Paul Holstein 4/22/25 Paul Holstein 4/22/25

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

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Six. The Dwarves, Dutch Nuggets, Ming City Rockers, Undisassembled, Necron 9, The Ravagers, Bombardament, Faster Forward and more.

Kim Moenich 4/21/25 Kim Moenich 4/21/25

New Junk City takes on Southern Virginia

Hampton Roads put on a show with 4 local bands (well technically two were from RVA) and Atlanta natives New Junk City on the bill.

Paul Holstein 4/20/25 Paul Holstein 4/20/25

Dead Boys U.S. Tour 2025

Dead Boys, Burn Kit, Detroit 442 & Duk Butter at The Sanctuary, Hamtramck, MI. Legendary guitarist Cheetah Chrome was in the house.

Lorraine Carter 4/19/25 Lorraine Carter 4/19/25

Scarborough Punk Festival A Very Loud Family Reunion

Lorraine Cater takes in the Scarborough Punk Festival, with photos by Phil Thorns—the guy who literally did the photo book on it. Featuring Grade 2, The Bar Stool Preachers, The Skids, The Steve Ignorant Band, The Cockney Rejects, The Exploited, and more.

dick slaughter 4/16/25 dick slaughter 4/16/25

UK Punk, U.S. Price Tag: SUBHUMANS Talk Touring Costs

Dick Slaughter and Dick Lucas sit down to talk about what it really costs for UK bands to tour the U.S. in the age of the internet.

CAT by Lob 4/15/25 CAT by Lob 4/15/25

CAT by Lob

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

Goody James 4/14/25 Goody James 4/14/25

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Their Debut Album

Goody James caught Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Los Angeles stop of their 20th-anniversary tour.

Paul Holstein 4/13/25 Paul Holstein 4/13/25

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

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Five. The Templars, Heathcliff, Kicked In The Teeth, Zero Again, xWeaponx, Cemetery Girl, MDOP, Sistema Obsoleto, Commitment, Phane, Visions of War and more!

InSpite Magazine 4/12/25 InSpite Magazine 4/12/25

Coachella from your Couch

Niyaz Pirani gives us his Coachella must-sees, and we give you the link to watch it all for free from the comfort of your couch—minus the hipsters, blistering sun, dust storms, and $30 drinks.
Featuring: Amyl and the Sniffers, the Circle Jerks, the Viagra Boys, Bob Vylan, and Lady Gaga.

Kim Moenich 4/12/25 Kim Moenich 4/12/25

Refused Are Really F#cking Dead

Refused joined forces with Quicksand for a US/UK tour as they prepare to say goodbye after nearly 35 years.

John Greenwood 4/11/25 John Greenwood 4/11/25

Don’t Drive to Punk in the Park San Francisco—So You Can Drink More

John Greenwood strongly suggests taking public transport to Punk in the Park San Francisco—just get there for Pennywise, Screeching Weasel, Lagwagon, Comeback Kid, Good Riddance, Leftover Crack, Dead to Me, Manic Hispanic, Rich Kids on LSD, The Queers, Channel 3, The Side Eyes, and Knocked Down. Beer, food, and fun for the whole family.

Jordan Ranft 4/10/25 Jordan Ranft 4/10/25

San Francisco’s Not Dead: FNG at The Independent

Jordan Ranft takes in Family Not a Group (FNG), a 17-person collective of rappers, singers, DJs, and artists, at The Independent in San Francisco, CA.

Paul Holstein 4/6/25 Paul Holstein 4/6/25

Hardcore: Slutbomb, Body Farm, Cemetery Girl, M.D.O.P., Porcupine, Gut Gash, Lava (In Corktown).

Slutbomb live at Metropolis Cycles in the Corktown district of Detroit 03/29/2025. 7-band bill that included Lava, Gut Gash, Porcupine, M.D.O.P., Cemetary Girl, and Body Farm.

Paul Holstein 4/4/25 Paul Holstein 4/4/25

The Queers, The 66ers, Middle-Out, B-Plot and The Black List.

Paul Holstein 4/3/25 Paul Holstein 4/3/25

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

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Four. Bad Beat, D-Bloc, Reagan Youth, The Raging Nathans, The Manicdotes, Battering Ham, Soldiers of Destruction, The Strikeouts, Lion’s Law and more.

dick slaughter 4/2/25 dick slaughter 4/2/25

Drunky Punks are Lucky Punks

Dick Slaughter takes in Punk in the Park’s Lucky Punks in the OC—featuring Bad Religion, the Dead Kennedys, the Aquabats, Lagwagon, Street Dogs, and maybe you.

Paul Holstein 3/31/25 Paul Holstein 3/31/25

Punk Rock Bowling Weekend: More Than Just A Festival.

Punk Rock Bowling Weekend: More than just a festival. Pool parties, late night club shows, The Punk Rock Museum, Evel Pie, Punk Rock Bowling Poker Tournament, and more!

John Greenwood 3/30/25 John Greenwood 3/30/25

The Premiere of Doll Fest

John Greenwood covers Doll Fest—an all-ages, all-femme-fronted music and arts festival—at Cornerstone, Berkeley, CA, on March 1 & 2, featuring acts such as Bite Me Bambi, Slaughterhouse, Trap Girl, Dollheads, Katie Cash, Tess & The Details, Tsunami Bomb, and many more.

Paul Holstein 3/29/25 Paul Holstein 3/29/25

Agnostic Front New York Blood U.S.A. Tour 2025

Agnostic Front / Murphy’s Law/ Violent Way. New York Blood U.S.A. Tour 2025, at The Sanctuary Hamtramck, MI 3/15/2025.

dick slaughter 3/27/25 dick slaughter 3/27/25

Vote for Celebrity Punk Hunk of the Year 2024

Finally, a chance to vote for something that matters!

Thirteen Punk Hunks are battling it out for the coveted title of In Spite Magazine’s Celebrity Punk Hunk of the Year. Candidates include: Dave Dictor, Jack Grisham, Paul Hostage, Peter Jones, Jim Pursey, Carol Hodge, Penny Rimbaud, Stan Lee, Gee Vaucher, Russell Mummy, Steve Ignorant, Blag Dahlia, and Lewis Peck.

Polls close on April 20th—vote wisely!

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