Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Sixteen.
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.
King Rocker, Queen Jett, Same Damn Throne
Billy Idol and Joan Jett turn a Berkeley landmark into punk’s latest palace.
Backyard Party Ramps Up As Pasadena’s Newest Music Venue
Pasadena just got a new venue. Backyard Party offers LA’s east side with a modern, all-ages venue with big sound, big ideas, and a future that feels wide open.
Peel It Back Tour: Closer Than Ever to Nine Inch Nails
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.
The Music We Need Right Now: Bad Cop Bad Cop & Iron Roses
Bad Cop Bad Cop started their tour with Iron Roses in Hamtramck, MI.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Fifteen.
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.
Don’t Trash This Place: Detroit’s Trash Art Extravaganza
Punk traveler, YS Kim makes a pilgrimage to trash art heaven, The Heidelberg Project in Detroit, Michigan.
Bad Cop / Bad Cop “Lighten Up” Tour
Bad Cop / Bad Cop comes to Detroit on their “Lighten Up” tour, with Boob Sweat and The Iron Roses.
Descendents Kick off Milo Goes to college Reissue Campaign
Evan Swartz covers the long-awaited Milo Goes to College Reissue campaign sweeping record stores.
“We’re fabulous”: 1MU at Rebellion ’25, Day 2
Featuring Interrobang, The Undertones, two competing sets of “bois,” and more…
Rebellion Day 2 Wait for the Blackout
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.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Fourteen.
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!
Seisún Festival brings Irish Weather with Irish Tunes
The first annual Seisún Festival brought primarily Irish punk or punk-adjacent bands to Boston. Concertgoers were happy to fight the rain for a chance to see them.
Savage Mountain Punk Fest Day 3
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
Eve Libertine and Eva LeBlanc: Confrontation and Atmosphere
Rebellion Festival gave the Opera House to Eve Libertine & Eva LeBlanc; what unfolded was part chaos, part ritual, and all unforgettable.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Thirteen.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Thirteen.
Why Birmingham Will Have an Ozzy Osbourne Airport Before Roger Waters Gets a Bus Bench
Birmingham’s tribute to Ozzy Osbourne shows why he’s more than a rock star; he’s family.
MUSACK Rocked us with Another EPIC Carnival
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.
Savage Mountain Punk Fest Day 2
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.