After the Fall posts two new songs

Albany, NY’s After The Fall have posted two new songs from their upcoming full-length for Mightier Than Sword, Eradication. Due out October 12, 2010, it’ll be the band’s first full-length since 2009’s Fort Orange, though they did release a 7″ entitled Collar City earlier this year. Eradication was produced by Jay Maas (Defeater, Bane, Verse) [...]

Interviews: Thomas Barnett (Strike Anywhere)

On the grey Vancouver streets of East Hastings and Main, Punknews interviewer Gen Handley had the opportunity to have a curb-side chat with Strike Anywhere frontman Thomas Barnett. In the midst of a tour with Bane, Touché Amoré and Lowtalker, Thomas took some precious pre-performance time to talk about the overall reaction to the band’s [...]

Alpha & Omega: "Life Swallower"

Hardcore outfit Alpha and Omega have kicked off a stream of their new full length on 6131 Records. It’s due out July 13, 2010. The album features pre-production contributions from Andrew Kline of Strife, Nick Jett of Terror and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.
Find the album on their MySpace page.
Next month [...]

Schedule for Sound & Fury 2010 announced

We’re happy to bring you the finalized day-to-day schedule for this year’s Sound and Fury Festival. The fest is being sponsored by Hellfish Printing, AMP magazine and us, Punknews.org. It’s set for the the weekend of July 23rd and runs until July 25th (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) at the Earl Warren State Fairgrounds in Santa [...]

Bane, Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand tour

Dates have been announced for Bane’s forthcoming summer tour, which will also feature Trapped Under …

Tours: Bane / Trapped Under Ice / Cruel Hand / Alpha & Omega

After the finish up their Canadian tour with Strike Anywhere, Bane will embark on another run of North American shows, with these headlining and supported by Trapped Under Ice, Cruel Hand and Alpha & Omega.

Tours: Bane / Trapped Under Ice

After the finish up their Canadian tour with Strike Anywhere, Bane will embark on another run of North American shows, with these headlining and supported by Trapped Under Ice.

Almost Home: "Closure"

There are a ton of bands set to play This Is Hardcore 2010. Some of them are well-known like Kid Dynamite, Ink & Dagger and Bane and others, like Nottingham, UK-based Almost Home, will be making their US debut with the festival. To help introduce you to the band, we’ve got a stream of [...]

Navel Gazing for June 6th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and [...]

Strike Anywhere explain move from Fat to Bridge Nine

In a new interview, Strike Anywhere explain their surprising move from Fat Wreck Chords to Bridge Nine Records. Vocalist Thomas Barnett explained:

Fat was really generous to us from a business standpoint and from a friendship standpoint. They’re nothing but amazing people. But there was a slight disconnect between the roots of East coast hardcore [...]