Punk

Pop Punk 

Girl’s Rock: Shonen Knife Returns!

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Atsuko Yamano, Good Charamel, Japan, Michie Nakatani, Naoko Yamano, Osaka, Our Best Place, Punk, Shonen Knife

The legendary Japanese punk band’s new album, Our Best Place, out now

Read more

Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Punk Rock 

WATCH: Big Stir Records Share Classic Popsicko Video

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1994, 2023, Big Stir Records, California, Popsicko, Santa Barbara

Limited edition vinyl of the band’s 1994 LP Off To A Bad Start available on April 28th

Read more

Punk 

Time Has Come Today: The Ramones’ Subterranean Jungle at 40

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments ” Ramones, 1983, 40th Anniversary, Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Richie Ramone, Subterranean Jungle, The Ramones

Looking back on the band’s return to their punk roots

Read more

Irish Punk Rock 

Nobody’s Hero: Stiff Little Fingers’ Jake Burns at 65

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments 65th birthday, Alternative Ulster, Belfast, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Northern Ireland, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Device, The Clash, U2

The Irish punk icon tells all in new interview

Read more

Garage Rock Punk Rock Rockabilly 

Still The Queen: The Cramps’ Poison Ivy Turns 70

February 20, 2023February 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Boston, Lux Interior, New York City, Poison Ivy, Punk, Rockabilly, The Cramps, The Rat

Celebrating the career of punk guitar icon

Read more

Punk Rock 

Ivan Julian Swings Again

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments CBGB, Dead Milkmen, Fugazi, Girls Against Boys, Ivan Julian, New York City, Pravda Records, Richard Hell, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Robert Quine, Shudder To Think, Swing Your Lanterns, Ted Niceley

With cancer in the rearview, the legendary guitarist unleashes his best solo album yet

Read more

Garage Rock Punk Rock 

WATCH: NYC’s Skull Practitioners Share Video for “LEAP”

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Alex Baker, In The Red Records, Jason Victor, Kenneth Levine, Negative Stars, New York City, Skull Practitioners, The Dream Syndicate

The band’s debut album, Negative Stars, out now on In The Red Records

Read more

Punk Rock 

Shake Appeal: Iggy and the Stooges’ Raw Power at 50

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Todd Manning 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, Raw Power, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, The Stooges

Looking back on a half-century of a punk rock landmark

Read more

Alternative Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Guiding Light: Remembering Tom Verlaine

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billy Ficca, CBGB, Fred Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Marquee Moon, New York City, Patti Smith, Richard Lloyd, RIP, Television, Tom Verlaine

The legendary Television guitarist never stopped looking for adventure

Read more

Punk Surf 

LISTEN: Strawberry Fuzz Share “Dropout”

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Agent Orange, CandyShop Recordings, Dropout, Los Angeles, Punk, Strawberry Fuzz, Strongs Dr., surf

New album from L.A. surf punks, Strongs Dr., comes out tomorrow

Read more

Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Industrial New Wave Post-Punk Punk Rock 

PiL Scale Another Peak With The Extraordinary “Hawaii”

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Tim Sommer 7 Comments 2023, Eurovision, Hawaii, John Lydon, PiL, Public Image, Public Image Ltd.

The song is the sound of the heart looking skyward, watching vapor trails dissolve

Read more

Electronic New Wave Pop Post-Punk Punk Rock 

LISTEN: Public Image Ltd. Share New Single “Hawaii”

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Bruce Smith, Hawaii, John Lydon, Lu Edmonds, Nora Lydon, Public Image Limited, Public Image Ltd., Scott Firth, single

The song, entered into the Eurovision Song Contest, was written for John Lydon’s wife Nora

Read more

Punk Rock 

ALBUMS: The Big, Dumb Fun of Iggy Pop’s New LP

January 6, 2023January 8, 2023 Jason Perri 0 Comments 2023, Andrew Watt, Atlantic Records, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Every Loser, Gold Tooth Records, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg, Travis Barker

Every Loser finds the 75-year-old Detroit icon rowdier than ever

Read more

Punk Remembrance 

Vivienne Westwood, As Remembered By Malcolm McLaren’s Biographer

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Craig Bromberg 0 Comments England, fashion, Malcolm McLaren, Punk, RIP, The Sex Pistols, Vivienne Westwood

Fashion icon was much more than a satellite in partner’s orbit

Read more

Irish Pub Rock Punk Rock 

Streams of Whiskey: Shane MacGowan at 65

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Cait O'Riordan, CBGB, Christmas, Die Hard, Kirsty MacColl, Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy, The Pogues

Looking back on the career of the Christmas-born Irish punk king

Read more