On March 5, 2026, Regime Music Group brought its extended musical family together for a packed showcase at Venice West in Los Angeles. The event, billed as Anti-Heros, featured performances from Jakobs Castle, Codefendants, Strange Case, and XCOMM, with DJ Miles Medina keeping the energy going between sets. The show was presented with support from SVN/BVRNT […]
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Codefendants have released the official video for “Lonely Life,” the second single from their upcoming sophomore album LIFERS, out April 3. The trio — Fat Mike, Julio “Ceschi” Ramos, and Sam King — double down on their volatile hybrid of punk abrasion and hip-hop confession, this time pairing the track with a visual starring Jakob
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The Crimewave is about to hit again. Codefendants have announced “Lonely Life,” the second single from their upcoming sophomore album LIFERS, due April 3. “Lonely Life” is described by the band as one of the most collaborative songs on the record. Fat Mike calls it “a roller coaster ride with no seat belt or safety
Sublime has added two major stops to the inaugural Sublime Me Gusta Festival: June 27 in Portland, Oregon at Tom McCall Waterfront Park and July 18 in Salt Lake City, Utah at Zions Bank Stadium. The multi-city concept debuted earlier with a May 9 launch in Fort Worth, and it is already shaping up to
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SNS & iHeartRadio Turns the Kia Forum Into a Modern Alt-Rock Pressure Cooker It’s not every night you get to open one of the biggest alternative rock festivals on the planet. But on January 17, 2026, that’s exactly what happened. The 2026 edition of iHeartRadio ALTer EGO, presented by Capital One, transformed the Kia Forum
The water was black, cold, and crowded with bodies when Jakob Nowell felt his leg extend just a little too straight. Just moments earlier, fresh off his set with Sublime’s at Bayfest in San Diego last October, Jakob had done what he always does: skipped the backstage victory lap and headed straight for the fans.
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Ventura County’s Strange Case are pushing the next wave of SoCal alt/indie rock straight into 2026 with their brand-new single “HBK.” Driven by sharp guitars and sun-baked hooks, the track dives into the chaos of chasing someone you know you shouldn’t. “You just can’t scrub them from your brain,” Bassist Aaron Chapman says. Strange Case
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Sublime are back on top — and they did it with a song they didn’t even expect to blow up. “Ensenada” has now spent seven straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative chart, officially becoming the biggest radio hit in Sublime’s entire career. Not bad for a track Jakob Nowell says started out
Jakob Nowell will be performing at a special concert on December 3, opening for Noah Weiland. The concert will mark the 10th anniversary of legendary Stone Temple Pilots frontman, Scott Weiland. In a conversation with The Pier, Jakob – who, like Noah, lost his famous rock star father at a very young age – explained
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Jakob Nowell has released the new Jakobs Castle single “Vincent Thomas” online — a song produced by Jon Joseph, the same producer behind Sublime’s “Ensenada,” the band’s first chart-topping track in nearly 30 years. For this track Nowell dives head-first into the darkly comic chaos of self-awareness, a swirling mix of surf-grunge melody, indie-pop hooks,
