The Punknews Chicago Showcase is this Saturday!

This Saturday, July 21st, Punknews.org along with Velour Underground Studios, will throw our first ever event in Chicago, IL at Chop Shop! The show will feature Chicago’s own Pet Symmetry, Flint, MI’s indie rockers Baggage (featuring Jonathan Diener of The Swellers), the rowdy pop punkersReaganomics, and the spazz soul trio The Cell Phones. The show will be $15 presale, $18 at the door. It's all ages and starts at 7pm. Make sure you RSVP on Facebook and snag your presale tickets here.

Watch Poor Me's New Lyric Video!

Punknews is very excited to premiere Poor Me's lyric video for the title track of their new EP called Sugarcane. The eight-song record will be self-released on August 14, 2018. Poor Me last released their full-length Cosplay in 2015. You can find out more about the Denver, CO band over on their Facebook page. Watch the video and read the band's statement about it below.

Red City Radio/PKEW PKEW PKEW/The Penske File (East Coast)

Red City Radio have announced an east coast tour with Pkew PKew Pkew and The Penske File that is scheduled for October. The band released SkyTigers in 2018 via Red Scare. You can see the list of shows below.

Nothing: “Blue Line Baby”

Shoegaze band Nothing released the music video for "Blue Line Baby". "Blue Line Baby" is the second track off of the band's upcoming album titled Dance On The Blacktop. Dance On The Blacktop and is due out August 24, 2018 on Relapse Records. See below to watch the video.

The Burnt Tapes schedule Scotland Tour

London's The Burnt Tapes have announced a week-long tour of Scotland in addition to their already scheduled UK dates for the summer. The band is continuing to tour in support of their most recent EP, Alterations, which released in June on Lockjaw Records on CD, and Umlaut Records on vinyl. You can check out the track "Wayne Regretzky" from that album, as well as those tour dates, below.

Listen to the new record from Toronto post-punk trio Fond

We're happy to share a full-album stream of the new self-titled album from Toronto's Fond, which comes out July 21 on Art of the Uncarved Block. The post-punk trio features Ryan Naray (Animal Faces, Soft Floors), Zach Van Horne (Creeper), and Rob Johnson (Low Sun, Shahman). The band recorded at Burlington, Ontario’s B-Town Sound in one live off the floor session with producer Colin Young.

Listen to the new album by The Manx!

Today, Punknews is pumped to debut the massive 25-track album by The Manx!

Two years ago, the freak-punkers released Voyage In Bad Taste which found them warping folk-punk into a dark acid trip. Well, their new released, Mystery Skum and The Odyssey Of Goo, is even more warped. Across the release's 25 tracks, the band remixes earlier material, creates bizarre and horrifying soundscapes, and teases some of their even more messed up upcoming material. On top of that, they brought in a team of collaborators to further make this release MESSED UP. Justin Roiland of Rick and Morty, Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, Ryan Kattner of Man Man, and JR Slayer of Blood Brothers all make appearances. The result is something between the spastic mania of Captain Beefheart and the spiraling chaos of Rudimentary Peni (if RP were from the Bayou, that is).

Speaking to Punknews, the band's Tommy Meehan said "I've always really appreciated it when bands have put out supplementary material to their full length albums via singles, b-sides, remixes, or whatever. Segue albums like Marilyn Manson's, Smells Like Children and full on remix albums like NIN's Further Down The Spiral. Putting that kinda material out allows the fans to peer a bit deeper into the artists genetic make-up. Mystery Skum and The Odyssey of Goo gave us a chance to do that. We also got to collaborate with some really slick artists in ways that we wouldn't normally have gotten to. Among other things included on the cassette tape are a bunch of experimental tracks and atmospheric bits we've used for live shows over the last couple of years. There are several little gobs and splats of foreshadowing that will tie into our upcoming full length album as well. This collection of absurdities is a labyrinth of digital grime almost as much as it is a road map to the slimed out Manx lore we've been evolving over the last couple of years."

Mystery Skum and The Odyssey Of Goo is out on Friday and you can pre-order it right here. Meanwhile, check out the whole thing below, right now!

Remnants: 'Bee Sides'

New York-based punk band Remnants released a new digital EP over at their Bandcamp page. The three-song EP was songs that were recorded from their True Places Never Are sessions. The band will be playing a few local shows this summer, see below to view the show dates and to listen to the new EP.

Fair Do's release video for “Closing In”

UK melodic punks Fair Do's have released a single/video from their upcoming debut LP. The song, "Closing In," comes off of the Leopards, which is due out July 27th on Lockjaw Records. The album is a follow-up to their EP Trying TImes, which came out in March of 2016 on the same label.

The band is currently on tour supporting the upcoming album and you can check out those remaining dates, and the new video, below.

Alkaline Trio release new single and set date for new album.

Alkaline Trio has released a new single from their upcoming album. The song, "Blackbird," comes off of Is This Thing Cursed?, which is due out August 31st on Epitaph Records. The album will be their first studio release since 2013's My Shame Is True.

The new single is streaming via subscription services Spotify and Apple Music, so unless you have an account with either the best we can get you now is a preview of the track, which you can check out below.

Sick Things: “Sick Things”

Montreal based power-pop band Sick Things premiered a new track over at Noisey. The track is called "Sick Things" and it will be off of their newly released self-titled record. See below to check out the music video.