The Bouncing Souls

The Bouncing Souls have released their new album with drastic, largely acoustic reworkings of material from all throughout their career. They spoke to us about the process, and broke down each track...

Listen to new songs by Nothing, Jim-E Stack (ft. Bon Iver), The Bouncing Souls, Sumac, Purity Ring, Mountain Man, Anamanaguchi, Peach Kelli Pop, Sweet Whirl, Glorious Depravity, and more...

This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 18 early 2000s punk albums that were too gritty for the bubblegum pop punk TRL was playing but too tuneful for the depths of the hardcore underground, and still sound vital today.

”We initially wanted to recreate some of the stripped-down vibe of the acoustic sets,” said guitarist Pete Steinkopf, ”but if anything, these versions are much more involved than the original versions.”

Richmond melodic hardcore greats Strike Anywhere are finally back with an urgent, vital new soundtrack for the resistance. Vocalist Thomas Barnett speaks to us about watching longtime punk and activist values enter the mainstream, the catalysts for the band's comeback, and more...

Knocked Loose, The Bouncing Souls, Rotting Out, Terror, Year of the Knife, and SeeYouSpaceCowboy are selling custom merch to benefit racial injustice organizations, and the label is donating profits from all merch...

A roundup of all the May installments of punk/pop punk/emo/etc column In Defense of the Genre, along with a list of the five best songs of the month.

Fat Wreck Chords' (in)famous compilation of 101 30-second punk songs is turning 21, and since we're all sitting at home during quarantine, we thought: what if we individually review all 101 songs?

As a bonus, organizers point out, ”This festival is BYOB, completely free, and clothing is optional.”

Listen to The Bouncing Souls' new song, enter their joint raffle with Hot Water Music to help support the bands' shared road crew, and tune in to watch HWM on The Fest's livestream tonight...