Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, AFI, Rocket from the Crypt to headline Riot Fest 2013
Riot Fest - which we are co-sponsoring this year - has announced a huge lineup of artists for the 2013 festival. Some of the notable performers include: Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Violent Femmes,…
May 16, 2013

Videos: Slapstick: 'live on July 26th, 1996'
Thanks to those of you who submitted a newly found live set featuring Slapstick and recorded way back when the earth was a ball of molten lava in 1996. The video features all your favorite Punknews.org characters including members of…
April 18, 2012

Media: Ratasucia (The Honor System): 'White Noise Pollution'
Ratasucia is previewing their upcoming album White Noise Pollution online. The band is a new project from Dan Hanaway (The Honor System / The Broadways / Slapstick), Chris Carr (The Honor System) and Tim Scare. The album is tentatively scheduled for a summer release via…
April 28, 2011

Media: Slapstick confirmed for Asian Man 15th Anniversary show
Asian Man Records has thrilled fans with the announcement that Slapstick, the beloved Chicago ska-punk act who've been defunct since 1996, will reunite for the label's upcoming 15th Anniversary show. Slapstick was notable for featuring a…
January 05, 2011

Media: Asian Man to celebrate 15 years with history-spanning lineup
Next year, Asian Man Records will celebrate their 15th anniversary. In honour of this, label founder Mike Park is aiming to reunite every band that ever released on the label for a festival set to take place June 16th, 17th and 18th at the Parside and the Bottom of the Hill clubs in San Francisco, CA. While this is an ambitious goal and has not yet been confirmed, some of the possible bands would include:…
November 19, 2010

Streams: The Honor System: 'Demo Tape'
Today, we're stoked to bring you a stream from Chicago, IL's The Honor System. This release, appropriately titled Demo Tape, was the band's first real recording…
April 20, 2010

Streams: Asian Man to reissue The Lawrence Arms and The Broadways on vinyl
Asian Man Records have informed the record-buying public that they plan on releasing all three of their Lawrence Arms albums on vinyl. Titles the band has released on Asian Man include their first two albums, A Guided Tour of Chicago and Ghost Stories, as well as 2005's…
September 28, 2007

Editors' Picks: The Broadways
Justin: Sometimes you want to spend the night with an old friend, sitting in your room reminiscing, rather than heading out and meeting new people out and about. My friday night was spent, as you can tell, spending time with some old friends in my room. The songs that Brendan, Chris, Rob and Dan wrote with the Broadways are classics to my ears. The lyrics, albeit slightly naive and immature at times, combine biting…
June 24, 2006