West Virginia’s Common Run have their debut EP, Live For Today, out now: four tracks of what the band call “Celtic street rock and roll,” released on their own Common Run Records. It’s the first proper release from a crew based in the state’s eastern panhandle.
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The Pogues Go Back to The Nips: Spider Stacy Sings “Gabrielle” for Shane
The Pogues didn’t cover a Pogues song for Shane MacGowan’s tribute album. They went back further, to “Gabrielle” by Shane’s pre-Pogues punk band The Nips, with Spider Stacy on lead vocal. It released Friday, November 13 on 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan (Rubyworks).
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Sharks Come Cruisin: Last PVD Shanty Sings as The Parlour Goes Up for Sale
Providence shanty crew Sharks Come Cruisin are marking the end of an era. Their longtime North Main Street home, The Parlour, is up for sale — and the band’s November newsletter flags the next two PVD Shanty Sings as the last ones at the room that made the sing possible.
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The Guzzlers: Drinking The Dream Is Out Today
Limerick brothers Tom and Cian O’Dowd — The Guzzlers — put their debut out today. Drinking The Dream lands on Campus Label: ten tracks cut live and entirely acoustic, the first ten songs they ever wrote together.
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Dave King Back With Flogging Molly: First Stage Return Since 2024
Dave King is back on stage with Flogging Molly. The band confirmed their frontman rejoined them on stage during late October’s Salty Dog Cruise — their first time playing together since 2024, after King’s traumatic brain injury wiped out the 2025 calendar and scrubbed their Warped Tour dates.
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Muirsheen Durkin & Friends: Bunch Of Bastards
Eight years is a long stretch between pints, but Muirsheen Durkin & Friends are back with Bunch Of Bastards, and the Arnsberg crew haven’t softened a bit. Same no-frills Teutonic Celtic punk that made 11 Pints & 3 Shots (2018) such a stomper — pipes up front, Mac Rünker’s sandpaper bark on the mic, and songs built for sticky floors and flying elbows.
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The Men They Couldn’t Hang: The Queen’s Shilling Lands Friday
The Men They Couldn’t Hang keep The Wave rolling. The Queen’s Shilling, their second fundraising demo volume, lands on Bandcamp Friday, November 6.
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Stöj Snak Pull Gravity: Danish Folk-Punk Quartet Land New EP Nov 28
Denmark’s Stöj Snak are back with Gravity, a four-track EP landing November 28 on TNSrecords and 5FeetUnder Records. After a few years on pause, frontman Niels Højgaard Sørensen kept writing — mellow ballads one minute, angry-at-the-world ragers the next — and decided the band could be whatever they want it to be.
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New York & New Jersey Scene Report: Celtic Cross Open the Kitchen, Shilelagh Law Top Up and the Wallopers Take Irving Plaza
Back across the Hudson for round two of our New York & New Jersey scene report. A Bronx-bred family band has a new record out, New York’s thirstiest band has found a few more taps to drain before Christmas, and the 2027 diary is filling up fast, with St. Patrick’s week shaping up as a pub crawl from Brooklyn to Irving Plaza. Here’s what’s new since our last visit.
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Bunch of Bastards: First Name Basis with the Reaper
Dutch Full Force Folk merchants Bunch of Bastards are back with First Name Basis with the Reaper, a six-track EP of brand-new originals and their third release, following 2016’s My Drinkin’ Ain’t Done and 2023’s Drink, Holler and Dance.
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