Card Reader: “Sore Eyes”
Long Island based pop-punk band Card Reader released a new single titled "Sore Eyes". The track was produced by Nik Bruzzese of Man Overboard. See below to check out the track.
Round Eye: 'Culture Shock Treatment'
We are pleased to bring to you a Punknews Exclusive premiere for Shanghai, China ex-patriot punks Round Eye. The band will be releasing their third record, Culture Shock Treatment thorough Paper and Plastick on July 4th, 2020. The band's mission is to call attention to the oppressive communist state of the People’s Republic of China and the bring's forth awareness of the protest in Hong Kong, state surveillance, social crediting and violations of human rights. The 15 track record was produced the by Mike Watt and mixed by Bill Stevenson. See below to check out the album a few days early in full.
Raincheck release new EP
French punks Raincheck recently just released a new EP on Krod Records. The EP is called Last Call, see below. The band evokes infulences from American punk and hardcore from the 90' and 2000's.
Lucy and the Rats : “Pinch Myself”
Punknews is excited to premiere a new song by Lucy and the Rats. The song "Pinch Myself" is from their new album Got Lucky which will be released on July 3rd. The LP will be released via Stardumb Records and Surfin' Ki, while the CD will be released on Dirty Water Records. The album is available for pre-order here. See below to check out the single.
Women In Music series: Whitney from Days N’ Daze
We would like to present to you another installment of our Women In Music series. Today's post is from Whitney of Days N’ Daze. Every Friday in the month of June and July, we will bring to you a new video recording of a super rad lady in this scene performing a few songs. In these video Whitney performs two Days N' Daze tracks, "Fate of a Coward" and "Anchor" and two of her solo songs, "Emma" and "Trauma Bond", see below. Days N' Daze released Show Me The Blueprints through Fat Wreck Chords in May 2020.
This series is brought to you in collaboration with the lovely Melanie Kaye of Melanie Kaye PR.
Women In Music series: Fay from The Rezillos
We would like to present to you a brand new series of posts, working in collaboration with Melanie Kaye PR, we bring to you our Women In Music series. Today's post is from Fay Fife of The Rezillos. We are premiering a brand new music video from the legendary punk front woman's new project under the The Countess of Fife name. The track is called "2nd Fiddle", see below. Every Friday in the month of June and July (series has been extended), we will bring to you a new video recording of a super rad lady in this scene performing a few songs. See below to view the performance.
The Countess of Fife recently released a live album called The Countess of Fife - Live and have been performing while in quarantine over their Facebook page.
Women In Music series: The BellRays
We would like to present to you a brand new series of posts, working in collaboration with Melanie Kaye PR, we bring to you our Women In Music series. Today's post is from soul-punk duo The BellRays. Every Friday in the month of June, we will bring to you a new video recording of a super rad lady in this scene performing a few songs. In this video Lisa and Bob performs a few songs from their extensive catalogue. See below to view the performance.
The dynamic duo have been performing on Facebook on Tuesday's and Thursday's every week at 11 am PST as apart of their Tuesday and Thursday Rock Show, on Instagram live 5 days a week at noon PST and on Wednesday's and Friday's at 6 pm PST for their Cover Stories series.
They will also be on an extensive tour with Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Spring 2021, see below.
Lost Like Lions: 'The Devil That You Know'
We are pleased to bring to you a Punknews exclusive premiere of Lost Like Lions new EP, titled The Devil That You Know, see below. After a quick hiatus starting in 2015, the Buffalo, NY based band is back and have spent the last year and a half writing and working on this small collection of 3 songs that has some Midwestern emo vibes. The full EP will be out tomorrow, but you can listen to it in full below.
Women In Music series: Brenna from The Last Gang
We would like to present to you a brand new series of posts, working in collaboration with Melanie Kaye PR, we bring to you our Women In Music series. Today's first post is from Brenna of The Last Gang. Every Friday in the month of June, we will bring to you a new video recording of a super rad lady in this scene performing a few songs. In this video Brenna performs two tracks, "Believe In The Poet" and "Blood Drunk" from The Last Gang's 2018 release Keep Them Counting . See below.
The band is selling their "Smash" tee shirt to help out a small business struggling due to the Covid crisis and all the profits made from the sale of the shirt will go to the ACLU to help in the fight to protect American civil liberties. Click here.
Lost In Society: 'Help'
New Jersey punks Lost In Society released a new two song EP titled Help. The second song on the EP is a cover of "Get Free" by The Vines. See below to check it out.