Punk News

Imagine Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers drop a new LP, and it's just killer. Not "killer" in that Echo or Mojo way, but as in a killer document of a killer band doing what it was hatched to do.

The Wrecking Crew was a famed Los Angeles collective of studio musicians who backed everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to the Beach Boys in the 1960s, and the Carpenters to the Captain & Tennille in the 1970s.

Thurston Moore has been part of the New York music scene for three decades, and he's still going, proving to be a rare example of lasting independence in the music industry.

On May 16th, 2013 Fall Out Boy played a homecoming show in Chicago , Illinois to a sold out crowd at The Riviera Theater .

Founding Kinks guitarist Dave Davies ' new album, I Will Be Me , won't be released until June 4, but the legendary rocker is giving fans the chance to preview the collection online now.

People queued into the street to buy tickets for punk poet John Cooper Clarke and folk musician June Tabor as Hebden Bridge Festival announced its 20th programme.

Even after witnessing accordion legends Celso PiA a and Flaco JimA©nez earlier this month at Pachanga , I was still impressed by the furious squeezebox stylings of Pinata Protest 's Alvaro Del Norte .

Punk-rockers Alkaline Trio have begun an extensive spring and summer outing in support of their just-released eighth studio effort, "My Shame Is True." Thetrio continues the in-progress run Tuesday in New York City, and treks across the nation for three weeks.

Together for 11 years, the Jarman brothers from Wakefield twin brothers Gary and Ryan and younger sibling Ross were also joined for three years from 2008 by ex Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

GROWLING out the raw-edged lyrics to Wasted Life, Gotta Getaway and Alternative Ulster, Jake Burns engineered one of punk's landmark offerings with Stiff Little Fingers' first album, Inflammable Material.

Thanks to the Met Ball and the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Punk: Chaos to Couture" exhibition, punk is officially back on the fashion radar.

In addition to hosting the First Coming of Yeezus , May 19's Saturday Night Live was the season closer and the final episode to feature Bill Hader, and - what's this? - maybe Fred Armisen.

So many celebs and their fans were anticipating the 2013 Met Gala that it's easy to lose track of who was there and what was going on.

The 13th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will be held Sunday night at New York City's Bowery Electric club , just up the block from where CBGB was located.

Great Britain's "Tank" was part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal in the early 80's and another band that influence some big named bands.

Because I have the phone contact list of a major media mogel, I was able to get Ken Casey of the Dropkick Murphy's on the phone today to talk about their new benefit EP for Marathon victims.

Beneath those tough boy looks and that wall of punk sound The Ramones had songs that at times were surprisingly tender and even edged on pop.

Named for the Cheap Trick song, NYC transplants Big Eyes are fronted by guitarist/powerhouse Kate Eldridge, who wears her influences on her sleeve .

"There's so much to do no one can see everything...Punk rock in general needs kids to be inspired, start bands and keep punk rock alive," exclaims Shawn Stern.

Princeton-based Saves the Day will play the Skate and Surf Festival at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson on Sunday.