Naked Raygun

Chicago pop punk pioneers Sludgeworth -- who were fronted by Dan Vapid (Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Queers, etc) and also featured Screeching Weasel's Brian Vermin on drums -- are giving their classic Lookout! Records comp its first-ever vinyl and streaming release, with liner notes by members of Naked Raygun, Rise Against, The Ergs!, Dillinger Four, and more...

Pennywise and Rotting Out will support Rise Against's newly-announced 2022 run.

The album will arrive this August, and the band confirmed that it was recorded with bassist Pierre Kezdy before his passing.

This week's playlist includes new music by Fiona Apple, Foxing, The Armed, Tirzah, Quicksand, Cory Hanson, Lucy Dacus, MIKE, Jose Gonzalez, Liz Phair, Greentea Peng, Lambchop, and more.

The highly influential Chicago punk band's new album is set to arrive this spring via legendary Chicago label Wax Trax! Records.

The band have been talking about a new album since 2016, and now they've signed to Wax Trax and are promising to release it this spring.

The massively influential Chicago punk bassist has lost a battle to cancer at age 58.

Touch and Go and Quarterstick's rosters include Slint, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Jesus Lizard, Mekons, Naked Raygun, TV on the Radio, Brainiac, Calexico, Big Black and tons more.

”The five of us talk about what kind of influences and sounds we want to incorporate. We end up sharing and talking about so much different music over our group texts or in the van... this playlist is some of those songs, some classics and just some recent great tracks we’ve been digging...”

Listen to new songs by A Certain Ratio, Metronomy (Kero Kero Bonito remix), Greentea Peng, Protoje/Popcaan, Naked Raygun's Jeff Pezzati, and more.