Sincere Engineer: “You Can Call Me Al” (Paul Simon Cover)

Chicago based Sincere Engineer posted a video of a Paul Simon cover. She covered "You Can Call Me Al", see below. Sincere Engineer released Rhombithian in 2017.

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes (Australia/New Zealand)

Me First and The Gimme Gimmes have announced shows in Australia and New Zealand that are scheduled for March. The band last released Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits in 2017 via Fat Wreck Chords. You can see the list of tour dates below.

Don't Sleep: “Lazarus”

Don''t Sleep released a music video for their track titled "Lazarus". The track is off of the band's EP titled Bring The Light. The video was shot at a basement show by by Caleb Smith and Jeremy Farkas. See below to view the music video.

Photos: Larry and His Flask at the Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto 10/21

Last month Oregon's self-described post-Americana quintet Larry and His Flask played Toronto's legendary Horseshoe Tavern in support of their recent record This Remedy. Our photographer Stephen McGill was there to catch them and local openers The DropUps. You can check out his below.

Navel Gazing November 18, 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Ricky Frankel and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story and review is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting a story, feel free to submit a review or if you are a photographer continue reading below. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week: Photo Credit: Stephen McGill

Mike Ness mentions plans for new album

In an interview over at Consequence of Sound, Social Distortion's Mike Ness shares his thoughts on several subjects, including the two new songs the band has playing live recently ("Over You" and "Born To Kill"). Additionally, Ness reveals plans to being pre-production in the spring with the expectation (but in no way firm) plan to release a new album by the end of next year.

Fastfade release new video, announce LP “Happy if You Aren't”

London trio Fastfade have released a new video from their upcoming LP. The song, "Walkie Talkie," comes off of the band's just-announced new full-length Happy if You Aren't, which is due out December 14th via Umlaut Records.

Fastfade also has a series of gigs lined up throughout the rest of the year, including a date playing support for No Fun At All's London gig. You can check out those dates, and the new video, below.

Blink-182 announce limited T-Shirt for California wildfire relief

Blink-182 have announced they are selling a limited edition t-shirt, available via their webstore, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Red Cross Disaster Relief - Wildfire Relief fund, which is providing a plethora of support to both the victims and responders affected by the California wildfires currently raging through the state.

If you want to skip the t-shirt and donate directly to the Red Cross, you can click here.

Down Memory Lane now streaming new EP “Release”

French-Canadian melodic punks Down Memory Lane are now streaming their new, sort-of EP, Release via Thousand Islands Records. The EP consists of six songs which are part of what the band is referring to as a "conceptual EP release" or, the be more clear, it is actually the back half of a 12-song album, with the first six songs due out early next year (on the album's Bandcamp page, those first six tracks are each currently occupied by the same short "recorded message" informing the listener that the tracks are forthcoming).

DML's most recent release was the 2017 French language-only EP Vice Caché , also on Thousand Islands.

Punknews will keep you informed on the further details of this album as they become available but, in the meantime, you can check out the first of the released tracks "The Song About This Song" below.

New Reviews for November 16, 2018

Today's reviews are:

• Touché Amoré - 10 Years / 1000 Shows - Live at the Regent Theater
• Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2
• Swiss Army - Paris Mountain

You can check out any of our reviews right here. 

U.S. Bombs announce new LP 'Road Case'

U.S. Bombs have announced a new album titled Road Case. It is due out on November 23, 2018 via Slope Records. You can see the record details below.