Though there were a number of heavy hitters, Seattle suffered a bit of a lull in terms of cranking out punk bands over the last decade or so. Luckily, that day came to an end a few years ago when booking group Persons Unkown began hosting shows at The Highline,

One of Vancouver’s favorite punk bands has a new video and we’re so stoked to be able to share it with you today! We’re back from our one extended break of the year and it’s easing me back into the grind to be posting lié’s video for “Digging in the

We get super excited about demos every year because they’re a taste of what a new band has to offer! So here are some of the most special demos we heard this year…   TEN – Mephitic Corpse, Immense Thickening Vomit Mephitic Corpse‘s Immense Thickening Vomit record is straight fucking foul old

Now we’re into the meat of what drives CVLT Nation – post-punk is one of our staple genres; it inspired our radio show Dark Waves and it gets us out of the house whenever there’s a show. The revival is real and it’s carrying this genre into the 2020’s on

Electro post-punk/new wave duo SKEMER have created something really special with their album Benevolence that came out on Avant! Records at the end of October. It’s foreboding and ethereal, a gorgeous collaboration between Amenra/Syndrome’s Mathieu Vandekerckhove and vocalist Kim Peers that blends dark and light into an intoxicating sonic synthesis.

On Friday the 13th, a very special multi-genre comp comes out entitled Damien Records Compilation Vol. I via Damien Records. It features some of our favorite bands and one of them happens to be LUNACY! Actually, we have been given the honor of premiering their new track “Disappear” off the