Paul Holstein 6/13/25 Paul Holstein 6/13/25

The Briefs Pool Party at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival

The Briefs Pool Party at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. Citrus Grand Pool Deck on the roof of the Downtown Grand Hotel on Memorial Day.

Paul Holstein 6/11/25 Paul Holstein 6/11/25

Detroit Hardcore: Tied Down Festival Day 2

Tied Down Detroit Day 2, Detroit’s premiere hardcore festival. Hosted by Edgemen Printing and The Crofoot, weekend after Memorial Day, each year at the Russell Industrial Center. Bad Beat, The Twitchfits, Combust, Slice, Whispters, Apex Predator, Face The Pain, Holy Blade, Crush Your Soul, Vamachara, Trial, The Mongloids, Judge and more.

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

Teenage Bottlerocket Pool Party at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival

Teenage Bottlerocket Pool Party at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. Citrus Grand Pool Deck, on the roof of the Downtown Grand hotel in Las Vegas.

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

Punk Rock Saves Lives at PRB with DI, Cigar and Chaser at Hogs & Heifers Saloon

DI, Cigar and Chaser at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. This was the Saturday line up at Hogs & Heifers, a Punk Rock Saves Lives showcase called Punk Rock Hoedown.

Paul Holstein 6/2/25 Paul Holstein 6/2/25

Punk Rock Saves Lives Kick Off PRB with The Sleights & SecondSELF at Hogs & Heifers Saloon

The Sleights & secondSELF Kick Off 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival.

dick slaughter 5/15/25 dick slaughter 5/15/25

P-Funk Rock Bowling

Dick Slaughter gives us a preview: Bootsy Collins will put the funk in Punk Rock Bowling with a kickoff party at the Fremont Country Club, featuring special guest Angelo Moore of Fishbone. Also on the bill are Micki Free—Prince’s former guitarist—The Less Warren of the Clut, and Evil E, teaming up as Evil Cult for a DJ battle drum mashup.

Paul Holstein 5/11/25 Paul Holstein 5/11/25

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

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Seven. The Strikeouts, Rumkicks, Slaughterhouse, Suicidal Tendencies, Bridge The Gap, Scowl, Tower of One, Spikepit, Primal Brain, Speedway and more.

Paul Rotzler 5/10/25 Paul Rotzler 5/10/25

93 Degrees of Punk in the Park

Paul Rotzler spends the day sunning himself at Punk in the Park, Arizona — featuring Bad Religion, Face to Face, Pennywise, The Adolescents, Manic Hispanic, Catbite, and so much more.

Kim Moenich 5/6/25 Kim Moenich 5/6/25

The Gang’s All Here for one Final Goodbye

Gang of Four are saying a “Long Goodbye” with a North American tour spanning 25 cities. I was lucky enough to catch them in a smaller club in North Carolina, the iconic Cat’s Cradle.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Kim Moenich 3/22/25 Kim Moenich 3/22/25

Dropkick Murphys Crush St Patrick’s Day in Boston

Dropkick Murphys played 4 St. Patrick’s Day shows in Boston over the weekend, with a bevy of opening acts: The Kilograms, Cody Nilsen, Rebuilder, The Menzingers, Teenage Bottlerocket, Hot Water Music, and Bouncing Souls.

Paul Holstein 3/22/25 Paul Holstein 3/22/25

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

Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Three. Riptides, Let Me Downs, Grassy Knoll, Sex Pistols, Punter, Sunami, Pain of Truth, Bombardement, Tower of One, Armored Flu Unit and more!