Drug Church (US)

Albany, NY based hardcore punks Drug Church have announced a few club shows surrounding their already announced tour with Movement, Boston Manor and Trash Boat. The band will be touring to support their 2018 release titled Cheer . See below to view the full list of tour dates.

L7 to release first album in 20 years

L7 will release their first album in 20 years. It's called Scatter The Rats and is due out May 3 via Joan jett's Blackheart records. L7's Donita Sparks stated in a release, "When we decided to make a new record, Joan was there for us as the good friend she has always been. So great to stomp into Blackheart Records with her at the helm. We're very excited to work with Joan and the entire Blackheart family. Just imagine the family dinners!" The band released a video for new song "Burn Baby," which will also be on a 7-inch released on record store day 2019. See the video below.

Krimewatch (Japan)

New York hardcore band Krimewatch is heading to play a few shows in Japan this August. The band will be touring to support their latest self-titled release. See below to view the dates.

Amyl and the Sniffers win $30k from Levis Jeans

Levi's Jeans has a contest where they award a significant amount of money to independent bands. Judges votes on a wide range of bands, crossing multiple genres, to determine who is the most deserving of the prize. Perhaps surprisingly, Australia's Amyl And The Sniffers won the prize this time, and were awarded $30,000 from the clothing company. See the video released by Levis below. Meanwhile, the band stated that they plan to release a new single this week. They last released Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled) in 2018.

Divided Heaven (Southwest)

Los Angeles based punks Divided Heaven is heading on a southwest tour as they make their way to South By Southwest. They will be promoting their 2018 release, Cold War . See below to view the tour dates.

Andrew W. K. (US)

Party animal Andrew W.K. have announced some dates with the full band for this spring and summer, see below. Andrew W.K. released You’re Not Alone in 2018.

Lone Wolf announces summer tour dates

Dutch punk act Lone Wolf have announced the first set of dates for their summer gig schedule, which will see them hitting most of western mainland Europe as well a Pouzza in Montreal. The band is continuing to tour in support of their September 2018 self-titled LP. You can check out the song "Running Wild" from that album, as well as those tour dates, below.

The Penske File (UK)

Canadian punks The Penske File is playing a few dates in the UK as they make their way to Manchester Punk Festival and Grozrock, see below. The band will be playing a few dates before this run of dates in Ontario, Canada as well. The Penske File released Salvation in 2018.

Thousand Oaks: “The Roar of the Consequence”

Italian skatepunk quartet Thousand Oaks have released a new song/video from their upcoming album. The track, "The Roar of the Consequence," is off their sophomore LP Bound for Destruction, which is due out April 19th across a multitude of regional labels, including NoReason Records in their home country.

The new album follows up their 2018's Antipodes, a split EP with One Hidden Frame.

You can check out the new video below.

Kamikaze Girls change band name

UK duo Kamikaze Girls have posted via social media that they decided to change their band name to Cultdreams. You can read the entire statement posted on their Facebook page below:

Alright/Late Bloomer (Northeast)

North Carolina based punks Alright and Late Bloomer are heading out on tour together again this spring. The bands will be playing shows on the Northeast. Alright is touring to promote the release of On The Outs in 2018 and Late Bloomer released Waiting in 2018. See below to view the tour dates.