Former members of Somerset join Gloria
Matt Broadbent and Claudio Rivera from former Punknews Records act Somerset have resurfaced in Uprising Records outfit Gloria. The Minneapolis, MN based act is heading out on tour to start the year. Check out the dates below by clicking Read…
January 02, 2009

New Music Roundup: These Green Eyes, Fires at Night, Olivia AD, Hollerado
New Haven, CT's These Green Eyes have posted a new song called "Sucker Punch" on their MySpace page. You can also listen to a brevy of their back catalog while you're there. Minneapolis, MN based Fires at Night have posted two songs from their upcoming EP, Right Back Where We Started. The album…
May 15, 2008

New Music Roundup: Somerset final show cancelled
Due to apparently serious medical issues, Forrest Olsen, singer and guitarist for the Minneapolis based Somerset, has announced that he will bow out from the band's previously announced final show. In his absence, the show has been canceled entirely. Forrest had this to say: Over the past few months, serious health issues have resulted in my hospitalization on three occasions.…
March 07, 2008

Break-ups: Somerset (2002-2008)
Minneapolis, MN's Somerset has announced their final show. The four piece, which has been on somewhat of a hiatus for a year or so now, will reconvene at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on March 15th for the gig.…
February 13, 2008

Media: Happy Holidays from PNR
The mystery men behind Punknews Records would like to wish you a happy holidays and are giving the gift of music. You can now play both of the label's releases in their entirety here at the Org. You can stream Somerset's latest full length Pandora and Ryan's Hope's epic Apocalypse in Increments at…
December 15, 2006