Mikey Erg has released a full album cover of Lou Reed's avant-garde album, Metal Machine Music. The original LP was a 64 minute, single track and was composed entirely of Lou Reed layering feedback and guitar effects on top of each other. You can check out Mikey's own rendition below.
Supergroup Moral Mazes released another track titled "Illinois by Numbers" over at New Noise Magazine. The track is off of their self-titled 7 inch, out today on Little Rocket Records and Rad Girlfriend Records. The band consists of members of Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Airstream Futures, Office of Future Plans. See below to check out the new track.
The Dead Milkmen have released a new digital compilation. About once a week, The Dead Milkmen record a youtube show called Big Questions with the Dead Milkmen. A recurring segment in the show is "the song challenge." during these segments, one band member issues a musical prompt and then all of the members record a track, sometimes working together, sometimes working solo. Depends On the Horse... collects all of those tracks together and you can check it out below.
System of A Down have released two new songs. The songs are called “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz”. These are their first songs together in 15 years. A statement released along with the songs reads in part, “band royalties from this initiative will be donated to Armenia Fund, a US based charity organization instrumental in providing those in need in Artsakh and Armenia with supplies needed for their basic survival”. System of A Down will be playing two shows in Los Angeles in 2021. The band released Hypnotize in 2005. Check out the songs below.
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Toronto's low-fi rock project Tang recently shared a new collection of home-recorded material dubbed The Quiet Earth. The set arrived in late September from Art of the Uncarved Block and the Parisian label Influenza Records. We're thrilled to bring you a video showcasing one of the album's tracks today here at Punknews. You can check out "Piet Alley" below!
The Dirty Nil have released a video for their cover of “School” by Nirvana. Craig Northey of Odds plays additional guitar on the song. The video is taken from one of their “Dancing 2 Thrash” virtual tour shows and was directed by Mitch Barnes. The Dirty Nil will be releasing their new album Fuck Art January 1, 2021 via Dine Alone Records and released Master Volume in 2018. Check out the video below.
Bristol based punk band Grandma's House have released a music video for their song “No Place Like Home”. The video was directed by Tilah. Grandma’s House released their single “Devil’s Advocate” earlier this year and will be releasing an EP next year. Check out the video below.
The Offspring have released a new song. The song is a cover of Darlene Love’s 1963 song “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”. The song is available digitally and will be available on vinyl on December 11. The Offspring are also hinting at new music coming “in early 2021” according to a description of the single on their website. The Offspring released Days Go By in 2012. Check out the song below.
have announced they will be having a live streaming event for this year's "Triple Crown Shows". The event will be held over three night, Nov 27th, 28th and 29th, 2020. The band will be paying Don’t Turn Away, Big Choice, and Self Titled. The nights will feature performances by Jim Lindberg (Pennywise), Nate Maxwell (Flogging Molly), Spike Slawson (Me First and The Gimme Gimme), Jason Cruz (Strung Out), Jason DeVore (Authority Zero) and Sharpshock. Tickets go on sale on November 7th at 10 am PST and sales will benefit South Bay Customs.
Philly's Nothing released a video for "April Ha Ha", see below. The track comes off of their latest album The Great Dismal. The video features Sandy Alex G.
Jhariah has released a lyric video for his single “Knives Are Dangerous, Kid, So Cut the Theatrics!”. Jhariah released his EP To Mend The Sun earlier this year. Check out the video below.
Members of Devil master, Disjawn, and other acts have formed a new punk/metal band. The band is called Spiter and they've released one single: "I am Dracula." The group states a demo tape should follow. You can hear the single below.
Make War have released a video of the band doing covers of NOFX in Spanish. You can see that below.
MakeWar released Get It Together in 2019.
Integrity has released a cover of Motorhead's "Cradle to the Grave." The track appears to be a stand-alone, digital single. You can check it out below.
The band previously covered Motorhead's "Orgasmatron" on the Built for Speed. comp in 1999. The band's last studio LP was Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume in 2017.
