The Lawrence Arms

More last-minute additions have been made to Riot Fest, which begins in two weeks.

Riot Fest added more acts to its 2021 lineup and revealed the day-by-day lineups. Single-day tickets go on sale today…

After My Chemical Romance postponed until 2022, Riot Fest has revealed a revamped version of their 2021 lineup, with lots of cool additions.

PEARS, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Ratboys, Be Well, Brendan Kelly, Militarie Gun, NØ MAN, Camp Trash, Joystick and more join the already-stacked lineup…

Circle Jerks, DEVO and more are also also on the lineup of the festival, which happens in September in Downtown Las Vegas.

As Aaron Carnes gears up for the release of his ‘In Defense of Ska’ book, he’s been doing an accompanying podcast. He’s interviewed tons of notable ska musicians, plus members of some bands you might not expect to go as deep into ska as they do, like Joyce Manor and Thou. Here are some excerpts from those episodes and some quotes from Aaron, co-host Adam Davis (Omnigone, Link 80), and the bands themselves…

The indie-punk songwriter dug albums from Hot Mulligan, Laura Jane Grace, Polo G, Protomartyr, Phoebe Bridgers, The Lawrence Arms, and more this year.

Talk Show Host, American Television, Mercy Music, LOVEBREAKERS, Catholic Guilt, Answering Machine, and In Parallel told us about their favorite music of the year.

Jen Pop of The Bombpops (who also contributed to Liquid Death’s Greatest Hates, Vol. 2 album) spoke to us about her ten favorite albums of the year…

The best punk, hardcore, emo, etc that 2020 had to offer, from Jeff Rosenstock to Touche Amore to Soul Glo to Svalbard, and much, much more…