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Ben Nichols of Lucero Releases Latest Single to Upcoming Solo Album Sixteen years after his last solo release, The Last Pale Light in the West, Lucero frontman Ben Nichols returns with In the Heart of the Mountain—a haunting, poetic, and deeply personal album that trades distortion and barroom grit for acoustic reverie and emotional excavation. Released via Liberty & Lament, the label founded by Lucero, the album lands on July […]
Cameron Collins of 'Punk in the Park' Responds A growing wave of dissent has rippled through the punk community after it emerged that Cameron Collins, owner of Brew Ha Ha Productions and organizer of the multi-city festival Punk in the Park, made financial contributions to former President Donald Trump’s campaign. The revelation prompting bands, fans, and petitioners to end the festival, alike to question the alignment between punk’s rebellious spirit […]
Sublime: Legacies Don’t End— They Just Evolve! Nearly three decades after the tragic passing of Bradley Nowell, the unmistakable voice of Sublime, a new chapter unfolds—one that bridges past and present with reverence and bold new energy. With Bradley’s son, Jakob Nowell, now fronting the band alongside original members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, Sublime has officially returned—not just as a legacy act, but as a revitalized creative force with […]
The Damned Cancels PNW Shows In a recent social media post, The Damned were sad to inform the Pacific Northwest that they had to cancel the Seattle, Portland and the Vancouver shows. Below is the official release and Instagram link. "We are very sorry to have to cancel our Seattle, Portland and Vancouver shows this weekend, due to an unexpected and catastrophic event at a member of The Damned's home. […]
The $hape of Art to Come... In a year where noise is currency and silence is complicity, the punk rock community finds itself at a crossroads. A flame long smoldering beneath the stage lights has burst into something much harder to ignore — and the timing couldn’t be more crucial. From Punk in the Park’s political fallout to billion-dollar war drones funded by streaming royalties, and now a gutted public […]
Hot Jazz Jubilee: A Decadent Decade of Delight! From August 29th to September 1st, 2025, the DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento will be transformed into a veritable sonic playground. And let me tell you, preparations are more frantic than a squirrel at a nut convention! We're talking 18 phenomenal bands, a veritable galaxy of Guest Artists, and enough youthful exuberance from the youth jazz bands to power a small city. This […]
Alkaline Trio Releases First of Trio, 'Oblivion' Alkaline Trio unleash “Oblivion,” their first new music since January’s blistering LP Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, and their first studio recording to feature new drummer Atom Willard. Produced by none other than Travis Barker of Blink-182 fame, “Oblivion” marks a new chapter in the band's 25+ year legacy—one that leans into their macabre charm while setting their creative fires blazing anew. “I don’t […]
The Adventure Before The Adventure... Domestic Allegations of Laura Jane Grace & The Trauma Tropes Ahead of Album Release On the eve of Adventure Club, the debut album from Laura Jane Grace and the Trauma Tropes, an explosive and deeply personal domestic dispute between frontwoman Laura Jane Grace and her wife and bandmate Paris Campbell Grace has shaken the alternative music world. What began as a series of distressing […]
Panic Shack Opens the Door to Thier Debut Album Cardiff’s Panic Shack are gearing up to shake things up—and not just their pun-adorned track titles—with tomorrow’s release of their debut full-length. The album lands on the heels of their explosive new single “Pockets,” a dancing punk banger that domes the trivial (no pockets in women’s clothes!) and turns it into an anthem of feminist empowerment and satirical fire. The video […]
From Jack Ellsworth in 1948 to now his grandson, Matt Taylor running the longest running radio show in history, Memories in Melody is on Racketeer Radio KFQX every Wednesday at 10 am PST.
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Rag Doll The Alpha Rhythm Kings
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Ensenada Sublime
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Doe Eyes Mollie Elizabeth
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Chesterfields and Aftershave Dropkick Murphys
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Live Like Yer Dyin' (Live) The Drowns
