Bassist Darryl Hunt of The Pogues passes away

Sadly, Darryl Hunt of The Pogues has passed away. He was 72. You can see the band's post below. We send our condolences to Hunt's family, friends and fans.

Tim Armstrong, Wayne Kramer, Dickies, Suzi Gardner, Kid Congo, more to play Howie Pyro tribute show

On Sunday, September 25, the Rey in LA will host a tribute show to the sadly deceased Howie Pyro. Artists appearing at the gig include Tim Armstrong of Rancid, The Dickies, Jesse Malin, Wayhne Kramer of MC5, Suzi Gardner of L7, Kid congo Powers, and more. Proceeds go to the UCLA liver transplant foundation.

Mei-Ling Koller, SOIA guitar tech, says No Fun at All singer assaulted her, band responds and denies

Mei-Ling Koller is the guitar tech for Sick Of It All. She is also married to Pete Koller of the band. Earlier today, she stated that while at Brackrock fest, when she was stringing guitars, she was assaulted by Ingemar Jansson of No Fun At All, who had just walked off stage. In short, the singer walked off stage and, according to Mei-Ling, pushed and picked up the guitar tech. Pete confirmed the story. You can see Pete's instagram post below, which copies-aand-pastes Mei-Ling's post, which is currently set to private.

No fun At All have issued a response. They stated that while there was an altercation, the events did not transpire as described by the SOIA camp. You can also see the band's response below.

American Dream Survivors: “Just Like Me”

We are pleased to bring to you an all new Punknews Exclusive premiere from new Gainesville, FL band American Dream Survivors. The band is a four piece dark folk punk band that contain Captain Bobo (Sergio Witis) of Everymen, John David Eriksen on Cello, Nicholas Caputo on the squeezebox and Jennifer Massimin on drums. The band will be releasing a split record with This Way To The Egress through Say-10 Records sometime in 2023. See below to check out the band's video for "Just Like Me" and their late Summer and Fall show dates.

The Chats / Gymshorts (US)

The Chats have added three new US shows for this fall. Gymshorts will be joining them on all dates. The Chats will be releasing their new album GET FUCKED on August 19 and will be touring North America in October with The Bronx, Drug Church, and Scowl. The band will also be touring Australia in September and released High Risk Behaviour in 2020. Check out the new dates below.

Anti-Flag: “The Fight of Our Lives (ft. Tim McIlrath & Brian Baker)”

Anti-Flag have released a video for their new song "The Fight Of Our Lives" that features Tim McIlrath of Rise Against and Brian Baker of Bad Religion. The song is off their upcoming album Lies They Tell Our Children that will be out January 6, 2023 via A-F Records and Spinefarm Records. Anti-Flag will be touring North America this fall and released their album 20/20 Vision in 2020. Check out the video below.

Blondie reschedule New York show and cancel Connecticut show due to positive COVID-19 case

Blondie have announced via Instagram that their show at The Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York will be rescheduled for August 31 due to a positive COVID-19 test in the band. They will also be adding a second show at the Paramount Theater for Thursday, September 1 and their show scheduled for August 12 at the Premier Theater at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut has been cancelled. The rest of their Against The Odds US tour with The Damned appear to be going ahead as planned. Blondie will be releasing their box set Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 on August 26 and released their album Pollinator in 2017.

Donzii: “Fun”

Miami based new wave-y post-punks Donzii have released a video for their new song "Fun". The song is off their upcoming album that will be out later this year via Grey Market Records. Donzii released their Gladugly EP in 2019. Check out the video below.

Doki Doki release video for “Liar Liar”

Doki Doki have released a video for their new song "Liar Liar". The video was shot on a Google Pixel 3 XL and stars Chris Candy. The song is off the band's upcoming self-titled album that will be out this winter via Asian Man Records. Doki Doki is Lucy Giles, Loggan Hammon, Donnie Walsh, and Randy Moore. They released their debut single "I Was Killing It Man" in June. Check out the video below.

Soul Glo: “Thumbsucker”

Soul Glo have released a video for their song "Thumbsucker". The video was directed by Dan White x $$$NICCA and the song is off their album Diaspora Problems that was released earlier this year. Soul Glo are currently on tour with Show Me the Body and will be touring Europe and the UK this fall. Check out the video below.

Bad Waitress announce fall tour dates

Bad Waitress have announced tour dates for this fall. They will be supporting THICK and Skating Polly on their recently announced North American tour on select dates and opening for The Paranoyds on a few dates. Bad Waitress released No Taste in 2021. Check out the dates below.

Pixies: “Vault of Heaven”

Pixies have released a video for their new song "Vault of Heaven". The video was directed by Charles Derenne. The song is off their album Doggerel due out September 30. Pixies released Beneath the Eyrie in 2019. Check out the video below.