On October 10, Panopticon played at The Garrison in Toronto, Ontario. Exulansis and Primeval Well opened the show. Panopticon released their album The Rime of Memory in 2023. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to catch all of the action. Check out his photos below!
Episode #668.5 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! This episode is the September edition of Em Tells You What to Listen to and Em plays some of her favourite tracks from this past month. Songs by Career Day, The OBGMs, Thirdface, S.H.I.T., Punitive Damage, Lambrini Girls, Sprints, Special Interest, PONY, Kill Lincoln, Half Past Two featuring Catbite, Botfly, The Calamatix, Tramp, Rust Ring, and more are played. Listen to the episode and see the tracklist in full below!
Bad Astronaut have released a new version of their song “Logan’s Run”. The song is off their upcoming album Untethered which is made up of reworkings of 9 of their previous songs and will be out on November 8 via Fat Wreck Chords. Check out the song below.
The All-American Rejects have announced that they will no longer be playing the When We Were Young festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band posted a statement on Instagram which reads,
”It is with deep sadness and disappointment that we have to announce that we will no longer be playing When We Were Young festival next weekend.
We have spent months tirelessly preparing a once in a lifetime show that we were so excited to bring to you. However, there has been a management change within the WWWY operation, and they are no longer able to accommodate us in the previously agreed upon line-up, which has made it impossible for us to continue.
We are especially devastated to not get to play for those of you who are traveling across the globe to witness the visual and sonic spectacle we have been brewing up in our cauldron. We’d like to apologize to our amazing crew who have been working around the clock to make magic happen.”
The band was set to perform their debut self-titled record, All-American Rejects , (which was released in 2002) in full at the festival. When We Were Young will take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on October 19-20. See the post in full below.
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes have released a cover of “Most People I Know (Think That I’m Crazy)” by Australian rock band Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. The cover is available now via Fat Wreck Chords digitally as well as on vinyl along with their cover of “Queen of Hearts” by Juice Newton. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes will be touring Australia starting later this month and released their album ¡Blow it…at Madison’s Quinceañera! earlier this year. Check out the song below.
Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new song by East Bay-based punk rockers The Hammerbombs! The song is called “Talk to Me” and is off their upcoming album F for Effort. Speaking to Punknews about the song, the band said,
"A classic yarn of unrequited love adapted to a modern-day punk/scene/show setting. Yearning, longing, and heartbreak, we've all been there, and never gets easier, or any less exciting.”
F for Effort will be out everywhere on November 1 and you can pre-order that via Loud Circles right here. The Hammerbombs will be playing two shows in California in November with Middle-Aged Queers and you can see the show details below. Listen to "Talk to Me" below!
Armor For Sleep have released a video for their new song “What A Beautiful World”. The song is available digitally via Equal Vision Records. Armor for Sleep released their album The Rain Museum in 2022. Check out the video below.
Touché Amoré have released a short documentary about the making of their new album Spiral In A Straight Line. It was directed and edited by Sean Stout. The band has also released a video for each of the tracks on the album. Spiral In A Straight Line is available now via Rise Records. Touche Amore are currently touring the US. Check out the videos below.
UK-based music festival Bearded Theory has announced its first wave of artists for 2025. Iggy Pop, Manic Street Preachers, The Sisters of Mercy, Leftfield, Yard Act, The Mary Wallopers, Nova Twins, Fat Dog, Ash, CMAT, Throwing Muses, Divorce, The Selecter, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, The Lovely Eggs, Asian Dub Foundation, Shonen Knife, Bess Atwell, Beans on Toast, Stwerart Lee, Lime Garden, Dream State, Girlband!, Molotov Jukebox, Angeline Morrison, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Trupa Trupa, Miki Berenyl Trio, Getdown Services, The Deep Blue, None, Gaz Brookfield and the Company of Thieves, Audioweb, CLT DRP, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Popes of Chillitown, Castle Rat, Merry Hell, 3 Daft Monkeys, Slaney Bay, Slay Duggee, Jess Silk Trio, Dakka Skanks, Midnight Rodeo, The Brady Theieves, and The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican will be playing the festival. Bearded Theory takes place on May 21-25, 2025 at Catton Park in Derbyshire.
The Abruptors have released a new song called “Such A Mess”. The song is off their upcoming album Everything You Know is Wrong which will be out later this year on Asian Man Records. The Abruptors released their album Noticeably Cheerless in 2023. Check out the song below.
A Constant Knowledge of Death have released their retrospective album called Appendix I: Revisions and Annotations. The album features re-recorded, remixed, reimagined, and live tracks from each of the band’s first seven albums along with remixes of songs from Aki McCullough's solo project ameokama and James Goldmann's solo project Blade of Marrow. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Aki and James at Nu House Studios. A Constant Knowledge of Death will be touring the US and Toronto starting next week. Check out the album below.
Tripper have released a video for their song “Addicted”. The video was created by Ant Martinez. The song is off their EP Faceless which was released earlier this month. Check out the video below.
Episode #669 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode Em and John talk about the rumours around Hopeless being in talks to buy Fat Wreck Chords, Tetchy’s video for “Mommy”, Green Day releasing songs from Dookie on Teddy Ruxpins, Big Mouth Basses, and floppy disks, Scowl’s new song “Special”, and the underwhelming Record Store Day Black Friday list. Listen to the episode below!
We are excited to announce that we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Los Angeles-based shoegaze band Julie in Toronto, Ontario!! The show will take place on October 18 at the Concert Hall and is all ages. Julie will be joined by They are Gutting a Body of Water and Her New Knife.
If you want to be our lucky winner, send an email to podcast@punknews.org telling us your favourite song from my anti-aircraft friend and why you want to go. To be eligible, you MUST live in Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area. The winner will be randomly chosen and contacted on October 16. Good luck!
METZ have announced that they will be taking an “indefinite hiatus” following their upcoming tour of the Europe and the UK which starts in November. The band announced this in an Instagram post which reads,
”Our upcoming EU/UK Tour will be our last.
We’ve collectively decided to close this chapter of METZ. The band will be on “indefinite hiatus” while we take time to focus on other endeavours and enjoy more time at home with our families.
For the last 15+ years, we’ve dedicated our lives to this band and have had the immense privilege and pleasure of touring the globe and seeing the world. It has been nothing short of life-affirming. METZ has brought an immeasurable amount of joy to our lives and it’s our sincere hope it’s brought you some joy too. We are so grateful to all of you who’ve joined us along the way and have made this life a reality for the three of us.
We are incredibly proud of the body of work we’ve created and thankful for the lasting friendships and experiences that our music has afforded us. A special thank you to Sub Pop Records for always believing in us and allowing us to chart our own unconventional path. Sub Pop continues to be a glowing beacon of what is good in this deeply flawed industry, and we will always be grateful for their support and friendship. To work with people we consider family has been a true blessing.
Together, we’ve released 6 LPs, countless singles, played hundreds of shows across the globe, and have far exceeded any goals or ambitions we could’ve dreamt up as basement dwellers in 2009. It’s always been about the love of music and the beautiful mess that would seemingly manifest when we turned the amps up.
Love and gratitude to the inspiring and supportive network of family, friends, musicians, artists, labels, photographers, bookers, writers, journalists, independent record store owners, college radio DJs, and music fans that make this symbiotic wheel keep spinning.
If you’ve ever attended a METZ show, you know it was more than a band to us. We gave every ounce of ourselves to METZ, and it will be very hard to let it go. The intangible feeling of connection, community, and inclusivity that music creates has always been at the heart of what we do and will inevitably be what we miss the most. We will miss singing, screaming, sweating, and dancing with all of you.
Love and Peace Alex, Chris, Hayden”
METZ released their album Up On Gravity Hill earlier this year. See the post in full below.
As part of his website Q+A section, Peter Murphy of Bauhaus revealed that he will release a new studio album in 2025. The album is a collaboration with Youth of Killing Joke (and Paul McCartney's project Fireman) and will feature guest starts. Murphy's last album was Lion, which was also produced with Youth. Murphy has stated that more details will follow in the new year.