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

Toronto’s punk calendar just locked in a heavy hitter. The Flatliners have announced their 6th Annual Holiday Melee, set to take place on December 5th at History in Toronto, a hometown tradition that continues to grow year after year. Headlining the night are The Bouncing Souls, bringing their signature anthems and decades-deep connection to the scene. They’re joined by The Suicide Machines, whose high-energy blend of punk and ska remains as urgent as ever, and The Jack Knive

Everything I Ever Saw doesn't drop until July. They've given us two singles. It might already be album of the year. God help us all. Let's get something out of the way first. 2026 is a ridiculous year for punk rock. We are drowning, and nobody is calling for help. Every corner of the scene has something cooking, festival slots are stacked, reunion cycles are spinning, every band you love apparently finished a record during the same two-year window and collectively decided to

There's a version of this story where Sing Us Home gets too big for its own good. Where the scrappy Philly river party grows up, finds bigger investors, books a pop act for "reach," and loses the plot somewhere between the VIP bar and the branded step-and-repeat. That version of the story didn't happen last weekend. It's not going to happen. Not while Dave Hause is the one holding the match. For the fourth year running, Venice Island in Manayunk hosted three days of music, fo

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

There’s a moment that happens at certain shows now, not the big ones with familiar headliners and predictable sing-alongs, but the smaller rooms you only hear about from a friend of a friend. The band walks onstage and something feels… familiar. Not nostalgic. Not cosplay. Familiar in a deeper way. Like the same emotional frequency you’ve always tuned into, just broadcast on a different signal. If you're paying attention you'll realize this is where the scene you loved went.

You can always tell when someone’s about to lie to you in orgcore. They lean back a little. They smile like they’re remembering something sacred. And then they say it... “Yeah… I was at Revival Tour.” It doesn’t matter where you are when you hear it, backstage at a sweaty club, leaning on a merch table, smoking outside a venue in the cold, or scrolling a comment section at 2AM. Somebody always claims they were there. Somebody always swears they watched the whole thing unfold

In a year where it feels like every band is about to release a record, it takes real substance to stand out. Today, Rudy Nuño shows us just that, breaking major news on his forthcoming album while unveiling an unexpected collaboration with Aimee Interrupter that no-one saw coming. Rudy has officially announced his new full-length album will be titled, Heart, Hope, Perspective , while also revealing that his next single features Aimee Interrupter . The collaboration didn’t com

Every January, punk gets stripped back to instinct. No think pieces. No end-of-year panels. Just phones in hands and fans deciding, sometimes angrily what actually mattered the year prior. The Punk Rock Vinyl Album of the Year bracket has become that moment, a yearly gut check run by the Brit based Instagram account punkrock_vinyl, and by now it’s one of the most honest measurements punk rock has left. The early rounds are always loud and mostly disposable. They’re stacked wi

Orgcore has never been a single sound. It’s a shared ethic rooted in honesty, lived experience, and the community that lives next to punk, folk, and rock without being confined to any one of them. In 2025, the best orgcore records didn’t try to sound alike. Instead, they leaned hard into different directions while staying grounded in the same emotional core. These five albums represent the best of orgcore in 2025, not because they fit a formula, but because they show how wide

T he Common Thread Tour is ripping across Europe right now, and it’s not just another run of shows. It’s a full-blown celebration of the orgcore spirit: raw, emotional, working-class punk rock brought to life by a lineup that reads like a love letter to the scene itself. From Germany to Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK, this traveling festival is uniting fans across borders with a sense of community that only punk can build. You can feel it in the packed halls, the shoute

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