A LOOK INTO THE ORGCORE SCENE

There are some bands you simply grow up with, and then there are bands that help shape who you become. For so many of us, The Bouncing Souls were the soundtrack to our youth. They were there for first shows, first road trips, heartbreaks, friendships and every moment in between. They never chased trends or tried to become something they weren't. They just kept writing honest songs that reminded us we weren't alone. Over the last decades, The Bouncing Souls have continued to e

There are few voices in punk rock and Americana as instantly recognizable as that of Brian Fallon. For nearly two decades, Fallon has occupied a unique space in our world, equal parts street poet, barroom philosopher, and working-class storyteller. While countless bands spent the last fifteen years trying to recreate the flannel-and-whiskey magic of early orgcore, Fallon quietly kept evolving. And now, he's back. After five years without a proper solo release, Fallon has anno

Si Short didn't set out to stand at the microphone. He just had songs that needed writing. Si Short is not entirely sure how any of this happened. One minute he was writing songs alone in a studio apartment in Hawaii because he needed to, and the next he's routing a European tour, co-managing a record label, and trying to explain to people why The Jack Knives are important to him. He still finds that last part slightly absurd. "I had no intention of ever having a full touring

SOCIAL DISTORTION — Born to Kill (Epitaph Records, May 8, 2026) ★★★★ / 5 Fifteen years is a long time to make people wait. Then again, Mike Ness has never operated on anyone else's schedule, and after everything, the false starts, the relentless touring that ate up a decade of writing time, and a tonsil cancer diagnosis that put a hard stop to sessions midway through recording, the fact that Born to Kill exists at all feels like a minor miracle. That it's genuinely great feel