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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

I Am the Avalanche - The Horror Show (Equal Vision Records) ★★★★☆ There's a version of this review where I tell you to just go listen to the record. That version is probably the correct one. But here we are, so let me try to explain why The Horror Show hit me the way it did, which is to say: hard, and somewhere in the chest, and more than once on a Tuesday morning when I had no business feeling anything at all. Twenty-two years in. Think about that. Vinnie Caruana has been do

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