Throw: “Complaining”

Throw have released their first new song in six years. It is called “Complaining” and is available digitally now via Sad Times Productions. Throw released their split with Se Vende, Get Better, in 2019. Listen to the song below.

Heavy Petter and The Highdives to release split album

Heavy Petter and The Highdives have announced that they will be releasing a split album together. The record is called Come Back, Kelly and will feature 4 new tracks plus two covers - The Highdives will be covering a Heavy Petter track and Heavy Petter will be covering a Highdives track. The album will be out on July 25 via Tarantula Tapes. The art for the album was created by Andrew Wright.

Navel Gazing for July 6, 2025

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Jon Snodgrass and Ben Andress of BÜDDIES Fest

Canada's newest punk festival BÜDDIES Fest has arrived. The festival is the creation of baseball enthusiast/punk Jon Snodgrass and Blacktop Record's Ben Andress, whom will be hosting the three day festival held from July 11 to 13th, 2025 in a small town called Tillsonburg, ON. ALL, Dillinger Four, The Flatliners, Drag The River, Lenny Lashley, Greg Norton and much more is set to play the weekend. Punknews Contributing editor Samantha Barrett spoke with Jon Snodgrass and Ben Andress about the festival.

Click here to get all the info about the festival and to grab your tickets.

Judas Priest cover Black Sabbath's “War Pigs”

Judas Priest have released a cover of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs”. The song originally appeared on Black Sabbath’s 1970 album Paranoid. The cover comes before Black Sabbath’s final show, which will take place in Birmingham, UK, on July 5. Judas Priest will not be playing the show. Rob Halford has served as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath on several occasions - twice in 1992 and once in 2004. The released a statement along with the cover which reads,

”WE ARE HONORED TO SHOW OUR LOVE FOR OZZY AND BLACK SABBATH WITH OUR HOMAGE OF 'WAR PIGS' - A SONG WE PLAY AT EVERY SHOW AROUND THE WORLD THAT FANS SING ALONG TO - REINFORCING THEIR LOVE AS WELL FOR THE LEGENDARY PRINCE OF DARKNESS….!!

Check out the cover below.

Kitchen Lover: “Oregano Ricardo”

Kitchen Lover has released a new song. It is called “Oregano Ricardo” and is off their upcoming debut album The Circus Sideshow Dream, which will be out later this year. Kitchen Lover released the first single from the album, “Black Hole Heart”, earlier this year. Check out the song below.

Dead Fucking Serious: “Wasteland”

Dead Fucking Serious have released a new song. It is called “Wasteland” and is off their upcoming album Neurotica. The single was released along with an instrumental version, along with three demo versions that were recorded between 2022-2024. Dead Fucking Serious released their EP For Lou in 2024 and released their album Klandemic in 2022. Check out the single below.

Youth Novel to release new album, share “Made In Heaven”

Youth Novel have announced that they will be releasing a new album. It is called I Went Through This Experience Smiling and will be out later this year. The band has also released their first single from the album called “Made In Heaven”. Youth Novel released their self-titled album in 2021. Check out the song below.

Sun Junkies: “Looking Out Of Buildings”

Brantford, Ontario-based emo punks Sun Junkies have released a video for their new song “Looking Out Of Buildings”. The song was recorded at the Sugar Shack in London, Ontario with producer/engineer Kyle Ashbourne and was mastered by Kristian Montano. The song is available digitally now. Sun Junkies will be playing R4A Fest in Toronto next week and released their album Parachuting in 2023. Check out the video below.

Tim Brennan of Dropkick Murphys talks the band's new album 'For The People'

July 4th, 2025 will bring the return of at least two American staples: one is Joey Chestnut, back from a year’s hiatus in pursuit of reclaiming the crown at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. The other is the Dropkick Murphys, returning with an electrified, amped up, and palpably reignited charge after two successive acoustic releases and driven by a political landscape in need of something between a streetsweeper and a superfund campaign.

Longtime Murphys lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Tim Brennan chatted with longtime Punknews writer and fat-chewer Tyler Barrett about the genesis of the upcoming album For The People (which will be out on July 4 via Dummy Luck Music), the legacy of Shane MacGowan, and frontman Ken Casey’s original claim to fame. Read the interview below.