punk

“There’s like a punk element, a big ‘fuck you’ element in a really light and fun way,” Liz Cooper proclaims of her It’s A New Day Tour, which resumes tonight in her current home state of Vermont (where she moved last July after about half a decade in Brooklyn)...

“I love going to Philly!  I’m really a Philly head.  I’m wearing a full body 2 shirt right now!  That’s my favorite band,” says Uriel Avila, vocalist of Fort Worth shoegazers trauma ray, who are hitting the road for a double-headlining tour with Glixen whose first 15 dates will...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has grown accustomed to NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello (and their Casa Gogol labelmates) bringing their annual year-end holiday shows to our own Brooklyn Bowl.  So, we were a bit bummed that the closest their 2025 holiday jaunt came to the...

This June, Montreal outfit NOBRO put on the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection’s best punk performance of the summer when they brought The Go For Broke Tour – a double-headlining run that had them sharing top billing with almost-equally rad Canadian punks Bad Waitress, in addition to...

Los Angeles-based/Bologna-bred synth pop trio Nuovo Testamento – comprised of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums), and Andrea Mantione (synth) – will be spending their Halloween at Baltimore Soundstage, sharing a bill with our old phriends Scowl and new phriends Whispers (along with co-headliners Sunami).  And while Scowl, Sunami,...

This Wednesday is opening night of what is likely to be the most exciting double-headlining tour of the fall, when longtime friends and collaborators PUP and Jeff Rosenstock (and openers Ekko Astral) team up to bring their no-frills DIY punk rock to massive nightclubs and ballrooms across the US. ...

Next month, legendary punk outfit The Pogues will embark on their first North American tour in 13 years, the first since the passing of vocalist Shane MacGowan in 2023.  On September 8th, the third date of the tour brings original Pogues Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, and James Fearnley to...

“We love Philly!  We always have a good time when we play Philly,” says Baltimore trio Pinkshift, who we first met in 2022 – when they were on the road supporting other phriends of PHILTHY, Destroy Boys – and are gearing up for their second and third appearances in...

This afternoon, UK alt-rock outfit bôa – who headlined The Foundry at The Fillmore last September amidst their sold-out North American reunion tour – are playing possibly their biggest show ever at this year’s Lollapalooza, 2:30-3:30 on the Bud Light Stage.  Last year, the trio – consisting of vocalist/guitarist...