punk rock

Danko Jones (support: Split Dogs)Thursday, October 22, 2026Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia Danko Jones is a killer Canadian rock outfit led by a frontman, guitarist, main songwriter and visionary by the name of… Danko Jones.…

Exactly one year after the release of their self-titled studio album, Paraf are presenting “Kraj,” the final single from the record, wrapping up its rollout. The new track rounds off an album that delivers the band's unmistakable,…

The traveling mini festival ‘Bands Without Borders’ is coming to clubs at home and around the region! Bands Without Borders isn't just another classic concert tour – it's a one-of-a-kind traveling mini festival that brings together…

Škou Šou 2026 (Elvis Jackson, Demm, Enginetail, Gal Holly Fischer Band)Saturday, 10/10/2026Bar Hiša mladih, Ajdovščina, Slovenia "Jebeš wrwžje! Info: Škou Šou is a charity event raising funds to subsidize therapy for young people…

Goran Bare - frontman, vocalist and founder of the Croatian rock band Majke from Vinkovci - has died at the age of 62. The sad news comes on the heels of the band's recent cancellation of their show in Makarska on September 26, 2026,…

MINT keep their wildly creative year rolling with a new original single, »Pankijada ločitve« – a song that doesn't tackle the end of a love story with the usual wallowing, but with irony, energy and a healthy dose of…

Booze, exotic dancers, a wild party and even a priest. If you guessed it's the new The Drinkers video, you're right. The legendary drink'n'roll band from the Zasavje region is back – with a new single, "Ni še umru," and a new frontman,…

After last year's well-received second studio album Propaganda and a seriously busy year of gigs, Posavje punk outfit Krshkopoljac are back with a new single, Koga K.. It's a track that marks a major creative…

Slovenian punk rock outfit SMACKED, who have been presenting their latest album on stages at home and abroad, are heading off on tour to Japan this September! In February this year, SMACKED put out their 3rd studio…

Following a Sold-Out Show at Pogon, Paraf Unveil New Single "Čisti" After a sold-out farewell show at Pogon in Rijeka, which wrapped up their live story in front of the home crowd at the end of May, Paraf are back with a new single and…

The Offspring, Savršeni Marginalci, LuzeriSunday, 14 June 2026Velesajam, Zagreb, Croatia "Tonac, fuck it all, turn this up!" This time I set off from Ajdovščina (which is, as you know, a metropolis) with my daughters in tow,…

Rijeka's cult alternative band Grč has dropped a new live album, Harmonija Spazmofilija, available on all streaming platforms and as a physical LP release in collaboration with Dallas Records. To mark the release, the band is also…

Ross "The Boss" Friedman - former guitarist of Manowar, The Dictators and Shakin' Street - has passed away. He was 72. The news was confirmed by the Metal Hall of Fame in a statement released just a few weeks after the start of a…

The Mahones, 35th Anniversary TourTuesday, 24 February 2026Quantic, Bucharest, Romania "A Tragicomic Experience" Whenever I'm in Bucharest, I meet up with an old friend and former colleague, Victor. He always takes care of the…

Gypsy Pistoleros, the British outfit that mixes punk rock with cabaret and decadence, all wrapped in a properly apocalyptic atmosphere, are unveiling a new single and video for the track I’m The Prince of the Damned. The band previously…

After a fifteen-year creative break, the Velenje rock band Res Nullius is returning to the music scene. The band, which left a major mark on the Slovenian rock scene in the nineties, is active again and already hard at work…

Gypsy Pistoleros, a British outfit that mixes punk rock with cabaret and decadence, all wrapped in a properly apocalyptic atmosphere, have unveiled a new single and video for the track Dark Faerie Tales. It's the title single from the…

Legendary Motörhead guitarist Philip Campbell is heading to the little village of Koritnica, deep in the heart of Baška grapa (Tolmin municipality), on Saturday, May 9, 2026! He and his band Phil Campbell And The Bastards Sons will play as…

The Offspring, support act: Simple PlanFriday, 24.10.2025Linz / Tips Arena / Austria And here we are again, right in the thick of covering yet another nostalgic resurgence of 2000s punk rock. Back amid spiked hair, lip piercings,…

BrkoviFriday, 27 June 2025Mostovna, Solkan, Slovenia New Kid on the Block With Brkovi shows, it's usually the same story for me — I have to blast all my favourite tracks in the car on the way there. For reasons unknown, Shamso…

A Day To Remember (support: Polaris)Ljubljana / Media Park / SloveniaTuesday, 17 June 2025 A Day To Remember are a massively successful American outfit that rolls punk rock, hardcore, and metalcore into one, nurturing a synthesis of…

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes (support: Chrpy)Prague / Lucerna Music Bar / the Czech RepublicThursday, June 5, 2025 This year's multi-day Prague holiday in the first week of June didn't quite match the gig-going excitement of that…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: May 1997 / April 18, 2025 (vinyl reissue)Production: Zvonko TepešAlbum length: 46.46 minGenre: Punk Rock / Hard Rock / Hip-hopRating: 8.0/10Buy the album! Dallas Records has spent quite a while now…

American rock band Blondie has announced that their drummer Clem Burke has died. He was 70 years old. The band shared the sad news on Monday morning, April 7. Blondie singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein released the following…

SUM 41 (opening act: Neck Deep)Wednesday, November 13, 2024Vienna (Wien) / Wienerstadthalle - Halle D / Austria And here we are — rockline.si — at the very last SUM 41 concert ever. True to 'tradition', we at Rockline love going to…

Hardcore Superstar / Wednesday 13 / South Of SalemSunday, 17 November 2024Padova Hall / Padova / Italy (below you will find the texts also in English language) The rocking evening at Padova Hall was opened by British hard rock…

Avril LavigneMonday, 17 June 2024Pula / Arena / Croatia Avril Lavigne! The name that instantly makes millennial hearts skip a beat proved last night at the Pula Arena that, twenty-two years into her career, she is still the…

Shane MacGowan, vocalist of the iconic punks The Pogues, passed away today, 11/30/2023, at the age of 66. The news of the legendary singer's death was confirmed on Instagram by his wife Victoria Mary Clarke (you can find the original…

SUM 41 (support: The Lunar Year)Venue: Opatija / Ljetna pozornica / CroatiaDate: 11. 6. 2023 SUM 41 again, just one day after the concert in Jesolo, Italy (review available here), this time at the Ljetna pozornica in Opatija.…

Performing: SUM 41 (support: Lizi and the kids)Date: Saturday, 10. 6. 2023Location: Jesolo / Palazzo Del Turismo / Italy SUM 41 is one of those bands that introduced the millennial generation — especially those who didn't have older…

Label: BJ Promotion & Nika RecordsRelease date: 10/21/2022Production: Berislav JovanovićAlbum length: 58.19 minGenre: Punk/Punk RockRating: 8.5/10 As you probably remember, on October 21, 2022, Pankrti celebrated their 45th…

Garry Roberts, founding member and lead guitarist of Irish punk and new wave legends The Boomtown Rats, has died at the age of 72. The news was first announced by The Boomtown Rats themselves on social media: "It is with great sadness…

Location: Postojna / Car park behind the Municipal Building / SloveniaDate: Friday, 2 September 2022 In early September this year, right alongside the grand finale of Postojna's annual festival Zmaj 'ma mlade, Croatian parodic sonic…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: June 2021Compilation length: approx. 240 min (3CD)Genre: Alternative Rock (Punk Rock / New-Wave / Post Punk / Art Rock / Synth-Pop)Rating: 9.5/10 It was 1976. Nobody questioned anything, nobody…

Venue: Vienna / Gasometer / AustriaWhen: Friday, 24 Jan 2020 Sum 41 are one of the bigger, more recognizable bands of the last few decades in their genre, and like many of their peers, they've been making their way back to the surface…

"Orlek are back with a mighty, swaggering swing, riding a wave of newly found creative freshness and every element of their trademark miners' rock'n'roll preaching, while showing a whole lot of artistic maturity and wisdom."

"Die Ärzte - the legendary German punk rock trio, playing an exclusive club show in the heart of the Slovenian capital, threw a perfect party-theater extravaganza for their German-speaking crowd, who snapped up the tickets and sold the show…

"»Alkimija« is its own album with its own story. Its strength, despite being highly predictable and trivially easy to crack, lies precisely in the fact that it's generationally lost in time and space, or rather that its release is showing…

Location: Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, 06.06.2017 The American giants Green Day last set foot on Slovenian soil way back in February 1998, and first two years earlier, when the mega-successful Dookie had them…

!Billy's live firepower was on full display as the main set wrapped up with Rebel Yell, when the crowd belting out that anthemic chorus at times drowned out the Tivoli hall's PA, which held up well that night."

Location: Trieste / Piazza Unita d'Italia / Italy Date: Saturday, May 25, 2013 Is there really such a thing as eternity and lasting staying power at the very top of the hellish trinity of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll? There have…

"Two fired-up alt rock bands on one bill at Orto bar! Bosnian punk rock n' rollers No Rules from Tuzla and local punk rock rowdies Stranci from Celje. "

Location: Murska Sobota / MIKK / SloveniaDate: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 This November and December are packed at the Youth Information and Culture Club Murska Sobota (MIKK), which is celebrating 15 years in business. The main hub…