BlackPoo and Hot Pink Sewage: the names alone clear the room; the music fills it back up. Straight from the gutters of Blackpool’s punk underbelly.

After waiting nearly three decades, I finally got to see Texas Is The Reason at a small club in Chicago, with one of my other favorite bands, Samiam, all thanks to Riot Fest 2025.

Evan Swartz brings us coverage of the highly anticipated Celebration Summer/ Wolf-Face split live vinyl record.

You can’t turn off TV Smith; he’s been on tour since ’77 and isn’t slowing down. Catch the 2025 UK dates, starting Oct 24 in Ramsgate.

The Briefs “Bloodied in the Midwest” tour 2025 @ Small’s Bar + Thought Control / Colossal Man/ Totaled @ Edgemen Printing.

Booze & Glory, Dropkick Murphys, S.M.I.L.E., Dead Neck, Restraining Order, Mitraille, I.C.B.M., Bad Cop/ Bad Cop, xWeaponx, Death Pill and more.

Billy Idol and Joan Jett turn a Berkeley landmark into punk’s latest palace.

Nine Inch Nails continues to push their music to new, extreme heights sonically and visually nearly 40 years into a career that is as historically influential as it is consistently groundbreaking.

secondSELF, Snooper, Billy Batts and the Made Men, Dark Thoughts, Pulley, Fire Sale, Teenage Bottlerocket, Violent Disorder, Planet on a Chain, Nuke ‘Em High, Plastic Meat and more.

Punk traveler, YS Kim makes a pilgrimage to trash art heaven, The Heidelberg Project in Detroit, Michigan.

Bad Cop / Bad Cop comes to Detroit on their “Lighten Up” tour, with Boob Sweat and The Iron Roses.

Evan Swartz covers the long-awaited Milo Goes to College Reissue campaign sweeping record stores.

Los Fastidios, Desperate Measures, Dave Dictor, Riskee and the Ridicule, Wonk Unit, The Meffs, Swell Maps, The Anti-Nowhere League, The Undertones, and The Damned.

The Remote Controls, Potato Skins, Lot Lizards, End It, The Hives, M.D.K., Flip The Switch, Legal Disaster, Another Fucking Problem, Painted Graves, and more!

Evan Swartz returns for the third and final night of Savage Mountain Punk Fest, featuring Heros Unsung, Burn Kit, The Goons, Submachine, Huntingtons, Raging Nathans, and The Dwarves

In Spite Magazine Proudly Presents CAT by Lob, Installment Five.

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Thirteen.

Birmingham’s tribute to Ozzy Osbourne shows why he’s more than a rock star; he’s family.

This year’s backyard fundraiser did not disappoint, featuring: Jack Black, Lt. Jim Dangle, ¾ of The Go-Go’s, Kathleen Hannah, Fred Armisen, Margaret Cho, and many more.

Night two of Savage Mountain Punk Fest featured Mount Pom & The Storm, Over Our Eyes, President Bomber, Soji, Hammered Hulls, The Queers, and Skating Polly.