Punk rock

Atlanta punk powerhouse Upchuck will make their long-awaited Australian and New Zealand debut in March 2026 with shows across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Wellington, plus a stop at Golden Plains Festival.

Birmingham’s Templeton Pek return with Savages, out 3 October 2025. The album continues the city’s proud legacy of fearless music, from Black Sabbath to Duran Duran.

Grade 2 return with ‘Hanging Onto You’, a single that blends punk’s raw bite with emotional honesty, signalling an exciting new chapter for the Isle of Wight trio.

NOFX have released “What Are We Doing This For” with Codefendants, one of their final songs. The track drops ahead of their triple album collection A to Z, due 5 December 2025.

Bad Cop Bad Cop have unleashed their fourth studio album Lighten Up and revealed a full-length music video for the single “Disbelief.” The record showcases the Southern California punk band’s raw resilience, personal storytelling and bold musicianship.

You can’t make this up. Iggy Pop’s parrot Biggy has given Hoodoo Gurus the ultimate seal of approval.

All Time Low are back with a brand-new single, Butterflies, the latest taste of their upcoming tenth album Everyone’s Talking!, due out October 17 through Basement Noise Records / Photo Finish / Virgin.

NOFX are making their return with A to H, the first part of their A to Z triple-album series, but this time the spotlight isn’t just on the music. The artwork comes from world-renowned pop surrealist Shag (Josh Agle), whose mid-century modern style has become iconic in music, design, and tiki culture.

Santa Cruz hardcore mainstays DRAIN have unleashed the final single from their highly anticipated third album, …IS YOUR FRIEND, which lands November 7th via Epitaph Records. Titled “Scared Of Everything And Nothing”, the track is a brutal, two-and-a-half-minute punch of crushing breakdowns, razor-sharp guitars, and chaos engineered for the mosh pit. The official video, directed by Eric Richter, captures the band’s signature energy with a rooftop performance atop a parking garage.

Australia’s loudest beer ambassadors, Cosmic Psychos, are cracking another tinny and throwing it straight in your face. The band has premiered their brand-new single I Like Beer, the first taste of their upcoming twelfth studio album I Really Like Beer, out November 7.

Texan guitar legend Alejandro Escovedo will have the musical expertise of You Am I’s Tim Rogers on his upcoming Australian tour.

Texan rock legend Alejandro Escovedo got to make a “David Bowie sounding album” because he had Bowie’s producer Tony Visconti to make it for him.

Texan guitar player Alejandro Escovedo has a big fan in Bruce Springsteen. In 2012 at SXSW both Springsteen and Escavedo were showcasing. Bruce made it a point to be wherever Alejandro was as often as he could.