Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

The Ramones’ debut album had a song about huffing glue, so why wouldn’t Gee Tee put a song about huffing exhaust fumes on theirs? The band is the project of Kel Mason, a dude from of Australia’s Gold ...

Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba has started a new garage-punk band called Lektron, and they made their two-song debut today with the singles “Dirty Jacks” and “She’s a War.” The band are rounded out by ...

How long before the audience comes at you with a compliment? That’s one reliable indicator of your live show’s potency. For Elise Poirier and Cody Marecek of YUM, it’s usually about eight seconds, ...

Wollongong garage-punk outfit HOON are packing their bags for a mammoth run of live dates around Europe, in honour of their recently-announced album Speed and Fatigue. Produced by Jeremy Player and ...

Shake Appeal is Pitchfork deputy news editor Evan Minsker’s survey of loud, gnarly, garage-style rock‘n’roll. Back in the summer, he listed 20 favorites from the first half of the year. Here’s some ...

As Champaign-Urbana’s music scene continues to recover from the pandemic, one of its newest garage-punk bands is taking the community by storm. Formed in late September, Kangaroo Court has already ...

Two U.K. televisual musical moments from the turn of the century, both involving stripped-down young rock ‘n’ roll bands: “We are the Hives! We’re from Sweden,” he announced, as the arrangement ...

Plus, the Detroit All-Star Garage Rock Punk Revue is back to entertain fans with more than 20 bands taking the stage. We'll take a look at this upcoming celebration of the city's diverse music scene.

We saw so much stuff at Bumbershoot this weekend we had to break it into two posts. If you haven't yet checked out our Saturday recap, click here! There are cute cats, a crying clown, and a goth ...

Punk Pioneer Geza X Digs Through the Garage for New Label: Having produced the likes of the Germs, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Redd Kross and the Bags, Geza X helped to define the first wave West Coast ...