Reviews
Riot Fest is back and Punktuation’s Chicago review team Taz and Jaz were there covering everything punk! After a compulsory year off in 2020, Riot Fest 2021 returned with a stacked line-up. The pandemic still hasn’t gone away, with artists dropping out last minute due to COVID issues. However, the RIOT FEST organisers quickly recovered, […]Continue Reading
New Releases
The long wait is over. Influential South Bay punk rock band Deviates have released ‘Holding Out,’ their first new album in two decades. Twenty years ago, Deviates were considered “the future of punk rock.” The South Bay band encapsulated everything that was right about Southern California’s late ’90s/early 2000s punk scene. They seemed poised to explode after Continue Reading
Punk News
The former punk bassist’s debut solo album Kira, produced by Kira and Paul Roessler (TSOL, Josie Cotton, Richie Ramone) will be released on October 19, 2021 via Kitten Robot Records. To many in the ‘80s and ‘90s punk scene, Kira needs no introduction.  As a member of numerous West Coast hardcore and punk bands Continue Reading