News LUNG are proof that DIY music scenes don’t survive by accident by Tammy Moir Wellington noise-rock veterans LUNG return carrying a decades-old DIY, all-ages ethos into a new era. Wellington has always had a way of making music that feels a little like the…
Books News Naomi Petersen’s iconic punk photography is collected for the first time in Shot at the Speed of Sound by Tammy Moir Naomi Petersen caught punk history before it knew it was history. Before Naomi Petersen photographed Black Flag, Fugazi, Nirvana or Sonic Youth, she was a teenager at a Clash show…
Books Music News Posthumous memoir from L7’s Jennifer Finch Announced by Chi–Chi Attard The memoir of the late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch will be available next year. Shooting Up and Making Out: A Memoir of My Life in LA and L7 (Penguin) will…
Music News Travis Barker confirms Blink-182 are actively working on new album by Alex Cooper Blink and you’ll miss it. Travis Barker has confirmed that Blink-182 are officially cooking up their next studio album, sending fans into a frenzy. The legendary drummer dropped the news…
Music News Billie Joe Armstrong covers Nirvana’s ‘Drain You’ as a heart-wrenching tribute to late L7 bassist Jennifer Finch by Alex Cooper Remembering Finch. Under the dim glow of West Hollywood’s Roxy stage, Billie Joe Armstrong transformed grief into a raw, grunge-fuelled elegy. The Green Day frontman, performing with his side project…
News L7 co-founder Jennifer Finch dies aged 59 by Zachariah Tritisniotis “Rest in power, our dear friend” Long before women were able to finally get the space they deserved in the alternative punk rock scene, Jennifer Finch was already kicking down…
Health News L7 bassist Jennifer Finch diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer by Alex Cooper The show goes on with Finch’s blessing and our support. L7’s founding bassist Jennifer Finch is facing the fight of her life after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of…
Music News IDLES frontman shares emotional tribute to Interpol on stage by Alex Cooper The band that inspired IDLES. Emotion ran raw as IDLES frontman Joe Talbot paused mid-set at a festival to pay tribute to the band that changed everything. Standing on the…
Arts Idles’ Joe Talbot and father Nigel open free art show in Newport by Alex Cooper Punk rocker explores memory through sculpture. Joe Talbot, frontman of the raucous punk band IDLES, is trading his microphone for a chisel. Alongside his father, Nigel, he has launched ‘Musoleum…
News Shane MacGowan’s family blesses new Irish punk pub opening in New York’s West Village by Alex Cooper Where raw Irish punk meets a poet’s pour. In a spirited homage to the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan’s Pub is set to open in New York City’s West Village,…
News Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins revive a lost 1977 Cramps album produced by Alex Chilton by Alex Cooper The punk artifact you never knew you needed. In a seismic ripple through punk history, Ian MacKaye and Henry Rollins are unearthing a lost Cramps album. Recorded with Big Star’s…
Music News Linda Perry calls Billie Joe Armstrong a “little pussy” for ghosting her as Green Day producer by Alex Cooper When punk purists chose fear over creative evolution. When Green Day sought a producer for their monumental American Idiot follow-up, Linda Perry cleared six months of her calendar. Then, silence….
Health News Dead Kennedy’s Jello Biafra recovering “nicely” from stroke, says band by Alex Cooper Punk survives. Two months after a hemorrhagic stroke felled him in his own bedroom, Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra is finally going home. The 67-year-old punk icon, born Eric Reed…
