dick slaughter 5/8/25 dick slaughter 5/8/25

The Mummies Chose PBR OVER PRB

Dick Slaughter gives us a Punk Rock Bowling Band Spotlight of a band that’s not even playing—The Mummies. Find out how Trent screwed up their chance at a gig at this year’s festival.

Phil Thorns 5/7/25 Phil Thorns 5/7/25

GRIT, HEART AND BANJO DRIVEN CHAOS

Phill Thorns takes in Headsticks, Nick Parker, and Shanghai Treason in Sheffield, UK—a night that quickly turned into full-blown BANJO-DRIVEN CHAOS.

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.

Niyaz Pirani 5/2/25 Niyaz Pirani 5/2/25

Coachella 2025: AS GOOD AS IT’S ALWAYS BEEN

Remember when Coachella was just for hipsters? And how nowadays only influencers go just to be seen? Or that every year the lineup is worse than the year before—and definitely not ever as good as it was in the decades before?

Let me ask: Does Beethoven suck? Are the Circle Jerks jack-offs? At what other festival can you even listen to Beethoven performed by a world class symphony orchestra and mosh in a Circle Jerks pit in the same weekend?

This is the magic of Coachella.

dick slaughter 4/30/25 dick slaughter 4/30/25

Punk Rock Bowling Turns 25 and We’re Still Alive

Dick Slaughter runs through the updated Punk Rock Bowling main fest lineup — last-minute changes and all — and takes a few shots at Vegas resort fees while he's at it.

Paul Holstein 4/26/25 Paul Holstein 4/26/25

Hardcore: En Love, Suffer No Fools, King’s Command (and Strange Magic).

Hardcore: En Love, Suffer No Fools, King’s Command, Strange Magic.

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

The Venomous Pinks/ The Anti-Queens “FLock Around And Find Out” Tour.

The Venomous Pinks, The Anti-Queens, Seahag at Small’s Bar, “Flock Around and Find Out” tour 2025.

YS Kim 4/23/25 YS Kim 4/23/25

Hamburg’s Harry’s Harbor Bazaar, the Costco of Oddities.

YS Kim steps into the bizarre world of Harry’s Harbour Bazaar, the legendary oddities museum in Hamburg, Germany, immortalized in Tom Waits’ The Black Rider. Home to shrunken heads, taxidermy, and exotic artifacts, this hidden gem offers a surreal experience like no other.

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.

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.

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!

Niyaz Pirani 4/12/25 Niyaz Pirani 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.

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.