We're very happy to be bringing you a brand new stream from Philadelphia's The Low Budgets today. The features Joe Jack Talcum of The Dead Milkmen and the band released their Chunksaah debut this month.
The band is described as "Devo meets Descendents" and you can see for yourself via their Punknews.org Profile.
In less than two weeks one of the most anticipated albums in hardcore finally drops: Modern Life Is War's Midnight in America, slated for release August 21 via their new label, Equal Vision Records.
The band's previous record, the Deathwish, Inc.-released Witness received numerous accolades and found the band touring in support of it non-stop with the likes of Converge, Strike Anywhere, Bane and others.
Greasing the wheels of the hype machine, we've got three songs from Midnight in America streaming for you at the band's Punknews profile page.
It's always a treat for us old ska-heads when a veteran band releases a new album. When it's the first recorded appearance in seven years, it's even more exciting. Sustain is Buck-O-Nine's return to the fray, featuring their signature punked up ska sound. For those who miss the simplicity of the third wave without all the unnecessary goofiness, check it out.
You can stream Sustain via the Buck-O-Nine Punknews.org Band Profile.
You can catch the band on tour with Bomb The Music Industry! on the West Coast, including a stop this Friday at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco.
Today we bring you the exclusive stream of The Riot Before's upcoming EP, So Long, The Lighthouse. The EP will be available via (donation-recommended) free digital download on Quote Unquote Records, and 7" from Fall Of The West Records. The band will also be selling a limited CD of the EP on their upcominmg tour, with dates to be announced shortly.
You can listen to the So Long, The Lighthouse EP in its entirety over at The Riot Before Punknews profile.
Oakland's Hot Toddies have sugary sweet melodies, even if sometimes their words are the kind of drrrty you'd like to hide from your parents. They'll be releasing their Asian Man debut on September 11th and you can preview the whole thing here at the Org.
Check out tracks like "Anais Nin vs. The Pirates of Santa Cruz," "Photosynthesis," and "Ocean" for a taste of their sound. It mixes dance beats, sugary sweety melodies, simple acoustic strumming and a seriously quirky sense of humor.
Stream Smell The Mitten by the Hot Toddies at their Punknews.org Band Profile.
About a year ago, a promising UK-based melodic hardcore act called the Steal released their full-length to great reviews. Now, just as they are about to embark on a U.S. tour, the band has finally found a home in North America for the record -- Winter Park, Florida's Get Outta Town -- and to coincide with both the tour and this long-awaited domestic release, we've got a full album stream of the entire thing.
Here's the short version: if you like a band that is equally influenced by Kid Dynamite, Descendents and Gorilla Biscuits you'll like this. We reviewed the record last year, so you can see what our review said here: The Steal.
You can check out the album on their Punknews.org Profile.
Dear Tonight's We're Not Men, doubts of masculinity or not, is arguably one of the year's best debuts. To borrow a line from the namesake one of our faithful users, I'm not feeling creative right now, so let's just say they "[bridge] the ever-widening gap between early emotional hardcore…and its latter-day counterparts."
If that doesn't do it for ya, luckily we're streaming the first half of the record on their Punknews.org band page profile, with the other half available soon from our friends at Pastepunk.
Earlier this month, one of the latest Red Scare signings, Cobra Skulls released their debut for the label. The record is titled Sitting Army and was released July 10, 2007.
The band plays a blend of crust, folk, rockabilly, skate-punk, and who knows what else. Some say they sound like The Clash, some say The Living End, some say Against Me!.
We've got six songs from the record and you can easily check them on the band's Punknews.org Profile.
If you dig what you hear, you can check the band out when they visit your city. They're currently embroiled in a US tour.
Today we've got a brand new stream from The Menzingers. We've got six songs from their new album. The record is titled A Lesson In The Abuse of Information Technology and was released July 17, 2007.
You can check out all six songs on the band's Punknews.org Profile
Punknews.org is once again proud to team with up RecCenter.com to offer an audio exclusive. This time around we bring you two unreleased tracks from none other than Andrew WK. The tracks come from his upcoming limited edition vinyl release (deluxe 2-lp gatefold/orange colored vinyl/complete lyrics/new graphics/5 bonus songs/23 songs total) which is titled Close Calls With Brick Walls.
You can check out the tracks here.
Another full album coming your way today, this one from Sacramento's Secretions. The record is titled Faster Than The Speed of Drunk and is due out August 07, 2007. The band promises plenty of pop-punk and plentiful puerile lyrics.
You can check out the whole thing on their Punknews.org Profile.