A lot of people, and contraband, cross the US border. In late November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport captured and confiscated $18 million in fake Gibson guitars. The bust was the largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record, with more than $3,000 knockoffs in total. The mis-branded guitars arrived in shipping containers from Asia.
California based author and winter of the California Book Award Joshua Mohr has a new trilogy of books, The Saint Series, a literary series with a musical bent. Book one is out now, Saint the Terrifying, and is described by Mohr as "a trilogy of novels about a punk rock … Read more
Season 5 of the Lost Notes: Groupies podcast is out now, hosted by Jessica Hopper and Dylan Tupper Rupert. The new season is subtitled "Women of Sunset Strip, From the Pill to Punk" and continues to series' emphasis on the telling the stories of the women from these famous scenes. … Read more
Mickey Leigh (The Rattlers) has teamed up with Jamaican artist Militant General to The Emperor to release a new version of The Rattlers' track, "I Won't Be Your Victim (No More)." Mickey Leigh comments: I knew this song had legs, but i didn't think it could run all the to … Read more
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Over one hundred artists have contributed unreleased songs in effort to support flood relief in western North Carolina on a new compilation called Cardinals at the Window. The 135-track collection includes R.E.M., The War on Drugs, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Waxahatchee, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, King Gizzard and … Read more
First published in 1994, Hell on Wheels' Tour Stories: Remembered, Remixed, Remastered is back and bigger in 2024. The new collection takes the original book of tour stories from early punk bands, expanding with more artists and more tales of the road from the likes of Bad Religion, All, Dead … Read more
Sacramento sister duo, Dog Party, have released the video for their second single "Last Nite". The single is from their upcoming seventh studio album, Dangerous, which is due for release on May 17th via Sneak Dog Records. The rock n roll outfit have dubbed their upcoming album a "love letter … Read more
Montana based post hardcore, screamo, metalcore four piece Fly Over States have recently signed to Fever Ltd ( Heavenward, Muted Color, Chain Gang of 1974). To celebrate this they have just dropped the single from their new EP Ghosts called "40 Stripes Minus One" and are due to release this … Read more
You've seen some recent news about live Dillinger Escape Plans in 2024. While that's exciting news, it's not all the members of the influential band have been up to. On April 5, Alkemy Coffee Co. in Flemington, NJ will celebrate its grand opening, a coffeehouse co-owned by DEP's Ben Weinman. … Read more
Daryl Gussin (Bird Strike, Black Triangles, Doghart Trio, God Equals Genocide, Marriage Material, Spokenest, Desidia) has released a poetry zine with 10 new pieces in a full color fold-out. Along with the new zine, Gussin is reading the road on a reading tour that half circles from Phoenix, AZ to … Read more
Musician, composer, and conceptual artist Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) has announced a new book called Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti, a collection of neo-dada stream of conscious visual poetry that comes out on March 12 via Blank Industries publishing. The visual poetry collection will be a hardcover art book format and is described … Read more
A new 14-song compilation called Women in Revolts! (Underground Rebellion in British Music: 1977-1985) will release on Nov. 3 via Music For Nations. The compilation is a companion piece to an upcoming exhibition at Tate Britain running Nov. 8-April 7. The compilation includes material from Slits, The Rainvoats, X-Ray Spex, … Read more
Founder of Twin/Tone Records and former manager of The Replacements, as well as Sr. VP of A&R at New West Records, Peter Jesperson will publish a memoir called Euphoric Recall, out Nov. 14 on Minnesota Historical Society Press. The book explores Jesperson's discovery of the Minneapolis music scene in the … Read more
Mitski announces her new album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, out September 15th on Dead Oceans, and presents its anthemic lead single, “Bug Like an Angel.” In this album, which is Mitski’s most sonically expansive and epic album to-date, the songs seem to be introducing wounds and … Read more
Satanic Planet, comprised of Luke Henshaw (Planet B, Sonido de la Frontera), Justin Pearson (The Locust, Dead Cross, Swing Kids, Deaf Club), and Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple co-founder and spokesperson), and more, has announced plans to perform at state capitols throughout the US in protest of those state's allowing … Read more
Walter Schreifels (Youth of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand), has partnered with 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline as part of the “Song That Found Me At The Right Time" series. In the segment, shared below, Schreifels covers My Bloody Valentine and Gorilla Biscuits, in addition to a thoughtful Q&A. Read more … Read more
JER (Skatune Network, We Are The Union) has scored the soundtrack for a new game by Strange Scaffold. A "narrative poker adventure" coming to Nintendo Switch and Stream (PC), out on May 24. You can hear a little bit in the trailer below. The company has also produced An Airport … Read more
On March 9 MF Doom's Madvillainy gets the 33 1/3 treatment, with a new book titled Madvillain's Madvillany by Will Hagle, released by Bloomsbury Publishing. The book concentrates on the 2004 collaboration between rapper MF Doom and producer Madlib, 152 pages in total. "Will Hagle blends fiction and nonfiction to … Read more
Set in Long Island, NY, Punk Island NYC returns for its fifteenth anniversary this year. Dubbed Punk Island Quincañera, this year the festival is going big and has announced that submissions are now open for bands, volunteers, and vendors (until April 30). Read more Learn more. Read more
Aesop Rock, producer Blockhead, and Lupe Fiasco have teamed up with a standalone single and 7" called "Pumpkin Seeds," which is raising awareness and funds for The Collaboratory nonprofit, which operates DIY skateparks in Dayton, OH. In addition to the new song, limited custom art skate dates are available on … Read more
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