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From Wednesday 25 May 2016

Young Guns part ways with drummer, record new album

Having spent the last few months tucked away, Young Guns have confirmed that they have written and recorded their fourth studio album. The news arrives as the band confirm the departure of drummer Ben Jolliffe. “We have always been friends before band-mates and that will never change,” they say in

Modern Baseball have launched a hotline for those feeling unsafe at their shows

With their US tour kicking off today, Modern Baseball have unveiled a hotline which allows those feeling unsafe at their shows to contact the tour manager directly. The band are using the hotline to focus on the creation of safe spaces, asking anybody who witnesses anything untoward to contact the

Play Nintendo’s Metroid as Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace

If the thought of the new Against Me! album is too much to handle, ease some of the pain with the new Punktendo game, Metroid with Laura Jane Grace. From the people who brought us PUPtendo, their latest offering sees front-person Grace, a truetranssoul rebel, take

Thursday 19 May 2016

Are Rage Against The Machine teasing a new supergroup, Prophets of Rage?

Rage Against The Machine recently launched a countdown on their Prophets Of Rage website, taking fans up to the 1st June 2016. Billboard are now reporting the meaning behind the accompanying #TakeThePowerBack hashtag, which has also appeared on posters around their hometown of Los Angelas. According to Billboard,

Tuesday 17 May 2016

Jawbreaker’s Adam Pfahler talks reunion

It’s by no means confirmation of their return, but Jawbreaker drummer Adam Pfahler has confirmed that the band have practiced together, and that the possibility of a reunion has been discussed. Speaking at a Q&A at Giant Robot in Los Angeles, Pfahler opened up about the band’s conversations when speaking

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Free British Library exhibition celebrates 40 years of punk

This year marks the unofficial 40th anniversary of punk, to be in part marked by a free exhibition at the British Library launching this Friday . Exhibiting iconic punk memorabilia, including from the worlds of fashion and design, the event will look back towards the roots of

Tuesday 10 May 2016

Play the Puptendo video game

If you thought PUP were done being retro after their video for ‘DVP’, think again. The band have now unveiled Pup Tour, a video game for the suitably named Puptendo. You can play it over on the Side One Dummy website. We, by the way, are not very

Tuesday 03 May 2016

BBC Radio 1 to air hour long Babymetal special tonight

Love them or hate them, Babymetal have taken the UK by storm over the last few months. Turning heads at both Download Festival (appearing alongside Dragonforce) and Reading and Leeds last summer, their sold out headline show at London’s Wembley Arena earlier this month is testament to their success.

Monday 25 April 2016

That new blink-182 track is coming this week

On the 6th April we mentioned that a new blink-182 track could be due later in the month, following the appearance of ‘Bored To Death’ on a list of incoming tracks on All Access, a source for radio industry news. Well, it looks like it was true. The blink-182

Herbal tea Dr Vox designed to soothe vocal chords

Punk and tea. They go together like… well… actually this is probably the first time we’ve merged the two on these pages. This isn’t a misplaced “sponsored post” either. We don’t do those. Instead, this is the new beverage based endeavour by Max Raptor’s Matt Stevenson and ex-The JCQ member