the bouncing souls

The music scene in New Brunswick, New Jersey has launched careers of bands like Thursday, Screaming Females, and more. Here, we take a deep dive into its storied basement shows.

From My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade to +44’s When Your Heart Stops Beating, these are the best punk albums of 2006.

Pkew Pkew Pkew have released the new single “Drinking In The Park.” The track comes off their upcoming album, Open Bar, out May 13. “Drinking In The Park” is the second single to be released from the forthcoming full-length project. It follows “Maybe Someday,” which was released in March. Read more: Tim Feerick, longtime bassist […]

Despite what some TikTok troll in his aunt’s basement is incoherently ranting about in 2021, punk rock isn’t dead by any means. It never has been, and a sea of incredible bands in its aggressive world get overlooked all too often. We’re here to remedy this. Whether you’re a punk-rock purist who thinks that Sex […]

It’s probably not as fancy as you think. We’ve heard people cheering about the “blue full moon on Halloween” for a while now, and it sounds very exciting. But we need to get a couple of things straight first: The blue moon isn’t actually blue. It’s simply what the full moon is called when it […]

Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, […]

Hands Like Houses released a new music video—plus, don’t miss Foxing and Now, Now on tour. Check out the news you might have missed today below! 1. The Bouncing Souls announce new EP and book It’s the Bouncing Souls’ 30th anniversary, and they’re celebrating it with a brand-new EP, along with a new book Crucial […]

Greg, Bryan and Pete from the Bouncing Souls chat with Joe and Tom from the Menzingers at Riot Fest. They talk about their history playing together, stolen instruments, traveling Europe, broken bones and more.

Every year, over 90,000 music fans of all walks of life flock to the small town of Manchester, Tenn., about 60 miles southeast of Nashville, for the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival. Though festivals seem to be sprouting up left and right nowadays, Bonnaroo, now in its 13th year, has remained not only one of the […]

APTV Nashville Correspondent Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain) heads to nearby Manchester, Tenn., to chat with some of our favorite performers at the 13th annual Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival. In this nine video series, check out Q&A compilations and full interviews with AP regulars along with some talented up and comers, including Kevin Devine, The Bouncing Souls, Fitz And The […]

Photographer: Mary-Beth Blankenship We sent photographer Mary-Beth Bankenship to Manchester, Tenn. to document the 2014 installment of the Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival. As with years prior, many of our favorite artists were there to perform on stages big and small, including Jack White, The Flaming Lips, The Bouncing Souls, Vampire Weekend, Skrillex, Skinny Lister, Cake, […]

Bonnaroo has officially unveiled its 2014 lineup, which includes acts like Kanye West, Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, Skrillex, Arctic Monkeys, The Flaming Lips, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Damon Albarn, Neutral Milk Hotel, Disclosure, Cut Copy, Zedd, Chromeo, Broken Bells, Grouplove, CHVRCHES, Cage The Elephant, Mastodon, Chance The Rapper, City And Colour, Danny Brown, The Bouncing Souls, White Denim, Robert […]

The Bouncing Souls/The Menzingers Shocking Split EP With a blast of “whoa-ohs,” this long-anticipated split EP of two amazing pop-punk bands is off to the races. The offerings here are two original songs and two cover tunes (each band cover the other). The Bouncing Souls’ original, “Blackout,” is classic Souls, positive lyrics pouring out over that […]

The Bouncing Souls announce their collaboration with The Menzingers to release a split 7” on November 5. Released by Chunksaah Records in honor of their 20 year anniversary, both bands will include an original and a cover song on the vinyl. 1) The Bouncing Souls – Blackout 2) The Bouncing Sousl – Burn After Writing […]

Michael McDermott, drummer of the Bouncing Souls, has announced via his Facebook that after 13-and-a-half-years, he has left the band: “After 13 1/2 yrs. with The Bouncing Souls I've decided to spread my wings and fly.i wanna thank anyone who's ever worked with the band.and especially my 3 brothers in musical arms.mad love.respect!” The band […]

The Bouncing Souls have released a video for the title track from their latest album, Comet. Fans can purchase the record here. Check out the video below and tell us what you think!

The fifteenth annual Punk Rock Bowling and music Festival have announced their initial lineup for 2013. It will include Flag, a project comprised of original Black Flag members Chuck Dukowski, Keith Morris and Bill Stevenson performing the music of Black Flag alongside Descendents guitarist Stephen Egerton. The lineup also includes punk-rock legends The Damned along […]