Bad Astronaut to release new album, share new version of “Grey Suits”

Bad Astronaut have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Untethered and features stripped-back versions of 9 of their songs. It will be out on November 8 via Fat Wreck Chords. The band has released their first song from the album, the new version of “Grey Suits”. Check out the song and tracklist below.

Thotcrime: “My Final Escape”

Thotcrime have released a live video for “My Final Escape”. The video was shot by Carlisle Jones at Lawnchair Youth. The song is off their album Connection Anxiety which was released earlier this year and we caught up with the band to talk about it last month, you can listen to that interview right here. Check out the video below.

Listen to Punknews Podcast #662 - John “Jughead” Pierson!

Episode #662 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John “Jughead” Pierson stops by to talk about his new band Semi-Famous, the re-release of the book that spawned the band, the creative process, and so much more with John and Em! They also hit some news stories including the No Values Fest traffic jam and Barclays suspending sponsorship of LiveNation events. Listen to the episode below!

Kaonashi / Omerta / Blind Equation (US)

Kaonashi have announced US tour dates for this fall. Omerta and Blind Equation will be joining them on all dates. Kaonashi released their EP A Second Chance At Forever: The Brilliant Lies From Casey Diamond earlier this year. Check out the dates below.

Cursive release video for “Bloodbather”

Cursive have released a video for their new song “Bloodbather”. The video was directed by Chelsea Stardust. The song is off their upcoming album Devourer which will be out on September 13 via Run For Cover Records. Cursive will be touring the US starting in October. Check out the video below.

Rust Ring: “Who's The Bitch?”

Rust Ring have released a new song. It is called “Who’s The Bitch?” and is available digitally now. Rust Ring released their album North To The Future in 2023. Check out the song below.

Envy: “Whiteout”

Envy have released a new song called “Whiteout”. It is off their upcoming album Eunoia which will be out on October 11 via Temporary Residence Ltd and Pelagic Records. Envy released their EP Seimei in 2022 and released their album The Fallen Crimson in 2020. Check out the song below.

Green Day to play India for the first time as headliners of Lollapalooza

Green Day have announced that they will be playing their first ever show in India as part of Lollapalooza India. The band are heading the festival along with Shawn Mendes, Louis Tomlinson, and Glass Animals. Green Day are currently touring North America and will be touring Japan along with playing their first show in Indonesia show since 1996 in February. The band released their album Saviors earlier this year.

Planes Mistaken for Stars announce new album, share “Fix Me”

Planes Mistaken For Stars have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called Do You Still Love Me? and is the final recording from Gared O’Donnell who passed away in 2021. The band has also released the first song called “Fix Me”. Do You Still Love Me? will be out on November 1 via Deathwish Inc. Planes Mistaken for Stars released their album Prey in 2016. Check out the song and tracklist below.

Thunder Queens cover The Breeders

Thunder Queens have released a cover of “Cannonball” by The Breeders. The song originally appeared on the Breeders’ 1993 album Last Splash. The cover is available digitally via Victory Pool Music. Thunder Queens will be backing Jordan Miller of The Beaches at the Polaris Prize Gala on September 17 and will be playing one of Frank Turner’s ‘Lost Evenings’ dates in Toronto later this month. The band released their debut album Strike One earlier this year. Check out the cover below.

Listen to the new album and read a track-by-track breakdown by Unreal!

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new album by Portland-based synth-punk band Unreal! The album is self-titled and features 11 new tracks. We caught up with the band to hear the stories behind each of the tracks. Unreal will be out everywhere on September 11. Listen to the album one day early and read the track-by-track breakdown below!

Refused announce final North American tour dates, to release 'Shape of Punk to Come' tribute album

Refused have announced that they will be breaking up again. The band initially broke up in 1998 before reuniting in 2012. The band has announced a final North American tour for 2025 with Quicksand joining them on all dates. The band announced this in an Instagram post which reads in part,

”We were supposed to do this in June. Roll out our modest farewell run, starting with the Rosendal Garden Party in Stockholm and then doing some light touring before calling it quits end of year. The rehearsals had been magnificent, the vibe was great and two days before the show we played a warm up show at Kulturhuset Femman in Uppsala. There were no pictures or video taken but it was a great show in front of maybe 60 local scenesters. We hung out afterwards, I had a few beers and me and Dennis, still vegan and basically straight edge, traded stupid stories about bands we love. It was a fine evening. Next morning I get a call from Dennis’ wife and a couple of tumultuous hours later it’s confirmed that he’s had a heart attack at the hotel.

[…]We gave it several shots between 2012 and 2024. We all have different takes on how it went and what the legacy of the reformed band will be, but personally I felt we couldn’t quite agree on what we were supposed to do musically, and we were still struggling with that when the pandemic hit. Kristofer felt that he’d done what he wanted to do and left the band in august of 2020 and although there was a delayed effect to the death blow, a death blow it was.

So in the beginning of this year we started making plans to have one last big hurrah, to make the end of the band a fun, generous, indulgent affair. And that’s how it felt after the first show, it’s the best we’ve ever sounded and we were really enjoying ourselves, tossing in old songs we haven’t played since the nineties and even a Misfits cover. And then disaster struck. I visited Dennis in the hospital the day after he was admitted and true to form he was not happy about the hospital gown he was forced to wear. Hooked up to all these machines, unshaven with tousled hair, I swear the first thing he said was: (pointing to the gown) 'I mean, this is not great.' I guess they don’t let you wear suits or Negative Approach t-shirts in the hospital.

So on to the good news: Dennis is doing great. He’s one of the healthiest dudes I know, he can’t sit still, exercises a lot and it follows that his recuperation would be swift. He’s gotten excellent care and his doctor has run all the physical tests on him and they all indicate he’s making a full recovery. Needless to say, he’s itching to get back on tour to play shows and he even suggested we should keep preliminary dates set up for the late fall and winter, but we decided to postpone those shows and instead start up in the spring. So yeah, that’s where we’re at. We’re coming to the US in March/April 2025 and we’re looking at what else we can do with the rest of the year, all we know is that we want to finish back home in Sweden at the end of the year. Let us know if there are songs you want us to play and we’ll give them a shot. Hope to see you out there.”

Tickets for this final run go on sale on September 13.

Along with this news, the band has announced that they will be releasing two versions of their 1998 album The Shape of Punk to Come to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The first version of the album comes with previously unreleased demos and alternate versions of songs. The second album is a tribute album called The Shape of Punk to Come Obliterated which features covers of each of the songs by bands including Touché Amoré, Gel, Fucked Up, Zulu, Snapcase, and IDLES. Check out the band’s post in full along with the dates and tribute album tracklist below.