Epitaph Records

Punk 

RAT BOY: The Big Cheese in U.K. Punk

July 5, 2026July 15, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments CRASH!, England, Epitaph Records, Essex, Hellcat Records, Jordan Cardy, Operation Ivy, Rancid, RAT BOY, Tim Armstrong

A chat with frontman Jordan Cardy

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Punk 

A Decade of Death Lens

June 12, 2026June 13, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Bryan Torres, California, Death Lens, Epitaph Records, Ernie Gutierrez, Jhon Reyes, Los Angeles, Militarie Gun, Tony Rangel, What’s Left Now?

Why these cats are more than just another band from East LA

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Punk 

They’re Gonna Bash It Up: The Offspring’s Smash Turns 30

April 28, 2024April 28, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1994, 30th Anniversary, California, Dexter Holland, Epitaph Records, Noodles, Orange County, Self Esteem, Smash, The Offspring

A look back at a mainstream punk milestone

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Rock 

What He Built: Tom Waits’ Mule Variations Turns 25

April 17, 2024 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 25th Anniversary, ANTI-, Big in Japan, Epitaph Records, Filipino Box Spring Hog, Guided By Voices, Mule Variations, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits, What's He Building?

Looking back on his most accessible LP of the post-Asylum era

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Indie Rock Punk Rock 

Philadelphia Is What Makes 2024 Rock

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2024, Epitaph Records, Half Divorced, I Got Heaven, Mannequin Pussy, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, Pissed Jeans, Playing Favorites, Punk, Sheer Mag, Sub Pop Records, Third Man Records

Digging on the new albums from Sheer Mag, Mannequin Pussy and Pissed Jeans 

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Punk Reggae Rock 

Streetwise Professors: Rancid’s Life Won’t Wait Turns 25

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1998, 25th Anniversary, Buju Banton, Epitaph Records, Lars Frederiksen, Life Won't Wait, Matt Freeman, Rancid, Tim Armstrong

Looking back on the West Coast punk rockers’ greatest album

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New Wave Punk 

ALBUMS: Wet Leg, The Linda Lindas and the New Wave of Now

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Chaise Longue, Chaise Lounge, Domino Records, Epitaph Records, Growing Up, Racist Sexist Boy, The Linda Lindas, Wet Leg

The debut albums from two exciting young bands represent the very best in 21st modern rock

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Punk 

Spit and Retrieve: The Hives’ Veni Vidi Vicious at 20

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Epitaph Records, Garage Rock, Hate To Say I Told You So, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist, Melodic Punk, Sweden, The Hives, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Veni Vidi Vicious

Before Is This It or White Blood Cells was the debut from an even more mysterious Swedish quintet that dressed like Shriners sans fez

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