Boston punk vets turned skifflers The Scollay Square Skiffle Band — washboard, bodhrán, gutbucket, tenor banjo, the works — throw another Sunday Hootenanny open jam on October 25 at the Canadian-American Club in Watertown.
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The Goods: Goodbye Summertime
Not a tin whistle in sight, but sometimes you need a sunshine break from the pints and pogo. Oakland, California’s The Goods dropped Goodbye Summertime on September 16th via Dandy Boy Records, less than a year after debut Don’t Spoil the Fun.
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The Rumjacks: US Southeast Then Japan
Europe done. The Rumjacks wrapped Balkans-to-Baltics with Vilnius (23 Sep), Riga (24 Sep) and Tallinn (25 Sep)—and the calendar barely blinks. Next up: Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog Cruise, 25–30 Oct aboard the Norwegian Jewel out of Miami, then a four-night US southeast romp before Japan.
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Wasps vs Humans: The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth
Cork punk-poetry duo Wasps vs Humans — Carl and Linda Plover, whistles and bodhrán welded to distorted guitars — release their second album The Day Homo Sapiens Destroyed the Earth on October 2nd.
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Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: NEMA Americana Nod
Boston’s accordion-slinging, chicken-pickin’ crew Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners have bagged another nomination: Americana Act of the Year at the 2026 New England Music Awards.
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Dropkick Murphys: St. Patrick’s Day 2027 Tour
Dust off the green pint glass. Dropkick Murphys have announced their St. Patrick’s Day 2027 Tour, a six-week US and Canada slog kicking off February 5th in Albuquerque, with Home Front and Spiritual Cramp riding shotgun.
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Fiddler’s Green: 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad Tour 2027
German Irish speedfolk lifers Fiddler’s Green aren’t settling for a polite birthday toast. On September 14th, they announced a full spring 2027 run — 20 Years Of Drive Me Mad! Tour — celebrating the 2007 album that locked in the lineup still roaring today.
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Dropkick Murphys: The Meanest of Times Back on Wax
Boston’s Dropkick Murphys just dropped The Meanest of Times back onto the turntable — a BMG double-vinyl reissue of their 2007 classic, out September 25th.
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Muirsheen Durkin: 15th Arnsberg Irish-Celtic-Folk-Punk-Night
Germany’s Muirsheen Durkin & Friends just cracked the advance sales for their 15th Arnsberger Irish-Celtic-Folk-Punk-Night — Saturday, 28 November at the GVU-Heim in Arnsberg-Hüsten. Doors 18:30. No door sales; €25 advance only.
The Feelgood McLouds: A Decade On Parade
Germany’s The Feelgood McLouds just stamped a decade into wax. A Decade On Parade — their fourth studio album, out September 4th via Deaf Shepherd — piles thirteen tracks of bagpipe-and-fiddle Celtic punk that learned its manners in festival tents and sticky clubs, not folk museums.
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