Festivals & Events
Crazy and the Brains, Crush Fund, Frida Kill, Sgt. Scag, Stop The Presses, more to play Punk Island

Crazy and the Brains, Crush Fund, Frida Kill, Sgt. Scag, Stop The Presses, more to play Punk Island

Punk Island has announced its lineup for this year. 95 Bulls, A New Bug, Bachslider, Better Plastic, Black Lincoln, Caitlin Starr, Calendar Year, Car Becomes Airplane, Cash Bribe, Cat Crash, Chemical X, Come Mierda, Crazy and The Brains, Crush Fund, Dead Tooth, Despot, Dias Azules, Dodomeki, Drogato, Erica Dawn Lyle, Fox Teeth, Femcel, Francie Moon, Frida Kill, Goblin City Rat Boys, Hands of Spite, Jekssaira, Joudy, Kaiser Solzie, Kissy Noises, Lagrimas HTX, Lake Lanier, Laurel Canyon, Lurking Class, Maafa, Mary Shelley, Miltiaismyname, Monica Bang, Necrotic Society, Neon Rayon, Not Yer Baby, One Hour Photo, Person(A), PMFD, Presence of Conflict, Prostitution, Psychic of Orange, Pucker Up!, Pusch, Queer Chaos, Rats En Zelo, RBNX, Red Hunting Cap, Sgt. Scag, Shred Filntstone, Shut Up!, Skorts, Sludge Bunny, Soji, Speakeasy, Spike Polite, Stop The Presses, Suzuki Methyd, Tilt, Tesla’s Revenge, The Breathing Light, The Bum Babies, The Car Bomb Parade, The Milkmaids, The Muckrakers, Timeless Clock, Tits Dick Ass, Tracy City, Trouble Bound, Tula Vera, Two Headed Girl, Winter Wolf, World Sucks, and Worse Off will be playing the festival.

Along with the music the festival will also be holding a Zine Fest presented by #blkgrlswurld. Along with #blkgrlswurld Zine, Gnarly Headache, Battle Jester, Meghann Early, Gregorio Lewis, Porch Wwater Press, NCY Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council, Fierce Invalids, Maya Cordero, Sid Drmay, Outsider Magazine, Olive Nicole, Alfaaz Zine, Punk Rock Saves Lives, Mac, Punk Scholars Network, Interference Archive, Black Rock Coalition, Punks In Recovery, Popgym, Soundbath, Bushwick Print Lab, Theatre of the Oppressed, Time We Get Back Home, Film Diary, Faggy Notions, Saint Bimbo’s Film Church, and Damali Abrams will be there.

Punk Island is still looking for volunteers and will take place on Randalls Island in New York on June 8.

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Hard Chiller announce debut EP, share "Clouds"

Hard Chiller announce debut EP, share “Clouds”

Hard Chiller, the new band made up of Steve Choi (RX Bandits, The Sound of Animals Fighting), Joey Vannucchi (From Indian Lakes), Casey Deitz (The Velvet Teen), and Roger Camero (No Motiv), have announced that they will be released their debut EP. It is called Heavy Cell and will be out on June 28 via Born Losers Records. The band has also released a video for their first single “Clouds” which was directed by Bob Sweeney. Check out the song and tracklist below.

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Cavalera re-record Sepultura's 'Schizophrenia'

Cavalera re-record Sepultura's 'Schizophrenia'

Cavalera, the band that includes Max and Iggor Cavalera, formerly of Sepultura is continuing their reissue campaign. Cavalera previously released re-recordings of the classic Sepultura albums Morbid Visions and Bestial Devastation. The project is now continuing with the band re-recording Schizophrenia. That's out June 21st via Nuclear Blast Records. The band also includes Travis Stone (Pig Destroyer) on lead guitars and Igor Amadeus Cavalera (Max's son) on bass. You can see a promo live video released to promote the studio album, below.

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In Memoriam
Gary Floyd of the Dicks has passed away

Gary Floyd of the Dicks has passed away

We are receiving reports from multiple sources that Gary Floyd of The Dicks has passed away. No cause of death was given. he was 71. Floyd is survived by his husband. Between the incarnations of the Dicks, Floyd was in sister Double Happiness and Black Kali Ma. We wish the best to Floyd's family.

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Jason DeVore

Watch the new video by Jason DeVore!

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new video by Jason DeVore of Authority Zero! The video is for his new song “Turn It Off!” And was directed by Eric Cannon. Speaking about the song and video Jason said,

”"A brilliant and very talented director by the name of Eric Cannon with Illmatic Productions brought the music video to life. I had this wild left-field concept one day when I was watching the latest Joker movie with the role played by Joaquin Phoenix. As I was watching it, I started picturing my song playing along to the scene where he’s walking down the hallway with his back turned to you and then when he turns around there’s that look of maniacal vengeance but yet somehow at peace and confident in his mentally ill mind. Directly following that scene was the carefree dance scene of him on the staircase and it all came together in my head--a 'this is it' moment. I instantly drafted a makeshift video with the actual footage from the film with 'Turn It Off!' playing in the background and it blew my mind how well it fit to the imagery and the storyline. I sent it off to Jeff and Em at Double Helix Records and they were instantly intrigued. We then tied Eric into the concept and he absolutely loved it. It’s unreal to me how well he was able to make the vision come to life as a short film. Some of the most memorable things about making this video was just how much fun it was acting. I love acting. I’ve dreamt of being an actor, as well as a musician, since I was a kid--an entertainer as a whole, I suppose. Watching the big screen and cinema has always been a favorite pastime of mine, so to get to do something that combines the elements of music and theatre of sorts just made this experience so unique and awesome for me.”

“Turn It Off!” is off Jason DeVore’s upcoming solo album ’Til The Voice Goes Out which will be out on June 7 via Double Helix Records, SBAM Records, and Caffeine Bomb Records. Watch the video below!

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