Western Settings

San Diego punk collective Human Issue includes members of the Dwarves, Decent Criminal, Adolescents, Christian Death, Western Settings, Corrupted Youth, and more, and you can now stream their rippin' debut EP...

Ricky Schmidt, bassist/singer of Western Settings and bassist of Hey, Chels, will release his debut solo album as Ricky in November...

”Spinning World” is a melodic punk banger that kinda finds the middle ground between The Menzingers and The Smoking Popes.

Other additions to The Fest's stacked lineup include War On Women, TWIABP, The Lillingtons, Career Suicide, Grade, The Casket Lottery, Able Baker Fox, J Robbins, Bob Nanna, and more.

Other new additions include Comeback Kid, Mikey Erg, Frameworks, Brendan Kelly, Shellshag, and more.

Swingin' Utters guitarist and songwriter Darius Koski is releasing a new solo album and also touring as an opener for Swingin' Utters (he's pulling double duty). We're premiering the new song "Black Sheep."

The Fest also added Lemuria, Mean Jeans, Somos, Vacation, Iron Chic, Slingshot Dakota, PUP, RVIVR, Timeshares, Frameworks, Lifted Bells, Antarctigo Vespucci, Ian Graham, Katie Ellen, Roger Harvey, Museum Mouth, Hiccup, Amanda X, Die Choking, Sonic Avenues, Mac Sabbath, Creepoid, Sports and mannnnnny more.

It includes Planes Mistaken For Stars, Propagandhi, Small Brown Bike, Samiam, Dead To Me, Strike Anywhere, Knapsack, Tim Barry, Braid, Latterman (who are reunited again), The Menzingers, AJJ, War On Women, Underground Railroad to Candyland, Toys That Kill, United Nations, Iron Reagan, Jeff Rosenstock, Night Birds, and many more.

Gainesville's annual punk festival The Fest returns in 2015 for its 14th year (hence Fest 14) from October 30 to November 1, and like in previous years, a handful of the bands play Pre-Fest in Little Ybor from October 28...