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Danbert Nobacon has released the first physical version of his newest album, Kochtopus's Garden. That's out now and you can hear it below.
California's Christmas will release a new album later this month. It's called Fear of Romance and the vinyl version of the release is out via No Time Records. You can hear the lead single below.
Fucked Up have released a guitar version of their latest album, Someday. This version is just the isolated guitar tracks from the record. It's only available for 24 hours and is digital only.
The band stated: "Someday (guitar) is the first iteration of the album “Someday” after the initial 24 hour recording period between Mike and Alex Gamble. Like “One Day” and “Another Day” before it, Someday was written, arranged and recorded on guitar on the spot in studio, over three 8 hour tracking sessions. Done in the last week of September 2022, five months after the guitar sessions for “Another Day,” these guitar-only tracks are the product. Over the next few years between tours, drums and bass were added, lyrics were conceived and written, and vocals were finally tracked in spring 2024. A final layer of synths were added during mixing, and the album was mastered and released November 1 2024."
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the Coathangers have released a new flexi-disc. The track is a remix of "Perfume", which was originally on Nosebleed Weekend from 2016. the new version was remixed by Scott Montoya. You can hear it below.
Today, we are psyched to debut the new tune by Sekunderna!
On Friday, Dec 6, Bloated Kat Records is releasing a new four-way split lp featuring Heavy Lag, Sekunderna, Teenage Bigfoot, and TV Cop. The idea for the split came from a tour all the abnds went on last year. They had such a blast that they decided to make a combo-attack album!
Sweden's Sekunderna turns in a cover tune… except it's a cover of a cover… and if you read Punknews you'll know it right away. The tune was recorded last year by Jeff Burke (Marked Men) during a day off on Sekunderna's first American tour. Guitarist and singer Lars shared these thoughts about the experience: "To meet, record, and hang out with Jeff was really cool. A living legend. His bands have been such an inspiration over the years. Touring the east coast was different from Sweden. But the punk community was much alike. We look after each other."
You can pre-order the new LP right here and check out the new tune below, right now! Sekunderna is currently readying their second full length record and will presumably be playing in all sorts of places in Europe to support it next year.
In 2025, Integrity and Earth Crisis will release a split 12-inch. Neither band released a track list, but the record will be out on Holy Mountain in early 2025. We'll keep you updated.
Joyce Manor played the Hollywood Palladium last night. During the gig, Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 jumped on stage and played "Heart Tattoo" with the band. You can see a fan shot video of the performance below.
Paris' Alvilda have released their debut LP. It's called C'est Déjà L'heure and it's out now via Static Shock. You can hear it below.
Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and… Sting, perhaps ironically, of The Police have released a new single. It's called "Another part of me" and finds Snoop rapping over Sting playing the riff from "Message in a bottle" while Dre produces. The track is from the upcoming Missionary album, expected out next Friday. The LP is the first Snoop album produced entirely by Dr. Dre since the iconic Doggystyle album. You can hear the tune below.
Kraftwerk is going to tour USA next year. In true Kraft-fashion, it's called "the Multimedia tour" and runs most of USA in March and April. You can see the dates below.
Psywarfare, the noise projected helmed by Dwid Hellion of Integrity, has released a new live set. The new release is titled Live @ F.L.A.W. Fest and runs about 12 minutes. It appears to be a digital only release. You can check it out below.
Today, we are psyched to debut the new tune by Tv Cop!
On Friday, Dec 6, Bloated Kat Records is releasing a new four-way split lp featuring Heavy Lag, Sekunderna, Teenage Bigfoot, and TV Cop. The idea for the split came from a tour all the bands went on last year. They had such a blast that they decided to make a combo-attack album!
TV Cop contributes a sing-a-long pop punk number that, after being sugary sweet, twists down into a gnarly anti-music tilt-a-whirl. It's a slammer. When asked to comment, guitarist and vocalist Dakota said, "I wanted to write a song about the frustration you feel when your sports team doesn’t win, mixed in with a little bit of Y2K feel. Our tour last year with the bands on this split was a bunch of firsts for us. First time playing a run of shows like this, first time going east, and first time seeing an ocean. Tour is almost always fun but touring with a big group of new friends in bands that mutually respect each other was a very cool experience."
You can pre-order the new LP right here and check out the new tune below, right now! TV Cop expects to release a full length next year before embarking on a Midwest tour with Heavy Lag.
C.O.F.F.I.N. is playing New Zealand. The tour runs nine dates in February and the band has listed the details in the traditional Māori name. You can see the details below.
Krime is a new Dutch band featuring members of Citizens Patrol and Brat Pack. They formed earlier this year and have released a demo. The release was recorded at Overdose Audio, mastered at North London Bomb Factory Mastering. You can hear that below.
