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Dave Wakeling and The English Beat returned to a packed Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, CA, for a night of ska, soul, and sweet nostalgia. From “Rough Rider” to “Mirror in the Bathroom,” the crowd skanked, sang, and smiled through every beat.
The Sleights & secondSELF Kick Off 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival.
Jordan Ranft attends the BottleRock Festival in Napa Valley and enjoys Ice Cube, Benson Boone, Goldi Boutilier and has Ice cream made by Top Chef Kristen Kish and Anthony Kiedis, of The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Drowns at Backstage Bar & Billiards (club show) during 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival.
Kneecap is the one of the most notorious bands in music right now. But the controversy is forcing them underground. Specifically, under Oxford Street… 1MU returns to In Spite for a front-row review.
Dick Slaughter somehow slithered his way into the Youth Brigade show in L.A. and landed an interview with the band’s frontman—and founder of BYO Records and the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival—Shawn Stern.
John Greenwood gives us a Damned + TV Smith tour preview — featuring photos by Dick Slaughter. Catch both acts in and around Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas this weekend, at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA on May 30, and later this summer at the Rebellion Festival in Blackpool, UK. Full tour dates and links in the article.
Goody James speaks to Ceschi Ramos about the new Codefendants music video, his background in California’s underground hip hop scene, Friends In Real Life, anarchism, and more.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Eight. The Sleights, BULLSHIT DETƎCTÖR, Oust, E-Parents, Propagandhi, Worthington’s Law, Headsplitters, Fake News, Sex Germs, The Chris Rolling Squad, and more.
Your girl at the rail’s take on what to see at Punk Rock Bowling 2025!
Phil Thorns attends the Chinese Heritage Concert at the stunning Grade II-listed Firth Hall at Sheffield University. His stunning photos capture an evening of music, dance, and cultural celebration.
Mac Sabbath, The Angry Samoans and Flummox at The Loving Touch in Ferndale, Michigan 05/08/2025.
Dick Slaughter gives us a preview: Bootsy Collins will put the funk in Punk Rock Bowling with a kickoff party at the Fremont Country Club, featuring special guest Angelo Moore of Fishbone. Also on the bill are Micki Free—Prince’s former guitarist—The Less Warren of the Clut, and Evil E, teaming up as Evil Cult for a DJ battle drum mashup.
Dick Slaughter sits down with N8NOFACE to talk about his upcoming appearance at the Cruel World Festival at the Rose Bowl, how to stop being a dope fiend, and of course, the Punk Rock Fight Club.
Bad Nerves with Norcos Y Horchata and Spiritual Cramp at The Loving Touch.
Dick Slaughter says, Haul yourself to the Teregram Ballroom on May 18. Youth Brigade is making a rare L.A. appearance, with Pistol Grip, Knuckleheadz Band, and Bad Ass. Don’t miss it.
Singapore’s Wormrot played at the Locker Room in Garden Grove, California. Words and photos by Goody James.
Punk Rock Record Reviews: The Best of 2025, Part Seven. The Strikeouts, Rumkicks, Slaughterhouse, Suicidal Tendencies, Bridge The Gap, Scowl, Tower of One, Spikepit, Primal Brain, Speedway and more.
Paul Rotzler spends the day sunning himself at Punk in the Park, Arizona — featuring Bad Religion, Face to Face, Pennywise, The Adolescents, Manic Hispanic, Catbite, and so much more.
Fishbone teams up with Funkadelic’s George Clinton on their new album. Our John Greenwood gives us the scoop on the record and their upcoming tour.
Dick Slaughter gives us a Punk Rock Bowling Band Spotlight of a band that’s not even playing—The Mummies. Find out how Trent screwed up their chance at a gig at this year’s festival.
Phill Thorns takes in Headsticks, Nick Parker, and Shanghai Treason in Sheffield, UK—a night that quickly turned into full-blown BANJO-DRIVEN CHAOS.
Gang of Four are saying a “Long Goodbye” with a North American tour spanning 25 cities. I was lucky enough to catch them in a smaller club in North Carolina, the iconic Cat’s Cradle.
Goody James and Dick Slaughter caught the Subhumans at Orange County’s only independent open-air venue, Garden Amp.
Remember when Coachella was just for hipsters? And how nowadays only influencers go just to be seen? Or that every year the lineup is worse than the year before—and definitely not ever as good as it was in the decades before?
Let me ask: Does Beethoven suck? Are the Circle Jerks jack-offs? At what other festival can you even listen to Beethoven performed by a world class symphony orchestra and mosh in a Circle Jerks pit in the same weekend?
This is the magic of Coachella.
Dick Slaughter runs through the updated Punk Rock Bowling main fest lineup — last-minute changes and all — and takes a few shots at Vegas resort fees while he's at it.
Hardcore: En Love, Suffer No Fools, King’s Command, Strange Magic.
The Venomous Pinks, The Anti-Queens, Seahag at Small’s Bar, “Flock Around and Find Out” tour 2025.
YS Kim steps into the bizarre world of Harry’s Harbour Bazaar, the legendary oddities museum in Hamburg, Germany, immortalized in Tom Waits’ The Black Rider. Home to shrunken heads, taxidermy, and exotic artifacts, this hidden gem offers a surreal experience like no other.
DI, Cigar and Chaser at 2025 Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival. This was the Saturday line up at Hogs & Heifers, a Punk Rock Saves Lives showcase called Punk Rock Hoedown.