Brooklyn Vegan — We're officially in Music Festival Announcement Season, and the latest one is Atlanta's annual Shaky Knees Festival, happening May 8-10. This year includes The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies, Social Distortion, Ryan Adams, Noel Gallagher'... more info

Stereogum — Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival is back again this year with a pretty exciting lineup. Headliners include the Strokes, the Avett Brothers, and Wilco, and some other big-font names are Pixies, Social Distortion, and Ryan Adams. The rest of the roster... more info

Mercury News, California — Deltron 3030, Mavis Staples, Social Distortion, Whograss and Built to Spill among highlights of 14th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by James Richards IV, words by Zach Pollack & Milos Markicevic Mineral / Patti Smith / Superchunk Riot Fest Chicago wrapped up this past Sunday (9/14) with sets from The Cure, Weezer (playing Blue Album), Primus, Social Distortion, Cheap... more info

Mercury News, California — Social Distortion, X, Yo La Tengo, Deltron 3030 and others will join the 2014 party in Golden Gate Park. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hot Water Music co-frontman Chuck Ragan is going on another solo tour this year, including a December Northeast run with his backing back The Camaraderie, which includes Lucero and Social Distortion members. That tour hits NYC on December 6... more info

Stereogum — Jersey rockers the Gaslight Anthem will release their new album Get Hurt next month, and the album’s title track, which we posted a little while back, is a surprisingly Killers-esque turn for a band who used to occupy the middle ground between Bruc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Social Distorton at Free Press Summer Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Social Distortion were already announced for Riot Fest Chicago, Denver and Toronto, and they've now scheduled a tour surrounding those appearances. The tour doesn't hit NYC but it.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Riot Fest is happening in Toronto, Chicago and Denver again this year, and the lineup for Toronto was just announced. It happens on September 6 & 7 and features The National, Flaming Lips, Social Distortion, Death Cab for Cutie,... more info

Topix — Tuesday: With its high-revving garage-rock sound and Southern Californian low-rider aesthetic, Social Distortion is the rare First Avenue mainstay that's also well-suited to the biker clientele frequently seen hanging out in the lot used for Cabooze ... more info