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Emotions are categorized as primary – the initial emotions felt as a reaction to a situation – and secondary – the emotions that follow up as a response to the primary. Anger is usually categorized under the latter group; it is a human reaction which sometimes acts as a mechanism for self-defense when facing disgust, […]

South Florida (Ft. Lauderdale, specifically) pop-punk band A Decade At Sea just released their new EP Fuego in February and today we’re premiering the music video for one of the singles “From Crazy, With Love”. Check it out below and find the full EP on Spotify, Apple Music, or pretty much anywhere else you can […]

Drive a few miles south on US19 from Dying Scene editor Screeching Bottlerocket’s hometown of Clearwater, FL and you’ll find yourself in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s just like Clearwater, but with slightly less Scientology. Why does this matter? Because the band we’re premiering a new song from today is St. Pete’s own Spanish Needles! The […]

Main photo by Will Byington Stiff Little Fingers (SLF) is embarking on its final coast-to-coast North American tour. The tour also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the band’s seminal debut album, Inflammable Material. I caught up with SLF’s founder and frontman, Jake Burns, in advance of the tour’s commencement. Jake Burns founded Stiff Little Fingers […]

The terms “hard work” and “blood, sweat, and tears” get tossed around almost nonchalantly in the punk community, not necessarily because the words have lost their impact, but because they’ve become staples of what’s so great about the genre. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi was pretty spot on in describing punk as “playing […]

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold […]

DS saw a show at the legendary Live Wire with an awesome line up! Child Bite was the headliner with Living Terror, Idol Throne, and Speed Pvssy as opening acts. It was a great way to start the show. Child Bite from Detroit, Michigan shared a unique sound of intense high energy punk/metal their with […]

We’re super pleased to bring you another DS premiere to get your weekend started the right way! Cincinnati rock’n’rollers Veronica Grim have a brand new live video of “Straight to Hell”, live from Urban Artifact in downtown Cincy. Co-written by Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis, the live track comes straight off of a […]

Happy Friday, friends! There’s a lot of awesome new releases out today, but I’ve made the executive decision to shine the spotlight – the Dying Scene Band Spotlight, that is ???? – on one record in particular. That record is Hurry Up and Wait! This is the third full-length entry in Canadian pop-punk band Wasting […]

Local Drags is back with a new album called City in a Room, due to be out May 17th on Stardumb Records. We’re stoked to be premiering the music video for the album’s leadoff single “Left in the Sun’”, another catchy power pop nugget, something people who followed Lanny Durbin’s in both this band as […]