Topix — Behold the merger of rock & roll and skateboarding culture! Behold an essential link in Austin's punk rock timeline! Behold the license to "go start your own band" without Xeroxing the Ramones! "Punk funk" was already airborne when the Big Boys cut t... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — Baby StrangeFrom: Glasgow, ScotlandFriend from Glaswegian foursome Baby Strange sounds like the cadre of bands who took the baton from the first wave of punk and passed it through a pop filter. It's the Clash without the polemic. It's the Ramones wit... more info

Consequence of Sound — The undisputed kings of the punk cover. more info

Impose Magazine — Bowery Electric have gone on to form a new project, misleadingly titled Happy Families, and in their first release, two tracks provide a look at a band as haunted as Joy Division and marred by cold, artistic-tinged introspection. The B-side of their ... more info

Popdose — How can you miss with a title like Songs About Cars, Space and The Ramones? You can’t, especially if you’re Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – who are back, yet again, with another new mini-album in less than a year. It’s the kind of music we used to ... more info

Chorus.fm — Arturo Vega, creative designer and lights operator for *The Ramones (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/the ramones/)*, passed on Saturday (http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2013/06/08/arturo-vega-rip). Submitted by reid more info

Starpulse — The Mexican artist who designed The Ramones' iconic logo and worked as the band's creative director for 22 years has died aged 65. Arturo Vega passed away on Saturday (08Jun13), according to the S... more info

Consequence of Sound — Artist behind the band's logo was 65. more info

Impose Magazine — Something in Vacation's "Candy Waves" triggered the words "Rock and Roll High School" to my brain, and not so much that the Cincinnati trio are biting into The Ramones legacy, but that I assume they have degrees from the school of rock. There... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to *Iron Chic (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/iron%20chic/)*'s cover of the *Ramones (http://www.absolutepunk.net/ramones)*' "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" here (http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/song_premiere_iron_chic_bonzo_goes_to_bitburg_r... more info