The Smoking Popes: “When You Want Something”

NewNoiseMagazine.com has premiered Smoking Popes' song “When You Want Something.” The track will be on the band's upcoming album Into The Agony, which will be released on October 12, 2018 via Asian Man Records. You can listen to the song below.

Madball: “Freight Train”

Madball have released a music video for the song "Freight Train." The track is off the band's album titled For The Cause , which was released in 2018 via Nuclear Blast.

Madball will be out on tour with Suicidal Tendencies at the end of the month (dates listed below with *), and then will put in a few interim gigs before heading over to the UK and Ireland in December. You can check out the new video, and those tour dates, below.

Check out the new track by Bud Bronson and the Good Timers!

Today, we are pleased to debut the new track by Bud Bronson and the Good Timers!

Bud and the boys have been slugging it out in Denver for a few years making a name for themselves with their unique brand of paradoxically profound-party-punk. On "Enter the Infinite," they launch into a soaring "woo hoo!" style rush all while gazing through the cosmos and wondering just what makes us be us. If Aristotle was alive in 2018, he would definitely rock out to this. Check out the new single below, right now.

Captain Trips: “Chances”

UK skatepunks Captain Trips have released a new single from their upcoming album. "Chances" is off of the band's newest EP Stand By, which is due out October 5th on Umlaut Records. The band will be throwing a record release party, as well. You can check out the new video, and the details of that release party, below.

German Doctors confirm that Pussy Riot's Verzilov was poisoned

Recently, it was reported that Peter Verzilov of Pussy Riot became severely ill and lost consciousness shortly after attending a hearing related to charges that stemmed during a day of "widespread" protest in Moscow. Before those charges, Verzilov was previously arrested for storming the pitch at the World Cup. Pussy Riot claimed that Russian doctors initially refused to tell Verzilov's family why he had fallen ill. Russian doctors eventually stated that Verzilov “overdosed on or was poisoned by anticholinergic drugs.” Verzilov's family denied that Verzilov would willingly take those kinds of drugs. Pussy Riot was more direct and stated that he was poisoned by the Russian government as retaliation for the World Cup issue. Verzilov was so ill that, after three days or so, he was flown to Berlin for further treatment

Today, Pussy Riot stated that doctors at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin hospital confirmed that Verzilov was poisoned, and did not overdose on a drug. The activist group issued a statement: "If you ask Peter why do you think you were poisoned, he most likely will tell you about the recent arrest of Igor Sechin, whether there is mobile connection in Arctic or not, about Marina Abramović and Ulay’s performances, and his postmodernist phantasies. It may be scary, but most of the time Peter still has his unique sense of humor. When he saw me and Nika Nikulshina yesterday, he said, ‘So good to see you without handcuffs.It’s important to realize that Peter’s life was in danger. He might be dead now if Nika Nikulshina was not around to help him."

Nerdlinger announce US tour

Aussie punks Nerdlinger have announced a west coast-east coast tour of the USA this coming October. The tour will see the band playing four dates in California and Nevada before flying over to the east coast where they will round out the tour, culminating in a stop at this year's The Fest.

Nerdlinger is continuing to tour in support of their album Happy Places, which came out this past July on PEE Records (you can read Punknews' 4.5 star review of that album here).

You can check out the song "Fat Gav" from that album, as well as those tour dates, below.

La Dispute working on new material, sign to Epitaph Records

According to a recent Facebook post, La Dispute are working on their next record which will be released in early 2019 through Epitaph Records. The band also announced a US tour with Circa Survive and Queen Of Jeans that begins in last October. La Dispute late released the tenth anniversary edition of Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River Between Vega And Altair in 2018. You can see the list of shows below.

Rancid to play San Francisco benefit show

Rancid have announced a benefit show for The Ohlhoff Recovery Program. The performance will take place on November 29, 2018 at The Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. Supporting acts include The Faction, Deseos Primitivos, and Public Safety. Rancid last released Trouble Maker in 2017 via Epitaph Records.

New Reviews for September 17, 2018

Today's reviews are:

• Swingin' Utters - Peace and Love
• The Dirty Nil - Master Volume
• Alkaline Trio - Is This Thing Cursed?
• Dad Brains - Dad Brains

You can check out any of our reviews right here. 

Shout along to “We Are One” from Hamilton's The Castor Troys

We're excited to premiere a new single from Hamilton, Ontario's hard rocking quartet The Castor Troys. You can find the for band's new tune, titled "We Are One," streaming below. The group, which features vocalist Aaron Walsh, guitarist Chris Ledroit, bassist Matthew Bowker, and drummer Bryson Emmons, will include the song on their new 6-song EP Legends Never Die on November 9. The band tells us they set out to craft a song that would be "anthemic and fist-pumping" and "a sing-along to end all sing-alongs," calling it "a rallying cry of unity in the face of adversity and opposition."

Descendents/Teenage Bottlerocket (East Coast)

Descendents have some East Coast shows with Teenage Bottlerocket that are scheduled for October. The band's last full-length was Hypercaffium Spazzinate , which was released in 2016 via Epitaph Records. You can see the list of tour dates below.