form Space Cadet, prep LP ft. Bad Religion, Bouncing Souls members
The Explosion vocalist Matt Hock and guitarist David Walsh now make jangly punk as Space Cadet, and their upcoming debut album for Wiretap Records was made with members of Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, The Loved Ones, and more...
15 ’80s punk albums that shaped the ’90s/’00s pop punk boom
Like grunge, the '90s pop punk boom was the culmination of a sound that had been bubbling up for over a decade. For this edition of his edition of 'In Defense of the Genre,' I look back on 15 classic '80s albums that shaped that sound...
watch Don’t Sleep’s (Dave Smalley) video for new song “No Other Way” off upcoming album
The Dag Nasty/ALL/Down By Law vocalist's new band Don't Sleep have a new ripper, produced by Walter Schreifels, off their upcoming album for Victory Records founder Tony Brummel's new label...
tons of ’80s DC hardcore live videos unearthed: Fugazi, Dag Nasty, Govt Issue, Descendents, more
Over 60 videos shot by former Edsel / current SAVAK vocalist Sohrab Habibion in the '80s have been newly digitized and released for free online, including footage of 7Seconds, Moss Icon, Shudder To Think, The Lemonheads, Scream, Soul Side, and much more...
10 great ’80s hardcore live videos to watch now
This quarantine-friendly edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' features 10 killer videos of legendary '80s hardcore bands in their prime, along with an accompanying playlist.