Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2026, Part One. Featuring Armor Class, Briefbombe, Manicdotes, Playboy Manbaby, Chopping Block, The Convicted, Violent Way, and more.

Looking for the best punk and alternative music festivals in 2026. Dollfest founder Maria Chaos lists her top 10 must-attend festivals around the globe, from legendary international events to community-focused DIY gatherings.

In what might be his first regular column for In Spite, 1MU contemplates Japanese devotional blues punk, Satanic esoterica, the inner voice of a deranged thespian, and more…

Phil Thorns shares 25 of his favorite concert shots, featuring snaps from around the UK, including Rebellion Festival, Scarborough Punk Festival, O2 Academy Leeds, O2 Ritz Manchester, Rock and Roll Circus Sheffield, and Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield. The selection spans 25 bands, including Lady Rage, Viagra Boys, The Stranglers, The Pill, PIL, Steve Ignorant Band, HotWax, Panic Shack, and many more.

Punk Rock In Detroit: The Top 40 Live Shows of 2025.

Fat Mike’s birthday takeover at the Punk Rock Museum is a superfan’s dream, with guided tours, rare artifacts, a mysterious special performance, and the faithful descending on Las Vegas. In this article, Dick Slaughter Photo brings the details, some loving ISM family ball-busting, seven newly released NOFX photos, and a handful of fresh fan shots.

Béton Armé, Dark Thoughts, Slug, Fen Fen, and WMD at Smalls Bar 12/11/2025.

Portland’s Old Cross strips things back with an acoustic EP that finds new weight in familiar songs.

Paul Holstein takes on the nearly impossible task of narrowing down the more than 200 punk rock releases he reviewed in 2025 to his Top 50.

Southern Ontario’s 4hateu8 drags hardcore and thrash back into the sewer where they belong. Life of Grime is eight songs of fast, filthy crossover that doesn’t preach redemption, only self-destruction, survival, and taking what’s owed.

1MU’s favourite live show of 2025 involved no guitars, no microphones, and in his case, no chair. What it involved, however, was a lot of metal…

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Twenty. Includes Bad Beat, Regal Beagle, Soldiers of Destruction, and more.

The music nerds at In Spite Magazine count down their favorite concerts of 2025, featuring Mille Manders and the Shut Up, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Teenage Bottlerocket, Iggy Pop, Levity presents LASERSHIP, My Bloody Valentine, Philthy Dronez, and so much more.

Ska, punk, and even Latin rock are alive and well in the all-ages music scene in LA. And the girls are leading the charge …

Top 12 Oi! Oi! Oi! Releases of 2025. Booze & Glory, Potato Skins, Knife’s Edge, Lion’s Law, and more.

LEE STOCK 4 brought The Pound back to life with two stages, 54 bands, and relentless DIY energy. From TWAT’s scorched-earth punk to The Vaxxines’ rabble-rousing close with Elegant Trash, Sacripolitical, Ultrafiend X, and many more in between, it was a sun-soaked reminder that the Bay Area scene is very much alive.

Top 25 Punk Rock Christmas Songs of 2025. New additions by The Boy Detective, Briefbombe, and Too Bad Eugene.

The Supersuckers “Must’ve Been Dirty 2025” Tour is exactly what it sounds like: loud, grimy, and not to be missed. Backed by the outlaw stomp of Scott H. Biram and the rockabilly of King Sickabilly,

LEE STOCK is a full-tilt DIY love letter to Bay Area punk, resurrecting the legendary Pound and spotlighting the unstoppable force behind it all, Lee Austin Hoffman. From guerrilla solar-powered shows to community-built lineups,

Top 20 Punk Rock Cover Songs of 2025.