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Punk rock releases, week 42

October 12 to October 18, 2026 · 27 releases

This week in punk rock, new albums from Destroy Boys and Burning Heads arrive with raw energy, while Blondie unveil their latest work, High Noon, and the reunited Heavens To Betsy share their first performance footage in decades. Meanwhile, archival moments surface with Wire’s The First Letter marking 35 years and LCD Soundsystem’s 45:33 celebrating two decades. The genre’s legacy continues to evolve through reissues, retrospectives, and bold new collaborations across the scene.

Justice Tame Impala King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard SZA The Rolling Stones Blondie
Justice to compose original score for Grand Theft Auto VI, collaborate with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard on 'Flow…
Oct 18 · 28 outlets
Blondie Johnny Marr Glen Matlock Clem Burke
Blondie announce new album High Noon, share single Spectral Eyes
Oct 16 · 19 outlets
Slash Guns N’ Roses
Slash says Guns N' Roses will take 2027 off from touring to work on new music
Oct 15 · 5 outlets
Destroy Boys
Destroy Boys announce new album FOIE GRAS
Oct 15 · 5 outlets
Heavens to Betsy
Heavens To Betsy reunite and release video from first show since 1991
Oct 15 · 2 outlets
Wire
Wire's 'The First Letter' turns 35
Oct 14 · 2 outlets
Burning Heads
Burning Heads annonce 'All Fired Up'
Oct 12 · 2 outlets
Nick Oliveri
[News] American guitarist Jason Walker to issue Jason Walker’s Gravity Amplifiers debut album feat. Nick Oliveri and Mucho Drums
Oct 18 · 1 outlet
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem Released “45:33” 20 Years Ago Today
Oct 17 · 1 outlet
Green Day Riff Wood
Winning contests, Green Day covers and impressing legends: Who the hell are Riff Wood?
Oct 16 · 1 outlet
Le Tigre
Le Tigre Released “Feminist Sweepstakes” 25 Years Ago Today
Oct 16 · 1 outlet
Manic Street Preachers
ALBUM REVIEW: Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible Live
Oct 16 · 1 outlet
Jenny Bates Iggy Pop Kate Pierson
Jenny Bates and Andrea Sicco Share Video for Cover Iggy Pop’s and Kate Pierson’s Bittersweet Duet “Candy”
Oct 15 · 1 outlet
Burning Heads
Le nouvel album des Burning Heads en écoute
Oct 15 · 1 outlet
The Lemonheads
The Lemonheads Released “Car Button Cloth” 30 Years Ago Today
Oct 15 · 1 outlet
Cosmic Joke
Cosmic Joke To Release New Album On November 6 Via Revelation Records
Oct 15 · 1 outlet
Nasalrod
Alternative Tentacles Sign NASALROD, Announce New 7-Inch Release ‘Friends’
Oct 15 · 1 outlet
Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong
"I thought people were probably gonna hate it." How Nimrod, and its surprise hit single Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), taught Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong to stop caring about dumb punk rock rules
Oct 14 · 1 outlet
Ленинград Billy Joel
"Leningrad" Billy Joel, une amitié et un pont musical nés sur les décombres de la Guerre Froide
Oct 14 · 1 outlet
Dead Target
Hardanger punk rock’n’rollers DEAD TARGET bring their hometown roots to debut album “Still While It Spins”
Oct 14 · 1 outlet
Television
Television, ne zappez pas !
Oct 14 · 1 outlet
Descendents
Descendents Getting The Z2 Comics Treatment
Oct 13 · 1 outlet
Sloppy Joe’s
Sloppy Joe’s remet « Right Decision » au premier plan
Oct 13 · 1 outlet
The Flatliners
The Flatliners Drop New Video “Only Darkness”
Oct 13 · 1 outlet
Ziggy Marley Good Charlotte
Ziggy Marley Joins Good Charlotte on Reimagined ‘U R’ Ahead of ‘Greetings From California’ Re-Release
Oct 12 · 1 outlet
AXIS: SOVA
Axis: Sova :: Flowerage
Oct 12 · 1 outlet
SiM
SiM Nearly Gave Up on America Until “The Rumbling” Changed Everything
Oct 12 · 1 outlet

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