the lillingtons

Fat Wreck Chords has established itself as a bona fide institution of punk rock. Co-founder Mike Burkett, better known as Fat Mike, has been stamping his seal of approval on your favorite records since 1990. Having the Fat Wreck logo printed on the back of an album supersedes any traces of record label vanity. Instead, […]

Noted punk-rock label Red Scare Industries recently issued 15 Years Of Tears And Beers, a compilation of various roster members covering each others’ songs. Brendan Kelly, the Lawrence Arms founder whose band Brendan Kelly And The Wandering Birds make a nest on Red Scare, chose to cover the Lillingtons’ “All I Hear Is Static” in […]

Teenage Bottlerocket are looking to keep it cool with their new album, Stay Rad! The band are teaming up with AP to premiere the new record. Originally planned to be named The White Album in honor of Weezer and the Beatles, the band opted to name the album after a phrase scratched on a former […]

The Lillingtons, Teenage Bottlerocket's Kody Templeman's other musical vehicle, have recently released their first full-length endeavor in almost a decade, Stella Sapiente, and to celebrate the album's release, the band are premiering a music video for their song “Insect Nightmares.”  Read more: 7 things “normal” people never understand about punks “The song ‘Insect Nightmares’ is about transformation,” […]

Riot Fest have announced the 2013 aftershows that take place across four Chicago venues to follow up the fest, which takes place September 13-15 at Humboldt Park. Tickets go onsale this Friday at 11 a.m. CST. View the full schedule, which includes shows by Against Me!, Andrew W.K., the Lawrence Arms  and more below. Concord Music […]