Joe Jack Talcum plays a FREE show in Coatsville, PA THIS SATURDAY!!!

Joe Jack Talcum plays a FREE show in Coatsville, PA THIS SATURDAY!!!

Yeah baby! THIS SATURDAY IS THE DAY!

Punknews is thrilled to be a co-sponsor of a FREE Joe Jack Talcum show! Organized by Animated Brewing Company in Coatsville, the show will find Joe (of The dead milkmen of course) playing a solo set. Who knows what he will play, but he usually does some solo cuts, some DM tunes, some rarities, and sometimes even some unexpected covers! Joe has been releasing a string of very, very cool EPs and singles- record store, Over the moon, New year's baby, Gender blender- so this is going to be a really, really cool set!

PLUS, there are two killer openers: MRC and the Souvenirs (that's Mike of All Else Failed) will do his solo thing AND Husband Lost at Sea (that's Pat of All Else Failed) will do HIS solo thing!

AND IT'S FREE BABY! That's THIS SATURDAY - February 15 at 7pm at Animated Brewing co: 255 Mount Airy Rd., Coatesville, PA… though maybe show up a little early as there is a real good chance that this show will hit capacity. Here is the facebook page. See you there!!!

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Tours
Death Cab For Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie announce 'Plans' 20th anniversary shows (US)

Death Cab For Cutie have announced a handful of US shows to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2005 album Plans . The shows will take place in August with stops in Seattle, Chicago, and Brooklyn. Nation of Language will be joining them for their Seattle and Chicago shows and The American Analog Set will be joining them for their two Brooklyn shows. Death Cab For Cutie will be playing Plans in full on each date. Ticket presale starts on February 13 and tickets will go on general sale on February 14. Check out the dates below.

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Matty Grace

Matty Grace: “Dead On Monday”

Matty Grace has released a new song. It is called “Dead On Monday” and is off her upcoming solo album Cheap Shame which will be out on April 1 via Dirt Cult Records. Matty Grace released her EPs The Breakdown of Progress and Start. Stop. Repeat. along with her collection album Blemishes and Scars in 2023. Check out the song below.

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Pup

PUP to release new album, share “Hallways” video

PUP have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Who Will Look After The Dogs? and will be out on May 2 via their own label Little Dipper and Rise Records. The band has also released a video for their new song “Hallways” which was directed by Sterling Larose. PUP will be touring Europe and the UK this spring and released The Unraveling of Pup the Band in 2022. Check out the video and tracklist below.

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Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, White Stripes, OutKast, more up for Rock Hall nomination

Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, White Stripes, OutKast, more up for Rock Hall nomination

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its nominees for 2025. Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order (who are packaged together as one nominee), Cyndi Lauper, Mana, Oasis, OutKast, Phish, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes are all up for nomination. You can cast your vote online for the bands/artists you’d like to see inducted. Voting is open until April 21 and the inductees will be revealed later that month. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place in the fall.

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Exclusive Videos
Heartwells

Watch two new videos by Heartwells!

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of two new videos by Los Angeles-based punk band Heartwells! The videos are for their songs “Death of Rock N Roll” and “Lovely Day In Hell”. The songs are off their most recent album The New Old School which was released in 2024. The video for “Death of Rock N Roll” is made up of tour footage. The video for “Lovely Day in Hell” was filmed by Ray Loy and edited by lead vocalist and guitarist JT. We caught up with JT to hear the stories behind both of the tracks. Speaking to Punknews about “Death of Rock n Roll” JT said,

“‘Death of Rock n Roll’ is a love letter to ‘90s punk. We took some influence from bands like NOFX and Bad Religion. In the last chorus there are Bad Religion lyrics from "Only Gonna Die” which was also a nod to Sublime doing the same thing on 40oz. to Freedom. The theme of the song is about friends growing out of punk and kids not being interested in live music or rock n roll even, hence the title. The video is a tour compilation of a bunch of shows in 2024. Paul Miner did the voice of the Pink Floyd quote at the end.”

JT had this to say about “Lovely Day in Hell”,

“‘Lovely Day in Hell’ is a song about losing friends to substance abuse. I had a few of my close friends growing up start dying off from heroin overdoses throughout the last decade. I always considered myself lucky that I never fell into any hard drugs since a lot of my friends did. When we play it live I change the last line to, “And you don’t put Fentanyl in cocaine…” Because even that stuff is super risky these days! We shot the video in a friend's backyard. We did it all in one shot and Bert from Upper Downer poured a beer all over my head. Fun times!”

These videos also celebrate the launch of the new label HEY!FEVER Records which is run by JT and bassist David Marino. The label has a stacked release schedule for this year including new releases from Empired, Stoke Signals, and Upper Downer. As for Heartwells, they are currently working on their new EP which is due out this summer. Watch the videos below!

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Shopify shuts down Kanye's swastika store

Shopify shuts down Kanye's swastika store

Yesterday, we reported that following the superbowl, Kanye West opened an online shop where he had one item for sale- a t-shirt that featured a swastika and nothing else. The product code of the shirt was hh-01. As it turns out, the online shop was hosted by online provider shopify. Today, shopify shut down the shop. They stated simply: "All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.” We'll keep you updated.

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Festivals & Events
Xiu Xiu, Snooper, The Mummies, more to play Sled Island 2025

Xiu Xiu, Snooper, The Mummies, more to play Sled Island 2025

Calgary-based music festival Sled Island has announced its first wave lineup for this year. Yaya Bey, Topshelf Records, Tropical Fuck Storm, Oddisee, Horse Jumper of Love, Xiu Xiu, Snooper, Mary Lattimore, Mizmor, Kimmortal, Willie Thrasher and Linda Saddleback, jo passed, Rae Spoon, K-Riz and the Family, Brass Lip, CHXMERAS, Arlo Maverick, NATLAK, Babe Corner, PERRA, SANAM, Victrix, and Motherhood are among the bands announced.

Otoboke Beaver were previously as the festival’s guest curators and their first round of handpicked bands include The Mummies, Peelander-Z, Black Ends, Lemon Boy, Muneca, BB Bomb, and Glockabelle.

Sled Island will take place June 18-22 across multiple venues in Calgary, Alberta.

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Tours
L.A. Witch

L.A. Witch to release new album, share “777” video, announce North American tour dates

L.A. Witch have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called DOGGOD and will be out on April 4 via Suicide Squeeze Records. The band has also released a video for their new song “777” which was created by Art Aguilar and features photographs by Rhyan Santos and Marco Hernandez.

L.A. Witch will be touring North America starting in April and running through June. DAIISTAR and Chokecherry will be joining them on select dates. L.A. Witch released their split with The Coathangers in 2021 and released their album Play With Fire in 2020. Check out the video, tracklist, and dates below.

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Taleen Kali

Listen to the new covers EP by Taleen Kali!

Today we are very excited to bring you the premiere of the new EP by Los Angeles based punk band Taleen Kali!

The EP is called Covered and features the band putting their punk romantique spin on love songs by Depeche Mode, The Supremes, Garbage, My Bloody Valentine, and Smashing Pumpkins (which was originally released in June 2024). The EP also features a remix of their cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Cupid Come” done by Verttigo and a remix of their version of The Supreme’s “Baby Love” done by Astrobrite.

Speaking to Punknews about the EP, the band said,

"As a band that writes a lot of romantic and personal-is-political punk songs we've been slowly recording love song covers over the years. We thought Valentine's season would be the perfect time to unveil them before we start our 3rd U.S. tour.

Covered is a showcase of some of our favourite alternative love songs and deep cuts with a dark noisy spin on things. ‘Cause some things are just for fun!”

Covered will be out everywhere on February 14 just time time for Valentine’s Day via Dum Dum Records. You can pre-save it here or pre-order it here. Taleen Kali will be touring the US this March and you can check out those dates below. Listen to Covered in full right now!

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