L.A. Times - Entertainment — Smashing Pumpkins, Florence + the Machine, Death Cab for Cutie and Thirty Seconds to Mars top the lineup for the 29th edition of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas benefit shows, slated for Dec. 8-9 at the Forum in Inglewood. They’ll be j... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Smashing Pumpkins, Florence + the Machine, Death Cab for Cutie and Thirty Seconds to Mars top the lineup for the 29th edition of KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas benefit shows, slated for Dec. 8-9 at the Forum in Inglewood. They’ll be j... more info

Consequence of Sound — The time-tested punks are still going strong. more info

Chorus.fm — Bad Religion release a new song. more info

Stereogum — Southern California punk elders Bad Religion were legends 25 years ago, and they are still cranking out blistering and eloquent melodic hardcore bangers whenever the mood strikes them. It's been five years since the release of True North , their las... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bad Religion also play Huntington Beach, CA's Surf City Blitz festival this month. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 'Road To Ruin' turned 40 this year, and Marky Ramone (the only surviving member from that album) -- who now has original Circle Jerks/Redd Kross and longtime Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson in his band -- will play '40 Ramones classics' ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The final day of Riot Fest included classic punk albums performed in full by Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Fear, plus sets from Run the Jewels, Father John Misty, Blondie, Johnny Marr, Superchunk, Dillinger Four, The Wonder Years, and more. ... more info

Stereogum — It could have been my rookie naïveté, but witnessing the 2007 Vans Warped Tour felt magical. On the steamy pavement of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome parking lot in Minneapolis, one scene of young MySpace bands was exploding and growing in real t... more info

Stereogum — Brian Baker played bass in Minor Threat as a teeanger, and since then, he's been in Government Issue, Dag Nasty, and Samhain. For more than 20 years, he's been in Bad Religion. And now he's also got a new band called Beach Rats. Beach Rats also inclu... more info