When listening to Shai Hulud's latest album, Misanthropy Pure, it's clear that the long-running metalcore band hasn't gone soft. Juan Diniz recently caught up with Shai Hulud's Matt Fox to talk about the new album as well as the band's history and future.
Portland, Oregon's 31Knots may not be known as the most accessible band making music today. However, their latest album, Worried Well, released this year on Polyvinyl is about as catchy as experimental post-rock gets. Our very own Jesse recently caught up with the band's vocalist Joe Haege to talk about what the band has been up to.
Over 15 years deep into their career, Less Than Jake recently released GNV FLA, their seventh studio album, and the first self-released album under their new label, Sleep It Off Records. The band's drummer and lyricist Vinnie Fiorello recently took some time to talk to Punknews interviewer Zack Shapiro about the writing process of the album and the liberating feeling of going back to DIY.
Punknews.org editor Justin recently sat down with Lemuria at the behest of Sound Scene Revolution. The SSR boys have posted the podcast which you can hear here.
As I recall there was a lot of yelling at Jeff from Bomb the Music Industry in the middle of it.
With the release of Controller, the third album from Misery Signals, the band further solidifies themselves as longtime players in the metalcore scene.
Punknews interviewer Sarah El-Hamzawi had a chance to talk with the band's bassist, Kyle Johnson.
Fourth of July celebrations tend to involve a couple of things: family gatherings, BBQs, your annoying uncle Karl who wants to show you his new tramp stamp tattoo, etc. But for about 100 kids in Philadelphia, Independence Day this year involved waiting in line outside of The Deep Sleep in hopes of being one of the lucky few who would be able to make it inside for the None More Black reunion show. Whether you were one of the fortunate, or were forced to catch a glimpse of the band from the street through The Deep Sleep's foggy windows, we all knew we were being part of something truly special. Before the chaos and the sweaty fists pounding in the saturated humid air, Ollie Mikse had a chance to catch up with the band on this not-so-sunny Philadelphia afternoon to talk about the reunion, the current state of music, and why Paul Delaney is so damn likable.
None More Black is Jason Shevchuk (vocals/guitar/wunderkind), Colin McGinniss (guitar), Paul Delaney (bass) and Jared Shavelson (drums). Their latest album This Is Satire was released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2006.
Canadian rockers Bionic have been pumping out some of the country's best punk influenced rock for ten years now. Their 2007 album Black Blood was only their third, but it showcases a band with a distinctive flavour of rock. We recently talked with Bionic's Jonathan Cummins about the band's history and what they have in store for the future.
John Joseph McGowan has been a lot of things in his life, a drug dealer, brawler, crack head, scam artist, hardcore legend, cult member, spiritual pilgrim, storyteller and more. He's hated by many in the New York City scene and loved by perhaps an equal amount. He's opinionated, honest and unwilling to compromise his beliefs. He is also the author of one of the funniest and most disturbing punk autobiographies in recent years.
If he had only been the lead singer of the legendary Cro-Mags, his book would get enough attention for those who want to know more about the minutia of the eighties and nineties hardcore scene in New York, But John Joseph was only a Cro-Mag for a part of his life and in his new autobiography, Evolution of a Cro-Magnon, John Joseph not only talks about the years he spent singing for the Cro-Mags and working as a roadie for the Bad Brains, but he also reveals with unflinching, hilarious and sometimes horrifically sad anecdotes about a life lived in foster homes, institutions and the streets.
While Every Time I Die roughs the summer heat of this Year's Warped Tour, Punknews interviewer Jason Gardner did the same and tracked down the band's vocalist, Keith Buckley, to see how the tour was going and talk about Every Time I Die's latest album, The Big Dirty.
Punknews interviewer Ryan Raffin recently caught up with Transistor Transistor's Nat Coghlan to speak about their new album, Ruined Lives, as well as Coghlan's recent trip to the hospital to deal with a trouble-making appendix.
Pop-punk veterans MxPx have been keeping busy touring in support of their latest album, Secret Weapon. Back in the Spring the band played Bamboozle Left where our reporter Ronnie Raffaniello caught up with drummer Yuri Ruley.