A LOOK INTO THE ORGCORE SCENE

The Bouncing Souls have officially announced their new album Born To Be , alongside an expansive U.S. and Canada tour that will roll out in multiple legs through early 2027. The tour begins July 9th in Denver, where the band will be joined by co-headliners The Suicide Machines, setting the tone for a high-energy opening stretch across the Midwest and into Western Canada. From there, the run evolves as it moves into different regions, with each leg bringing in a new set of sup

There are shows you watch and then there are shows you are part of. On April 2nd at The Glass House in Pomona, California, The Menzingers delivered the latter: a full-room singalong that blurred the line between stage and floor, past and present, old guard and new blood. From the first chords, it was clear this wasn’t just another stop on a tour cycle. This was a band leaning into their catalog with confidence, pulling deep cuts like they were radio staples and letting the hi

Small venues are closing at an unprecedented rate. For emerging artists, what's being lost isn't just a room, it's the entire middle of the ladder. There's a moment every working band knows. It's not the first show, and it's not the breakthrough. It's somewhere in between, the Tuesday night at a 200-cap room in a city you've never played before, where forty people showed up and thirty of them didn't know who you were when the night started, and by the end you had thirty new b

If you’ve been paying attention to the underground over the last few years, you’ve probably noticed something happening. Quietly at first. Then all at once. The next generation of orgcore bands isn’t waiting for permission anymore. This week’s announcement that The Jack Knives, Rudy Nuño & The Broadcasters, and The Young Hearts will share a stage in London later this year feels like more than just another tour stop. It feels like a snapshot of a movement in real time. One wh